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Press release: MelodicRock Classics is honoured to announce the details for what will be one of the crown jewels of the label’s catalogue for years to come. Most fans of melodic rock will know the name Clif Magness. The American singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer is a stalwart of the wider music business for over 40 years. And while is name will be very familiar, the depth of his songwriting talents may not be as well known. In rock circles he has two acclaimed solo albums plus a member of Planet 3, co-writes with Steve Perry and is best known for co-writing and producing several tracks on Avril Lavigne’s 2002 debut album, Let Go including the song “Losing Grip”. Further writing credits include Laura Branigan, Ted Nugent, John Farnham, Cheap Trick, Starship, Eric Martin, Robin Beck, Marc Jordan, Spin Gallery and Ignition. In pop circles he worked with original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson on her debut album Thankful and the follow-up Breakaway. Magness produced the longest radio air played song in Australian history, “Perfect”, for Vanessa Amorosi; produced five songs for another American Idol contestant, Clay Aiken, on his debut album, Measure of a Man and co-wrote the first single “Lights Out” and five other songs with Lisa Marie Presley from her debut album, To Whom It May Concern. At the 33rd Grammy Awards, Magness won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for the song “The Places You Find Love” from Quincy Jones’ album, Back On The Block. He received nominations for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Grammy for the theme song “The Day I Fall In Love” from the film Beethoven’s 2nd. In 1990, Magness’ collaboration with songwriter Steve Kipner resulted in a Billboard top 5 single for Wilson Phillips’ “Impulsive”. Early in his career, Magness co-wrote and produced the title track “All I Need” on Jack Wagner’s debut album. He has also either co-written and/or produced tracks for Celine Dion, Jessica Simpson, Amy Grant, Hanson, O-Town, Charlotte Martin, Rachel Loy, Wild Orchid, Judith Owen, Jude, Joe Bonamassa, The Urge, Kyle Vincent, Marie Digby, Andreya Triana, Days Difference, Ill Scarlett, Ivy Lies, Christina Grimmie, Caroline Sunshine, Jermaine Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Julio Iglesias, Sheena Easton, George Benson, and Al Jarreau. The time has come to showcase Clif Magness’ songwriting career, by opening his demo vaults to fans for the first time. ‘Road To Gold’ is the unleashing of 40 years of writing, covering different styles, eras and purposes, all with Magness’ own brand of melodic brilliance on display. Given the brief to ‘look through everything’, Clif, together with A&R guru Magnus Soderqvist and MelodicRock Classics CEO Andrew McNeice, found 60 tracks, which are compiled over 4CDs in chronological order. Clif Magness: “A lot of the songs included here in this compilation are songs that were written and recorded (with my vocal mostly) with the hope of securing recordings by major artists of the day. Therefore, song and singing styles vary depending on who I’m pitching to. For example, “Collection Of Hearts” was written with Alee Willis for Stevie Nicks. “The Boy Delirious” and “Forget That Girl” were written for Aerosmith; “Running Away” for Hanson; “Saving Grace”, “The Children”, “The Other Side Of Love” for Michael Jackson and “Love With a View” for Barbra Streisand. To make this package a truly special tribute to a great writing talent, Clif has been working on detailed song credits and liner notes to explain each song on the compilation. The 4CD Set will be housed in a double sized jewelcase and will be limited to 1000 units worldwide. It is expected CDs will be ready to ship at the end of May. A digital release will follow at a later date. Pre-orders will be available from April 19. Direct pre-orders of ‘Road To Gold’ will be priced at USD$75 (including worldwide shipping) All those that pre-order will receive a 1CD sized digital download, with highlights from the set for advance listening. The full digital audio will be delivered the day the sets ship out. The full track listing is as follows: Disc 1: 1979-1983 01. Slip Away 3:17 02. The Rest Of The Night 4:07 03. Reach For Me 2:58 04. Do You Ever Think Of Me 3:06 05. Look What You’ve Done 3:02 06. Make Me Believe It 3:16 07. What Goes Around 3:30 08. Let ‘Em Talk 3:08 09. Late Night News 3:23 10. Chain Reaction 3:58 11. Workin’ It Back 3:07 12. When Will I See You Again 3:28 13. Tell Him 2:43 14. I Know What You Know 3:47 Disc 2: 1984-1987 01. Top Of The Hill 3:23 02. Kia Manni Kai 4:57 03. Hold On 3.17 03. Lisa, It Still Matters 4:00 04. Hold On To Me 4:17 05. Runnin’ Forever 4:11 06. Black And White 3:52 07. Over Tokyo 3:23 08. The Other Side Of Love 3:48 09. Saving Grace 3:29 10. The Children 4:44 11. If I Had My Way 3:31 12. Livin’ In A Gorgeous Hell 3:46 13. Shake Off The Rain 4:03 14. Steam 3:33 Disc 3: 1998-1995 01. Livin’ By The Letter 3:40 02. Halfway To Heaven 4:15 03. As Good As It Gets 3:50 04. Cry 4:19 05. Yeah Yeah Yeah 3:31 06. Love With A View 4:39 07. Look The Other Way 3:33 08. I Will Survive 3:38 09. I Think My Heart Is Ready 4:01 10. Johnny B Bad 4:18 11. Nueromancer 3:59 12. Collection Of Hearts 4.11 12. You Love Who You Love 3:49 13. The Boy Delirious 4:23 14. I Know I want Your Love 4:14 15. Down 3:24 16. Feel 4:05 Disc 4: 1996-2018 01. Forget That Girl 3:58 02. Her New Day 4:28 03. In The New World 3:58 04. Katies Suicide 4:01 05. Livin’ The Dream 2:33 06. What You Want 4:45 07. I’ve Fallen Into You 3:14 08. Running Away 3:07 09. Craving 3:25 10. Different Today 3:49 11. Those Were The Days 2:53 12. Will you Wait 4:05 13. Me Just Being Me 4:00 14. Crave The Touch 2:13 15. Let Me Let Go 3:58 16. (She Said) Just Kiss Me 3:19

