Mr. Mister (USA)

Hard Rock, Melodic Rock , AOR , Blues Rock , Glam & Sleaze Rock , West Coast , Christian Rock
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Mr. Mister (USA)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 31 Dec 2017, 07:20

Mr. Mister - Welcome To The Real World (1985) (Rock Candy Remastered 2015)

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Year : 1985 (Rock Candy Remastered 2015)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 178 mb


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Mr. Mister was an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister."Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock.The band consisted of Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages, fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.Although formed in Phoenix, Arizona,Mr. Mister was based in Los Angeles.Richard Page had previously worked as a session musician (for Quincy Jones) and had composed for Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many more.In 1978, Page and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages in Phoenix, Arizona. Pages explored a pop fusion sound, with a changing lineup of session musicians. Although Pages had a minor hit single with "I Do Believe In You," and its three albums garnered favorable reviews, the group had little commercial success.After disbanding Pages in 1981, Page and George focused on songwriting and studio session work for pop artists ranging from Laura Branigan to the Village People.By 1982, Page and George began putting together a more pop-oriented group with a permanent lineup, rounded out by drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris. All four members had done extensive session work for other artists and brought numerous influences to the band. The initial plan was to bring in a fifth member (a bassist), but after realizing that Page, who was originally slated to be solely the lead singer, could hold his own on bass guitar, the members decided to remain a fourpiece.When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera's place in Chicago; he refused both offers.Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"Kyrie" and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.They had several No. 1 MTV videos, and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World" ensemble, USA for Africa).During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including Don Henley, The Bangles, Eurythmics, Tina Turner, and Adam Ant. The band's third album was Go On..., which was not a commercial success.During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver, and Is It Love as the outro track for Stakeout.Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining bandmembers teamed up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterward, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years—though one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010 the remastered album was finally released by the band – in collaboration with Sony music – on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. The album is also available from Sony on iTunes and other digital distribution channels.

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The two more celebrated Mr. MISTER albums have been 'Remastered & Reloaded' by Rock Candy Records, featuring a bunch of awesome bonus tracks and a very interesting essay about the recording process."Welcome To The Real World" is the most famous of all, including the two classic, timeless singles "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" both went to #1 on the US singles chart.Although Mr. MISTER achieved colossal commercial success there has always been a vast under appreciation of their musical worth. Unfairly viewed by many as a faceless mid '80s rock & pop band, they eventually scored two worldwide hit singles, their sound showcasing technical ability far beyond the level of musical proficiency normally expected.Indeed, there is an argument that elevates Mr. MISTER into that rarefied breed of highly respected AOR acts such as Toto, Chicago and Steely Dan. Based in Los Angeles, the band was originally formed by Steve George and Richard Page (later adding über drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris).Page and George initially recorded unsuccessfully as 'Pages' before changing members and switching their name to Mr. MISTER, they were then signed to RCA Records by Paul Atkinson, a former member of revered British psychedelic outfit the Zombies."Welcome To The Real World", was the band’s second album and saw them facing a make or break situation. ortunately it was a happy ending, with the album producing two #1 hit singles, in "‘Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" (plus "Is It Love" peaking at #8) and going on to sell in excess of two million copies.Co-produced by former Yes soundman Paul De Villiers, the album showcases a collection of highly polished tracks, fusing lyrics, melody and showmanship into one glorious clutch of tracks that actually owe as much to progressive rock and light AOR as they do to catchy FM rock & pop.The Rock Candy release of "Welcome To The Real World" is a true 'Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition' as they say, not only for the fully 24bit remastered sound, but also 6 great bonus tracks.Additionally the 16 page full colour booklet is excellent featuring rare Mr. MISTER photos from the era, new interviews with members of the band and the story of the recording.

