Record
Record was a monthly publication from the publishers of Rolling Stone, and was published between 1982 and 1986.
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Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham: A Pop Renegade
Interview by David Gans, Record, April 1982
AS THE NEXT Fleetwood Mac album nears completion, Lindsey Buckingham is faced with divided interests. Much of the responsibility for the success or failure of ...
Fleetwood Mac: Where's Stevie?
Interview by David Gans, Record, September 1982
FANTASY ISLAND, Ca. – On the kitchen table in Mick Fleetwood's Malibu mansion sits a model of the stage design for Fleetwood Mac's upcoming American ...
Crosby and Nash, Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar: Danny Kortchmar: The Standup Rocker
Interview by Dave Zimmer, Record, March 1983
"I HATE folk music, I always have," snaps Danny Kortchmar. Such a revelation is surprising, in view of the fact that Kortchmar (aka "Kootch") has ...
Steve Goodman: After A Bout Of Leukemia, Steve Goodman Hits The Road
Interview by David Gans, Record, July 1983
LOS ANGELES — Red Pajamas Records is a one-act label with a one-title catalogue. But Steve Goodman, proprietor and Red Pajamas recording artist, doesn't mind ...
David Bowie Let's Dance (EMI/America)
Review by Carol Cooper, Record, July 1983
A CONSUMMATE BLEND of everything Chic and David Bowie (in his Negro period) represent, 'Let's Dance' – the title song of the latter's new album ...
Martha and the Muffins: The Channel, Boston, Mass.
Live Review by Jim Sullivan, Record, July 1983
Martha and The Muffins In The Art-Funk League ...
Muddy Waters 1915-1983 — Let's Say He Was A Gentleman
Obituary by Dave Marsh, Record, July 1983
IT IS ALL but impossible to concisely summarize Muddy Waters' achievements, much less get a handle on mourning him. If Muddy were merely the first ...
Interview by Jim Sullivan, Record, July 1983
BOSTON — Talk about rock 'n' roll bands — their public images and their music — and certain adjectives jump up and wave their hands ...
Roxy Music: Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles CA
Live Review by John Mendelssohn, Record, July 1983
Just Another Loud Rock Band ...
Interview by Deborah Frost, Record, August 1983
NEW YORK — In their native Australia, where their first album (Desperate)has gone platinum and their notoriety landed them a part in the film Monkey ...
Smokey Robinson: Cruisin' with Smokey
Interview by Dave Marsh, Record, August 1983
In an exclusive interview, the master of the romantic vignette-in-song gets into some nuts-and-bolts talk about the creative process and gets down with some vintage ...
Bob Marley & the Wailers: Confronting Marley’s Legacy
Retrospective by Carol Cooper, Record, September 1983
NEW YORK – King Tut was playing Munich when I arrived in January of 1981 to pay my last respects to Bob Marley. I remember ...
Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant: Robert Plant: Into The Light
Interview by John Hutchinson, Record, September 1983
Led Zeppelin now a fond but distant memory, Robert Plant turns his attention towards a new solo album, a new band and a world tour ...
Wynton Marsalis Under Fire: "It's Like I'm The Enemy Now"
Interview by Steve Bloom, Record, September 1983
IT TAKES a rare kind of chutzpah to tell Johnny Carson where to go. Wynton Marsalis, Downbeat's "Musician of the Year" in 1982, did just ...
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams And Constant Friction
Interview by Jim Sullivan, Record, October 1983
BOSTON — "WE are not your average rock 'n' roll band," says Annie Lennox very deliberately, very seriously. This is the first thing out of ...
James Jamerson: What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?
Comment by Dave Marsh, Record, November 1983
"I walk in shadows, searching for light, Cold and alone, no comfort in sight. Hoping and praying for someone who'll care, Always moving and going ...
Al Green: "There are riders approaching"
Interview by James Hunter, Record, December 1983
THE CONTINUING TRANSFORMATION OF AL GREEN, MAN OF GOD ...
Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie: Fleetwood Mac: A Band Apart
Interview by David Gans, Record, December 1983
OAKLAND, CA. — The second round of Fleetwood Mac solo projects has begun to come to fruition. ...
John Mellencamp: The Kid's Alright
Profile and Interview by Deborah Frost, Record, December 1983
Beneath all the bluster, John Cougar turns out to be an average Joe trying to make a living and have a good time — neither ...
