ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Looks, like the announced liason between Blondie and producer Giorgio Moroder was shorter than intended. After two days in the studio, Moroder suddenly left, supposedly due to his full involvement with the next Donna Summer LP. Thus, no more “Call Me’”s—instead, former and future brickhead Mike Chapman has returned to the fold.
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ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Looks, like the announced liason between Blondie and producer Giorgio Moroder was shorter than intended. After two days in the studio, Moroder suddenly left, supposedly due to his full involvement with the next Donna Summer LP. Thus, no more “Call Me’”s—instead, former and future brickhead Mike Chapman has returned to the fold. The results? We’ll have to wait and see.
At presstime, word’s reached us that Keith Godcheanx, former pianist with the Grateful Dead, died of head injuries after a car accident in California. Especially sad news, as both he and his wife Donna— another former Grateful Dead member—had just put together their own band, Ghost, which had been doing quite well in ^ the San Francisco Bay area... '
Good news for El void fans: Columbia will soon release a new Elvis Costello LP which’ll have most of the paranoid one's heretofore unavailable-in-the-U.S. material on it, of which there's mucho. Looks like effete Anglophiles'll have to be content with actual A merican pressings of the disc, but of course REAL Elvis fans’ll have most of this stuff anyway .Good news regardless...
Even better news: famed anthropoids Molly Hatchett have a new lead singer, Jimmy Ferrar. But the bad news: the rest of the balnd hqsn’t been replaced...
A Rory Gallagher live album is set for September release from Chrysalis U.K.—nothing on an American release yet, so Rory fans may write Chrysalis L. A. with their
Rumors in New York that Ron Wood may be reforming the New Barbarian#, with possible guest appearances by Mick Jfagger, Jeff Beck, Neil Young, blah blah blah...
$tudto recluse Bruce Springsteen, reportedly the only highpoint of the No Nukes movie dirge, has slapped a name on his yetrto-be-completed fifth LP: River. Now if he can just figure out what year he’d like to see it released...
Everything Works If You Let It: Sgt. Barry Sadler, former Green Beret and pop star vocalist (“Ballad Of The Green Berets”) was recently put away for four or five years in a Nashville prison on voluntary manslaughter charges. Rumors that hefinally Saw the John Wayne
Wilko Johnson, former Dr. Feelgood guitarist and Solid Sender, has joined ranks with Ian Dnryand is now a full-fledged [ Blockhead, though he’ll still be doing his own sob work. Maybe now we’ll see some new product from the always-affable Ian...
Ex-Sex Pistol's Steve Jones and Paul Cook, who can outplay Jimmy Pags and John ’ Bonham anyday, have formed a new band called the Professional^; look for an LP from them sometime very soon. No truth to the rumor that Robert Plant and John Paul Jones will be involved...
Brit band Magazine—who should be wrapping up an American tour by the time you read this—have lost guitarist John McGeoch, who may be heading for Siouxie ft the Banshees or his own solo career. Taking his place alongside Howard
Devotowill be Robin Simon, who last appeared on Ultra vox’s Systems of Romance LP...
CroonerBryan Ferry collapsed in France recently, apparent victim of some sort of kidney ailment. Doctors say he’ll be up on his feet soon, so plans for a Roxy Mnsic U S. tour are on hold—though only temporarily. '' ‘ *
RUMOR: In NME, it was hinted that Ray Davies and Chrissie Hynde were discussing more intimate topics than Ray’s songwriting abilities lately. FACT Brother Dave Davies, in Detroit for a promo dinner, squeals on his Sibling: “It's almost as if she [Chrissie]’s part of the band now.” And the latest on the controversy over whether Jimmy Page or Dave himself chopped out the immortal guitar part tq “You Really Got Me,”. . .Davies laughed: “It’s so bad, that maybe I should start saying that Jimmy Page did it.”