Line-Up:

Richard Page - lead vocals, bass
Steve George - keyboards, vocals
Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion
Steve Farris - guitars
Jack Manning, Casey Young: add. keyboards, programming

Tracklist:

01. Black / White
02. Uniform Of Youth
03. Don't Slow Down
04. Run To Her
05. Into My Own Hands
06. Is It Love
07. Kyrie
08. Broken Wings
09. Tangent Tears
10. Welcome To The Real World
11. Kyrie (Extended Version) Bonus Track
12. Broken Wings (Live) Bonus Track
13. Uniform Of Youth (Live) Bonus Track
14. Is It Love (Dance Mix) Bonus Track
15. Is It Love (Dub Mix) Bonus Track
16. Broken Wings (Extended Version) Bonus Track


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 31 Dec 2017, 07:21

Mr. Mister - Go On... (1987) (Rock Candy Remastered 2015)

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Year : 1987 (Rock Candy Remastered 2015)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 149 mb


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Mr. Mister was an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister."Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock.The band consisted of Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages, fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.Although formed in Phoenix, Arizona,Mr. Mister was based in Los Angeles.Richard Page had previously worked as a session musician (for Quincy Jones) and had composed for Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many more.In 1978, Page and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages in Phoenix, Arizona. Pages explored a pop fusion sound, with a changing lineup of session musicians. Although Pages had a minor hit single with "I Do Believe In You," and its three albums garnered favorable reviews, the group had little commercial success.After disbanding Pages in 1981, Page and George focused on songwriting and studio session work for pop artists ranging from Laura Branigan to the Village People.By 1982, Page and George began putting together a more pop-oriented group with a permanent lineup, rounded out by drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris. All four members had done extensive session work for other artists and brought numerous influences to the band. The initial plan was to bring in a fifth member (a bassist), but after realizing that Page, who was originally slated to be solely the lead singer, could hold his own on bass guitar, the members decided to remain a fourpiece.When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera's place in Chicago; he refused both offers.Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"Kyrie" and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.They had several No. 1 MTV videos, and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World" ensemble, USA for Africa).During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including Don Henley, The Bangles, Eurythmics, Tina Turner, and Adam Ant. The band's third album was Go On..., which was not a commercial success.During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver, and Is It Love as the outro track for Stakeout.Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining bandmembers teamed up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterward, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years—though one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010 the remastered album was finally released by the band – in collaboration with Sony music – on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. The album is also available from Sony on iTunes and other digital distribution channels.

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The two more celebrated Mr. MISTER albums have been 'Remastered & Reloaded' by Rock Candy Records, featuring a bunch of awesome bonus tracks and a very interesting essay about the recording process."Go On..." is the second, an underrated gem including terrific compositions.When Mr. MISTER’S ‘Welcome To The Real World’ album eventually became a huge international seller, producing two massive hit singles in Kyrie and Broken Wings, the music business hailed them as all conquering heroes destined to take their place in the rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame.So much attention was focused on this their follow-up album, the meticulously crafted "Go On...", with many eyes and ears confidently predicting another massive success story. Sadly, however, that was not to be."Go On..." suffered at the hands of a record company corporate reshuffle, one that saw it change hands and clean out its long time staff. RCA had been sold to German media group BMG who set in motion a restructuring of the company, a place where Mr. MISTER’s new music was not appreciated.It was a disappointing state of affairs as the band had poured their heart and soul into crafting an album that, in many respects, displayed a far more confident and courageous sound.... but one that BMG were not sold on.Utilising producer Kevin Killen who had previously crafted records by U2 and Peter Gabriel, "Go On..." elevates the band to another creative level.The sound is perfectly pristine, boasting a brace of superb songs including the all time great "Stand And Deliver" and the exquiste single "Healing Waters" wrapped up in a progressive rock&pop sheen that, even to this day, makes it entirely unfathomable as to why the record label failed to see its potential.In fact, if you ask me, although I love Mr. MISTER's previous album, I like "Go On..." even more.The record retained the same themes, stylistics and quality of work of ‘Welcome To The Real World’, this time a bit more darker and moodier, but more elegant at the same time. The sound production is awesome crystal clear, and there's an adult AOR fragrance floating all over.Rock Candy's remaster of Mr. MISTER "Go On..." handled by Jon Astley is excellent, as are the hard to find 4 tracks addded as bonus, the great 16 page full colour booklet, the essay and interview, etc.