The Clash, Van Halen: US Festival ’83: No More In ‘84
Report by John Mendelsohn, Record, Summer 1983
AFTER PUNK, audiences weren’t supposed to pay large amounts of money anymore for the privilege of watching superstars from the length of a football field ...
The Rolling Stones: Rolling Stones: Undercover
Review by Anthony DeCurtis, Record, 1984
VIOLENCE OF both sexual and political nature is never more than a shout away on Undercover, the Rolling Stones' first studio LP since 1981's much ...
Culture Club: Colour By Numbers (Virgin/Epic)
Review by J.D. Considine, Record, January 1984
BOY GEORGE may be pop music's best argument against judgment on the basis of looks alone, but Culture Club's music makes a pretty strong case ...
Jason & The Scorchers: Jason and the Scorchers: Can't Be Real If It Ain't Got That Feel
Profile and Interview by Anthony DeCurtis, Record, January 1984
SWEAT-SOAKED and sprawled on a couch in the dressing room of Atlanta hot-spot 688 club, Scorcher guitarist Warner Hodges pulls on a cold one and ...
Earth, Wind & Fire, Jennifer Holliday: Jennifer Holliday: Feel My Soul (Geffen)
Review by Steve Bloom, Record, January 1984
FEEL MY Soul is the best Earth, Wind & Fire album to come along in four years; produced by Maurice White, EW&F's founding father, it ...
Philip Bailey: Continuation (Columbia)
Review by Steve Bloom, Record, January 1984
PHILIP BAILEY, like the Commodores' Walter Orange, is one of those overlooked vocalists who has had to settle for a career of group success over ...
T Bone Burnett: Just Plain Folks
Interview by David Gans, Record, January 1984
T-Bone Burnett makes a case for himself as a regular guy ...
Bob Dylan: Infidels (Columbia)
Review by John Swenson, Record, February 1984
BOB DYLAN is the most consistently misunderstood figure in pop music history. Dylan's approach to songwriting, and to his public persona in general, has always ...
Randy Crawford: Nightline (Warner Bros.)
Review by James Hunter, Record, February 1984
SINGER RANDY Crawford — as rightfully celebrated and well-known in Europe as she is not in her native United States — sounds like Gladys Knight, ...
Cyndi Lauper: She's So Unusual (Portrait)
Review by J.D. Considine, Record, March 1984
IF GOOD SINGING were its own reward, then She's So Unusual, the solo debut of former Blue Angel singer Cyndi Lauper, would be one hell ...
Paul Simon: Hearts and Bones (Warner Bros.)
Review by John Swenson, Record, March 1984
THE ARTIST RETURNS ...
Womack and Womack: Womack & Womack: Love Wars (Elektra)
Review by James Hunter, Record, March 1984
WITH A sassy authority too gritty to be bitchy, too determined to be shrill, Linda Womack lithely barks out the phrase "I can't understand that" ...
The Long Ryders: Long Ryders Renovating Byrdsland
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Record, April 1984
Los Angeles — Sid Griffin, 27-year-old guitarist and founding member of the Long Ryders, machine-guns opinions as well as he emulates the onstage moves of ...
Kool and the Gang: Gold Isn't Good Enough
Interview by Steve Bloom, Record, May 1984
After some lean years Kool and the Gang are thinking platinum again ...
The Pretenders: Talkin' to the New Kids In Town
Report and Interview by David Gans, Record, May 1984
SO YOU'RE A rock musician who's had some marginal success and suddenly you're part of a band embarking on one of the most publicized and ...
Wire Train: Eye Of the Beholder: Wire Train's songs work on several levels
Report and Interview by David Gans, Record, June 1984
OAKLAND, Ca. – Neither Kevin Hunter nor Kurt Herr had much musical experience when they met at San Francisco State University and started writing songs ...
Review by J.D. Considine, Record, June 1984
RAP RECORDS had messages before 'The Message' exploded across the airwaves in 1982, but it remains extremely tempting to argue that it was Grandmaster Flash ...
Interview by Anthony DeCurtis, Record, June 1984
R.E.M.'s Hip American Dream ...
The Clash: The Mouth That Roared: The Return of The Clash
Report and Interview by John Mendelsohn, Record, June 1984
Joe Strummer announces the Clash’s comeback in no uncertain terms. ...
