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SARACEN - RED SKY |
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Escape Music has the pleasure to announce the re-release of the much loved Saracen album “Red Sky" first time on Vinyl!! The Vinyl will be double gatefold limited edition of 300 copies only with newly designed artwork, “Red Solid” and “Yellow Flame” colours, all will be individually numbered 1-300, 180g Audiophile Vinyl. There will also be also a limited edition of 500 CDs only.
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Release Date: 20th June 2025 Track List: 1. WE HAVE ARRIVED 6:03 SARACEN ARE: PRODUCED BY ROB BENDELOW Lifelong friends Richard Lowe and Rob Bendelow formed their first band “Lammergier” during the mid 1970’s together with bassist Barry Yates. Following their first love performance in 1977 the band gigged extensively across the British midlands. The standard of these performances combined with their unique brand of symphonic rock saw “Lammergier” amass a large and loyal following. Then a new decade arrived changes were made, the music remained the same, but they called themselves “Saracen”. After several months on the road Saracen decided it was time to record an album, and in October 1981 they released “Heroes, Saints and Fools” to critical acclaim. Saracen tracks received regular airplay on Tommy Vance’s Friday night rock show and the single “We have arrived” was recorded. In 1983 line-up changes occurred and the band eventually stopped touring in 1985. Two decades later and the band re-appear with a vengeance and the release of “Red Sky” in March 2003 put the band firmly back on the map, and it was a rework of some of the old classics with new tracks added. The band regained its popularity, and a further three albums have emerged to critical acclaim, namely “Vox in Excelso”, “Marilyn” and “Redemption”. With renewed interest in the vinyl format of recorded music “Vox In Excelso” has been re-released in 2025 as a numbered limited edition with new artwork and now “Red Sky” is to follow, again with new artwork and a gatefold sleeve. These are beautiful works of art and the recordings sound fresh and vibrant, its classic progressive rock brought into the present day and it doesn’t get better than this.
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BOB CATLEY - MIDDLE EARTH |
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Escape Music has the pleasure to announce the re-release of much loved vocalist Bob Catley (Magnum/Avantasia) “Middle Earth” album on Vinyl and CD with the new artwork by the legendary artist Rodney Matthews and bonus track! The Vinyl will be a double gatefold limited edition of 500 copies only, “Dolphin” and “Fresh Green” colours, all will be numbered 1-500, 180g Audiophile Vinyl, and 1000 CDs only. Now the vinyl and the CD are both available for pre-order,
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Date: 23rd May 2025 Vinyl: Side B Side C Side D CD: All songs written by Gary Hughes Musicians: Additional Musicians Production
Born in Aldershot on 11 September 1947, Catley's family moved to the Tile Cross area of Birmingham when he was young. He went on to attend the nearby Central Grammar School for Boys (Birmingham) and left to start an apprenticeship at the GPO before deciding on a musical career shortly after meeting similarly minded individuals at college. Whilst at college he joined several bands, such as The Smokestacks (Jeff Clark-guitar, Ron Savageguitar, Derek Danks-bass & Brian Worrell-drums, Life and Clearwater). His first professional band was when he joined local outfit The Capitol Systems. The initial line-up was Bob Catley (vocals) Paul Sargent (guitar) Paul Whitehouse (bass), Dave Bailey (keyboards) and Bob Moore (drums). Shortly afterward they changed their name to Paradox, inspired by a science-fiction novel. A one-off deal was arranged with Mercury after Paradox had come to the attention of Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. The tracks were "Ever Since I Can Remember", backed with "Goodbye Mary". In addition, they recorded "Mary Colinto" and "Somebody Save Me". All of these songs were written by Dave Morgan. Paradox played festivals in the Netherlands and Italy before splitting up upon their return to the UK in 1970. Formed in 1972, Magnum throughout the next 16 years consisted mainly of Bob Catley on vocals and Tony Clarkin on guitar. Magnum began as the house band at Birmingham's famous Rum Runner night club (later the home of Duran Duran). They began to develop their own style by playing Clarkin's songs at a residency at The Railway Inn, in Birmingham's Curzon Street, in 1976. Joining Clarkin and Catley were drummer Kex Gorin and bassist Dave Morgan (later a member of ELO). Their most notable success during these early years was the Jeff Glixman produced Chase The Dragon (1982) which reached No. 17 in the UK, and included several songs that would be mainstays of the band's live set, notably ‘Soldier of the Line’, ‘Sacred Hour’ and ‘The Spirit’. Their breakthrough album came in 1985 with On a Storyteller's Night which featured the single ‘Just Like an Arrow’. This success continued in the following years with the Roger Taylor (Queen) produced Vigilante in 1986, the top 5 album Wings of Heaven in 1988, and the Keith Olsen produced Goodnight L.A. reaching No. 9 in the UK album charts in 1990. Subsequently, Clarkin decided to maintain a tighter control, and after their initial mainstream success, the band lost their major label backing and returned to a more personal level of production. This finally found the band splitting and the formation of Hard Rain in 1995, which saw Clarkin pursue a more Pop orientated direction with a band that included Sue McCloskey on lead vocals. This new direction didn’t sit well with Catley, and after a headline performance at The Gods in the late 90s, a conversation with Bruce Mee of Now & Then Records saw Catley agree with a decision which eventually led to his debut solo album, ‘The Tower’. This release was completely written by Gary Hughes of Ten, with the writing completely decided to be in the vein of classic Magnum. The album itself was recorded by various members of Ten, including the amazing Vinny Burns (Dare) on