ROXUS – The Jeff Paris Sessions & More (2025)

Aussie band ROXUS fronted by singer Juno Roxas was without a doubt one of the best Melodic Rock acts ever emerged from Down Under. They only released a full length album, an EP and some singles, but all these include some real gems from the genre.

This collector’s unofficial CD “The Jeff Paris Sessions & More” features unreleased demos and sessions recorded by Roxus with Jeff Paris as producer tracked down in America at the beginning of the Nineties, where Juno Roxas moved to pursue a songwriter career.
This 17-track collection feature seven previously unreleased tracks, including a version of the classic single “Body Heat” with Jeff Paris as backup. Also a demo version of the classic VENUS & MARS track “Where Are You Now,” featuring James Christian on backing vocals.
We find as well single B-sides, live recordings, and Juno Roxas’ solo track “Hold On,” featured in the 1987 film “Mul” which never made an appearance on the soundtrack.
This is a must-listen collection for all fans of classic melodic hard rock, unreleased and rare non-album recordings from 1988 to 1992, all with VG+ sound quality. Limited to 200 copies.

Among highlights there’s the catchy Melodic Rocker “Love Me, Do Me” with a really Americanized sound, which somehow reminds of Damn Yankees. Or the re-worked long version of “Body Heat” (a winner) with the ‘Jeff Paris treatment’.
Another rarity is the original demo of the band’s biggest hit “Where Are You Now”, featuring Robin Randall (Mark Free, Venus & Mars) and Steve Hopkins (Mark Free) on keyboards, while James Christian (House Of Lords) and the superb Diana Dewitt (Venus & Mars) did backing vocals. This version is far superior than the finally appeared in Roxus’ album / single.

And we have more from the Paris Sessions: killer rocking, melodic unreleased tunes as “What You Don’t Know”, “Stop Playing With My Heart” or “Invisible Man”.
Additional rarities are the original ’89 single version (Australia only) of “Stand Back”, the b-side “Borderline”, unreleased live versions of “Bad Boys” and “All Right Now” (Free cover) which I believe were recorded at MTV studios
Very good stuff, a true collector’s item.

 

01 – Love Me, Do Me (Jeff Paris session demo)
02 – What You Don’t Know (Jeff Paris session demo)
03 – Invisible Man (Jeff Paris session demo)
04 – Body Heat [long version] (Jeff Paris session demo)
05 – Stop Playing With My Heart (Jeff Paris session demo)
06 – All The Way (Jeff Paris session demo)
07 – Don’t Stop (Jeff Paris session demo)
08 – Where Are You Now (original demo ft. J. Christian)
09 – Borderline (Where Are You Now b-side)
10 – Stand Back (Original 1989 Radio Version)
11 – Spaghetti Wire
12 – Body Heat (Demo)
13 – Bad Boys (Live)
14 – All Right Now (Live)
15 -Hold On (Juno Roxas – From The Movie Mull)
16 – That Girl (Live)
17 – Morning Light (Live)

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