SOUNDCHECK

Rip It Up, Issue 129, 1 April 1988, Page 8

SOUNDCHECK

Forthcoming LPs May Prefab Sproul From Langley to Memphis (it must be a long way), Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man, Wendy & Lisa Wendy & Lisa, soundtrack to She’s Having a Baby (Bryan Ferry, Dave Wakeling, XTC, Everything But the Girl), Woodentops Woodenfoot Cops on the Highway, Cheap Trick Lap of Luxury, Sade Stronger Than Pride, Ricky Scaggs Coming Home to Stay.

David Sylvian & Holgar Czukay Plight & Premonition, Bill Laswell Hear No Evil, Gillian & Glover Accidentally on Purpose, Kevin Ayers Falling Up, the Cross Shove Up, More Dirty Dancing soundtrack, Krokus Heart Attack, Little River Band Monsoon, Brian Wilson (untitled), Rick James (untitled), Good Morning Vietnam soundtrack, the Saints The Prodigal Son, Stump A Fierce Pancake, Big Pink Bonk, the Church Starfish.

Prince Love Sexy, Jesus & Mary Chain Barbed Wire Kisses, Erasure The Innocents, Thomas Dolby Aliens Ate My Buick, Eddy Grant File Under A Rock, Climie Fisher Everything, Crowded House (no title yet), Johnny Clegg The Waiting (for Neon Picnic money?), Roy Harper Descendants of Smith, Rod Stewart Coming Up for Air, Narada Divine Emotion, Neil Young This Note’s for You, Grandmaster Flash On the Strength, Georgia Satellites Open All Heart, Jimmy Page Band Untitled. Funk: Jermaine Stewart Say it

Again and Deja Serious, Mantronix In Full Effect, Afrika Bambaataa . . . and Friends.

Oi compilations from Virgin: Maggie Maggie Maggie, Out Out Out; Punk & Disorderly; Further Chapter; The Final Solution.

CBS have many funk, jazz and country US imports coming: Alexander O’Neal’s debut LP, Tony Terry Forever Yours, James Robinson Guilty, LL Cool J Radio. Ricky Van Shelton Wild Eyed Dream, O’Kanes debut and Tired of Running, Sweethearts of the Rodeo debut, Billy Joe Shaver Salt of the Earth. Joe Zwainul Project Immigrants, Arthur Blythe Basic Blythe. June

Bob Dylan Down in the Groove, Hall & Oates Oh Yeah, K T Oslin 80s ’ Ladies, Eric Carmen Best Of, Elvis Presley Essential Elvis (best of early movie songs), Aswad Distant Thunder, Housemartins Now That’s What I Call Quite Good (double best of), Iggy Pop Instinct, Gwen Guthrie Ticket to Ride (Island best of), Johnnys Two Fat Ladies.

Re-issues from the Fantasy label: King Kurtis Trouble in Mind, Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim Willie's Blues, Sonny Terry Sonny’s Song, Brownie McGhee Brownie’s Blues, Alberta Hunter Chicago. CD News

Available in NZ record stores now are the two Beatles CD-only releases Past Masters Vol 1 and Vol 2. These albums have 18 and 15 tracks respectively, songs that did not appear on the original English

Beaties albums — single only releases and B-sides. Tracks include She Loves You’, ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, ‘Love Me Do' on Vol 1 and Hey Jude’, ‘Get Back’, ‘Paperback Writer’ on Vol 2.

New budget CD release from RCA, the Diamond Series, will retail at a lower price than their mid-price series. The likely price will be under S2O. This series of 16 Top Tracks includes CDs by Nina Simone, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Wayion Jennings, Jim Reeves, Duane Eddy and Glen Miller?

The CD and tape for the Jesus And Mary Chain's compilation album Barbed Wire Kisses will contain 16 Bsides plus 4 new tracks while on vinyl LP will contain only 12 B-sides plus the 4 new tracks.

On CD release in May is the Phillip Glass movie soundtrack Koyaanisqatsi