NEWS: New Geisha CD featuring Joe Matera
Geisha – the band founded by Chris Doheny and today featuring occasional I Heart Guitar contributor and all-round rock journalist god Joe Matera and drummer Tom Hosie, is releasing ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,’ an album combing their greatest hits together with some new songs and covers. ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ will feature the eight singles the band had between 1985 and 1987 from their two EMI albums ‘Geisha’ and ‘Midnight To Down’ as well as two new songs ‘Birthday’ and ‘Mystery Writer’ (produced by the legendary Tom Werman) and covers of The Beatles ‘Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band’ and Small Faces ‘Tin Soldier.’
Track listing:
Birthday*
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Fools Way
Rainy Day
Kabuki
Part Time Love affair
Girl Like You
Come Together**
Calling Your Name
Normal People
Never Tell You Why
No Second Prize
Nobody’s Angel
Tin Soldier
Mystery Writer*
*Produced by Tom Werman
** Recorded for Geisha’s 1985 self-titled debut album and here, issued for the first on CD.
The album will be released on December 16th by Diamond Dog Records.
Read Joe Matera’s I Heart Guitar guest posts:
A Brief History of Martin Guitars
Joe Matera is also interviewed in Neil Daniels’ book ‘All Pens Blazing – A Heavy Metal Writer’s Handbook’
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