Prince's Big Score
Prince's Graffiti Bridge will be more than just a film; it also
will involve a jam-packed soundtrack album. The two-record set, due
in early August (as is the film), will feature Prince, the reunited
Time (including Morris Day, Jerome Benton, and producers Jimmy Jam
and Terry Lewis), George Clinton, Mavis Staples, and three
new acts on Prince's Paisley Park label- Jill Jones and rappers Robin
Power and T.C. Ellis.
R.E.M.'s Rich Pageant
R.E.M. has made demos of more than 20 songs that it plans
to take into a Georgia studio in the fall to record for its next
album, due in 1991. Meanwhile, fans can look forward to singer
Michael Stipe's collaboration with the Indigo Girls, ''I'll Give You
My Skin,'' which will be included on Tame Yourself, an animal-rights
benefit album from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals due
for an August release on Island.
Talkin' 'Bout an Itinerary
Tracy Chapman starts the U.S. leg of her world tour May 18
in Dallas. Opening act for the tour, which wraps up July 4 in
Portland, Maine, will be the South African group Johnny Clegg &
Savuka. Savuka also will serve as Chapman's backup band.
Cereal Killer
EMI's Legendary Masters CD reissue series includes a Gary Lewis &
the Playboys (''This Diamond Ring'') retrospective, in stores now. Even
better, the collection features Lewis' ''Doin' the Flake,'' available
for only a brief time in 1966 as a Kellogg's Corn Flakes box-top
mail-in prize. Pass the milk.
Vinyl Curtain
According to Atlantic's first-quarter catalog, the following
albums are no longer available in LP form: Yes' Fragile, Pete
Townshend's Empty Glass, Crosby, Stills & Nash's CSN, Phil Collins'
Face Value, Greatest Hits by Abba, The Best of Ray Charles,
and everything by Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Genesis (except for the
latter's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway).
Whatever Gets You Through the Show
John Lennon's 50th birthday this year will not go unnoticed. A
multi-media project, Lennon, includes a live three-hour U.K. TV
broadcast on May 5 from Liverpool, featuring Dave Edmunds (musical
director), Lou Reed, Terence Trent D'Arby, Randy Travis, Al Green,
Kylie Minogue, Herbie Hancock, Joe Cocker, Sarah Vaughan, and others
singing Lennon's songs. The show will not be broadcast live in the
States, though portions of it, combined with filmed tributes to the
late Beatle, will be seen here Oct. 9 (Lennon's birthday) as a
separate special. An album of those performances is also in the
works. Proceeds benefit the Spirit Foundation, a Lennon-founded
charity that supports environmental projects.
Catch a CD Wave
The Beach Boys' classic 1966 Pet Sounds album finally will be
released on CD May 15. The same day, Capitol will launch a
two-records-on-one-CD reissue series of the band's '60s catalog,
including such albums as Surfer Girl, Smiley Smile, and Surfin' USA.
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