guitar.On release, the many positive reviews concluded that the release of ‘The Tower’ had succeeded beyond its wildest imagination…..and Bob Catley’s solo career had been launched with amazing success!! After the great success of ‘The Tower’, Bob and Gary got together again for the follow-up – ‘Legends’. It was during this period that Bob and Gary first discussed their mutual love for the work of JRR Tolkein, which planted a seed in Gary’s mind, which finally led to this full-blown concept album based around Tolkein’s work on ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’. ‘Middle Earth’ is, of course, the mythical world where all these events take place, and once again Gary’s wonderfully evocative lyrics fully immerse us into this wonderful and colourful universe. As with the previous album ‘Legends’, the band again mostly consisting of members of Ten, such as Vinny Burns and Steve McKenna, with the drum stool being occupied by Dante Fox’s Jon Cookesy. Artwork has once again been provided my world-renowned artist Rodney Matthews, whose career is inextricably linked with Magnum/Bob Catley. This ‘fellowship’ was once more prepared to take Gary’s evocative work and Bob Catley’s mercurial vocals out into the world once more.
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BOB CATLEY - LEGENDS |
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Date: 24th January 2025 Musicians are: PRODUCED BY GARY HUGHES Vinyl Side
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D CD Born in Aldershot on 11 September 1947, Catley's family moved to the Tile Cross area of Birmingham when he was young. He went on to attend the nearby Central Grammar School for Boys (Birmingham) and left to start an apprenticeship at the GPO before deciding on a musical career shortly after meeting similarly minded individuals at college. Whilst at college he joined several bands, such as The Smokestacks (Jeff Clark-guitar, Ron Savage-guitar, Derek Danks-bass & Brian Worrell-drums, Life and Clearwater). His first professional band was when he joined local outfit The Capitol Systems. The initial line-up was Bob Catley (vocals) Paul Sargent (guitar) Paul Whitehouse (bass), Dave Bailey (keyboards) and Bob Moore (drums). Shortly afterward they changed their name to Paradox, inspired by a science-fiction novel. A one-off deal was arranged with Mercury after Paradox had come to the attention of Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. The tracks were "Ever Since I Can Remember", backed with "Goodbye Mary". In addition, they recorded "Mary Colinto" and "Somebody Save Me". All of these songs were written by Dave Morgan. Paradox played festivals in the Netherlands and Italy before splitting up upon their return to the UK in 1970. Formed in 1972, Magnum throughout the next 16 years consisted mainly of Bob Catley on vocals and Tony Clarkin on guitar. Magnum began as the house band at Birmingham's famous Rum Runner night club (later the home of Duran Duran). They began to develop their own style by playing Clarkin's songs at a residency at The Railway Inn, in Birmingham's Curzon Street, in 1976. Joining Clarkin and Catley were drummer Kex Gorin and bassist Dave Morgan (later a member of ELO). Their most notable success during these early years was the Jeff Glixman produced Chase The Dragon (1982) which reached No. 17 in the UK, and included several songs that would be mainstays of the band's live set, notably ‘Soldier of the Line’, ‘Sacred Hour’ and ‘The Spirit’. Their breakthrough album came in 1985 with On a Storyteller's Night which featured the single ‘Just Like an Arrow’. This success continued in the following years with the Roger Taylor (Queen) produced Vigilante in 1986, the top 5 album Wings of Heaven in 1988, and the Keith Olsen produced Goodnight L.A. reaching No. 9 in the UK album charts in 1990. Subsequently, Clarkin decided to maintain a tighter control, and after their initial mainstream success, the band lost their major label backing and returned to a more personal level of production. This finally found the band splitting and the formation of Hard Rain in 1995, which saw Clarkin pursue a more Pop orientated direction with a band that included Sue McCloskey on lead vocals. This new direction didn’t sit well with Catley, and after a headline performance at The Gods in the late 90s, a conversation with Bruce Mee of Now & Then Records saw Catley agree with a decision which eventually led to his debut solo album, ‘The Tower’. This release was completely written by Gary Hughes of Ten, with the writing completely decided to be in the vein of classic Magnum. The album itself was recorded by various members of Ten, including the amazing Vinny Burns (Dare) on guitar. On release, the many positive reviews concluded that the release of ‘The Tower’ had succeeded beyond its wildest imagination…..and Bob Catley’s solo career had been launched with amazing success!! After the great success of ‘The Tower’, Bob and Gary got together again for the follow-up – ‘Legends’. While not a full-blown concept album, each track was written about legendary figures from literature, mythology and real-life. Where else would one see songs about Elvis Presely and Marilyn Monroe standing should to shoulder with tales of Dracula, the Phantom of the Opera, Medusa and the Hydra amongst others. With the band again mostly consisting of members of Ten, such as Vinny Burns and Steve McKenna, this time the drum stool was occupied by Dante Fox’s Jon Cookesy. Artwork has once again been provided my world-renowned artist Rodny Matthews, whose career is inextricably linked with Magnum/Bob Catley. Maintaining his lyrical acumen and the melodic splendour seen on ‘The Tower’ and countless Ten releases, Gary Hughes and Bob Catley proved that there’s really was a magic created in this working relationship, and Catley’s voice caressed the words with some of his best vocal performances ever. A little heavier at time than its predecessor, songs like opener ‘The Pain’ really took the Melodic Rock world by storm, and those lamenting the current hiatus of Magnum at the time found their appetites well and truly whetted. Bob Catley’s second solo album continued to show that he was one of the UK’s best vocalists. In fact … LEGENDARY!!