Line-Up:

Richard Page - bass guitar, vocals
Steve Farris - guitar
Steve George - keyboards, Synclavier, sax, vocals
Pat Mastelotto - drums

additional personnel:

Alex Neciosup-Acuna - percussion
Lenny Castro - percussion
Alan Estes - percussion
Bill Champlin, Stan Lee Revue, Tamara Champlin, Carmen Twillie, Philip Perry - backing vocals

Tracklist:

01. Stand And Deliver
02. Healing Waters
03. Dust
04. Something Real (Inside Me / Inside You)
05. The Tube
06. Control
07. Watching The World
08. Power Over Me
09. Man Of A Thousand Dances
10. The Border
11. Healing Waters (Remix) Bonus Track
12. Bare My Soul (B-Side) Bonus Track
13. Something Real (Rock Dance Mix) Bonus Track
14. Stand And Deliver (Remix) Bonus Track


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 25 Feb 2020, 08:31

Mr. Mister - Pull (2010) (Sony Japan AOR CITY Series Vol.2 2017)

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Year : 2010 (Sony Japan AOR CITY Series Vol.2 2017)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 102 mb


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Mr. Mister was an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister."Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock.The band consisted of Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages, fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.Although formed in Phoenix, Arizona,Mr. Mister was based in Los Angeles.Richard Page had previously worked as a session musician (for Quincy Jones) and had composed for Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many more.In 1978, Page and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages in Phoenix, Arizona. Pages explored a pop fusion sound, with a changing lineup of session musicians. Although Pages had a minor hit single with "I Do Believe In You," and its three albums garnered favorable reviews, the group had little commercial success.After disbanding Pages in 1981, Page and George focused on songwriting and studio session work for pop artists ranging from Laura Branigan to the Village People.By 1982, Page and George began putting together a more pop-oriented group with a permanent lineup, rounded out by drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris. All four members had done extensive session work for other artists and brought numerous influences to the band. The initial plan was to bring in a fifth member (a bassist), but after realizing that Page, who was originally slated to be solely the lead singer, could hold his own on bass guitar, the members decided to remain a fourpiece.When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera's place in Chicago; he refused both offers.Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"Kyrie" and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.They had several No. 1 MTV videos, and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World" ensemble, USA for Africa).During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including Don Henley, The Bangles, Eurythmics, Tina Turner, and Adam Ant. The band's third album was Go On..., which was not a commercial success.During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver, and Is It Love as the outro track for Stakeout.Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining bandmembers teamed up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterward, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years—though one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010 the remastered album was finally released by the band – in collaboration with Sony music – on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. The album is also available from Sony on iTunes and other digital distribution channels.

