1989 NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED RECORDING OF “BIG HOUSE” FROM HITMAKERS “WORLD GOES ROUND” OUT ON MAY 29HIT SONGWRITER/SINGERS/MUSICIANS FRANK MUSKER, ELIZABETH LAMERS, JEFF HULL AND MARTY WALSH WITH CREDITS FROM QUEEN, SUPERTRAMP, JOHN FOGERTY, AIR SUPPLY AND MORE, MAKE HIDDEN TREASURE RECORDING AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 30 YEARSOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Rogers & Cowan PMK Los Angeles, CA (May 18, 2020)--WORLD GOES ROUND, a supergroup which formed in the late 80s but whose recordings were never released -- featuring four hot songwriters, singers, and musicians Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers, Jeff Hull and Marty Walsh, who wrote and recorded with everyone from Queen to Linda Ronstadt, Chaka Kahn, Sheena Easton, Quincy Jones, Kenny Rogers, John Denver, Supertramp, John Fogerty, Donna Summer, Neil Diamond, Jeffrey Osborne, Air Supply, and many more -- will be releasing a never-before-heard track titled “Big House” on Viper Records on May 29. “Big House” is the lead single with forthcoming additional music to be released this year from WORLD GOES ROUND. Check out the music video for the song - BELOW. The four members of WORLD GOES ROUND decided to get together in 1989 and record an album produced by Tommy Vicari (Prince, Billy Idol), which ended up never seeing the light of day. For one reason or another, both personal and contractual, the recorded WORLD GOES ROUND tracks have languished unheard for more than 30 years. Like so much of the legendary music created in the 70’s in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, California, WORLD GOES ROUND’s 10 track album was recorded at Musker’s home studio in the canyon (with a 150 foot California redwood growing out of the middle of it). In this idyllic, pressure free setting, the group came up with powerful pop tunes, which matched their creative and musical aspirations – to make a record that was musically inspired by their heroes; while being quirky, forthright and relevant.
Many of the songs on the album dealt with social injustice happening back in the 90’s, and now the group realizes that the messages of their songs are still valid, and perhaps apply more so now than ever. Their lyrical themes still apply to today’s issues, yet the music captures the spirit of that momentous time. The prescient ecological anthem “Big House” was brought to life with a contemporary video by Musker’s former songwriting partner Dominic King (of Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker). Says Musker, who co-wrote “Big House” with Hull and Walsh, “I don’t have a specific memory of writing the song with Jeff and Marty, but I do think it was essentially concept/lyric driven initially. I had visited the Amazon about four times in Peru, Brazil and Venezuela, and was amazed by its pristine beauty, the sheer size of everything and the animal life. When I read that an area of forest equivalent to a thousand football fields was being destroyed at some impossibly rapid rate, I was in despair, and needed to express it in some meaningful way - hence the line ‘In the time it takes to sing this song, Another thousand acres will be gone.’” He adds, “It was also a couple of years before the Berlin Wall came down and I had become increasingly aware of the rumblings in the news of refugees fleeing from behind the Iron Curtain and the dangers they faced. They all want the good life we enjoy in the west - and who could blame them? So all these environmental and social things were going on in my head at the time, but when I spoke about them to people in California and the UK, they seemed completely oblivious. Actually, I remember they thought I was a bit nuts, and it was clear they felt quite uncomfortable talking about it. It was all so far away. Why is it our problem? So I got the idea of a bunch of ridiculously hedonistic people living it up in a big mansion up on a hill while down below the world was burning and choking on filthy polluted air. Nero fiddling while Rome burns. As the lyric goes, ‘So we do the dance - take it for granted, you tell the truth - they don’t understand it.’” Adds Walsh, “It is quite amazing and gratifying that this work we did back then, and put our heart and souls into, is being released. We are finally letting the world in on World Goes Round!”
