Geneviève Waite - Romance Is On the Rise (Reissue) (1974/2013)

"Romance Is On the Rise" shows off clearly the formidable producing, arranging and songwriting skills of John Phillips, best known for his work with The Mamas and The Papas.
The songs and bonus tracks on the album originate from a variety of sources, including a shelved solo album John cut for Columbia Records in 1972 with the Jazz Passengers, and an off-Broadway musical John and Genevieve created set in outer space, originally titled "Space" (it was renamed "Man On the Moon" before its opening when Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, the avant-garde director of the Warhol films "Flesh", "Trash" and "Heat", took over production from Len Holzer; more information about this project are available here).
Holzer is the subject of the bonus track, "Mr. Blue". He was a real estate tycoon who produced the film "Gimme Shelter" with The Rolling Stones. John met Holzer through Genevieve and the Warhol crowd when Holzer was married to Baby Jane Holzer, one of Andy Warhol's main stars at the time. An alternate version of "Mr. Blue" can be heard on John's solo album "Pay Pack & Follow", produced by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, with Keith on guitar, Ron Wood on bass and Mick and Keith and Michelle and Mackenzie Phillips on backing vocals. (John Phillips, as a solo act, was the first signing to Rolling Stones Records in 1976, but what was supposed to have been the follow-up to his first solo album "Wolf King of LA" was shelved and not released until 2001).
The obvious infiuence of the Warhol crowd on John and Genevieve in 1974 surfaces again in the bonus track, "Femme Fatale", Genevieve's take on the Velvet Underground classic. The bonus tracks "Pink Gin and Lime" and "Saying Goodbye" were also penned by John, and these are the first recordings of the songs ever released.»