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May 31, 2023

1,000,001 CDs 21: Tina Turner ~ Foreign Affair (Tina & Kaisik)

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cover design by 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Tina Turner, "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", died last week; Tina was one of my "Immortal Loves" (link below) and, of course, I was devastated.           
 
 
 

When I heard about her death it brought back to mind the wonderful tales Kaisik Wong told me about his fashion adventures, which were many. He worked with such music icons as Betty Davis, wife of jazz musician Miles Davis, Leila And The Snakes, and there was his encounter with Tina and Ike Turner which was at the top of my favorite tales by him.     

I chose this CD to honor her because it's one of my favorite albums by her, she is wearing one of the fashions similar to the those Kaisik designed for her . . .     
         
           
interior cover photo by 
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
  . . . one of the songs on the album was produced by Rupert Hine who also worked with Turner on her Private Dancer album, the packaging for the album was totally cool and the music is pretty good as well.    
 
           
           
           
Tracklist:

1 - Steamy Windows, Written By Tony Joe White - 4:03

2 - The Best, Producer – Tina Turner, Written By H. Knight*, M. Chapman*e - 5:28

3 - You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What), Written By Tony Joe Whitee - 3:45

4 - Undercover Agent For The Blues, Written By Leann White, Tony Joe Whitee - 5:20

5 - Look Me In The Heart, Written By B. Steinberg*, T. Kelly*e - 3:42

6 - Be Tender With Me Baby, Written By A. Hammond*, H. Knight*e - 4:18

7 - You Can't Stop Me Loving You, Written By A. Hammond*, H. Knight*e - 4:00

8 - Ask Me How I Feel, Producer – Tina Turner, Written By A. Hammond*, H. Knight*e - 4:46

9 - Falling Like Rain, Producer – Rupert Hine, Written By D. Munday*, S. Stewart*e - 4:03

10 - I Don't Wanna Lose You, Producer – Roger Davies, Written By Albert Hammond, Graham Lylee - 4:20

11 - Not Enough Romance, Written By Dan Hartmane - 4:04

12 - Foreign Affair, Producer – Roger Davies, Written By Tony Joe Whitee - 4:27

Companies, etc.

    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Mastered At – DADC Austria

Credits:

    Executive-Producer – Roger Davies, Tina Turner
    Management – Roger Davies, Roger Davies Management Inc.
    Mixed By – Chris Lord-Alge
    Producer – Dan Hartman (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)
    Producer – Dan Hartman (tracks: 1 to 8, 11)

Notes:


Limited Edition Passport Edition.

TINA TURNER Foreign Affair (1989 UK limited edition 12-track CD album including The Best and Steamy Window, in special 7" x 5" (appr. 17 x 13 cm) passport pack with integral 16-page booklet and gold embossed artist/title/logo on the cover).

This edition of Tina Turner's Foreign Affair album is limited. It has the Original album "foreign Affair".
The Presentation of this Limited Edition: It comes in a custom passport design with a designed Tina Turner Coat Of Arms on the cover.

Inside we get the wavy background that reads Tina Turner Foreign Affair, which is repeated just like inside a real passport. No detail is left out here, the passport cover is a Navy Blue/Indigo colour with Gold Colour printing for the titles and Emblem. The back of the front cover has Tina Turner's album Logo in a blasted rosy pink colour, which turns purple towards the right. It also features some lyrics from the title track, in a handwritten style. After the song credits we get a passport details page for Tina Turner with a nice photo and a printed signature. The following pages contain the photographs from the Foreign Affair album artwork shoot.

The complete set is resented here in a scrapbook/photo album feel way. The Middle Page contains the Iconic Image by Herb Ritts that appears on the Foreign Affair Tour Programme and the Steamy Windows Single Cover. The back page has a full-page photograph of Tina. Detail is that the song titles appear over the each of the pages in a passport stamp nature. All individually designed with the credits for the writers, composers and producers within each unique shape.

The Disc comes in a white slip cloth that is housed inside a pocket at the back that you slide the Disc into... So basically a Limited Edition that goes well with the Foreign Affair Concept. An Collector's item that is becoming increasingly rare to find as it has been deleted for many years.

Passport has release number CDP 7 93129 2 and  states "Printed in UK".
Disc has number CDP 7 91873 2 with artwork similar to the regular UK release. CD states "Made in Austria", although it is said there is also a disc with matching passport artwork.

℗ © 1989 Capitol Records, Inc.
Made in Austria

Barcode and Other Identifiers

 Label Code: LC 0148
    Rights Society: BIEM / MCPS
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): CDP-7918732 11 A1 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): CDP-7918732 11 A7 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA

          
 
 
          
Viewfinder links:        
         
Immortal Loves         
Ike Turner           
Tina Turner         
Kaisik Wong        
      
Net links:        
        
Rupert Hine        
        
         
      
YouTube links:        
         
Tina Turner ~ Foreign Affair (complete album)

      
The Best     
Steamy Windows     
Undercover Agent for the Blues (Live in Barcelona 1990)    
         
 
 

 
 
Sing on, Girl!
 