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SIGN OF THE WOLF - SIGN OF THE WOLF |
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Escape
Music has the great pleasure to announce the release date for the
most anticipated album Sign of
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April 2025, Limited edition of 500 copies only,
double coloured Vinyl
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Release date 24th April 2025 TRACK-LISTING The Last Unicorn (7:22) The musicians: Andrew Freeman: vocals (Last In Line) Production: Khalil Turk for Turkish
Delight Productions
Ask any fan of 70s/80s Hard Rock to name what they consider to be iconic releases of the era and you can be sure the likes of Rainbow ‘Rising’, Black Sabbath ‘Heaven And Hell’ and Dio ‘Holy Diver’ will all feature highly on that list. The common denominator is, of course, that of legendary power-house vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Listening to the opening strains of ‘Tarot Woman’ from Rainbow’s ‘Rising’, featuring the amazing keyboard skills of Tony Carey, is what first brought Bruce Mee into the world of Heavy Metal many years ago, and he followed Ronnie James Dio fervently ever since. However, like many he was saddened by the direction all three bands took after releasing so many revered classics, and after years in the music business decided to do something about it – to bring back that gloriously epic and melodic hard rock sound from the early 80s but also featuring the musicians who actually played on those seminal albums or in the bands. Thus, with Sign of the Wolf you can once again hear those epic keyboard intros and solos from Tony Carey, evoking such fond memories of classic Rainbow. Powering the songs from behind the drum-kit we have Vinny Appice, who of course was the engine in releases such as ‘Mob Rules’ and ‘Holy Diver’, and here he links up with the likes of Chuck Wright and Mark Boals on bass. Of course, no-one could ever replace Ronnie James Dio on vocals, but here with have Andrew Freeman on all songs, the man who took up the mantle when he become the vocalist for the Dio band, which was renamed Last In Line, and whose powerful vocals give the music real gravitas. On lead guitar we have Doug Aldrich who, of course, revitalised Dio for the ‘Killing The Dragon’ album before hooking up with David Coverdale in Whitesnake, and whom Ronnie described as the perfect fit for his band. On rhythm guitar is Fredrik Folkare (Eclipse, Nordic Union) who also co-wrote most of the songs on the album along with Mee, with the intention of evoking those magical moments from early in Dio’s career while also incapsulating the lyrical depth and gothic romance of that music. So, for fans of classic releases like ‘Rising’, ‘Heaven And Hell’, ‘Holy Diver’ and ‘Last In Line’, just lie back, turn up the volume and let yourself be taken back to a time when music like this dominated the Metal charts.
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SARACEN - VOX IN EXCELSO |
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Escape Music has the pleasure to announce the re-release of the much loved Saracen album "Vox In Excelso" on Vinyl and CD. The Vinyl will be double gatefold limited edition of 500 copies only, “Slightly Gold” and “Slightly Silver” colours, all will be individually numbered 1-500, 180g Audiophile Vinyl. There will also be a limited edition of 500 CDs only.
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Date: 28th March 2025 Track listing: 1. Lament Saracen's initial reign was in the late 70s and early 80s, which saw the release of their now legendary debut album “Heroes, Saints & Fools”. Some twenty years later, in 2003, they surprised & delighted fans with the release of Red Sky. Both albums, plus bonus tracks, featured in a special boxed set, with new artwork and mastering, released in January 2006 on the Escape Music label. The main focus of the signing, however, was Saracen's eagerly awaited release of their 2006 album – “Vox In Excelso”. “Vox In Excelso” is a concept album, based on the mysterious and controversial history of the Knights Templar – a medieval body of warrior monks, who grew to become one of the most powerful military & financial organizations in Europe. Their story goes far beyond battlefield exploits – the Knights Templar were guardians of Ancient Knowledge; secrets that had major implications for the nations and religions of the western world... secrets that are still cherished and protected even to this day. “Vox In Excelso” (pronounced Ex-chel-so) is laced with poignant narration, linking the tracks, and thereby helping the listener to navigate this turbulent yet touching epic story. The combination of original members, vocalist Steve Bettney and guitarist Rob Bendelow, new blood, former HELLOWEEN drummer Mark Cross amongst others, proved to be an exciting combination on this now classic album.
