'BRAND NEW WORLD," the last recorded collaboration between myself and producer Steve Burgh (recorded 11/98 through 3/99), has been released, after much ado, on my own label, Savage Juliet Records.
Steve also produced my first two albums in 1979 and 1980. When he died of a sudden and massive heart attack in February of this year, I was devastated. At his funeral many people told me, including his mother whom I had never met before, that the work we did together meant a lot to him. It had been so many years since our first projects, and he never really told me to my face, so I was deeply touched by this. It then seemed such a crime for this CD to go unheard, for people not to be reminded of how good he was--how good we were together. I decided then to release "Brand New World," just the way he first sent it to me after it was mixed, as a tribute to my musical mentor and dear, dear friend.
Inside the CD is my dedication to Steve under an image of us onstage at The Bottom Line in New York City when we were recording the album. The CD cover picture is of my son, Gabriel. I wish Steve had had the chance to meet him.
"BRAND NEW WORLD" is finally now available online. Just click on "BUY" above for more info, as well as an interesting tidbit about one of the songs on the CD.
Incidentally, all you Media Moguls and Industry Types out there--I am available for press and radio interviews, and I am not totally turned off to the idea of worldwide distribution for this CD--especially in Europe, Japan, and Canada.