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Last year we featured some titles from the great Sony Music Japan campaign titled AOR CITY 1000, a low-priced remastered reissue on 100 classic AOR / AC albums from their back catalog, many of them out of print or hard to find. Now the label has presented AOR CITY Series Vol.2 2017, new 100 classic albums available for a limited period of time until the end of 2018.Among the items purchased, MR. MISTER long time shelved album "Pull" just arrived.The '90s seemed pretty brutal for rock bands, especially in the US. In those days before the internet really became a legitimate marketplace for artists to take their music directly to the fans, the industry had their way with bands — treating them like disposable ragdolls.If they didn’t churn out just what they wanted, they tossed them aside and moved on.Such is the case for Mr. Mister, who, after two absolutely massive hits in the mid-1980s (“Kyrie,” “Broken Wings”) found they couldn’t (and really didn’t want to) repeat what they’d already done — to the chagrin of their label. After that, they began shifting away toward more “adult” sounds.The ensuing album, Go On, was dealt pretty a pretty cool reception, but did have one minor hit thanks to a song serving as the title track to the film Stand And Deliver.The label expected a follow-up with more marketable hits. They didn’t get it. The band broke up. That’s the story we’d known for a long time, but it turned out Mr. Mister went back in the studio, recorded, mixed and fully readied a whole new album.In the words of a great Tom Petty songs: “their A&R man said ‘I don’t hear a single”-The resulting album was “too artsy,” as future King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto puts it in the liner notes. It got shelved, and the band, discouraged, split up.That album sat out there as a rumor and eventually a bootleg, with only one song officially slipping out to a compilation (“Waiting In My Dreams”.Twenty years later, it received a proper release as "Pull", with a fitting update in the form of a remix to bring it in line with modern standards.The good news is that it’s the best album Mr. Mister ever created. Not the most catchy, but the more mature, elaborated, and I'd say; 'elegant / intelligent'.For those who want to scoff at anything '80s, this may sound like faint praise, but it is not. Where the band had previously created albums that worked mainly as vehicles to deliver some hits, "Pull" picks up where Go On left off, where it seemed that album was too hesitant to go.The band of 'Kyrie' fame is not the band heard on "Pull", that much is true, but the music is much stronger as a whole.There was simply no profitable place on radio for a song like the fussion-tinged “Crazy Boy” or the ethereal “We Belong To No One,” fantastic though they may be. This is music too “adult” for simple rock stations and too smart for adult contemporary.Was the label right, though? Sadly, yes, if the only angle is purely marketing. "Pull" isn’t the album they were looking for, with no 'Kyrie II' or 'More Broken Wings'.You want to shake your fists at the evil record labels, but had this been released in 1990, it would have disappeared immediately. In short; Mr. Mister’s brilliant "Pull" simply arrived at the wrong time.As frustrating and unfortunate as it sounds, perhaps fermenting on a shelf is the best thing that could happen to Mr. Mister’s "Pull".Divorced two decades from its original recording, it was finally freed from the trends of the time and allowed to exist as-is. Listeners today seem much more forgiving of both throwback music and the mish-mash of genres that Mr. Mister dabble in here."Pull" is an album that was worth waiting for, and the more you listen to it, the more you like it. I would urge anyone that has an ounce of musicality and an interest in what GOOD Lite AOR can sound like to purchase this album.I think all the songs are fantastic. As usual with everything Page and Farris wrote together, there's that depth of songwriting, where each song grows after each listening. Albums with this type of 'construction' are the ones you get stuck on.The sound quality and manufacturing of this Japanese reissue is excellent.The original release of "Pull" was done via Richard Page's own record label, not so easy to find / get world-wide now. So seeing featured in this Japanese AOR CITY Series Vol.2 results more than welcomed. Hurry up, it's available for a limited period of time until the end of 2018, sold at a really affordable price.

Line-Up:

Richard Page - vocals, bass, guitar
Steve George - keyboards, background vocals, sax
Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion

with:

Buzz Feiten - guitar (5+6)
Trevor Rabin - guitar (1+5+6+11), bass (1+6+11)
Doug Makaskell - guitar (3+11)
Peter McRea - guitar (9+10)
James Harrah - guitar (12)
Luis Conte - percussion (1+4+8+11)

Tracklist:

01. Learning To Crawl
02. Waiting In My Dreams
03. Crazy Boy
04. Close Your Eyes
05. Lifetime
06. I Don't Know Why
07. We Belong To No One
08. Burning Bridge
09. No Words To Say
10. Surrender
11. Awaya


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Re: Mr. Mister (USA)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 25 Feb 2020, 08:38

Mr. Mister - Pull (2010) (Expanded Edition 2020)

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Year : 2010 (Expanded Edition 2020)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 128 mb