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CRAIG BROOKS - DESOLATION FREEWAY |
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Escape Music brought to you from Touch, and now we are bringing to you the Lead vocalist of Touch, Mr Craig Brooks, we are delighted to announce the signing and the release date for this much-anticipated debut solo album title “Desolation Freeway”
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Release Date: 21 February 2025 Catalogue No: ESM397 Bar Code: 5 031281 00397 3 Track Listing: 1.Testify 4:57 2. Fading Out Of View 4:27 3.End Of The Line 4:16 4.Desolation Freeway 4:14 5.Modern Love 5:05 6.Takes One To Know One 4:14 7.Chosen One 5:05 8.Don’t Say You Love Me 5:04 9.Across The Great Divide 5:43 10.Lady Lies 6:00 Produced by Craig Brooks and Mark Mangold
Mixed and Mastered with some additional production by Jimmy Westerlund Craig was born and raised in New Jersey. His love of music was sparked after watching the Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. Being struck like so many others at the time with how exciting and new sounding it all was, Craig began thinking of taking up a musical instrument, and so he started guitar lessons. He progressed through his teens and fell in love with rock n roll. His many influences included “Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, The Young Rascals, The Beatles, Stones…. on and on. In the Summer of ’75 Craig received a call to come to NY and audition for the AOR / progressive keyboard band AMERICAN TEARS and in 1976 was signed to his first recording contract with Columbia Records. Craig’s subsequent first album, which was AMERICAN TEARS’ 3rd, “Powerhouse” was released in 1977. The following couple of years were spent with the band playing dates throughout the US, writing new music and generally honing their sound. After a group realignment and a change of management, the band collectively decided to change the name to TOUCH. In 1979 Craig signed his second recording contract with Atlantic’s Atco Records. The critically acclaimed debut album, TOUCH was released with two significant singles “Don’t You Know What Love Is” and “Call Me When The Spirit Moves You”. The album had a strong showing but the single “Don’t You Know What Love Is” only made it to #69 on the Billboard hot 100. The album did however have several #1 chart positions in the UK and did well on the specialist Melody Maker Chart in Great Britain. In 1982 Craig performed on Michael Bolton’s first Columbia solo album, providing Vocals and Guitar. He also has co-writer credit on the hit “Fool’s Game”. In addition, a second touch album was recorded but never saw the light of day until many years later. The band all met up in NY City on May 19, 2019 and began writing and recording a third TOUCH album, “Tomorrow Never Comes”, which was released on Escape Music in 2021 and of the 10 songs on the album, 3 were written by Craig, “Fire and Ice,” “Scream At The Sky” and “Run For Your Life”. It was a worthy come back album which put the band back at the forefront of melodic rock. After the TOUCH album was completed, he continued writing songs and recording. Craig sensed that he had some new, interesting music at hand, a unique twist to his own song writing. At this point he asked buddy Mark Mangold if he would be interested in collaborating on a Craig Brooks solo effort. And the final result is a new album titled, “Desolation Freeway”, set to be released in 2025. An exciting new chapter begins..
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LONERIDER - DOWN IN THE DUST |
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The double Vinyl will be limited edition to 500 copies only, "Yellow Flame" and "Sunset" colour and all will be all numbered 1-500
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Release date: 15th November 2024 Track List: Vinyl Bonus tracks Produced by Lonerider All Songs written by Steve
Morris/Steve Overland. Lonerider is: In 2019 the debut album "Attitude" by Lonerider was released, a band that not only features Steve Overland (FM, Solo, Shadowman), Steve Morris (Heartland, Shadowman) and Chris Childs (Thunder) but legendary drummer Simon Kirke of Free and Bad Company fame. The band come across like Bad Company mixed with Shadowman and their debut "Attitude" was loved by many. Lonerider have the feel of that classic Bad Company that we know and love, yet the songs are modern, fresh and vibrant. In 2022, the follow up album titled "Sundown" was released boasting 12 new tracks of classic rock in the same vein as "Attitude", well why change a winning formula? The band have continued to attract new fans and they have all been eagerly awaiting a third outing and it's due for release in November, 2024. The album "Down in the Dust is released on 15th November in both CD and limited edition (500 all numbered) double vinyl. The Vinyl will have 3 bonus tracks. This is an extension of what this exciting band have already given us, and it just keeps getting better. The addition of Steve Mann (Lionheart / MSG) adds so much with that Hammond organ vibe, giving it an "old school" feel and yet the band continues to expand on fresh ideas and melodies. There are no fillers here. Once again, the Lonerider lineup excel themselves in giving us another fine release.
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MOONSTONE PROJECT - NEW LIFE |
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The Vinyl will be limited edition of 300 copies only, “Solid White” colour, all will be numbered 1-300, 180g Audiophile Vinyl.
