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Date Posted: 07:30:00 03/31/04 Wed
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ALDO NOVA AND WARRANT KEEP ’80s REAL
"METAL MASTERS" SERIES RETURNS WITH
EXPANDED EDITIONS OF THREE DOUBLE-PLATINUM ALBUMS
Aldo Nova's 1982 debut (with "Fantasy") features alternate version of "Foolin' Myself" single (previously unreleased on CD)
Warrant's 1989 debut, DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH (with "Heaven") and 1990's CHERRY PIE both feature previously unreleased demos.
New liner notes essays confirm 80s place in history as all three titles arrive in stores April 13th on Epic/Legacy and Columbia/Legacy.
"Aldo Nova offered the perfect bridge between the melodic AOR of the 70s and the hair band movement of the 80s. The ten tracks were ripe with big hooks and polished production, while the lyrics focused on themes of love, lust, loss and longing, all future themes of the pop-metal
genre." - from the liner notes written by Bryan Reesman
"Credible music is often lauded for its inherent honesty. But Warrant, often slammed as "posers", never really pretended to be anything other than what they were: a bunch of guys playing rock music, getting rich, and having a good time." - from the liner notes to Cherry Pie written by Brian Ives
The glamourization of all things 80s continues to dominate the culture wars with a vengeance from VH1 to the local fashion mall, from video rental stores to the mouse-clicks of eBay snipers around the world. Exemplified by the
rags-to-riches sagas of musicians who freely gave their souls to the forces of hard rock, the glory of the 80s lives on in the Metal Masters Series launched three years ago by Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music.
From provincial Montreal "by way of Beatlemania and New York's legendary Power Station recording studios" came ALDO NOVA, the self-titled 1982 debut album from the multi-instrumental whiz kid who scored a Top 5 Rock hit with his
first single, "Fantasy". This expanded edition, which includes a newly commissioned liner notes essay by Bryan Reesman and an alternate version (previously unreleased on CD) of Aldo Nova's follow-up single, "Foolin Yourself", will arrive in stores April 13th on Epic/Legacy.
At the other end of the decade (and the continent) came the first two albums by Warrant, one of the most outrageous bands ever to survive the Sunset Strip. Expanded editions of 1989's DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH (source of the
all-time #2 anthem, "Heaven", plus two previously unreleased demo tracks) and 1990's CHERRY PIE (with its back-to-back Top 10 hits, "Cherry Pie" and "I Saw Red", also with two demo tracks) contain separate newly commissioned liner notes essays written by Brian Ives, a regular contributor to VH-1. The two titles will arrive together in stores April 13th on Columbia/Legacy.
Rowdy and raucous, with attitude to spare, Warrant and Aldo Nova proudly join Legacy's Metal Masters Series, inaugurated in 2001. The maiden releases in the series comprised expanded editions of "Balls to the Wall" by Accept (from 1984), "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot (1983), Final Countdown by Europe (1986), and The Best Of Britny Fox by Britny Fox.
ALDO NOVA
Born Aldo Caporuscio in Montreal, he did not pick up a guitar until his early teens, but an obsession with Jimi Hendrix was enough to turn him into an overnight prodigy and local favorite. Mastering rock and jazz, as a guitarist, keyboardist, bassist, singer, songwriter, and producer, he went on to acclaim in the role of George Harrison in a 3-year Beatlemania run onstage. The
exposure led to a publishing deal with ATV Music, who signed him to a 3-album deal with Epic's Portrait subsidiary. The icing on the cake came with Tony Bongiovi's Power Station mix of Aldo's debut album.
Certified double-platinum on the strength of the memorable hit single and MTV staple, "Fantasy", the ALDO NOVA album set his career in motion. He became a much in-demand session guitarist and arranger (credits ranging from Michael Bolton to Bon Jovi's "Runaway" and their Young Guns II: Blaze Of Glory movie soundtrack) and songwriter (including Blue Öyster Cult's "Take Me Away"). Still active as a top-flight producer and a songwriter, he recently produced Celine Dion's 2002 comeback album, A New Day Has Come, and co-wrote its title track; and also co-wrote the chart-topping hit for "American Idol" star Clay
Aiken, "This Is The Night".
ALDO NOVA (EK 85993, originally issued 1982, as Portrait 85287) Selections:
1. Fantasy
2. Hot Love
3. It's Too Late
4. Ball and Chain
5. Heart To Heart
6. Foolin Yourself
7. Under the Gun
8. You're My Love
9. Can't Stop Lovin You
10. See The Light
Bonus tracks:
11. Foolin Yourself (alternate version previously unreleased on CD).
WARRANT
The original lineup of Warrant - vocalist Jani Lane, guitarist Erik Turner, guitarist Joey Allen, bassist Jerry Dixon, and drummer Steven Sweet - emerged full-blown from Los Angeles in the mid-80s, ready to conquer the world. They lived up to all expectations on their double-platinum debut album, DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH, which spent more than 15 months on the chart and spun off four Rock hit singles and videos: "Down Boys", "Heaven", "Big Talk",
and "Sometimes She Cries". History repeated itself as CHERRY PIE struck double-platinum again, with a 14-month chart run pushed along by another quartet of Rock hits and MTV favorites: "Cherry Pie", "I Saw Red", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and "Blind Faith".
Although rock trends changed over the course of the next decade, Warrant continued to please their fans with non-stop touring and new albums in 1992 (Dog Eat Dog), 95 (Ultraphobic), 96 (Belly To Belly), 97 (Live 86-97), 99
(Greatest and Latest), and their most recent album, 2001's Under the Influence.
On February 16th, Warrant's official website announced that Jani Lane had left the band to pursue a solo career. At the same time, original guitarist Joey Allen (who left in the early 90s) has returned to the lineup, which
includes Turner and Dixon, along with singer Jaime St. James and drummer Mike Fasano.
DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH by Warrant (CK 86742, originally issued 1989, as Columbia 44383) Selections:
1. 32 Pennies
2. Down Boys
3. Big Talk
4. Sometimes She Cries
5. So Damn Pretty (Should Be Against The Law)
6. D.R.F.S.R.
7. In The Sticks
8. Heaven
9. Ridin High
10. Cold Sweat
Previously Unreleased Bonus tracks:
11. Only A Man (Demo)
12. All Night Long (Demo).
CHERRY PIE by Warrant (CK 86743, originally issued 1990, as Columbia 45487) Selections:
1. Cherry Pie
2. Uncle Tom's Cabin
3. I Saw Red
4. Bed Of Roses
5. Sure Feels Good To Me
6. Love In Stereo
7. Blind Faith
8. Song and Dance Man
9. You're The Only Hell Your Mama Ever Raised
10. Mr. Rainmaker
11. Train, Train
12. Ode To Tipper Gore
Bonus tracks:
13. Game of War (Previously Unreleased Demo, recorded 1988)
14. The Power (Demo recorded 1991, from the Gladiator motion picture soundtrack, released 1992).
www.legacyrecordings.com/aldonova
www.legacyrecordings.com/warrant
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