One post (breaking my silence) to semi-answer your question.
HERE'S WHAT SONGS JIM DID WHAT TO ON THE CELEBRITY "SONGS FROM WDTW" ALBUM:
- Tom Jones, "The Vaults Of Heaven" (mixed, w/ Frank Filipetti)
- Boyzone, "No Matter What" (produced, w/ ALW & Nigel Wright; mixed by Steve Rinkoff)
- Meat Loaf, "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" (co-produced, w/ Steve Rinkoff, ALW & Nigel Wright; co-arranged with Roy Bittan & ALW)
- Boy George, "Try Not To Be Afraid" (co-produced, w/ Steve Rinkoff & Nigel Wright; mixed, w/ Steve Rinkoff)
- Bonnie Tyler, "Tire Tracks And Broken Hearts" (co-produced, w/ Steve Rinkoff; co-arranged, w/ Jeff Bova)
> Having never heard any of the recordings of / from /
> pertaining to WDTW (with the obvious exceptions of Meat's
> Kiss and No Matter What, Scarpia's Kiss, Boyzone's NMW,
> and samples of some other bits and pieces I've heard over
> time), I didn't know what I was missing in this great
> song!!
>
> Bonnie Tyler's Tire Tracks, absolutely unbelievable!
> Fantastic production! Great vocals! That Sax!! And most of
> all, great music by ALW!!
>
> I kind of had an inkling that the music in this show was
> unbeliavably good, based mainly on the fact that the three
> tunes from this show Meat did with Jim are hands down
> amongst the best work he's ever done. But I'm completely
> blown away by this recording, I can't rate it highly
> enough!
>
> Considering the lyrics from WDTW are absolutely
> breathtaking, and the music is the best stuff I've ever
> heard from ALW, part of me would love to see jim and ALW
> work together again. But at this stage, that'd just be
> slowing down everything else that's meant to be
> happening.
>
> Are the others performances on the concept recording as
> good as A Kiss and Tire Tracks? Because Jim didn't produce
> all of them did he...
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