Melissa Manchester

MELISSA MANCHESTER SELLING POINTS MATHEMATICS—THE MCA YEARS • Melissa Manchester Spent Nearly a Decade (2-CD Set) at Clive Davis’ Arista Records, Where She Established Herself as One of the Finest Singer-Songwriters and Pop Interpreters of the Era STREET DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2018 • But in 1985, She Declared Her Independence from Davis by Signing with MCA and Releasing Melissa Manchester announced CD 1: The Original Album Mathematics, Which Boldly Re-Invented Her Sound by Embracing New Wave, Dance-Oriented her independence from Arista 1. Victims of the Modern Heart Synthpop, and Hi-NRG Sounds Records when she signed to 2. Mathematics • Produced by George Duke, Brock Walsh, MCA Records after nearly a 3. Energy Robbie Nevil, and Trevor Veitch Under the decade with Clive Davis’ famous 4. Shocked Aegis of Executive Producer Quincy Jones label. At Arista, Manchester 5. All Tied Up • Featured All-Star Session Musicians Like Lee had established herself as one 6. The Dream Ritenour, Toto’s Steve Lukather, “Maniac” Star 7. Restless Love Michael Sembello, John Robinson, Jerry Hey, of the finest singer-songwriters Paulinho DaCosta, and The Waters Family of the era as well as a first- 8. Thunder in the Night class pop interpreter. At 9. Night Creatures • Melissa’s Only Album for MCA, Mathematics 10. Just One Lifetime Makes Its CD Debut on Disc One of This MCA, she reinvented herself Collection further by jumping headfirst • Disc Two Includes All of the Period Remixes and into the world of dance- CD 2: Bonus Tracks the B-Side “Full of Yourself” oriented synthpop, Hi-NRG, and new wave. 1985’s 1. Water from the Moon • Features Three Unreleased Outtakes: the Mathematics bore the period’s hallmark of multiple big-name Never-Before-Heard “Water from the Moon” producers: George Duke, Brock Walsh, Robbie Nevil, Trevor (previously unreleased) and “Skin on Skin,” and the Never Commercially Veitch, and executive producer Quincy Jones. Mathematics 2. Skin on Skin (previously unreleased) Available “Just One Star Beyond,” written by 3. Just One Star Beyond Melissa and Craig Safan for the Sci-Fi Cult featured the A-list of Los Angeles’ session musicians like John (previously unreleased) Classic The Last Starfighter Robinson, Jerry Hey, Paulinho DaCosta, and Lee Ritenour, plus 4. So Full of Yourself (Non-LP B-side) • The Bonus Disc Concludes with CD Debuts of backgrounds from the Waters family and special guests such as 5. Just One Lifetime (Single Edit) All Three Versions of the Oscar-Nominated Toto’s Steve Lukather and “Maniac” star Michael Sembello. But 6. Mathematics (Dance Mix) “The Promise (I’ll Never Say Goodbye”) from the Soundtrack of The Promise and the the real star of the album was Melissa Manchester’s powerful 7. Mathematics (Dub Version) Al Jarreau Duet “The Music of Goodbye” from voice in a new setting of infectious, bubbly dance-pop rhythms. 8. Energy (Power Mix) Out of Africa Over the years, Mathematics has become one of Melissa’s most 9. Energy (Dub Version) 10. Main Title: The Promise • Remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision beloved albums, and certainly her most in-demand. But it’s (I’ll Never Say Goodbye) • Liner Notes from The Second Disc’s never been released on CD…until now. Real Gone Music and 11. Remembrance Montage/The Promise Joe Marchese Include Fresh Quotes from Second Disc Records are proud to present the definitive, 2-CD (I’ll Never Say Goodbye)/Ben’s Drive Melissa Manchester edition of this classic album. Mathematics: The MCA Years 12. The Promise Kept/End Title: • Long, Long Requested by Melissa’s Fans boasts the newly-remastered, full-length original album on Disc The Promise (I’ll Never Say Goodbye) One while Disc Two boasts all of the original period remixes, 13. The Music of Goodbye the B-side “So Full of Yourself,” and three outtakes: the never- (Love Theme from Out of Africa) – before-heard “Water from the Moon” and “Skin on Skin,” and with Al Jarreau the never commercially available “Just One Star Beyond,” written by Melissa and Craig Safan for the sci-fi cult classicThe iBarcoder Trial Last Starfighter. And that’s not all. Mathematics: The MCA Years also adds all three versions of the Oscar-nominated “The 8 48064 00761 6 Promise (I’ll Never Say Goodbye)” from the soundtrack of UPC: 848064007616 The Promise for the very first time on CD plus the Al Jarreau FORMAT: 2-CD Set duet “The Music of Goodbye” from Out of Africa. This deluxe PACKAGING: Slimline Jewel Case package has been remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision RETURNABLE: Yes BOX LOT: 30 Mastering. It’s topped off with new liner notes by The Second GENRE: Rock Disc’s Joe Marchese featuring fresh quotes from Melissa. The PARENTAL ADVISORY: No ‘80s has never sounded so good!.

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