 
 
        
         
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, May 31, 2023     
    


















October 29, 2021

Leila and the Snakes articles/mentions


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Leila And The Snakes ~ Pyramid Power     
     
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
Pyramid Power 
45 rpm record
cover photo by Eddie Troia
photo of record cover by Styrous®      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

October 17, 2021

Pearl E. Gates articles/mentions



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Leila And The Snakes ~ Pyramid Power         
     
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
date & photographer 
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 18, 2021

New Wave/punk on the Viewfinder

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Adam & the Ants          
Au Pairs         
B-52s        
Big Black ~ Bulldozer     
Boris Blank         
Benjamin Bossi         
Steven Brown        
David Byrne         
John Cale        
Chrisma ~ Chinese Restaurant         
Wayne Coyne         
DAF         
Dalis Car       
Deerhoof         
Dead Kennedys       
Depeche Mode      
Devo          
Jane Dornacker         
earRotator            
Richard Edson           
Eraserhead    
Extrabreit         
Frankie Fix         
The Flaming Lips        
Peter Gabriel          
Ron "The Ripper" Greco         
Nina Hagen        
The Halibuts         
Icehouse          
INXS        
Billy Idol        
Jello Biafra       
Jubilee soundtrack        
Laibach         
Cyndi Lauper        
Leila And The Snakes       
John Lydon         
Madness           
Thurston Moore        
The Nails      
Klaus Nomi        
PIL ~ Metal Box      
Blaine L. Reininger          
The Residents         
Sheila Rock       
Roxie Theater         
Sonic Youth         
The Stip         
Johnny Strike        
Thoth         
Winston Tong          
Ricky "Tractor" Williams        
Tuxedomoon           
Yello     
The Yobs - Auld Lang Syne     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

December 7, 2019

20,000 vinyl LPs 197: Pearl Harbor & the Explosions

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vinyl LP front cover detail 
cover design by Basil Pao 
detail photo by Styrous®


Today, December 7, 2019, is the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. What better way to commemorate the event than with this album.


vinyl LP front cover 
cover design by Basil Pao
photo by Styrous®


Pearl Harbor & the Explosions was a musical act from San Francisco, California, United States. Forming in 1979, the new wave band had limited success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with their debut single, Drivin', reaching the lower end of the American Billboard chart in 1980; this is my favorite song from the album. 


vinyl LP back cover 
back cover photo by Michael Jang
photo of back cover by Styrous®


Around this time, they released this self-titled LP that included the song Shut Up and Dance, which received considerable airplay, particularly in the Bay Area. The vocalist, Pearl E. Gates (also known as "Pearl Harbor", and later "Pearl Harbour" (British and Canadian spelling) (blixa link below), would eventually marry Clash bassist Paul Simonon.


Pearl E. Gates
 photographer unknown
 

Gates had been a part of the Leila and the Snakes live shows, prior to forming the band. After Gates left the band, the remaining members, Peter Bilt and the Stench brothers (John and Hilary Hanes) performed as Peter Bilt and the Expressions. 

The album was reissued in May of this year with the original nine songs plus six bonus tracks and one 1979 radio ad (links below).      


vinyl LP labels, side 1 & side 2
photos by Styrous®
    
Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Drivin' - 4:34
A2 - You Got It (Release It) - 2:29
A3 - Don't Come Back - 3:30
A4 - Keep Going - 3:21
A5 - Shut Up And Dance - 4:00

Side 2:

B1 - The Big One - 4:06
B2 - So Much For Love - 3:01
B3 - Get A Grip On Yourself - 3:30
B4 - Up And Over - 5:51

Companies, etc.

    Recorded At – The Automatt
    Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
    Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    Published By – Keintunen Music
    Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

Credits:

    Bass, Vocals – Hilary Stench
    Design [Cover Design] – Basil Pao
    Drums, Percussion – John Stench
    Engineer – Jim Gaines
    Engineer [Assistant] – Ken Kessie, Wayne Lewis
    Guitar, Vocals – Peter Bilt
    Mastered By – John Golden
    Photography By – Michael Jang
    Producer – David Kahne
    Vocals, Percussion – Pearl E. Gates
    Written by David Kahne (tracks: B4), Hilary Stench, John Stench, Pearl E. Gates, Peter Bilt

Notes:

© 1980 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

Labels:

℗ 1979 Warner Bros. Records, Inc. (Track A2 Only)

℗ 1980 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

All songs published by Keintunen Music - ASCAP
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Barcode (Text): 0 7599-23404-1
    Barcode (Scanned): 075992340410
    Pressing Plant ID (Stamped on Both Sides All Variants): ✲
    Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side A Etching Variant 1): BSK-1-3404-LW 1 JG
    Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side B Etching Variant 1): BSK-2-3404-LW 1 JG
    Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side A Etching ]stamped] Variant 2): BSK-1-3404-LW 2 JG [KENDUN-A]
    Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side B Etching [stamped] Variant 2): BSK-2-3404-LW 2 JG [KENDUN-A}