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Release date: 18th October 2024 The musicians are: Produced by Khalil Turk and Matt
Filippini Matt Filippini is an Italian guitar player, rock songwriter and producer. After working with some local bands, he started to take it seriously when in 2001 he started to play some gigs in Italy during a masterclass tour of the legendary drummer Ian Paice (Deep Purple founder and current member since 1968 but also with Paul McCartney, Gary Moore and Whitesnake). One year later, in 2003, after writing a bunch of rocking songs and recording a demo in his home studio, Matt gave a cd with the tracks to listen to Mr. Paice who liked the stuff and agreed to record the drum tracks for the songs. So after Ian Paice recorded three of the tracks, Matt asked Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, ...) to record vocals for two of the songs. Those became Rose In Hell and Where Do You Hide The Blues You've Got, two of the most appreciated songs from the first Matt's studio album, MOONSTONE PROJECT Time To Take A stand, released April 2006 on Majestic Rock Records. The album features other rock and roll gods like Carmine Appice, Steve Walsh of Kansas, Eric Bloom of Blue Oyster Cult, Graham Bonnet of Rainbow and many more! The album, produced and written by Filippini himself, has been acclaimed by the music press with some great reviews and adored by thousands of classic rock fans from all over the World. From 2005 to 2008 Filippini played several gigs in Europe with his band and some very special guests like Ian Paice, Glenn Hughes, Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake) and Carmine Appice. In 2009 Matt released the second and final chapter of his Moonstone Project, Rebel on the Run, co-produced by Alessandro Del Vecchio. The album is more "band sounding" than the 1st one, having the same singer for 9 of the 10 songs, the vocalist James Christian of House of Lords. In June 2009 the album was in the European top 10 rock chart just below Iron Maiden! Other highlights of Matt's career include a jam session on stage with amazing USA rock giants Blue Oyster Cult, and in 2009 Matt played several gigs in Europe with Ian Paice and Glenn Hughes, as well as a two week tour of Spain with guitarist Bernie Marsden of Whitesnake. In 2010 Matt toured Spain and Italy with Carmine Appice., in September 2010 Matt he played a festival in Sardinia along with Roger Glover (Deep Purple), Bobby Kimball and Steve Lukather of Toto and Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath and Ronnie Dio).In 2011, Through the next few years he played with Deep Purple, Doogie White (Rainbow and Malmsteen) and Neil Murray (Whitesnake and brian May Band), as well as several gigs with Hughes and Paice. He has certainly been active these last few years! Matt is currently writing new songs for an upcoming solo album. The songs are going to be in the classic rock vein Matt loves with just a little touch of blues, funk and some acoustic atmosphere.
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DAYTONA - GARDER LA FLAMME |
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Escape Music brought to you from Sweden, REMEDY, now we are bringing to you DAYTONA we are delighted to announce the signing and the release date for the much anticipated debut album title “Garder la Flamme” The Vinyl will be limited edition of 300 copies only, “Solid Blue” colour, all will be numbered 1-300, 180g Audiophile Vinyl.
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Release date: 18th October 2024 Daytona line-up: Produced by Daytona Music Track List:
With both feet firmly planted in the late '80s hard rock era, Daytona aims to make a mark in the present as well. No nostalgia, no parody, just authenticity and pure passion for the music. Daytona is not a project but a band with great ambitions and two key words: heart and craft.Fronted by the unique voice and talent of Fredrik Werner (Osukaru and Air Raid), Erik Heikne, well known musician from the band Miss Behaviour, Johan Berlin, previously with Eclipse and TimeScape, Niclas Lindblom, band mate of Erik in Miss Behaviour and drummer Calle Larsson are extremely ambitious and are working hard on the next steps for the band. The love for the sound of late '80s hard rock is the foundation of everything, and that's where the journey begins, without adapting to Modern Rock. All the musicians in Daytona have extensive experience in the Rock World, but this new venture will be a unique challenge!
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BOB CATLEY - THE TOWER |
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Escape Music has the pleasure to announce the re-release of much loved vocalist Bob Catley (Magnum/Avantasia) “The Tower “ album on Vinyl and CD with new artwork by the legendary artist Rodney Matthews Double Vinyl Gatefold limited edition of 300 copies only, “Crystal Water” and “Coke Bottle” colour, all will be numbered 1-300, 180g Audiophile Vinyl.
