(MRR085) released 2018 by Melodic Rock Records


LABELS :
Australia : Melodic Rock Records - 2CD - MRR085



musicians :
Jimmy Waldo (keyboards; Drum programming; all instruments on disc 02 track 14)
Steve Rosen (guitars disc 1 track 10, disc 2 track 01, 03, 04, 08, 09, 13, 17; bonus 19)

Steve Plunkett (vocals on disc 1 track 11, 12, 13;
                      guitars on disc 1 track 11, 13; disc 2 track 06, 10;
                       keyboards on disc 1 track 11; disc 2 track 10;
                       bass and drum programming on disc 1 track 13; disc 2 track 06)

Ron de la Vega (bass on disc 1 track 10; disc 2 track 01, 03, 04, 08, 13, 17; bonus 19;
                        keyboards on disc 2 track 01, 17; bonus download track 19)

Billy Trudell (vocals on disc 1 track 01, 15; bonus download track 18)
Jeff Scott Soto (vocals on disc 1 track 02)
Sherwood Ball (vocals on disc 1 track 03)
Mike Val (vocals on disc 1 track 04, 05)
Guy Perry (vocals and bass on disc 1 track 06, 07, 16; vocals on disc 2 track 07)
Paul Bardot (vocals on disc 1 track 08, 09)
Mona Moore (vocals on disc 1 track 10; disc 2 track 03, 04, 09, 12, 17)
Laura Creamer (vocals on disc 1 track 14; disc 2 track 10)
J.P. Palalenka (vocals on disc 2 track 01)
Phil Brown (vocals and guitar on disc 2 track 02)
Jamie St. James (vocals on disc 2 track 05, 11)
TBC (??) (vocals on disc 2 track 06)
Greg Edelman (vocals on disc 2 track 08, 13)
Paul Shortino (vocals and guitar on disc 2 track 15)
Desi Rexx (D’Molls) (vocals on disc 2 track 16)
Ralph Morman (vocals on bonus download track 19)

Harry Cody (guitars on disc 1 track 01, 15; disc 2 track 07)
Bob Kulick (guitars on disc 1 track 02, 12)
Michael Angelo (guitars on disc 1 track 03)
Keith Howland (guitars on disc 1 track 04, 05, 14)
Tony Palacios (guitars on disc 1 track 06)
Tommy Thayer (guitars on disc 1 track 07, 16)
Keith Howland (guitars on disc 1 track 09)
Marc Ferrari (guitars on disc 2 track 05, 11; bas on disc 2 track 11)
Danny Johnson (guitars on disc 2 track 16; bonus download track 18)

Lance Morrison (bass on disc 1 track 04, 05, 08, 09, 14)
Tim Skold (bass on disc 2 track 07)
Steve Vonderheide (keyboards on disc 2 track 09)
Pete Christian (drums on disc 2 track 01)


NOTES :
Remastered by JK Northrup.
Disc 1 track 03, 04, 05, 06, 09, 10 - recorded by Jimmy Waldo.
Disc 2 track 03, 04, 05, 12, 17; bonus download track 18 - recorded by Jimmy Waldo.
Disc 1 track 08 - produced by Jimmy Waldo
Disc 1 track 14 - engineered by Jimmy Waldo

Disc 1 track 07, 16 - recorded by Brad Bailey
Disc 1 track 11, 13 and disc 2 track 06, 10 - produced by Steve Plunkett
Disc 2 track 08, 13 - recorded by Brian Levi



Extra NOTE (from Kiss Related Recordings) :
A different version of "Thrill Of A Chase"  is recorded in 1988 by WARRIOR featuring Vinnie Vincent on vocals and guitar. The song was first roughly demoed by Steven Rosen and Jimmy Waldo. When Vinnie Vincent heard that demo, he loved the song so much that he was keen to do his own version of it.  That's why WARRIOR (Vinnie Vincent, Jimmy Waldo, Gary Shea, Hirsch Gardner) went into to studio in 1988 (6 years after the band split up) to record the song.



Extra NOTES / promo letter :
Jimmy Waldo and Steven Rosen were a prolific writing duo at the height of hard rock’s popularity and were two of the go-to-guys for songs. But it didn’t stop there. This writing partnership lasted more than 30 years. And featured on these songs are the cream of the city’s musicians and singers – Jeff Scott Soto, Steve Plunkett, Billy Trudell, Keith Howland, Tim Pierce, Sherwood Ball, Tommy Thayer, Jamie St James, Marc Ferrari, Bob Kulick and more!

It is a story best told by Steven Rosen, who has penned a detailed essay for the liner notes. Here he summarizes:

Steven writes: "This songwriting partnership endured and survived the pummelling and pulverizing hammer of the music business, one that relentlessly and thoughtlessly banged you on the head with rejections and the closing of doors. Reaching out hundreds and hundreds of times to publishers, managers, music supervisors and anyone else who might listen to our music, we were summarily dismissed out of hand.
We’d sit for hours writing, recording, bashing our brains out and always coming away with something cool.

A handful of the songs here were things I wrote with other people and which Jimmy engineered. Jimmy had by the time we met, already played keyboards in NEW ENGLAND and Alcatrazz and would go on to become a member in BLACKTHORNE, MURDER'S ROW, Quiet Riot and ultimately Graham Bonnet’s band.

As time passed, we began writing with more specific artists and projects in mind. 'Naked' was written as a possible song for Heart; 'Ricochet' and 'When A Heart Beats Alone' were written for an L.A. glam rock band Jimmy was producing called Lace; 'City Of Angels' was written for the Japanese NHK network; and 'Outlaws' was written for an indie film of the same name and so on.

Because we were writing for certain artists, we both knew we needed to pull in guitar players and singers who could convey a specific vibe. We were able to work with mad gifted players like Keith Howland (Chicago), Harry Cody (Shotgun Messiah), Tony Palacios (Guardian) and Lance Morrison (Don Henley, Rick Springfield).

And the singers? Oh, my god. Mona Moore brought drama and passion to these songs like no other vocalist I’d ever heard. Billy Trudell, working in Warpipes at the time, brought soaring and melodic thunder to 'When It Was A Game,' 'Runaway Fire' and '(Ain’t No) Honor Among Thieves.'

The songs on ‘Voices From the Past’ have remained dormant for years, residing in boxes, hidden in dusty corners. Giles Lavery, Graham Bonnet’s manager and a music historian with an encyclopedic knowledge of all things rock bordering on ultra-nerd, discovered these DATs, ADATs, reel-to-reels, hard drives and even cassettes deep within the bowels of Waldo’s garage. He started listening and was enthralled with what he heard. Giles rescued, resuscitated and resurrected these songs and for that Jimmy and I are eternally grateful."