Future RECORDINGS

Rip It Up, Issue 249, 1 May 1998, Page 29

Future RECORDINGS

PJ Harvey, Is This Desire? (Island). Pixies, Radio One Sessions (4AD I Flying In). Violent Femmes, Freak Magnet. (Interscope). Clutch, The Elephant Riders (Sony). Mekon, Me (Touch & Go). Unwritten Law, Unwritten Law (Interscope). Girls Against Boys, Freak-On-lca (Geffen). Slayer, Violence By Design (American) Gravity Kills, Whore (TVT). You Am I, #4 (RooArt/ BMG). Counting Crows, Across A Wire, Live From NY (Geffen). Rancid, Life Won’t Wait (Epitaph I Flying In). Stabbing Westward, Darkest Days (Sony). Hope Blister,... Smiles Okay (4AD / Flying In). Lenny Kravitz, 5 (Virgin). Colin Newman, A to Z (Beggars Banquet) — ex Wire. Fugazi, End Hits (Dischord I Flying In). The Surfers, Songs From the Pipe (Sony) — fronted by Kelly Slater. Sonic Youth, A Thousand Leaves (Geffen) Brian Wilson, Imagination (Giant). Mansun, Six (Parlophone). ~ Soul Asylum, Candy From A Stranger (Sony). Hayden, The Closer I Get (Geffen). Addict, Stones (V2 l Sony). Butthole Surfers, After the Astronaut (Capitol) — May. Jeff Buckley, Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) (Sony) — aborted sessions produced by Tom Verlaine and demo versions for second album — May. Cypress Hill, C 4 (Sony) — Sen Dog is not on the upcoming album. Rapper is Smooth from Manhattan’s Call O’ Da Wild — June. Izzy Stradlin, 117 Degrees (Geffen).

AOTEAROA Neil Finn, Try Whistling This (EMI). Dead Flowers, Dead Flowers (Wildside/ BMG) — May 30. Breathe, Pop Life (Felix / BMG) — June 27. Fred Dagg, Anthology (Sony). Erhmen, Samoans Pt.2 (Deepgrooves). Winterland, Ceremony (Dusk).

HIP HOP / R&B Amon Tobin, Permutation (Ninja Tune / Flying In). Josh Wink, Hear Hear (Ovum I Ruffhouse / Sony). Money Mark, Push the Button (MoWax I Polygram). DJ Andy Smith, The Document (London I Polygram). Public Enemy, He’s Got the Game (Def Jam).

Method Man, T2: Judgement Day (Def Jam I Polygram) — August. 01’ Dirty Bastard, Revolution: The Black Man Is God (Elektra) — mid year. Ispectah Deck, I.N.S. 4 President (Loud / BMG) — mid year. Melky Sedeck, Melky-Sedeck Da Joint (MCA) — siblings of Wyclef Jean of Fugees. Regina Belle, Believe In Me (MCA) Aaron Hall, Inside Of Me (MCA). Kai, Kai (Geffen). New Power Generation, Newpowersoul (NPG) — guests Larry Graham and Chaka Khan. J-Dub, Jealousy, Envy & Greed (Priority). Alexander O’Neal, Lovers Again (Ichiban). Xscape, Traces of My Lipstick (So So Def / Columbia). Big Daddy Kane, Veteranz Day (Mercury). Fun Da Mental, Erotic Terroism (Nation / BMG). Corey Glover, Hymns (La Face I BMG). Ice Cube, War And Peace (Heavyweight/ A&M) — double album, June.

ROOTS / ADULT CONTEMPORARY Mitchell Froom, Dopamine (Atlantic). Jason & the Scorchers, Midnight Roads & Stages Seen (Mammoth). George Benson, Standing Together (GRP). Cowboy Junkies, Miles From Home (Geffen). Johnnie Taylor, Taylored to Please (Malaco). Taj Mahal, Sacred Island (Windham Hill). Joe Ely, Twistin’ In The Wind (MCA Nashville). Leon Russell, Hank Wilson’s Back Again (Ark 21) — guests Willie Nelson, Marty Stuart, Oak Ridge Boys).

REISSUES Jimi Hendrix, Live at the BBC (Universal). Frank Zappa, Cheap Thrills (Ryko I Festival). Tom Waits, Beautiful Malodies 1983-1993 (Island). Cheap Trick, Live at the Budokan: The Complete Concert (Sony Legacy) — digitally remastered with the nine additional tracks released in the 90s. James Brown’s Original Funky Divas (Polydor) — includes classic Brown produced tracks by Lyn Collins, Vicki Anderson, Yvonne Fair etc. 2-CD set, 46 tracks including tracks “too risque” to release at the time of recording. Various, Soulful Divas Vols 1 & 2 (Hip-0 1 Universal). Various, Island 40th Anniversary: Progressive Rock (Island). Various, Island 40th Anniversary: Folk Rock (Island).