From the Frank Sinatra Desk: Goodtrqws for those of you who gave Trilogy to your mqms—a new Sinatra platter’s in the works that. -looks a bit more promising—“a complete saloon album,” said he, with “a lot of tear-jerkers and cry-in-your-beer kind of things.” Atsa boyi';!/!^^
In The Studio
Los Angeles^ CA—Rusk Sound: Village People!Jacques Morali producing); Paramount Recording Studio: Sly and the Family Stone (Sly Stone producing); Larrabee Sound: Player (Peter Beckett producing). Record Plant: LesDudek, Molly Hatchett (Tom Werman producing), the Outlaws (Ron Nevison producing), Rod SteWart (Tom Dowd producing); Westlake Studio: Donna Summer • (Giorgio Moroder producing), the Chipmunks (Bagdasarian producing), Angel City (John Boylan producing; Sound City: the Babys (Keith Olsen producing), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Jimmy lovine producing) ;New York, NY—Electric Lady: Janna Allen (Daryl Hall producing); Sound Waves: Steely Dan (Gary Katz producing), Humble Pie; Media Sound: Gamma with Roftnie Montrose; Secret Sound: Spyro Gyra; Miami, FLA—Quadradial Studios: Ciella & the MuscletonesfBud Gangemi producing); Detroit, MI—United Sound Studio: P-Funk (George Clinton producing); Tremor Recording Studio: Cinecyde, Mark Norton, the Boners.Sureshot/Westwind -Recording Studio: Via Satellite, the Shake, Motor City Rockers, Cadillac Kidz. , Reverend Bob Dylan recently spent a cool 25 thousand for a diamond ring for Debbie Gigeon, who sings back up vocals for the Big D and presumably will now. goto heaven, too. Supposedly it’s a “friendship”ring, but considering how friendly Zimmy’s been of late it might be an omen of a future hitching. For further news, consult Billy Graham..
Rocker Joe “King” Carrasco has been signed to Stiff Records in die Q.K., with product due on the streets no later than September. At. presstime, negotiations continue for aconcurrentU.S. deal...
Malcolm Owen, lead vocalist with the Bhtfa—a fine British band who released The Crack here a few months back—died in England in mid-July. No cause of death could be determined at presstime... •
From Ehrla Costello, asked by Special Jerry Dammars to go out for a drink after their gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival: “You can fudk off for a start. ” No one wept...
flow’d you like a copy of Georgs Harrison’s new autobiography? Fine, just send $300 or so to dear of George and you too can have an autographed copy! Hurry, though, it’s just a limited edition; you wouldn’t want to just spend $2.50 fork at a bookstore in six months, would you?
John Cals shifting from I.R.S. Records to the'big time, A&M. Where’s your new record, John?
Jah Wobble of WL reportedly working on a collaborative effort with Holger Crakay? former bassist of the highiy-influential German band Can, who sounded like PiL 10 years ago when no one was listening... /
NME reports that John “Who was 1?” Lennon was spotted with wife Yoko in Bermuda recently,’ hb doubt spending much money. Queried as to his opinion of former mate Paul McCartney’s output of late, the former Beetle replied he wasn’t much impressed. “Mind you,” said he, “l like his new one, though...tossing off a quick chorusof“Coming Up”§l|jp
currently recording their second LP, again with Peter SoUey producing. Among me new tunes will be a cover version of “Friday Night At The Hideout,” local hit in die 60’s by Detroit’s the Underdogs and written by Dave Leone. Next: a European tour and then back to ’ the states. Down under, “What l like About You” currently sits at #12 on the Australian hit parade.. .
For someone who swore he’d do no concerts during 1980, DavidBowie’s been a busy boy of late: he’s currently touring in die stage production of The Elephant Man j •> (which has nothing to do with Leslie i West), and should be appearing in both Denver, Chicago and points as yet unspecified. Furthermore, anew LP called Scary Monsters. ..(And Super Creeps) is set for a mid-September release; guest musicians will apparently include PeteTownehend, Robert Frlpp and Roy Bitten (Brace Springsteen's pianist). Interesting note: Robert Frlpp, recently in Detroit, called it “the best album of 1980” seconds after calling Talking Heada’ Fear Of Music 1970’s best. Of course, the fact that he’s played on both might have something to do with it...
Speaking of Talking Heads, the planned collaboration between head-Hepd David Byrne and Brian Eno—tentatively titled My , Life In The Bush Of Ghosts—has been delayed due to a few legal problems, among them that of using . the voice of deceased evangelist Katherine Knhlman. Apparently the Kuhlman estate has given the pair a thumbs down on using the heavenly voice, causing the delay while a substitute track is recorded^Mg
Forced to To Take Jethro Tnll Seriously! Ian Anderson, “frustrated”{as always), by his old Tull line-up, sacked all but two of his merry minstrels. Bye bye Barriemore Barlow, John Evan and David Palmer. Hello Eddie Jobson arid Mark Craney. Maintaining Tull status are lead guitarist Martkfi Barra and guitarist Dave Page. What was meant to be a solo lan Anderson LP has now blossomed into a full-fledged Jethro Tull product, which should be racked in your favorite disc shop by now.
And those wedding bells just keep on a ringin’: Doc Rock himself, Lenny Kaye, will be happily married by the time you read this. Congratulations, Lenny...
Jimmy Zero has left the Dead Boys,due to the pressures of the road. The boys will continue sans 1 Jimmy, with an assault on Australia, then Europe. Hey Stlv—we hear koala bears bring a high price on the black market in Youngstown-
Graham Parker could have made it legal by the time you read this with JotteDrammond, his American g.f. of a few years.
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