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Shake Appeal (Album) by The Reds

Künstlerbiographie The Reds

The Following BIOGRAPHY And DISCOGRAPHY Is About THE REDS From Philadelphia PA USA A/k/a RICK SHAFFER And BRUCE COHEN. ∎ The Philadelphia Band's First Album On A&M Self Entitled THE REDS Produced By David Kershenbaum Showed The Band's Impressive Sound — A Blend Of Rick Shaffer's Guitar And Bruce Cohen's Keyboards Into An Interestingly Textured Drone Short Guitar And Keyboard Figures Rising Then Disappearing Back Into The Drone While Shaffer's Voice Provides The Punch And Definition For Their Overall Sound. The Album Was Supported With Live Appearances With The Police Joe Jackson Blondie The Ramones The Psychedelic Furs And Public Image. An EP GREEN WITH ENVY Followed Featuring The Doors Song "Break On Through " Which Suggests Some Of The Band's Roots. Universal Music Digitally Re-Released The Reds And Green With Envy August 2012. In 1980 A&M Released A Compilation Album Propaganda That Included Tracks From The Reds The Police Joe Jackson The Granati Bros Bobby Henry Shrink David Kubinec And Squeeze. ∎ After Leaving A&M The Reds Went Forward With Two Indie Albums STRONGER SILENCE And FATAL SLIDE Stony Plain/RCA That Continued The Reds Sound Receiving Critical Acclaim Internationally. They Next Recorded A Tense And Powerful Album For Sire/WB Entitled SHAKE APPEAL Produced By Mike Thorne Blur Soft Cell Wire . This Forcible Record Led The Band To Work With Director/producer Michael Mann. Mann Incorporated Numerous Songs By The Reds Into Episodes Of Miami Vice Then Hired Shaffer And Cohen To Write Songs And Score For Two Motion Pictures Band Of The Hand Tri-Star And Manhunter De Laurentiis Based On The Novel "Red Dragon." Soundtrack Albums From Both Films Were Released On MCA A Manhunter CD With An Added Reds Track “Jogger’s Stakeout” Was Released By Intrada Records 2010 And Universal Music Digitally Released Both Albums 2012 . ∎ During This Time Solo Projects For Cohen Were Writing Score For The Productions "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" And "Down The Road" At Philadelphia's Walnut Theatre "The Speckled Band " Starring Quentin Crisp And Charles Busch' Play "Vampire Lesbians Of Sodom" For NYC's Pulse Theatre Company And A Forty Minute Electronic Film Noir Piece "Goodbye Johnny Staccato." While Solo Projects For Shaffer Included Recording Guitar Tracks On A Marianne Faithfull Album Island Hilly Kristal's "Mad Mordechai" Stereo Society Peter Murphy's "Holy Smoke" Beggars Banquet/BMG And Marc Almond's "Fantastic Star" Some Bizarre/Mercury . While Shaffer Wrote And Recorded "Looking For Right " For Director Michael Mann"s Film "Collateral." ∎ The Reds Next Album CRY TOMORROW Reunited Them With British Producer Mike Thorne. It Captures The Driving Intensity Of Earlier Albums And The Ambient Atmospheric Feel From Their Film Scores Resulting In A Stark Surreal Album With A Sense Of Mood And Mystery. The Pulsing Opening Track "Terror In My Heart " Was Featured In The Film "Nightmare On Elm Street 2" New Line Directed By Jack Sholder Along With A Searing Non-Stop Groove Of The Stones' "Gimme Shelter." ∎ In 2007 FUGITIVES FROM THE LAUGHING HOUSE Was Written And Produced By The Reds. The Album Is A Straight Forward Raw Nerve Reflection Of Life In America. The Reds February 2009 Release EARLY NOTHING Was Also Written And Produced By Shaffer And Cohen. The Album Has A Hypnotic Quality That Leaves The Listener Free To Let Their Subconscious Play Itself Out No Matter Where It Goes. With The Release Of Early Nothing The Reds Shamans Of Dark Brooding Loud Rock Continued To Explore And Define Their Sound. ∎ At This Point In Time Both Shaffer And Cohen Began Releasing Solo Albums. Bruce Released ONE BC In 2009 And Rick Released NECESSARY ILLUSION In 2010. Although They Have Been Recording Separately A New Album By The Reds Is Still A Possibility As Soon As Shaffer And Cohen Can Be In The Same Location At The Same Time. See Their Entire Discography Below. PLEASE NOTE The Reds Is A Registered Trademark With The First Use Date Of March 17 1977. THE REDS OFFICIAL WEBSITE Is TarockMusic.Com DISCOGRAPHY ∎ RICK SHAFFER
2017 • STOLEN MOMENTS Tarock Music #TM-CD15 2016 • OUTSIDE OF TIME Tarock Music #TM-CD13 2015 • JITTERBUG SHAKE Tarock Music #TM-CD11 2014 • HARD TIMES SIXTY — Single Tarock Music 2014 • LINK — Single Tarock Music 2014 • MISADVENTURE Tarock Music #TM-CD10 2013 • STACKED DECK Tarock Music #TM-CD9 2012 • IDIOT FLATS Tarock Music #TM-CD8 2011 • HIDDEN CHARMS Tarock Music #TM-CD6 2010 • NECESSARY ILLUSION Tarock Music #TM-CD5 1971 • JUST THE BEGINNING — RICK SHAFFER & FREIGHT TRAIN Fly By Night #LPFBN1001 ∎ BRUCE COHEN
2017 • FOUR BC Tarock Music #TM-CD14 2015 • THREE BC — IN A TRANCE Tarock Music #TM-CD12 2014 • BIG FUN 3 — FADEOUT Bruce Cohen Peter ”Babe” Lucas Tony Foster RopeADope #N/A 2013 • BIG FUN 3.2 — Bruce Cohen Peter ”Babe” Lucas Tony Foster RopeADope #N/A 2011 • TWO BC Tarock Music #TM-CD7 2010 • BIG FUN 3 — Bruce Cohen Rik Myers Brandon Cruz RopeADope #N/A 2009 • ONE BC Tarock Music #TM-CD4 ∎ THE REDS 2009 • EARLY NOTHING Tarock Music #TM-CD3 2007 • FUGITIVES FROM THE LAUGHING HOUSE Tarock Music #TM-CD2 2001 • CRY TOMORROW Stereo Society #SS004 1992 • CRY TOMORROW Tarock Music #TM-CD1 1986 • MANHUNTER — FILM SOUNDTRACK MCA #6182 1986 • BAND OF THE HAND — FILM SOUNDTRACK MCA #6167 1986 • WAITING FOR YOU — SINGLE Music Action - France #N/A 1985 • SHAKE APPEAL Music Action - France #MAP9009 1984 • SHAKE APPEAL Sire/Warner Bros #21-04261 1983 • FATAL SLIDE Helter Skelter - Italy #HS93CD26 1982 • FATAL SLIDE Stony Plain - Canada #SPL10481981 1981 • STRONGER SILENCE Helter Skelter - Italy #HS93CD26 1981 • STRONGER SILENCE Stony Plain - Canada #SPL1037 1981 • STRONGER SILENCE Kingdom - UK #KVL90051981 1981 • THE DANGER / DO YOU PLAY THE GAME — SINGLE Kingdom - UK #KV8019 1981 • STRONGER SILENCE — EP Ambition #AM1981 1980 • PROPAGANDA A&M #SP4786 1979 • GREEN WITH ENVY — EP A&M #SP3301 1979 • WHATCHA′ DOIN' TO ME — SINGLE A&M #N/A 1979 • WHATCHA′ DOIN' TO ME — GREEN VINYL A&M - UK #N/A 1979 • JOEY / VICTIMS — SINGLE A&M #SP3178 1979 • THE REDS — GREEN VINYL A&M #SP4772 1979 • SELF REDUCTION / VICTIMS — SINGLE EKE #N/A 1977 • JOEY / AUTOMATIC BOY — SINGLE Go Go #00011971

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