Press release:: For American Grammy and CMA nominated singer/songwriter James House, there was life before Nashville. House is best known as a country star for his three hit Nashville records, recorded for MCA and Epic Records in the years spanning 1989-1994 and his Song Of The Year nominations for the likes of Dwight Yoakam (“Ain’t That Lonely Yet) and Martina McBride (“A Broken Wing”). But before that, James House was a rocker, making his solo debut on Atlantic Records in 1983 with an acclaimed self-titled record that featured James co-writing the album’s 9 songs, plus a young Alan Pasqua on 2 co-writes. The album featured a superstar lineup including Jimmy Haslip (Blackjack), Mike Baird (Journey, Rick Springfield, Van Stephenson), Alan Pasqua (Giant), Rick Derringer and more. For whatever reason, it was never released on CD, with fans demanding its release for years. “I did sessions, from vocal coaching Dustin Hoffman on Ishtar to singing opera-like tracks for a never released Zorro play” says House. “My Atlantic record was produced by Gary Katz who produced Steely Dan’s records. He brought in great musicians. One of my favorite guitarists Rick Derringer played guitar and David Sanborn played sax. That was an incredible experience as were all the sessions and recordings I did during this time.” James House’s rock roots didn’t stop there. Over the next several years, James became one of the go-to writers and singers for those classic 80s soundtracks. Working with such notable studio musicians such as Jeff Porcaro and Steve Lukather (Toto) plus yet to be discovered artist Bruce Hornsby and others, James was in the writing and recording rock songs and movie soundtrack phase of his career. Songs were included in such high-profile movies as Dream A Little Dream, Gleaming The Cube, Teen Wolf, The Wraith and Fire With Fire. MelodicRock Classics owner/A&R Andrew McNeice was obsessed with one particular ‘lost’ recording of James which got this project rolling. The closing credits for one of his favourite 80s movies, Scenes From The Goldmine featured the song “Time Enough For Love”, a heartfelt mid-tempo anthem that McNeice loved for years and was determined to see released officially. A desire to release an official soundtrack for that movie remains unfulfilled, but a relationship with James was established and a new mission created – to put together an Anthology of James’ rock work, from the 1983 Atlantic debut, plus as many of the soundtrack songs as could be found. Thus began a three year journey, trying to track down as many of the songs recorded as possible. Something that proved to be a bigger challenge than both anticipated. Masters for all the material except for one song were lost, as were the masters for the Atlantic Records album. James managed to track down a still sealed copy of his LP, which was specially transferred and remastered for this release. The soundtrack songs were a far bigger challenge. James managed to locate copies of several songs, including the never before heard version of a song he wrote for the Dream A Little Dream movie that was sung by Fee Waybill for the soundtrack. Other tracks came from several sources thanks to co-writers tracked down by McNeice as well as audio sourced from original copies of the few soundtracks released. Special thanks go to friend of the label, Ken Potocki, who tracked down two songs on the list himself. The big hold out was James’ most popular song that has never been released previously – despite fan calls for it over the last 30 years! The sentimental ballad “In It For Love” from the Paramount Studios movie Fire With Fire, has never even been heard in full before, having just an edited version of the song featured in the movie. But thanks to months of back and forth correspondence with Paramount, a master was found and is included in this set. House said “It took years to find some of these songs. One of them “In It for Love” from the cult 80’s movie Fire with Fire was never released and took over 25 years to find. I have gotten a steady flow of fan letters and emails over the years asking for the full version this track. Only a minute from the movie clip was out there and over the years people have edited that version trying to make a complete recording. It’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever recorded. It was buried in the archives of Paramount Movie Studios and just this past year I was able to get help there in finding the master recordings. The brilliant Jeff Pocarro from Toto played drums on this track.” There are two songs that remain elusive to all. No one with any connection to the songs or their movie use were able to find an original full copy of the songs; “Gleaming The Cube” (from the movie Gleaming The Cube) and “Running Out Of Time” (from the movie Cold Steel), but edited versions with a decent audio quality have been restored and remastered and added at the end of the album as a medley with a third edited tune “American Dream” – just for the sake of completing the full James House puzzle. This compilation of his classic rock tracks is a time machine back into the 80’s music and teen movie scene in Los Angeles. House still lives in Nashville where he is still in demand as a songwriter/producer. Lately he’s been writing with Blues Rock Titan Joe Bonamassa on his last 5 #1 albums and producing Australian country-pop singer/songwriter Zoee. James House – The LA Tapes: Classic Rock Years will be released May 27 as a 2CD set via MelodicRock Classics. Pre-orders start April 19. CDs shipped out at the end of May. The Full Track Listing is: Disc One: 1983 01. Cool Boy In Spain 4.28 02. Outside 4.39 03. Steal Your Love Away 4.01 04. Wait For Me 3.34 05. Hot On Your Tail 4.09 06. Jude 3.50 07. Bittersweet 3.47 08. Talk To My Machine 3.51 09. The Edge 3.50 Disc Two: The Soundtrack Cuts 01. Bad Mistake From The Movie “The Wraith” (1986) 02. Flesh On Fire From The Movie “Teen Wolf” (1985) 03. You Better Wait From The Movie “Dream A Little Dream” (1989) 04. Time Enough For Love From The Movie “Scenes From The Goldmine” (1987) 05. Listen To My Heartbeat From The Movie “Scenes From The Goldmine” (1987) 06. The Seeker From The Movie “Scenes From The Goldmine” (1987) 07. Leave My Heart Alone From The Movie “No Man’s Land” (1987) 08. I’m In It For Love From The Movie “Fire With Fire” (1986) 09. All The Money In The World From The Movie “Million Dollar Mystery” (1987) 10. Million Dollar Mystery From The Movie “Million Dollar Mystery” (1987) 11. Goin’ For Gold From The Movie “Million Dollar Mystery” (1987) 12. Born To Race From The Movie “Speed Zone” (1989) 13. Medley: The American Dream From The TV Movie “Jay Leno and the American Dream” (1986) Gleaming The Cube From The Movie “Gleaming The Cube” (1989) Running Out Of Time From The Movie “Cold Steal” (1987)

