The Journey Force Newsletter, July 1990, Part IV - Merchandise

This week concludes the Journey Force Newsletter from July 1990. Starting with Kudos & Laurels has news about Journey's "Greatest Hits" album along with other news. Jonathan Cain's covers of "Keyboard" Magazine are shows too.

The Merchandise Page is getting a bit thin but still able to command an entire page and we end on the mailing page...

The Journey Force Newsletter, July 1990, Part III - The Center Spread

The Journey Force Newsletter Volume 4, Number 4 part III, The Centerfold.

This week begins with a Chat with Steve Perry. This interview could have taken place last year. The same old same old. "I've got an album coming out..."

There's also plenty of photo's of Jonathan Cain and Bad English too.

Neal Schon also rates a few albums at the time, called "Rate-A-Record".

Concluded next week...

The Journey Force Newsletter, July 1990, Hangin' Out With Neal Schon, Part II

This week we continue the Neal Schon interview inside the Journey Force Newsletter Volume 4, Number 4. Neal talks more about his son, Miles.

This week also includes the Neal Schon discography listing all the albums he has been a part of in different groups...

Continued next week...

The Journey Force Newsletter, July 1990, Hangin' Out With Neal Schon, Part I

This week WHEEL IN THE SKY presents the first page of the July 1990 Journey Force Newsletter.

This Newsletter its all aboutNeal Schon. The first thing that catches your eye is the full color photo of Neal teachings son, Miles to play guitar.

The big Neal Schon interview of 1990 begins with part 1...

continued next week...

JOURNEY "Revelation" Italian Press Release from Frontiers Records

On June 6th, 2005, Journey released their first album with brand new singer, Arnel Pineda.

Billed as Melodic Rock, Journey's "Revelation" hit the streets on June 6th, 2008. This featured a new lineup. Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Dean Castronovo, and introducing Arnel Pineda as the new Lead Singer for the band.

No more letting everyone have a chance at vocals, Arnel takes on all the vocals on the album. The album also includes eleven of Journey's top hits rerecorded with Arnel's voice. Had they left it alone there, it would have been fine. The only bad thing in a really excellent album package is that the instrumentations are different, they should have used the old version and replaced only Steve Perry's voice. The album also came with a DVD of Journey playing live in Santiago, Chile 2008.

This ad is from Italy and is two-sided. Both sides are shown below. 

Frontiers Records Presents...

Old Steve Perry Article that reveals he has over 50 songs ready. We'll get 15 of them on October 5, 2018

Here's an old Steve Perry News Article ad I never got around to posting. It reveals that Steve Perry had over 50 songs ready when this news article was found in 2015...

Steve Perry will be releasing his new album "Traces" on October 5, 2018. You can order it on Amazon.com and receive the 10 song version or order from Target and get 5 extra songs for a total of  15. That's 15 brand new songs from Steve Perry!!

JOURNEY "Generations" Italian Press Release from Frontiers Records

On August 29th, 2005, Journey released their second full album with Steve Augeri on Vocals.

Billed as Melodic Rock, Journey's "Generation" hit the streets on August 29th, 2005. This featured the same lineup as Journey's 2001 album, "Arrival" and 2002's "Red 13". Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Dean Castronovo, and Steve Augeri make up the band.

2005 also marked the 30th Anniversary of JOURNEY. The band celebrated by giving at least one song top each member. Of course Steve Augeri sing the most number of them.

This ad is from Italy and is two-sided. Both sides are shown below. 

Frontiers Records Presents...

The Journey Force Newsletter Part III from January 1990 is all about the Merchandise

The Journey Force Newsletter Part III from January 1990 begins with the Bad English Tour dates that year!

The last three pages of the Newsletter starts with Pen Pals. Before the internet, this is how people met and kept in touch. Please ignore the people and addresses as they are no longer valid.

The 1990 Tour Dates for the Band Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain got involved with, "Bad English". The dates are March - May 1990.

The rest of the issue deals with Merchandise...

JOURNEY "Red 13" Italian Press Release from Frontiers Records

On October 30, 2002, Journey released their first record without Columbia Records, "Red 13".

