Rick Springfield-Jeff Silverman

Rick Springfield-Jeff Silverman – From The Vault

Frontiers Records will release “From The Vault (A collection of works by Rick Springfield and Jeff Silverman)”, including previously unreleased and remastered demos and a new edition of Rick Springfield’s hit album “Venus In Overdrive” on February 26, 2010.
Frontiers Records is set to release a collection of newly mastered and some previously unreleased demos from Grammy Award winner Rick Springfield and veteran producer, engineer, songwriter and lead guitar player from his first touring band, Jeff Silverman. Springfield and Silverman started recording together in the late 70s. “I would go to (Jeff’s) studio when I wanted to record some really great sounding demos”, says Springfield. “We also wrote quite a few songs together, which was something I hadn’t done with another musician before”. Silverman states: “Rick and I discovered that we had a great deal in common. Our professional relationship began to evolve into more than just playing live. It grew to recording his demos together, writing together and eventually making records together.”

“From The Vault (A collection of works by Rick Springfield & Jeff Silverman)” consists of 13 tracks, originally recorded between 1986 and 1999, that have been digitally remastered by Jeff Silverman, giving the audience an entirely new listening experience. Many of the tracks, such as “Dancin’ On The Edge Of The World”, “Right Planet, Wrong World”, “You Write The Book”, “Dream in Colour” and “Religion Of The Heart” are previously unreleased versions of the songs. Others such as “Somewhere”, “Monkey”, “Love Receiver” and “My Depression” were later recorded for Springfield’s albums. Springfield states that the songs on this CD are the result of long hours slaving over a hot studio console in Jeff’s studio and have never been released like this before. “Even though many of the songs on the CD were never released”, agrees Silverman, “the care, the hard work and love that went into making every song the best we could make, was always our main objective.”

As a perfect companion to this release, Frontiers Records will also be reissuing in Europe a special edition of Rick Springfield’s latest album, “Venus In Overdrive”, originally released in July 2008. Debuting in the USA on the Billboard chart at #28; this achievement marks Springfield’s highest chart position since the mid 80s.

This 2010 version comes with the worthy addition of a bonus track (a new recording of “Celebrate Youth”) and a concert DVD, “Live In Rockford”, originally released in October 2006 in the USA only. Filmed live as part of the HDNet Concert Series at the historic Coronado Theatre in Rockford, IL, Rick showcases his talent and everlasting energy in this special release.

“Live In Rockford” includes the following tracks: I'll Make You Happy; Will I; Affair Of The Heart; I've Done Everything For You; Rock Of Life; Red House; Don't Talk To Strangers; I Get Excited; Baker Street; Broken Wings; Beautiful You; Living In Oz; Love Somebody; Jesus Saves; Kristina; Human Touch; Jessie's Girl.

To date, Rick Springfield has sold over 19 million records and has charted a whopping 17 top 40 hits, including his #1 hit, “Jessie’s Girl”. Having performed for millions of fans over the last three decades, and showing no signs of slowing down, Rick continues to play 100 shows a year, sharing his love of performing, unstoppable energy and his unique brand of crowd interaction with thousands of fans each night. Rick literally wades deep into the crowd at each show. His tour dates also include a 5-day fan oriented cruise. This year, the 3rd annual Rick Springfield & Friends cruise is set to sail in November 2010. In 2005, Springfield returned to daytime TV’s General Hospital as the character he originated in the 80s, Dr. Noah Drake, as well as assuming an alternate character, Aussie rocker Eli Love. More recently, Springfield appeared on a 4 episode ARC on Showtime’s hit show Californication’s 3rd season.

Jeff Silverman is a veteran producer, engineer, songwriter, accomplished musician and singer. He started playing piano at the age of 5, then guitar at 10 and made the decision to make music a lifelong career not long after. After traveling around the US in club bands after high school, he arrived in L.A. in 1976 and almost immediately met up with Rick Springfield for his first US tour of the “Wait For Night” album. He has been a staff songwriter at Motown/LA and has co-written with a number of artists, including Rick Springfield, Michael Peterson and Tommy TuTone. Jeff has also mixed, mastered and edited for artists such as Charice, Boyz To Men, David Cassidy, George Clinton and Prince and has performed live with Rick Springfield, Roger Miller and Redbone. He currently operates Palette Studios his own Pro Tools HD3 studio in Nashville, Tennessee where he writes, produces and records.

Links: http://www.rickspringfield.com & http://www.palettemusic.net