• Cool 80's vibe... it's like I'm partying with Peter Gabriel and watching Weird Science or something. Love the sound.--(Independent Music Reviews) • This track sure does bring the memories back, Jermaine Jackson, Terence Trent D'arby, Bros, Living in a Box and Wang Chung all sprang to mind. That and the fact that this track sounds so full of fun and mischief, really brought me back to my youth and for that I am most thankful. Well done to you for releasing this track, with the zeitgeist going for all things 80's…!—(MP3 Hugger) • Love the groovy rebellious vibes in this song! The beats are also incredibly catchy and hooking…great production! This a great piece of music. Everything about it really works and it's incredibly catchy.—(Common Sense) AboutABOUT FRANK MUSKER Frank Musker is one of the most internationally successful and established British songwriter/lyricists in music. He has consistently transcended musical and international boundaries, writing lyrics in English, Italian and Spanish and producing an extraordinary wealth of successful songs from Air Supply’s “Every Woman in the World” (a million selling top five single in the U.S. for which he has won a BMI award for over two million radio plays) to “Senza Una Donna” recorded by Paul Young and Italy’s number one recording artist, Zucchero, which was a top five single in twenty countries, including the U.K. and “Too Much Love Will Kill You,” winner of the 1997 Ivor Novello award for best song musically and lyrically, sung by Freddie Mercury on Queen’s final album, “Made in Heaven,” which has sold more than eight million units around the world. “Too Much Love Will Kill You” was also a top three U.K. and international hit for Brian May on his solo album “Back to the Light,” and is included on Queen’s “Greatest Hits Vol. III” album. Musker’s musical versatility has allowed him to collaborate with some of the world’s most important artists which include: Gypsy Kings, Chaka Khan, Eric Clapton, Paul Young, Maxi Priest, Carly Simon, John Denver, Queen, Roger Daltry, Luciano Pavarotti, Josh Groban, Sister Sledge, Sheena Easton, Cher, The O’Jays, The Three Degrees, Patty Austin, Level 42, Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman, Dionne Warwick, Bette Midler, Bonny Tyler, Alan Parsons, Jeffrey Osborne, Jennifer Rush, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Four Tops, Billy Ocean, Randy Crawford, Claude Francois, Lisa Stansfield, Robert Miles, Zucchero, Hayley Westenra, Lucio Battisti, Milton Nascimento, Amici Forever, Russell Watson, Il Divo, Opera Babes, Macy Gray, BB King, Ronan Keating, Tom Jones, Johnny Halliday, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and more.
About Tommy Vicari (Producer): Multi¬-Emmy and Grammy Award recipient, Tommy Vicari, is internationally recognized as one of Hollywood’s finest recording engineers and music mixers. During a 40 plus year career, he has recorded music for every aspect of the entertainment industry: Prince, Billy Preston, George Duke, Jeffrey Osborne, Philip Bailey, Quincy Jones, Barbara Streisand, Pino Daniele, Sammy Nestico and the 2015 Grammy Award winning Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band are just a few of the musicians he’s teamed with. His television credits include: The Oscars, Six Feet Under, The Newsroom, Angels in America. His mix for HBO’s celebrated, Behind the Candelabra earned him both an Emmy and a Cinema Audio Society Award for excellence in sound mixing. Vicari's work on feature films ranges from the Brian DiPalma cult classic, Phantom of the Paradise, to the Pixar multi ¬Academy Award™ winning classics, Finding Nemo and Wall-¬E. Along with longtime collaborator, Thomas Newman, Vicari worked on Road to Perdition, Little Children, Revolutionary Road, Cinderella Man, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Adjustment Bureau, Brothers, The Debt, Saving Mr. Banks, Get on Up, The Judge, Side Effects, The Help, He Named Me Malala, Bridge of Spies, Passengers, Thank You for Your Service and The Highwaymen. With composer Nicholas Britell, Vicari worked on Adam McKay’s The Big Short and his HBO series Succession, Barry Jenkins’ Academy Award winning Moonlight and his subsequent feature If Beal Street Could Talk, and David Michôd’s Netflix feature, The King. For more information about WORLD GOES ROUND, please visit: CONTACT: Lori Lousararian-Hakola, Rogers & Cowan PMK
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