Billed as Melodic Rock, Journey's "Red 13" hit the streets on October 13th. This featured the same lineup as Journey's 2001 album, "Arrival". with Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory, Dean Castronovo, and Steve Augeri on Vocals.

This ad is from Italy and is two-sided. Both sides are shown below. 

Frontiers Records Presents...

The Journey Force Newsletter part II from January 1990 is all about Bad English

The Journey Force newsletter Volume Three, Number Four, from January 1990, Part II

Neal Schon had always been playing guitar on the side, most notably with Jan Hammer and that sounded nothing like Journey, but now Neal and Jonathan start a new band while Steve Smith continued to make Jazz records. This new band was created out of members of Journey and Jonathan's old band, "The Baby's", called "Bad English"

By January 1990 the rumors of Journey breaking up were all over the place. There were signs everywhere that we all ignored to face. We were also led to believe that a center spread of a band that contained two major Journey members called "Bad English" was only a side project.

Bad English only released two albums in their three years of existence. They did have a few hits along the way. Their biggest hit is called , "When I See You Smile", and went to #1 on the U.S. charts. The song was written by Diane Warren.

Here is a complete list of the members of the band...

John Waite - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Neal Schon - lead guitar, backing vocals
Jonathan Cain - keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Ricky Phillips - bass, backing vocals
Deen Castronovo - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Continued Next Week...

The Journey Force Newsletter from January 1990 - Steve Perry Interview "Reflections"

The Journey Force Newsletter, Volume Four, Number Three from January 1990.

The Big One. The Journey Force welcomes us into 1990 but reminds us of a tragedy. October 17th, 1989 San Francisco suffered a magnitude 6.9 earthquake causing the upper deck of of double-deck freeway collapsed. 63 people were killed and over 3750 people were injured.

We catch up quickly with the group, Bad English, before we start the 3 page interview with Steve Perry. The interview first asks Steve about the Earthquake before going into what he's been doing and his second solo album. (ha)

Continued next week...

Steve Perry "Traces" releases on October 5, 2018

Steve Perry releases his third Studio Album on October 5, 2018. The Album is called "Traces" and was recorded between 2015 and 2018.

I really cannot wait for this album to be released. I am so excited to hear Steve Perry again. There are 10 songs on this album and the first single music video is on You Tube already, I have a link below. I've also included a link to Steve Perry's New York Radio Interview on Q1043. The Song list is directly under the Album Cover Artwork.

At the bottom of this page there is a link to pre-order the album.

And now, WHEEL IN THE SKY brings you "TRACES";

	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	"No Erasin'"	Steve Perry, David Spreng	4:07
2	"We're Still Here"	Perry, Brian West	4:06
3	"Most of All"	Perry, Randy Goodrum	4:23
4	"No More Cryin'"	Perry, Dan Wilson	4:29
5	"In the Rain"	Perry, David Spreng	4:06
6	"Sun Shines Gray"	Perry, John 5, Thom Flowers	3:57
7	"You Belong to Me"	Perry, Barry Eastmond	4:07
8	"Easy to Love"	Perry, Thom Flowers	4:03
9	"I Need You"	Perry, George Harrison	2:59
10	"We Fly"	Perry, Jeff Babko	3:56

Watch Steve Perry sing the first single from the new Album;

Steve Perry "No Erasin'"

The Steve Perry Interview on Q1043 Radio in New York;

Steve Perry Q1043 New York Interview August 20, 2018

Pre-Order Steve Perry's "Traces" NOW;

Steve Perry's new album "Traces" Coming October 5, 2018

Apparently Amazon let it slip for just a fragment of time. Time enough for it to be picked up and tweeted before it was completely deleted.

I do not know the story but saw this Album cover design and had to share it.

STEVE PERRY "Traces" coming October 5, 2018

The Journey Force Newsletter from July 1989 - Pen Pals, Questions and Conclusion

The Journey Force Newsletter from July 1989 concludes this week with the winners of the contest!

More questions are answered in the newsletter before we get to the merchandise and mailing pages...

The Journey Force Newsletter from July 1989 - Jonathan Cain Wedding Photos

The Wedding of Jonathan Cain and Elizabeth Fullerton took place on February 17, 1989.

Steve Perry also makes an appearance this week with a story that took place at a radio station while he was there for an interview.

To be concluded next week...