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Release Date: 20th September 2024 Vinyl: Side A Side B Side C Side D
CD: Bob Catley: Lead vocals and Backing
Vocals Recorded at Startrack Studios,
Manchester. Born in Aldershot on 11 September 1947, Catley's family moved to the Tile Cross area of Birmingham when he was young. He went on to attend the nearby Central Grammar School for Boys (Birmingham) and left to start an apprenticeship at the GPO before deciding on a musical career shortly after meeting similarly minded individuals at college. Whilst at college he joined several bands, such as The Smokestacks (Jeff Clark-guitar, Ron Savage-guitar, Derek Danks-bass & Brian Worrell-drums, Life and Clearwater). His first professional band was when he joined local outfit The Capitol Systems. The initial line-up was Bob Catley (vocals) Paul Sargent (guitar) Paul Whitehouse (bass), Dave Bailey (keyboards) and Bob Moore (drums). Shortly afterward they changed their name to Paradox, inspired by a science-fiction novel. A one-off deal was arranged with Mercury after Paradox had come to the attention of Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. The tracks were "Ever Since I Can Remember", backed with "Goodbye Mary". In addition, they recorded "Mary Colinto" and "Somebody Save Me". All of these songs were written by Dave Morgan. Paradox played festivals in the Netherlands and Italy before splitting up upon their return to the UK in 1970. Formed in 1972, Magnum throughout the next 16 years consisted mainly of Bob Catley on vocals and Tony Clarkin on guitar. Magnum began as the house band at Birmingham's famous Rum Runner night club (later the home of Duran Duran). They began to develop their own style by playing Clarkin's songs at a residency at The Railway Inn, in Birmingham's Curzon Street, in 1976. Joining Clarkin and Catley were drummer Kex Gorin and bassist Dave Morgan (later a member of ELO). Their most notable success during these early years was the Jeff Glixman produced Chase The Dragon (1982) which reached No. 17 in the UK, and included several songs that would be mainstays of the band's live set, notably ‘Soldier of the Line’, ‘Sacred Hour’ and ‘The Spirit’. Their breakthrough album came in 1985 with On a Storyteller's Night which featured the single ‘Just Like an Arrow’. This success continued in the following years with the Roger Taylor (Queen) produced Vigilante in 1986, the top 5 album Wings of Heaven in 1988, and the Keith Olsen produced Goodnight L.A. reaching No. 9 in the UK album charts in 1990. Subsequently, Clarkin decided to maintain a tighter control, and after their initial mainstream success, the band lost their major label backing and returned to a more personal level of production. This finally found the band splitting and the formation of Hard Rain in 1995, which saw Clarkin pursue a more Pop orientated direction with a band that included Sue McCloskey on lead vocals. This new direction didn’t sit well with Catley, and after a headline performance at The Gods in the late 90s, a conversation with Bruce Mee of Now & Then Records saw Catley agree with a decision which eventually led to his debut solo album, ‘The Tower’. This release was completely written by Gary Hughes of Ten, with the writing completely decided to be in the vein of classic Magnum. The album itself was recorded by various members of Ten, including the amazing Vinny Burns (Dare) on guitar. On release, the many positive reviews concluded that the release of ‘The Tower’ had succeeded beyond its wildest imagination…..and Bob Catley’s solo career had been launched with amazing success!! With a lyrical intricacy and majestic pomp, songs like ‘Far Away, ‘Fear of the Dark, ‘Madrigal’ and ‘Deep Winter’ take you back to that glorious period of Magnum between ‘Chase The Dragon’ and ‘Wings Of Heaven’ whilst hard melodic rockers such as ‘Scream’, ‘Dreams’ and title track ‘The Tower’ show just what Magnum would have sounded like if they’d gone a little bit harder. Another absolutely brilliant album that totally deserves to be filed alongside those mid-period Magnum classics.
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GABRIELLE DE VAL & THE DRAGONLORDS - TIGER |
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Release Date: 20 Septembert 2024 Track list: 2. Tiger (Gabrielle De Val and Elenor Asp) 3. The One and Only (Mick Devine) 4. Bowmore (Robin McAuley) 5. Midnight (You Won’t Be Sleeping) (Gabrielle De Val and Andrew Freeman) 6. I’m In Chains (Gabrielle De Val) 7. Pay For the Lonely Nights (Steve Overland) 8. Little Piece of Heaven (Gabrielle De Val) 9. When Midnight Comes (Mark Boals) 10. Up To Where You Are (Gabrielle De Val) 11. We Live, We Learn (Robin McAuley) Okay, first thing to state is that this is not the second Gabrielle de Val solo album. ‘Cry Wolf’ will still be getting released early in 2025. The original idea behind the ‘Tiger’ album was to be a collection of songs left of the original Gabrielle De Val debut ‘Kiss In a Dragon Night,, along with different versions of songs that appeared on there. But all the singers and the label had such fun putting that album together that ever more songs were recorded, with many of the vocalists doing lead vocals themselves. All the singers that appear on this album also appeared on ‘Kiss In a Dragon Night’, hence the ‘Dragonlords’ group name. So along with originals by Gabrielle De Val like opener ‘Think Like a Man’, which she has been playing live for the past year, and ‘I’m In Chains’ – both songs written by Steve Overland and Tommy Denander, we also see Gabrille re-recording The Val classic ‘Up To Where You Are’ and doing duets with Elenor Asp on a wonderful version of ABBA’s ‘Tiger’, and with Last In Line’s Andrew Freeman on the classic Magnum song ‘Midnight (You Won’t Be Sleeping’). The other cover sees Seven’s Mick Devine perform a superb rocked-up version of the Chesney Hawkes #1 hit ‘The One And Only’, complete with guitar solo from Fredrik Folkare (Nordic Union). MSG/Black Swan vocalist Robin McAuley takes lead on two original tracks, one of which, ‘Bowmore’, was specially written for this release. FMs Steve Overland does his usual superlative job on The Val’s ‘Pay For the Lonely Nights’ while Mark Boals similarly does a great rendition of ‘When Midnight Comes’. Artwork once again comes from the amazingly talented Gaetano de Falco, who of course did the cover for ‘Kiss In a Dragon Night’ as well as the Circle of Friends albums. The whole point of this album was just to have a great time with people who loved working together and share it with the fans. And the good news? There’s enough songs left for a 2nd album!