Album sampler:

New song 'Too Late For Love'.

New video for 'Sometimes'.

New video for 'Poke The Witch'.

New video for 'Your Eyes Again'.

New song 'Poke The Witch'.

New video for 'Overnite Sensation'.

New lyric video for 'Backstreet Love Affair'.

Don't know which version you posted but this version is great.

Premiere for the new video of 'Signed In Blood' later today. Taken from the 'Kids In A Ghost Town' deluxe edition reissue.

Oh no...I'm off...

This sounds great. Press release from FIXT: FiXT is proud to announce the exclusive signing of CANTERVICE, an American concept-based electronic rock project, its core concepts being centered around a future dystopian world, plagued by a government that has assumed control over all technology and information. The signing kicks off with a re-release of two of CANTERVICE’s earlier singles “Void” and “The Machine” ahead of new original material and a multi-album deal. “Initially we were intent on never signing with a record label, with our experience and the experiences of our peers, we’ve developed a bit of a bad taste with them and wished to keep CANTERVICE independent indefinitely. FiXT offered us more than a simple record deal, but a partnership. This partnership would allow us to accelerate our output and help us spread our message further and faster than before, and without sacrificing our authenticity. This is only the beginning, and we are truly eager to find what the future holds for us and FiXT.” facebook

New lyric video for 'Across The Nation'.

New lyric video for 'Ball And Chain'.

New video for 'Run For Your Life'.

New video for 'Top Heaven'.

I might cancel myself...

Yep,they should...hey now, that's racism!

New video for 'Uncle John'.

Yeah! WTF?!

New song 'I'll Tell You When To Stop' from the new album, release date June 24th. Chris Ousey: vocals Steve Mann: guitars/keyboards Angela Mann: bass Clive Edwards: drums

New "exciting" song 'Blame It On The Night'.