The Alarm: Tracking The New Inspirationals: The Alarm
Report and Interview by John Mendelsohn, Record, June 1984
THEIR MOVEMENT MAY be said to have been born on the smoggy Labor Day afternoon in 1983 when U2’s Bono climbed to the top of ...
Report and Interview by Deborah Frost, Record, June 1984
One prayed to be square, one prays for good odds in Vegas and one worships at the shrine of Howard Hughes. Welcome to the eccentric ...
Bobby Womack: The Poet II (Beverly Glen)
Review by J.D. Considine, Record, July 1984
NOMINALLY A sequel to 1981's The Poet, this is less a second helping of that album's personal expressiveness than a second side of Bobby Womack. ...
Cameo: She's Strange (Atlanta Artists/Polygram)
Review by Steve Bloom, Record, July 1984
BACK IN the days when there was a record company called Chocolate City, a group named Cameo gave the label instant credibility. Cameo's 1977 debut, ...
Interview by Chris Salewicz, Record, July 1984
On a Friday evening in an undistinguished bar in Manhattan’s East Village, a drunk slides off his stool and onto the floor, where he curls ...
Marvin Gaye: No-One Quite Like Him
Obituary by Dave Marsh, Record, July 1984
Blessed with a cool born of control rather than emotional distance or reserve, Marvin Gaye was the artist who best expressed Motown's mix of disparate ...
Marvin Gaye: No One Quite Like Him: The Art and Artistry of Marvin Gaye
Obituary by Dave Marsh, Record, July 1984
I USED TO think Marvin Gaye was the most underrated soul singer of the '60s. Now I'd expand that judgment, not only because of his ...
The System, Matthew Wilder: Rhythmic Self-Determination
Report and Interview by David Gans, Record, July 1984
Better songwriting through drum machines ...
David Lasley: Raindance (EMI America)
Review by James Hunter, Record, August 1984
MICHIGAN-BORN David Lasley sings like Robin Gibb baptized in the grace-giving waters of soul. As a songwriter his compositions often rank with the best of ...
Review by Ira Robbins, Record, August 1984
WHEN PINK Floyd stopped creating cabin music for space craft, the group entered an extremely fruitful three album period that remains the pinnacle of their ...
The Jones Girls: Keep It Comin' (Philadelphia International)
Review by James Hunter, Record, August 1984
KEEP IT Comin', the Jones Girls' latest album, is black pop in the year 2 A.T. (After Thriller), which means craft and consistency are givens. ...
Berlin, Missing Persons: Missing Persons and Berlin: Bimbo Rock
Profile and Interview by David Gans, Record, September 1984
Missing Persons and Berlin are less than the sum of their parts, so to speak ...
The Beatles, Paul McCartney: Paul McCartney: "Once There Was Away To Get Back Homeward..."
Interview by Deborah Frost, Record, September 1984
LONDON. IN A city where nearly every kid on the street looks like he's rushing off to audition for Duran Duran, Paul McCartney, dressed for ...
James Brown: Calling Mr. Dynamite
Overview by J.D. Considine, Record, November 1984
WHEN JAMES Brown first took to being called The Godfather of Soul, it was more to play upon the faddish success of Francis Ford Coppola's ...
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Sire)
Review by Craig Zeller, Record, November 1984
AND SO YOU may ask yourself: why are the Talking Heads releasing another souvenir concert album a mere two years and one studio album after ...
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth (Blackheart/MCA)
Review by J.D. Considine, Record, December 1984
IN SOME WAYS, the worst mistake Joan Jett ever made was recording 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll'. Sure, it was a great record, an instant ...
Twisted Sister: Twisted Logic (I'd Say Severely Bent)
Report and Interview by David Gans, Record, December 1984
IT IS A fundamental conceit of Heavy Metal that teenagers are a great oppressed underclass, forced to take out garbage, load dishwashers and do homework ...
Daryl Hall & John Oates: Daryl Hall and John Oates: Big Bam Boom (RCA)
Review by Craig Zeller, Record, January 1985
IT'S NOT exactly a secret that Hall and Oates have been riding the hot streak of their lives since the '80s began. Voices, Private Eyes ...
Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (ZTT/Island)
Review by J.D. Considine, Record, January 1985
ACCORDING TO the press out of Britain, Frankie Goes To Hollywood is the hottest thing since Duran Duran discovered eye-liner. ...