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BITE THE BULLET - LOOKING FOR PARADISE |
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Release Date: 23 August 2024 Track list: Dirty Water Lyric Video:
Line up Bite The Bullet were originally formed in 1986 by singer songwriter Mick Benton and drummer Graham Cowling. They met in 1984 when they both joined West London rock band “Mother’s Ruin”. Thanks to the legendary Greg Lake, Benton managed to secure a solo deal with Atlantic Records and he asked Cowling to play drums. Its good to see that their collaboration is still strong to this very day. In 1986 “Bite the Bullet” were formed and the music played was in the style of Foreigner, Toto and Mr. Mister, an album was released in 1989 to some quiet success. The music was warmly received and the band earned themselves some radio airplay. Benton and Cowling always remained friends and they still played in pubs and clubs over the years which brings is up to 2019 when their debut was reissued on CD. It ignited a flame in the two men and brought the original recording back to the forefront again and old fans reappraised the album whilst new fans joined in. In January 2021 the year started with “Black and White” (ESM349) followed by “End of the Line” (ESM361) in 2022 in and more recently “Rocky Road” (ESM375) 2023. The band successfully combine their own unique sound with similarities to Mr Mister and Asia to produce a nice smooth rock pop sound. We are now in 2024 and the boys have been busy writing again, giving us “Looking for Paradise” which is a great slab of pop rock with a harder edge than usual, it’s a modern sound yet retains the feel of the classic 80’s period. There are 11 tracks to choose from and they all hit the mark, this classic band certainly know how to pen a tune, these are exciting times!
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KEYS - THE GRAND SEDUCTION |
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Escape Music has the pleasure to announce the release date for the much anticipated 2nd KEYS album title “The Grand Seduction” Featuring on vocals Jake E (Cyhra, Amaranthe and others) and on Keyboards Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive, She Said, Michael Bolton, Cher, Paul Rogers and others) The Vinyl will be limited edition of 200 copies only!, “Solid Yellow” colour, all will be numbered 1-200, 180g Audiophile Vinyl.
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Release Date: 19th July 2024 CD Track List: Vinyl Track List: Side B PRODUCED BY MARK MANGOLD AND JAKE
E KEYS has just completed their second album, “The Grand Seduction”. This all-keyboard band is the brainchild of singer Jake E (Cyhra, Amaranthe and others) and keyboardist Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive, She Said, Michael Bolton, Cher, Paul Rogers and others) with Emanuel Bagge (Sweden’s Got Talent Finalist) on additional vocals and keys, Irwan Fabrien (noted keyboard guitar sound designer) with help of drum gurus Alex Landenburg (Kamelot, Cyhra and others). Featuring live performances with three keyboardists and a huge battery of keyboards, this ambitious band brings keyboard and instrumental prowess to new heights while playing songs that run the gamut from scathing progressive melodic forays to catchy and melodic rock anthems …and Jake’s award-winning voice (Burrn Vocalist of the year 2020). Previous KEYS album also featured guest keyboard additions by Charlie Calv of Angel and others. Though songs are first and foremost, this band shows the versatility of keyboards in this day and age. These artfully crafted songs are ripe with scathing synth, organ and “guitar” pyrotechnics, dazzling time signatures and drumming, bombastic choruses and “guitar” riffs (played on keyboards with the now available plug in’s that perfectly emulate guitars). As Mark and Jake are first and foremost award winning songwriters, they never lose sight of the composition and melodies, though couched in the very signature and hard to pigeon hole sound (isn’t that the whole point?) of this band and Jake's 4 octave vocal range.
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ATLANTIC - ANOTHER WORLD |
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Escape Music has the pleasure to announce the release date for the much anticipated 2nd Atlantic album title “Another World” The Vinyl will be limited edition of 300 copies only, “Dolphin” colour, all will be numbered 1-300, 180g Audiophile Vinyl.