Pearl Harbor And The Explosions ‎– Pearl Harbor And The Explosions
Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– BSK 3404
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Los Angeles Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave

            
Viewfinder links:           
             
Pearl Harbors           
      
Net links:           
         
blixa Sounds ~ Pearl Harbor & the Explosions        
         
YouTube links:           
             
Drivin'     
Drivin' (1980) video
Shut Up & Dance       
  
   
            
          
         
Styrous® ~ Saturday, December 7, 2019       
         








August 29, 2017

45 RPMs 19: Leila And The Snakes, Obiko & Kaisik Wong

45 RPM record jacket
cover photo by Eddie Troia
photo of record jacket by Styrous®


Déjà vu has raised it's ubiquitous head and life is coming around full circle for me again. Since the 50's I've always recorded a record I liked on tape so I wouldn't wear out the record. This was the case with this 45 by Leila And The Snakes. I have listened to both songs on it, Rock and Roll Weirdos and Pyramid Power, for decades but did not look at the record jacket after I bought it until I decided to write about it for this blog entry.       

As I was reading the cover to gather information, I discovered Lisa Jear did the makeup for the photo on the cover! So what? Jear was the makeup artist for some of the Sandra Sakata (link below) fashion shows for Obiko (link below) I produced from 1980 to 1997 . . .


45 RPM record jacket detail
cover photo by Eddie Troia
detail photo of record jacket by Styrous®


. . . as well as modeling the designs of Kaisik Wong (link below) who was instrumental in getting me the position to produce those shows.       


Lisa Jear 
Kaisik coat and collar 
photo by Kaisik Wong


Jear also did the makeup for Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, a 1985 film directed by Wayne Wang and starring Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O Chung, Cora Miao, Amy Hill, and Joan Chen.        



WOW!



45 RPM record jacket back
photos by Eddie Troia
photo of record jacket by Styrous®



Leila And The Snakes was an American rock group based out of San Francisco in the 1970s and 1980s. The lead singer of the group was Jane Dornacker, who went under the name of Leila. Dornacker had previously toured with the group The Tubes. Other members of the group were Pamela Wood on the bass and Scott Free on drums. Wood and Free were later replaced by the brothers Hilary and John Hanes (Stench). Also featured was guitarist Miles Corbin, who went on to form the surf instrumental band the Aqua Velvets. The sons of Wood now play in the group, Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony (link below).          







Also appearing on the two-song 45 RPM referenced below (which was referred to as "The Album" during subsequent live sets) was Pearl E. Gates. She went on to front Pearl Harbor and the Explosions, marry Paul Simonon of The Clash, and sing backup on Sandinista!. Pearl was featured prominently in the Leila live act. Eventually she resigned from the band.               





Dornacker, who had run for Homecoming Queen at San Francisco State as a 6-foot freshman, eventually became a prominent radio personality in San Francisco. She also played Nurse Murch in the 1983 motion picture "The Right Stuff". In 1985 she migrated to New York, in order to make it big in show business. In 1986, she died when the traffic helicopter she was reporting from crashed into the Hudson River in New York City.          


biography insert
photo by Styrous®



Leila And The Snakes released the 45 RPM recording in the late 1970s. It was produced by Roger Clark of Little Roger & the Goosebumps and arranged by Dick Bright. Side A features Rock and Roll Weirdos, copyright Lucky Pork Music, written by Dornacker. Side B features Pyramid Power, copyright Lucky Pork Music, written by Dornacker/Clark. The band also recorded an album produced by Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers. No final mix was done, however, and it went unreleased.             


biography insert detail
detail photo by Styrous®








biography insert detail
detail photo by Styrous®




biography insert detail
detail photo by Styrous®









biography insert detail
detail photo by Styrous®







Leila And The Snakes ~ Rock and Roll Weirdos
45 RPM record, side 1
photo by Styrous®









Leila And The Snakes ~ Pyramid Power
45 RPM record, side 2
photo by Styrous®






Tracklist:

Side 1:
A - Rock And Roll Weirdos, written by Jane Dornacker

Side 2:   
B - Pyramid Power, written by Dornacker*, R. Clark*

   
Companies, etc.

    Recorded At – Beggs/AZ
    Mixed At – Beggs/AZ

Credits:

Notes:

Includes biography insert
     
Leila And The Snakes ‎– Rock & Roll Weirdos
Label: ASP Records (2) ‎– A0001
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave        
            
        
       
         
Viewfinder links:             
              
Obiko     
Sandra Sakata         
The Tubes - White Punks On Dope        
Kaisik Wong            
             
YouTube links:             
              
Leila & The Snakes -      
            Rock and Roll Weirdos        
            Pyramid Power              
Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony -          
            93,000,000 Miles        
            I Need Your Help                
              
         
     
Styrous® ~ Tuesday, August 29, 2017