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Mr. Mister was an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister."Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock.The band consisted of Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages, fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.Although formed in Phoenix, Arizona,Mr. Mister was based in Los Angeles.Richard Page had previously worked as a session musician (for Quincy Jones) and had composed for Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many more.In 1978, Page and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages in Phoenix, Arizona. Pages explored a pop fusion sound, with a changing lineup of session musicians. Although Pages had a minor hit single with "I Do Believe In You," and its three albums garnered favorable reviews, the group had little commercial success.After disbanding Pages in 1981, Page and George focused on songwriting and studio session work for pop artists ranging from Laura Branigan to the Village People.By 1982, Page and George began putting together a more pop-oriented group with a permanent lineup, rounded out by drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris. All four members had done extensive session work for other artists and brought numerous influences to the band. The initial plan was to bring in a fifth member (a bassist), but after realizing that Page, who was originally slated to be solely the lead singer, could hold his own on bass guitar, the members decided to remain a fourpiece.When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera's place in Chicago; he refused both offers.Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"Kyrie" and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.They had several No. 1 MTV videos, and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World" ensemble, USA for Africa).During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including Don Henley, The Bangles, Eurythmics, Tina Turner, and Adam Ant. The band's third album was Go On..., which was not a commercial success.During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver, and Is It Love as the outro track for Stakeout.Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining bandmembers teamed up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterward, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years—though one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010 the remastered album was finally released by the band – in collaboration with Sony music – on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. The album is also available from Sony on iTunes and other digital distribution channels.

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Long time shelved, Mr. MISTER final album “Pull” recorded in 1990 finally was released.It’s a superb piece of work.However Richard Page and Pat Mastelotto found more material from the “Pull” original sessions, and Sony Legacy released few days ago “Pull {Expanded Edition +3}” including three previously unheard songs.The '90s seemed pretty brutal for rock bands, especially in the US. In those days before the internet really became a legitimate marketplace for artists to take their music directly to the fans, the industry had their way with bands — treating them like disposable ragdolls.If they didn’t churn out just what they wanted, they tossed them aside and moved on.Such is the case for Mr. Mister, who, after two absolutely massive hits in the mid-1980s (“Kyrie,” “Broken Wings”) found they couldn’t (and really didn’t want to) repeat what they’d already done — to the chagrin of their label. After that, they began shifting away toward more “adult” sounds.The ensuing album, Go On, was dealt pretty a pretty cool reception, but did have one minor hit thanks to a song serving as the title track to the film Stand And Deliver.The label expected a follow-up with more marketable hits. They didn’t get it. The band broke up. That’s the story we’d known for a long time, but it turned out Mr. Mister went back in the studio, recorded, mixed and fully readied a whole new album.In the words of a great Tom Petty songs: “their A&R man said ‘I don’t hear a single”-The resulting album was “too artsy,” as future King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto puts it in the liner notes. It got shelved, and the band, discouraged, split up.That album sat out there as a rumor and eventually a bootleg, with only one song officially slipping out to a compilation (“Waiting In My Dreams”.Twenty years later, it received a proper release as "Pull", with a fitting update in the form of a remix to bring it in line with modern standards.The good news is that it’s the best album Mr. Mister ever created. Not the most catchy, but the more mature, elaborated, and I'd say; 'elegant / intelligent'.For those who want to scoff at anything '80s, this may sound like faint praise, but it is not. Where the band had previously created albums that worked mainly as vehicles to deliver some hits, "Pull" picks up where Go On left off, where it seemed that album was too hesitant to go.The band of 'Kyrie' fame is not the band heard on "Pull", that much is true, but the music is much stronger as a whole.There was simply no profitable place on radio for a song like the fussion-tinged “Crazy Boy” or the ethereal “We Belong To No One,” fantastic though they may be. This is music too “adult” for simple rock stations and too smart for adult contemporary.Was the label right, though? Sadly, yes, if the only angle is purely marketing. "Pull" isn’t the album they were looking for, with no 'Kyrie II' or 'More Broken Wings'.You want to shake your fists at the evil record labels, but had this been released in 1990, it would have disappeared immediately. In short; Mr. Mister’s brilliant "Pull" simply arrived at the wrong time.As frustrating and unfortunate as it sounds, perhaps fermenting on a shelf is the best thing that could happen to Mr. Mister’s "Pull".Divorced two decades from its original recording, it was finally freed from the trends of the time and allowed to exist as-is. Listeners today seem much more forgiving of both throwback music and the mish-mash of genres that Mr. Mister dabble in here."Pull" is an album that was worth waiting for, and the more you listen to it, the more you like it. I would urge anyone that has an ounce of musicality and an interest in what GOOD Lite AOR can sound like to purchase this album.I think all the songs are fantastic. As usual with everything Page and Farris wrote together, there's that depth of songwriting, where each song grows after each listening. Albums with this type of 'construction' are the ones you get stuck on.The sound quality and manufacturing of this Japanese reissue is excellent.The original release of "Pull" was done via Richard Page's own record label, not so easy to find / get world-wide now. So seeing featured in this Japanese AOR CITY Series Vol.2 results more than welcomed. Hurry up, it's available for a limited period of time until the end of 2018, sold at a really affordable price.

