Contraband "All The Way From Memphis (Single & Video)"

"All the Way from Memphis" is a single released by Mott the Hoople as the lead track from the album Mott in 1973. The song tells a story about a rock and roller whose guitar is shipped to Oriole, Kentucky, instead of Memphis, Tennessee.

Contraband covered the song on their self titled debut album.

Tracklist:

All The Way From Memphis 4:54

All The Way From Memphis (Balls To The Wall Version) 5:24

Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild Wild Livin' 4:25

Contraband "Contraband (Japan, Impact American, TOCP-6703)"

Contraband was a short-lived supergroup/side project that included members of several famous rock bands from the 1980s, such as Shark Island, Michael Schenker Group, Ratt, L.A. Guns, and Vixen.

Contraband came to be after a Vixen and Ratt unplugged session on MTV. 

The band released only one self-titled album in 1991 which received lukewarm reviews. The album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly after, while touring with Ratt. The song "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars, and Wild, Wild Livin'" was included in the movie If Looks Could Kill soundtrack. In the US, the album charted at number 187. Their cover version of "All the Way from Memphis" appeared on the UK record chart in July 1991. "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" was later covered as "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Women" by Blue Tears later in the early 1990s and released for the 2005 album Dancin' On the Back Streets.

Track listing:

1. "All the Way from Memphis" メンフィスへの道  Ian Hunter 4:56
2. "Kiss by Kiss" キッス・バイ・キッス Michael Thompson, Mark Spiro 4:19
3. "Intimate Outrage" インティメイト・アウトレイジ Spiro, Dann Huff, Phil Naish 4:57
4. "Bad for Each Other" バッド・フォー・イーチ・アザー Richard Black, Spencer Sercombe, Steve Diamond 4:28
5. "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" 叫ぶギター、爆走する車、そしてワイルドな人生  Gregg Fulkerson/Michael Spears/Black 4:26
6. "Good Rockin' Tonight" 今夜はグッド・ロッキン Roy Brown 3:23
7. "If This Is Love" イフ・ジス・イズ・ラブ Steven Pasch, Anthony Krizan, Black 5:03
8. "Stand" スタンド Tim Feehan, Brian MacLeod 4:04
9. "Tonight You're Mine" トゥナイト・ユーアー・マイン Pasch, Krizan 4:43
10. "Hang On to Yourself" 君の意志のままに David Bowie 2:47

Bobby Blotzer appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

Share Pedersen appears courtesy of EMI Records

Tracii Guns appears courtesy of Polygram Records Inc.

Michael Schenker appears courtesy of EMI Electrola Records (outside U.S.A. and Canada)

Comes in a standard jewel case with obi and includes fold-out insert with liner notes Japanese/English track list, Japanese commentary, and lyrics translated into Japanese.

The commentary is credited as: 91.4.13 伊藤政則/MASA-ITOH

Vixen "Rev It Up (Limited Edition Picture CD, Japan, EMI USA, TOCP-6137)"

Rev It Up is the second album by the American hard rock band Vixen, released by EMI in 1990. It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 20, and placed two songs inside the Billboard Hot 100. However, it did not match up to its predecessor in the US and EMI dropped the band shortly thereafter. Therefore, this album is the band's last release from a major label. The race car on the US cover belonged to local racing legend and all around hero Bobby Baldwin. The European and Japanese covers show a picture of the band, which is on the back cover for the US release. A remastered version was released on CD by Rock Candy Records in February 2023.

Rev It Up received generally mixed reviews from critics, including a score of 3 out of 5 from AllMusic.

Track listing

1. "Rev It Up" Janet Gardner, Share Pedersen, Ron Keel, Steve Diamond 5:00
2. "How Much Love" Jan Kuehnemund, Jack Conrad, Steve Plunkett 4:40
3. "Love Is a Killer" Roxy Petrucci, Harry Paress 4:43
4. "Not a Minute Too Soon" Gardner, Pedersen 4:26
5. "Streets in Paradise" Kuehnemund, Conrad, Plunkett 4:32
6. "Hard 16" Pedersen, Gardner 4:05
7. "Bad Reputation" Kuehnemund, Gardner, Brian Miku 4:09
8. "Fallen Hero" Kuehnemund, Petrucci, Ralph Carter 5:17
9. "Only a Heartbeat Away" Pedersen, Gardner 5:07
10. "It Wouldn't Be Love" Diane Warren 4:42
11. "Wrecking Ball" Pedersen, Gardner 5:10

Japanese edition bonus tracks

1. "Edge of a Broken Heart" (live) Richard Marx, Fee Waybill 4:53
2. "Cruisin'" (live) Kuehnemund, Gardner, Keith Krupp 5:01

Production

Randy Nicklaus - producer

Dennis MacKay - engineer

Chad Blinman, Chris Fuhrman, Mike Gunderson, Gina Immel, Rob Jacobs, Bill Kennedy, Chad Munsey - assistant engineers

Mike Shipley - mixing

George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

Mark Sullivan - production coordinator

David Reilly - sound technician for Jan Kuehnemund's guitar

Jack Benson - second engineer

1st press is a limited picture CD and came without inlay.

Vixen "Vixen (UK, EMI-Manhattan Records, CDP-7-46991-2)"

Vixen is an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1980. During its most commercially successful period from 1987 to 1992, the band consisted of Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar), Janet Gardner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Share Ross (bass guitar), and Roxy Petrucci (drums).

Vixen is the debut studio album by American rock band Vixen, released on August 31, 1988, by EMI's Manhattan Records. It includes the singles "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Cryin'", which reached numbers 26 and 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

Richard Marx, one of the late 1980s' most successful recording artists, was heavily involved in Vixen's early career, co-producing the album and writing one of their highest-charting singles, "Edge of a Broken Heart".