Philip Bailey, Phil Collins: Philip Bailey: Chinese Walls (Columbia)
Review by James Hunter, Record, January 1985
WHAT WAS Phil Collins supposed to give Philip Bailey that George Duke — who sound-photographed Continuation, Bailey's vivid 1983 solo debut — couldn't? Bumpy rhythms ...
Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Frankie Say Buzz Off
Profile and Interview by Jim Sullivan, Record, February 1985
WELL, HOLLY Johnson, lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, would use a more explicit four-letter word than buzz to express his feelings toward anyone ...
Review by Laura Fissinger, Record, February 1985
LIKE PRINCE, Teena Marie is her own producer, writer and arranger. Such autonomy is impressive considering Marie's age (mid-20s), gender and race. Her situation is ...
Madonna: Maybe She's Good: 10 Theories On How Madonna Got "It"
Interview by Laura Fissinger, Record, March 1985
Usually it takes a while for a pop star to earn heavyweight hatred from a significant percentage of the press and public. But like everything ...
David Lee Roth, Van Halen: What It Be, David Lee?
Interview by David Gans, Record, April 1985
WHEREIN MR. ROTH REVEALS A SERIOUS BONE ...
The Mary Jane Girls: Mary Jane Girls: Only Four You (Motown)
Review by Laura Fissinger, Record, July 1985
THIS WAS originally planned as a funny record review. Then I listened to the record. ...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty's Year (Or Two) Of Living Dangerously
Report and Interview by Bud Scoppa, Record, August 1985
Crackin' up/ I'm gettin' ready to go Had enough / I can't take anymore … I'd run, but I'd find no face I'd laugh, but ...
Hüsker Dü, Prince, The Replacements: Minneapolis: The Art of the Heart of the Country
Report by Laura Fissinger, Record, October 1985
IF YOU believe music comes from a state of mind rather than a state on the map, now's a good time for a look at ...
Heart: Ann & Nancy Wilson Get Hot Again
Interview by J.D. Considine, Record, November 1985
FOR A WHILE, it looked as if Heart was going to end up as another group filed under "What ever happened to?" Although the band ...
Robert Fripp, King Crimson: Robert Fripp: The 21st Century Man Sounds Off
Profile and Interview by Mark Dery, Record, November 1985
HE BEGAN, by his own admission, tone deaf and with "no sense of rhythm." He is a spit-shined, manicured man whose "best subjects at school ...
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Hip Deep in the Blues
Review and Interview by John Swenson, Record, December 1985
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN IS ABOUT NOTHING BUT MUSIC, WHICH SETS SOUL TO SOUL DRAMATICALLY APART FROM ITS COHABITANTS ON THE 1985 ALBUM CHARTS ...
Sheila E., Prince: The Glamorous Life: The Sheila E. Coverup
Interview by Steve Bloom, Record, December 1985
SOMEWHERE I read that Sheila E. was fed up with the lingerie look, yet here she is wearing a lacey white outfit that is "dressed ...
The Eagles, Don Henley: Don Henley in Conversation
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Record, 1986
YOU'RE DON HENLEY. You spent the '70s behind a drum kit as a part of the Eagles, the quintessential American band of the era. Millions ...
Philip Glass: Classical Gas: Philip Glass's Super Session
Report and Interview by Mark Dery, Record, January 1986
IF CLASSICAL music makes you think of some character in a periwig sawing away on a Stradivarius, then you've never heard Philip Glass' music. On ...
The Replacements: On Maneuvers: The Replacements Land Behind Enemy Lines
Interview by Julie Panebianco, Record, January 1986
"SO DO you think the Replacements have a chance to be the most hated band in rock and roll?" — this from the mouth (some ...
Review by Mark Dery, Record, January 1986
THIS IS HOW the other half lives, the dark underbelly for whom being born in the U.S.A. means Huey Long, Lenny Bruce on a bender, ...
Anoushka Shankar: Pleasing herself, as well as Dad
Interview by Kris Nicholson, Record, 8 November 2002
Anoushka Shankar, at 21, has had a life full of music ...
Porcupine Tree by way of Spinal Tap
Interview by Kris Nicholson, Record, 8 November 2002
Fictional band made the jump to the real world ...
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