Journey Force Newsletter from May 1984 part 2 with the Neal Schon Guitar winner

Skipping April, the fan club newsletter became bi-monthly with this issue.

Now on a larger newsprint paper, the newsletter features full color photos!

The second half of this issue talks about the Neal Schon Guitar winner and how to win the Steve Perry "Street Talk" hat..

also, some fan questions are answered...

Evolution Group Photo of Journey, the Sticker and Poster from 1979

My most sought after Journey Poster, The Evolution Group Photo Poster from 1979.

This here is my sticker which is only about 3.5 inches tall.

I sometimes see this poster for sale for around $300.00. Maybe one day.

Journey's Day On The Green at Oakland Stadium, July 27, 1980

July 27, 1980 was "The Day On The Green" at Oakland Stadium featured one of my favorite Journey posters, this one designed by Stanley Mouse who co-designed some of Journey's most recognizable album covers;

Journey headlined the day with performances by Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick, Molly Hatchet, Shakin' Street, and Jojo Zep!

Here are two excellent photos of Steve Perry and Neal Schon from that day!

Journey Force Newsletter from May 1984 part 1 with a new format

Skipping April, the fan club newsletter becomes bi-monthly with this issue.

Now on a larger newsprint paper, the newsletter features full color photos!

This issue talks about each of the band members solo projects and the Bammies.

I don't know the reason, but page 1 is blank...

The rest of the May, 1984 newsletter will be posted next week.

Journey Force 1983 Frontiers Publicity Photos 8X10's

Here are the 8X10 stills the Journey Fan Club gave out in 1983 when renewing...

Cap'n Crunch Rock Poster Series Journey 1984

In 1984 Cap'n Crunch Cereal did a Rock Poster campaign.

There were different Rock Posters to collect.

Here's the Poster and the back of the one for Journey...

Steve Perry at the Giants game 6 in Kansas City!

Here are some great pictures and the story of Steve Perry showing up in Kansas City for game 6 of the World Series.

Steve was also taking photos with fans.

Read the whole story at Yahoo News...

STEVE PERRY GIANTS

Journey Force Post Cards from 1981

Here's the first of five post cards that The Journey Force were sending out in 1981.

These are 4 X 6 regular sized postcards.

This one features Neal Schon on Lead Guitar...

Journey Frontiers Duffel Bag, Sunglasses and Watch

The Journey Frontiers Duffle Bag. The Journey Frontiers Sunglasses. The Journey Frontiers Watch.

It was in 1983 that Journey reached it's merchandising heights. More items were available in 1983 while Journey was the hottest they have ever been!

This is some of the merchandise available through The Journey Force International Fan Club back in 1983.

In this video you get to see the Duffle Bag as well as the Journey folding sunglasses and the Journey Frontiers Watch!

Happy Birthday WHEEL IN THE SKY blog With A Tear In Your Eye

October 26, 2013 was the opening day for my blog, "WHEEL IN THE SKY blog".

Because of you this site is seen all over the World.

I'm forever yours.

Faithfully.

I will always try to bring you interesting items and stories, we've only just begun.

Here is an audio only demo of 1985's "With A Tear" with Steve Perry's vocals, enjoy...

This song originally appeared on the 1992 Box set "Time 3" as an instrumental.

When I am able to put together a proper video, this will appear in the "Rare" section of this website.

Journey Rockbill 1979. Tour Guide for the Evolution Tour

This is the Tour Book for the beginning of Journey's Evolution Tour.

This updated Rockbill includes new drummer, Steve Smith.

Sponsored by Budweiser, this book has many great pictures of the band;

Original Journey Vinyl Album Shrink Wrap Stickers for Infinity and Evolution

I've still got the stickers that were attached to my "Infinity" and "Evolution" albums I bought in 1980.

Albums were great back then . They were 12 inch square pieces of art. Sometimes there would be a cool record liner with notes or pictures and sometimes there were posters in there.

These are the stickers that are slapped on the shrink wrap of the album and usually discarded along with the shrink wrap. These show a little age, especially the one for "Evolution."

Journey Force Newsletter dated March 1, 1984

Further delays on Steve Perry's "Street Talk" solo album causes the release to be pushed into April.

Steve Smith's second album with Vital Information gets it's name, "Orion" and Neal Schon tries out for a part in a  movie.

The list of all "Win a Neal Schon Guitar Contest" winners is on page 2.

Page 3 talks about changing the newsletter to every two months instead of monthly.

Enjoy the double merchandise page and some great pictures;

Journey's latest album - The Frontiers Tour - Live in Oklahoma 1983

On May 12, 2014 Left Field Media released Journey: The Frontiers Tour.

Live at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma on July 21, 1983.

The album was originally a Westwood One FM Radio Broadcast.

Here's the liner notes from inside the booklet;

Formed in 1973 by Gregg Rolie after he left Santana, Journey made little impact on the international stage during their early years together. But when, in 1977 they bought in Steve Perry to take over lead vocals from Rolie their fortunes began to change. With the musical climate changing too in the US and FM radio-friendly bands such as Boston and Foreigner making it big, Journey changed their style somewhat and without losing their individuality produced a more wide-reaching collection of songs for their 1978 album Infinity which slowly climbed up the Billboard charts reaching a peak at Number 21. But it was their follow-up Departure , climbing to Number 8 on the chart, and the subsequent sell out tour which turned the group into a household name. But despite their new found glory, Journey had not yet reached the heights they would reach over the next couple of years. In 1981 they released their biggest selling album ever in Escape , replete with the enormous evergreen hit single Don t Stop Believing, one of those songs that takes on a life of its own and indeed still gets played routinely today. MTV, just beginning at this time, also gave the group a leg-up by featuring Don t Stop Believing and other tracks on heave rotation in their opening year, leading the group to the kind of success only very few acts ever reach. And the celebrity and success was maintained with 1983 s Frontiers which sold a whopping 6,000,000 copies and went on to spur four hit singles and a tour that remains the highest grossing of any rock tour performed on American soil to date. This CD contains the full set from an FM Broadcast given on the Frontiers Tour performed at The Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma on July 21st, 1983.

The Vinyl Version Cover;

The album is available on Vinyl or CD from the U.K. and Japan.

Amazon.com UK                    Amazon.com Japan

Japanese Promo of Journey Live 1981, The Escape Tour

This video is a promo for Japan. It's Journey Live in 1981 on the Escape Tour!

The video is 5 minutes long which includes a full live performance of "Don't Stop Believin'".

Sit back and enjoy the mini show...