FUTURE RECORDINGS

Rip It Up, Issue 238, 1 June 1997, Page 12

FUTURE RECORDINGS

The Prodigy, The Fat of the Land (BMG) — June. Sonic Youth, SYRI (Sonic Youth Records/ Flying In) — 4 tracks. Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick (Cortex / Flying In). John Lydon, Psycho’s Path (Liberation I Festival). Oasis, Be Here Now (Epic) — mid August. Primus, Brown Album (Interscope). Sweet 75, Sweet 75 (Geffen) — Krist Novoselic’s band, August. Teenage Fanclub, Songs From Northern Britain (Universal). Suede, Coming Up (Nude/ Sony). Catatonia, Way Beyond Blue (Blanco y Negro). Powerman 5000, Mega-Kung Fu Radio (Geffen) — Rob Zombie’s brother. Lisa Loeb, Firecracker (Geffen) — August. Paul Weller, Best Of (Island) — late 1997. Spiritualized, Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Dedicated). Paul Weller, Heavy Soul (Island). Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Year Of The Horse (Reprise) — live old & new. Massive Attack, Rising Sun (Melankolic / Virgin) — Limited Edition EP. Dodgy, Free Peace Sweet Remixes (Bostin). Megadeth, Cryptic Writings (Capitol). Del Amitri, Some Other Sucker’s Parade (A&M). Swing Out Sister, Shapes & Patterns (Polygram). Prefab Sprout, Andromedia Heights (Kitchenware/ Sony). Poi Dog Pondering, Liquid White Light (Plate-tec-tonic) — live. Tindersticks, Curtains (Island). Mike Waters, Still Burning (Chrysalis). Ocean Colour Scene, Two Rons Don’t Make A Reg (Universal) — working title only. Guests include Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie, Paul Weller & P.P.Arnold). Echo & the Bunnymen, Evergreen (Polygram) — Liam Gallagher guests. Nixons, Nixons (MCA). Leonardo’s Bride, Angel Blood (Mushroom). Cake Like, Bruiser Queen (Vapor/Warners). Mark Seymour, King Without a Clue (Mushroom). Morrissey, Maladjusted (Polygram). World Party, Egyptology (Enclave). Motley Crue, Generation Zwine (Elektra) — August. Paul Kelly, Songs From the South (Mushroom) — best of.

Archie Roach, Looking For Butter Boy (Mushroom). AOTEAROA Dam Native, K.D.R.U. — Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted (Tangata/BMG). Bic Runga, Bic Runga (Sony) — July. Shona Laing, Roadworks (Sony) — August. Strawpeople, 100 Street Transistors (Sony) — remix album with three new tracks. David Kilgour, And the Heavy Eights (Flying Nun). Upper Hutt Posse, Dedicated (Southside / BMG) — July. Various, Pioneers of a Brown Frontier (Urban Pacifika / BMG). Moana & the Moahunters, Rua (Tangata).

Jordan Reyne, Birds of Prey (Lost / Festival). Spacesuit, Spacesuit (Aotearoa) — July. Various Artists, The Breakz (Huh! I Polygram). Coelacanth, Zilch (Marital) — Sept. Mahinarangfi Tocker, Ti Ripo (Sony) — September. Various, Dollar Mixture (Wrong Records) — artists include Alpha Plan, Caneslide, Hawaii 5 O, the Weather (Matthew Bannister), Cabbage Bomber (Mark Peterson), Squirm, Letter 5.

HIP-HOP/DANCE/REGGAE Headrillaz, Coldharbour Rock (Pussyfoot / Flying In). Various, Offering (Studio k 7 / Flying In) — label compile. The Psycho Realm, The Psycho Realm (Ruffhouse / Sony) — B-Real, Cypress Hill side project. Smoke City, Flying Away (Jive / Festival). Sean Puffy Combs, Puff Daddy Hell Up In Harlem (BMG) —late 1997. Various, Nothing to Lose (Tommy Boy / Festival). Various, Reactivate 12 (React / Flying In). Wyclef Jean, Presents the Carnival (Sony) — a Fugee solo. Rockers Hi-Fi, Mish Mash (Warners). Grandmaster Melle-Mel & Scorpio, Right Now (Strß Game). Boogiemonsters, God Sound (EMI). Craig Mack, Operation Get Down (Street Life). Michael Rose, Dance Wicked (Heartbeat) — former Black Uhuru singer. Shaggy, Midnite Lover (Virgin). Dreadzone, Biological Radio (Virgin). Nate Dogg, G Funk Classics Vol.l (Death Row/ Universal). The Alkaholiks, Likwit Nation (Loud / BMG).

ROOTS / ADULT CONTEMPORARY ÜB4O, Guns In The Ghetto (Virgin). Robben Ford, Tiger Walk (Blue Thumb). Patti Labelle, Flame (MCA). O’Jays, Love You to Tears (Global Soul). 10,000 Maniacs, Love Among the Ruins (Geffen) — new singer Mary Ramsey and the return of founding member John Lombardo. Stevie Winwood, Junction 7 (Virgin). Supertramp, Somethings Never Change (Oxygen). Joni Mitchell, Facelift (Reprise) — August. REISSUES Kraftwerk, The Man-Machine (EMI). The Jam; Direction, Reaction, Creation (Polydor) — 5CD box set. Echo & the Bunnymen, Ballyhoo (Warners) — best of. Elvis Presley, Platinum, A Life In Music (RCA) —4-CD set, 100 songs. 77 unreleased including TV appearances & home tapes such as Bob Dylan’s ‘Slowin’ In The Wind’. Elvis Presley, Raw Elvis (Compose Records) — Newark indie releases 1955 tapes, June. Elvis Presley, Elvis Aron Presley (RCA) —I9BO boxed set available on CD, October. Elvis Presley, Golden Celebration (RCA) —1984 boxed set available on CD, October.