The three songs co-written by Jeff Paris, "Cryin'", "One Night Alone" and the bonus track "Charmed Life" were previously released on Paris's 1987 solo album Wired Up. "Give It Away" is credited to Paris's real name Geoffrey Leib and was included on his previous album Race to Paradise from 1986.

Vixen was ranked at number 43 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 6, 1989.

A remastered CD, featuring 6 bonus tracks, was reissued by Rock Candy Records in September 2023.

Tracklist:

1. "Edge of a Broken Heart" Richard Marx/Fee Waybill 4:24
2. "I Want You to Rock Me" David Cole/Janet Gardner   3:30
3. "Cryin'"    Gregg Tripp/Jeff Paris   3:32
4. "American Dream" Jon Butcher 4:19
5. "Desperate" Brian Miku/Leah Santos/Jan Kuehnemund  4:16
6. "One Night Alone"    Tripp/Paris   3:50
7. "Hell Raisers"    Scott Metaxas/Kenneth Dubman/Vixen/Spencer Proffer   4:27
8. "Love Made Me"   John Keller/Marcy Levy/Michael Caruso   3:18
9. "Waiting" Kuehnemund/Gardner   3:11
10. "Cruisin'" Kuehnemund/Gardner/Keith Krupp   4:24
11. "Charmed Life" Tripp/Paris   4:05

Recording information:

Richard Marx - producer and arrangements on track 1

Brian Foraker - engineer and mixing on track 1

David Cole - producer, engineer, mixing and arrangements on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8–11

Rick Neigher - producer and arrangements on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8–11

Spencer Proffer - producer and arrangements on tracks 4, 6, 7

Hans Peter Huber - engineer and mixing on tracks 4, 6, 7

Peter Doell - additional engineering

Annette Cisneros, Jimmy Perziosi, Judy Clapp, Mark Stebbeds - assistant engineers

Greg Fulginiti - mastering at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California

Susanne Marie Edgren, Lewis Kovac - production coordinators

Henry Marquez - art direction

Manufactured by Capitol Records - Hollywood, California.

Made in UK.

Printed in England.

Vixen "Vixen (Japan, EMI-Manhattan Records, CP32-5620)"

Vixen is an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1980. During its most commercially successful period from 1987 to 1992, the band consisted of Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar), Janet Gardner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Share Ross (bass guitar), and Roxy Petrucci (drums).

Vixen is the debut studio album by American rock band Vixen, released on August 31, 1988, by EMI's Manhattan Records. It includes the singles "Edge of a Broken Heart" and "Cryin'", which reached numbers 26 and 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

Richard Marx, one of the late 1980s' most successful recording artists, was heavily involved in Vixen's early career, co-producing the album and writing one of their highest-charting singles, "Edge of a Broken Heart".

The three songs co-written by Jeff Paris, "Cryin'", "One Night Alone" and the bonus track "Charmed Life" were previously released on Paris's 1987 solo album Wired Up. "Give It Away" is credited to Paris's real name Geoffrey Leib and was included on his previous album Race to Paradise from 1986.

Vixen was ranked at number 43 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time". The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 6, 1989.

A remastered CD, featuring 6 bonus tracks, was reissued by Rock Candy Records in September 2023.

Tracklist:

1. "Edge of a Broken Heart" Richard Marx/Fee Waybill  4:24
2. "I Want You to Rock Me" David Cole/Janet Gardner   3:30
3. "Cryin'"    Gregg Tripp/Jeff Paris   3:32
4. "American Dream" Jon Butcher 4:19
5. "Desperate"  Brian Miku/Leah Santos/Jan Kuehnemund  4:16
6. "One Night Alone"    Tripp/Paris   3:50
7. "Hell Raisers"    Scott Metaxas/Kenneth Dubman/Vixen/Spencer Proffer   4:27
8. "Love Made Me"   John Keller/Marcy Levy/Michael Caruso   3:18
9. "Waiting"  Kuehnemund/Gardner   3:11
10. "Cruisin'"  Kuehnemund/Gardner/Keith Krupp   4:24

Comes with OBI and Lyrics included

Made in Japan ¥3,200

In this edition track 11 includes "Give It Away" instead of "Charmed Life" .

Contraband "Contraband (UK, Impact American, CDP 745003-2/CDEMC 3594)"

Contraband was a short-lived supergroup/side project that included members of several famous rock bands from the 1980s, such as Shark Island, Michael Schenker Group, Ratt, L.A. Guns, and Vixen.

Contraband came to be after a Vixen and Ratt unplugged session on MTV. 

The band released only one self-titled album in 1991 which received lukewarm reviews. The album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded shortly after, while touring with Ratt. The song "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars, and Wild, Wild Livin'" was included in the movie If Looks Could Kill soundtrack. In the US, the album charted at number 187. Their cover version of "All the Way from Memphis" appeared on the UK record chart in July 1991. "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" was later covered as "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Women" by Blue Tears later in the early 1990s and released for the 2005 album Dancin' On the Back Streets.

Track listing:

1. "All the Way from Memphis" Ian Hunter 4:56
2. "Kiss by Kiss" Michael Thompson, Mark Spiro 4:19
3. "Intimate Outrage" Spiro, Dann Huff, Phil Naish 4:57
4. "Bad for Each Other" Richard Black, Spencer Sercombe, Steve Diamond 4:28
5. "Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'" Gregg Fulkerson/Michael Spears/Black 4:26
6. "Good Rockin' Tonight" Roy Brown 3:23
7. "If This Is Love" Steven Pasch, Anthony Krizan, Black 5:03
8. "Stand" Tim Feehan, Brian MacLeod 4:04
9. "Tonight You're Mine" Pasch, Krizan 4:43
10. "Hang On to Yourself" David Bowie 2:47