Line-Up:

Richard Page - vocals, bass, guitar
Steve George - keyboards, background vocals, sax
Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion

with:

Buzz Feiten - guitar (5+6)
Trevor Rabin - guitar (1+5+6+11), bass (1+6+11)
Doug Makaskell - guitar (3+11)
Peter McRea - guitar (9+10)
James Harrah - guitar (12)
Luis Conte - percussion (1+4+8+11)

Tracklist:

01. Learning To Crawl
02. Waiting In My Dreams
03. Crazy Boy
04. Close Your Eyes
05. Lifetime
06. I Don't Know Why
07. We Belong To No One
08. Burning Bridge
09. No Words To Say
10. Surrender
11. Awaya
12. Wheel of Life (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
13. Slip Through My Fingers (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
14. Faith Unbroken (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)


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Mr. Mister - I Wear The Face (1984) (Japan AOR City 1000 Edition 2016)

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Year : 1984 (Japan AOR City 1000 Remastered Edition 2016)
Style : Melodic Rock , Pop Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 108 mb


Bio:

Mr. Mister was an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister."Mr. Mister may be considered as representative of the melodic sound of 1980s pop rock.The band consisted of Richard Page on lead vocals and bass guitar, Steve George on keyboards/backing vocals, Pat Mastelotto on acoustic and electronic drums/percussion and Steve Farris on guitars/backing vocals. Mr. Mister was the successor to the band Pages, fronted by Page and George from 1978 to 1981.Although formed in Phoenix, Arizona,Mr. Mister was based in Los Angeles.Richard Page had previously worked as a session musician (for Quincy Jones) and had composed for Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau, and many more.In 1978, Page and his childhood friend Steve George founded the band Pages in Phoenix, Arizona. Pages explored a pop fusion sound, with a changing lineup of session musicians. Although Pages had a minor hit single with "I Do Believe In You," and its three albums garnered favorable reviews, the group had little commercial success.After disbanding Pages in 1981, Page and George focused on songwriting and studio session work for pop artists ranging from Laura Branigan to the Village People.By 1982, Page and George began putting together a more pop-oriented group with a permanent lineup, rounded out by drummer Pat Mastelotto and guitarist Steve Farris. All four members had done extensive session work for other artists and brought numerous influences to the band. The initial plan was to bring in a fifth member (a bassist), but after realizing that Page, who was originally slated to be solely the lead singer, could hold his own on bass guitar, the members decided to remain a fourpiece.When the first Mr. Mister album, I Wear the Face, was released by RCA Records in 1984, Page was offered the chance to replace Bobby Kimball as lead singer of Toto, and later was offered Peter Cetera's place in Chicago; he refused both offers.Their second album, 1985's Welcome to the Real World—with lyrics from Page's cousin John Lang—was the breakthrough for Mr. Mister. All three singles were in the top 10, two of which hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts—"Kyrie" and "Broken Wings". The latter was inspired by the book of the same title by Khalil Gibran.They had several No. 1 MTV videos, and performed at the first MTV Spring Break show in 1986. That year, Mr. Mister had two Grammy Award nominations, including Best Pop Band (which was awarded to the "We Are the World" ensemble, USA for Africa).During this time, Mr. Mister toured with other popular acts including Don Henley, The Bangles, Eurythmics, Tina Turner, and Adam Ant. The band's third album was Go On..., which was not a commercial success.During the 1980s, the group wrote and/or performed songs for several movies, including the title song for Stand and Deliver, and Is It Love as the outro track for Stakeout.Guitarist Steve Farris left in 1988. The remaining bandmembers teamed up with Christian recording artist Paul Clark and acted as his backup band for Clark's 1988 indie release Awakening from the Western Dream. Next, the band began working on a fourth album, Pull, with session guitarists Buzz Feiten, Trevor Rabin, Doug Macaskill and Peter McRea. The album was completed in 1990, but RCA Records decided not to release it. Soon afterward, the band broke up. The album remained unreleased for 20 years—though one track ("Waiting in My Dreams") appeared on a 2001 greatest hits collection by the band. On November 23, 2010 the remastered album was finally released by the band – in collaboration with Sony music – on Richard Page's independent label, Little Dume Recordings. The album is also available from Sony on iTunes and other digital distribution channels.

