MELVIN JAMES – The Passenger (Re-issue) CD
BAD230201
CD
Remastered
Melvin James is best known for his solo work as an MCA recording artist in the mid-80’s. In the early 80’s he co-founded the Crash Street Kids, a Minneapolis-based band signed by Fat City Records. In the 1990s and early 2000s he was the frontman for the power trio Planet Melvin, releasing two albums on Junior’s Motel Records.
For his MCA debut James teamed up with Bill Szymczyk (The Who, Eagles Hotel California, Joe Walsh, the James Game, etc) to co-produce The Passenger, which was released in 1987. The album’s single Why Won’t You Stay reached top 20 chart status and its video was in in high rotation on MTV. Why Won’t You Stay charted in the top ten in Miami, Chicago, Denver, and Minneapolis. Two other singles—Loving You is Strange And Twisted—had videos made for them. After his A&R representative Michael Rosenblatt and label president Irving Azoff left MCA, James was encouraged to follow Rosenblatt to Geffen. Geffen gave James a budget to cut new demos at Paisley Park but subsequently passed on signing him.
TRACKLIST:
1. WHY WON’T YOU STAY (COME IN, COME OUT OF THE RAIN)
2. WE HEAR THE THUNDER
3. TELEPHONE
4. PASSENGER
5. LOVING YOU IS STRANGE
6. TWISTED
7. SHE’S SO SORRY
8. SUGAR CANDY
9. DEVIL WITH A HALO
BAD230201
CD
Remastered
Melvin James is best known for his solo work as an MCA recording artist in the mid-80’s. In the early 80’s he co-founded the Crash Street Kids, a Minneapolis-based band signed by Fat City Records. In the 1990s and early 2000s he was the frontman for the power trio Planet Melvin, releasing two albums on Junior’s Motel Records.
For his MCA debut James teamed up with Bill Szymczyk (The Who, Eagles Hotel California, Joe Walsh, the James Game, etc) to co-produce The Passenger, which was released in 1987. The album’s single Why Won’t You Stay reached top 20 chart status and its video was in in high rotation on MTV. Why Won’t You Stay charted in the top ten in Miami, Chicago, Denver, and Minneapolis. Two other singles—Loving You is Strange And Twisted—had videos made for them. After his A&R representative Michael Rosenblatt and label president Irving Azoff left MCA, James was encouraged to follow Rosenblatt to Geffen. Geffen gave James a budget to cut new demos at Paisley Park but subsequently passed on signing him.
TRACKLIST:
1. WHY WON’T YOU STAY (COME IN, COME OUT OF THE RAIN)
2. WE HEAR THE THUNDER
3. TELEPHONE
4. PASSENGER
5. LOVING YOU IS STRANGE
6. TWISTED
7. SHE’S SO SORRY
8. SUGAR CANDY
9. DEVIL WITH A HALO
BAD230201
CD
Remastered
Melvin James is best known for his solo work as an MCA recording artist in the mid-80’s. In the early 80’s he co-founded the Crash Street Kids, a Minneapolis-based band signed by Fat City Records. In the 1990s and early 2000s he was the frontman for the power trio Planet Melvin, releasing two albums on Junior’s Motel Records.
For his MCA debut James teamed up with Bill Szymczyk (The Who, Eagles Hotel California, Joe Walsh, the James Game, etc) to co-produce The Passenger, which was released in 1987. The album’s single Why Won’t You Stay reached top 20 chart status and its video was in in high rotation on MTV. Why Won’t You Stay charted in the top ten in Miami, Chicago, Denver, and Minneapolis. Two other singles—Loving You is Strange And Twisted—had videos made for them. After his A&R representative Michael Rosenblatt and label president Irving Azoff left MCA, James was encouraged to follow Rosenblatt to Geffen. Geffen gave James a budget to cut new demos at Paisley Park but subsequently passed on signing him.
TRACKLIST:
1. WHY WON’T YOU STAY (COME IN, COME OUT OF THE RAIN)
2. WE HEAR THE THUNDER
3. TELEPHONE
4. PASSENGER
5. LOVING YOU IS STRANGE
6. TWISTED
7. SHE’S SO SORRY
8. SUGAR CANDY
9. DEVIL WITH A HALO