The Rembrandts, new masters - Danny Wilde solo '88-'89
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Album:Danny Wilde - Live Westwood One 1988
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Track:As Sure As Today
(Sixth in a series)The new Rembrandts website (therembrandts.net)has been a godsend to me. It includes a link to a free download of a Westwood One radio show from 1988 featuring Rembrandt-to-be Danny Wilde, live, in 1988. The attached track is from that concert and has never been studio-recorded and released on his solo LPs. But - on to the chronological. 1988 saw him signed to Geffen Records for a 2-album deal. Thus came the release of his second solo LP, entitled ??Any Man's Hunger??
Even with the lack of future Rembrandt Phil Solem, this is IMHO the best of his late 80s LPs. The public apparently agreed, in small numbers, as it charted at #176 on the Billboard 200 - the only one of his solo LPs to land there. This may've been due to the modest success of his single, ??Time Runs Wild??
A video was made for this single, presented here:As well as a truncated live version of him and his band performing it live:Does anyone recognize the TV show and/or host? I do not. I guess at the time the flowing-curly-Michael-Bolton-like mane was in, and Danny complied. The song reached #15 on the ??Billboard Mainstream Rock?? chart (how many charts do dey gots, anywaze?)A year later ('89) his final 80s solo LP came out. Oddly enough, this one was self-titled (or ??eponymous?? as the reviewers love to say) - a tradition usually reserved for first releases. 
It seemed a bit calculated - from the pop-star cover to the songs within. One single was released, ??The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of??
But it did nothing for Danny or Geffen. I'll include what I think is a better track, and my fave from the LP, ??Who's Gonna Hold You Now??, in Comments. NEXT: Finally, The Rembrandts burst into the 90s with a powerful debut album.
Even with the lack of future Rembrandt Phil Solem, this is IMHO the best of his late 80s LPs. The public apparently agreed, in small numbers, as it charted at #176 on the Billboard 200 - the only one of his solo LPs to land there. This may've been due to the modest success of his single, ??Time Runs Wild??A video was made for this single, presented here:As well as a truncated live version of him and his band performing it live:Does anyone recognize the TV show and/or host? I do not. I guess at the time the flowing-curly-Michael-Bolton-like mane was in, and Danny complied. The song reached #15 on the ??Billboard Mainstream Rock?? chart (how many charts do dey gots, anywaze?)A year later ('89) his final 80s solo LP came out. Oddly enough, this one was self-titled (or ??eponymous?? as the reviewers love to say) - a tradition usually reserved for first releases. It seemed a bit calculated - from the pop-star cover to the songs within. One single was released, ??The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of??But it did nothing for Danny or Geffen. I'll include what I think is a better track, and my fave from the LP, ??Who's Gonna Hold You Now??, in Comments. NEXT: Finally, The Rembrandts burst into the 90s with a powerful debut album.
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