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KHALIL TURK & FRIENDS - Turkish Delight Vol III Release
Date: 7th November 2025 Featuring musicians:
Track Listing: 1. A Moment of Truth 5:34
(Featuring James Labrie) Produced by Khalil Turk for Escape Music Ltd Mixed and Mastered by Fredrik Folkare Artwork Design by Eric Philippe
Turkish Delights Vol III ‘Turkish Delights Volume Three to celebrates the absolute joy that Escape Music co-owner Khalil Turk has for the kind of music he loves so much and has spent the last thirty and then some years championing. Indeed, his enthusiasm for a new band or a new song today is no different from when I first met him in the mid ‘80’s. I lost count of the number of phone calls he made to me when I was working for ‘Kerrang!’ magazine, where he would excitedly tell me ‘Dave, you just have to listen to this! It’s brilliant! You’ll love it!’ before playing me something over the phone – new and often obscure - he had picked up on his international record buying trips. Nine and a half times out of ten he’d be right!! Khalil’s quality control has been such that the record label he co-founded with fellow melodic rock enthusiast Barrie Kirtley in 1995 remains reliably and solidly in place all these years later. Escape continues to deliver monthly doses of quality hard rock, melodic rock and AOR to a very devoted following. Khalil had first entered the music business in the early ‘90’s, effectively as a talent scout for the German owned Long Island label. However, after the company folded, Turk felt that, rather than look at opportunities with other labels, he had the enthusiasm and now had rather more knowledge of the inner workings of the music business to put something together himself alongside the equally enthusiastic and astute Kirtley. We’ve seen hundreds of solid album releases from a huge variety of acts (including AXE, Steve Walsh (Kansas), John Elefante (Kansas), Lonerider, Shadowman, Alliance, Pinnacle Point, Mass, Heartland, Grand Illusion, Overland, Last Autumn’s Dream, Punky Meadows, ColdSpell, Chris Ousey, Ozone, Hurricane, Lonerider and Touch, to name just a few) as well as reissues (from Aviator, Sugarcreek, Jon Butcher Axis, Franke And The Knockouts, FM, Tantrum and Surrender, Zon, Hanover Fist etc) ever since. So here we are, over thirty years since that first Escape Music album appeared hot off the presses (Heartland’s ‘III’ album in November 1995, if you’re asking) and this collection of songs, personally chosen by Khalil, reiterates that pure joy he still possesses for the music he is utterly immersed by. With new material from the pens of Fredrik Folkare (Eclipse), Peter Hallgren, Steve Mann (MSG/Lionheart/OuseyMann) Steve Overland FM/Lonerider), Robin McAuley (MSG/Black Swan), Mick Devine, Chris Childs (Thunder/Lonerider), there’s also a list of musicians culled from Khalil’s contact book that, quite frankly, is VERY impressive. Just a few names appearing on ‘Turkish Delights Vol 3’ to throw at you include Steve Walsh (Kansas), James LaBrie (Dream Theatre/solo) Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) Howard Lesse (Heart/Bad Company), Billy Sheehan (Talas/David Lee Roth/Mr Big), Ralf Sheepers (Primal Fears/Gamma Ray), Jeff Pilson (Fireigner/Black Swan), Kent Hilli, Chris Childs (Thunder), Kee Marcello (Europe) Andrew Freeman (Great White/Last In Line), Mick Devine (7), Steve Mann (MSG/Lionheart), Josh Devine (One Direction/Levara), Robin Mc Auley (Grand Prix/MSG), Dino Jelusick (JeluSick/Trans Siberian Orchestra/Dirty Shirley/ George Lynch), Jerome Mazza (Pinnacle Point/Steve Walsh/solo), Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake/The Dead Daisies), Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath/Dio/Last In Line), Chuck Wright (House of Lords) Laurence Archer (Grand Slam/Thin Lizzy/solo) and Rudy Sarzo (Quite Riot/Ozzy Osborne). This is a cast of thousands. Well, it at least appears that way! It’s a very interesting package and, as Khalil would surely say, you’ll love it! |
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