Album:

As requested by many, here’s the not easy to find reissue of Mr. MISTER‘s LP “I Wear The Face“, in this remastered reissue featuring the original artwork, released as part of the Sony Music Japan campaign titled AOR CITY 1000.Originally out in 1984, “I Wear The Face” is the first album by Mr. Mister, the band lead by talented Richard Page who turned down the offer to be Toto’s frontman (!)This first Mr. Mister effort may not be as AORish as their next monster hit album Welcome To The Real World, but it’s a great one in its own right.The LP spawned a single hit in opener ‘Hunters of the Night’, well-received in both radio and MTV, however, the album has some other great tracks worth listening such as ‘Partners in Crime’, ‘Code of Love’, ‘Runaway’ or ‘Hunters of the Night’.Alongside their rock&pop / Lite AOR melodies, Mr. Mister always had a little ‘progressive’ little touch in their instrumentation which made them so interesting, and this first album is not the exception.It’s not strange that Steve Lukather asked Richard Page for the vocalist slot in Toto. Some tracks here sound like Toto such as ’32’, with others akin Starship, The Outfield, Cutting Crew, etc.When the band recorded “I Wear The Face”, the American music market was under some kind of ‘British rock&pop invasion’ lead by The Police, so Page & Co. tried to balance their US Radio sound with a touch of UK feel as well (check ‘I Get Lost Sometimes’).The album title defies sounding like a new act. Richard Page already had long career fronting Pages but also as background vocalist for REO Speedwagon or Survivor among others. Just before Mr. Mister recorded their debut album, Richard Page was part of Surivor’s Caught In The Game awesome record.This might have influenced him as ‘Partners in Crime’ features great multi-layered choruses and a Survivor-ish catchiness.“I Wear The Face” is not that instant as the second Mr. Mister album, but after few listens will find yourself loving it. It’s a really well elaborated rock&pop / lite AOR with elegant melodies and smooth vocals.This is you chance to get a Japanese Edition of this album at a really low price. It uses the last remastering and sound million bucks.Pure ’80s stuff.

Line-Up:

Richard Page – bass, lead vocals
Steve Farris – guitars
Steve George – synthesizers, sax, background vocals
Pat Mastelotto – drums

production:

Art Direction – Joe Stelmach*
Engineer [Associate] – Paul Ray
Liner Notes – Toshikazu Kanazawa
Photography By – Aaaron Rapoport*
Photography By, Sleeve [Inner] – Rob Brown
Producer, Engineer – Peter McIan
Recorded By [Recordist] – Ric Butz

Tracklist:

01. Hunters of the Night
02. Code of Love
03. Partners in Crime
04. 32
05. Runaway
06. Talk the Talk
07. I’ll Let You Drive
08. I Get Lost Sometimes
09. I Wear the Face
10. Life Goes On


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