On May 20 and May 21, 1985, 40 artists from the metal community gathered at A&M Records Studios in Hollywood, California to participate in the making of a record called "Stars" as a part of a very special fundraising project spearheaded by Ronnie James Dio known as HEAR 'N AID. The "Stars" single and a video documentary on the making of the record was used to raise money for famine relief efforts in Africa and around the world. These 40 artists — including members of MÖTLEY CRÜE, JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, QUIET RIOT, TWISTED SISTER, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and even SPINAL TAP — along with hundreds of other volunteers, donated their time and talent over four months to make HEAR 'N AID a reality. "Stars" was a plea for unity in the fight against world hunger.
Due to contract differences with the labels, the "Stars" song and album weren't released until New Year's Day, 1986, and were only ever made available on vinyl and cassette. But Ronnie's widow/manager Wendy Dio wants to fix that. "I'm going to re-release ['Stars']. So it'll come out on DVD and CD," she tells RollingStone.com. "I have loads of outtakes for the video."
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Pernah ke album ni rilis kat Malaysia dalam bentuk kaset? Seingat saya, tidak pernah. Yang pernah nampak adalah dalam bentuk vinyl yang diimport. Mana larat nak beli (tiada turntable).
Berita ini menggembirakan hati. Selain dari mengimbas memori zaman silam, album ini juga menampilkan koloborasi selebriti rockers yang ramai. Menonton video promosinya pun sudah cukup untuk kita ikat key di kepala lutut.
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7 comments:
mmg x knl
aku pernah buat entri pasal ni
http://berteromber.blogspot.com/2009/12/were-stars.html
kaset ada jual kat kedai.
Seingat aku casing Polygram. Tapi cam biasa inlet kosong. Konfem aku dah buang la tak nampak lagi dah brapa tahun ni.
Heran artikel ni cakap tak pernah bentuk cd, tapi Jepun memang ada official pressing untuk cd ni tapi aku rasa bukan tahun 1986 tu la, akhir 90an baru pressing kot tapi jepun je la.
betul deaf...cd untuk jepun jer...polygram kalau aku tak salah...tu pasal rega mahal kat ebay..
nama iron maiden je dpt tangkap sbb penah abg sya die hard fan dia...huhu
..aku ada minta Melody Music kat Supreme dubbing dalam keset album nih..+ Led Zepp+Rush..:0)
saya masih simpan lagi versi kaset tapi tali dah putus pulak.. :(
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