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Release Date: 21 June 2024 The band is: Gareth David Noon - Additional Keyboards / Andy Margrett - Additional Lead Guitar / Mark Pullin - Additional Lead Guitar All songs written by Simon Jewell-Harrison & Mark Grimmett Except * Co-Written by Tim Bristow. Produced by: Simon Harrison / Mixed by Mark Pullin at Green Frog Studios Artwork by Stan W Decker
Track Listing:
Atlantic was the brainchild of guitarist and songwriter Simon Harrison. Following a successful ghost-writing career and his bands Stranger and Wisht, Simon wanted to make an album in his favoured AOR/Melodic Rock genre. Heavily influenced by bands like Whitesnake, Journey, Bad English, FM and Dare he set about writing the songs that became the first album entitled ‘Power’. Atlantic was never supposed to be a long term band and following its worldwide release Simon moved on to other writing, recording, production and mix projects. In the late nineties Simon met Mark Grimmett. He recorded several songs with Mark over the following few years and they decided at some point they would make a record together. Fast forward to 2021 Mark was talking to Simon about writing and recording a new album. Originally entitled the MGB Band, work started in the fall of 2021 … By early 2022 they had written a number of songs and they both felt they would best suit a new album under the Atlantic banner. Several members of Grim Reaper were recruited to give the Album an edge, whilst retaining the essential melodic rock/Aor feel that is Atlantic. Mark Pullin, Julian D.Hill and Ian Nash were duly recruited into the band along with keyboardist Gareth David Noon from Serpentine .. The lineup was to change later in the project with Simon and Tim Bristow taking over the keyboard role and the addition of Nick Burr and Andy Margrett on lead guitar. Work continued over the next year and finally the production was completed in late 2023. Mark Pullin stepped up to mix the album after some unforeseen issues at Simon’s studio and it was completed in March 2024. Escape Music had re released the original Power album and were absolutely the first choice to work with on the new album. Their new album “Another World” will be released exclusively by Escape Music, exciting times.
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REMEDY - PLEASURE BEATS THE PAIN |
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Escape Music is delighted to announce the release of the much anticipated 2nd Remedy album title “Pleasure Beats The Pain”. The Vinyl will be limited edition of 300 copies only, gatefold “Magenta Transparent” colour, all will be numbered 1-300, 180g Audiophile Vinyl.
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Release Date: 24 May 2024 Remedy is: Produced by: Roland Forsman Tracklist: Remedy, a dynamic and cutting-edge melodic rock metal band originating from the heart of Stockholm, Sweden, burst onto the music scene in 2022 with an unmistakable presence. Their debut album ‘Something That Your Eyes Won’t See’ charted in Sweden and had a massive impact, including truly incredible positive feedback from the Rock and Metal World. Now it’s the time for the second album ‘Pleasure Beats the Pain’, co-produced with the Swedish S-Rock Music Production, a huge sound journey between catchy melodies, powerful riffs, huge sound and mesmerizing guitar solos. With these new songs, the band presents a sound even more personal, pushing boundaries even further. Drawing from the lively sounds of the 80s, but adding a modern twist, Remedy captivates listeners with their contagious energy. Their magic is driven by energetic guitars, powerful vocals, and catchy hooks across Rock, Pop, and Metal genres, blending retro vibes with fresh innovation seamlessly. In line with the production of Remedy’s debut album, ‘Pleasure Beats the Pain’ is mixed and mastered by Erik Martensson (Eclipse) at Mass Destruction Production. “Fueled by the success of our debut album, stepping back into the studio felt like the most natural progression for us. With 'Pleasure Beats the Pain,' we reached a defining moment in Remedy's journey, solidifying our sound. With a balance of light and dark, day and night, pleasure and pain, love and hate, our music mirrors life's complexities, melding melodic rock & metal into a harmonious blend. Through this, combined with a distinctive approach to instrumentality and songwriting, Remedy emerges”, Rolli concludes. The album ‘Pleasure Beats the Pain’ will be released on May 24, 2024 by Escape Music as CD, limited edition LP and digital. Don’t miss Remedy on the road! Remedy on tour
supporting Kee Marcello Performs Europe: ROCK PARTY x BRYGGHUSET
- REMEDY ALBUM RELEASE Remedy will also
play at Tower of Fire show Tickets on sale from today: https://www.fireworks-magazine.com/toweroffire And at the Malmo Melodic Festival (tickets and info: malmomelodic.com): 29.07.2024 - Malmo Melodic Festival - Plan B, Malmö, Sweden Visit Remedy: Band contact/ booking:
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Escape Music pleases to announce the signing of the Italian Symphonic Power Metal band Perseus title of the album "Into The Silence". The CD will be a limited edition to 1000 copies only! and all we be numbered 01-1000
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Release date: 19th April 2024 Perseus is: Antonio Abate: Vocals /Cristian Guzzo: Guitars/Gabriele Pinto: Guitars/Alex Anelli: Bass/Andrea Mariani: Drums Track List: Perseus is a power metal band formed in 2011 in Brindisi (Puglia, Southern Italy) from the ashes of two local bands: “Hastings” (prog-metal, openers for Athena and Eldritch) and “Defenders of the Faith” (Judas Priest tribute band). Within an already well-explored genre, Perseus carved out their own personal space, taking inspiration from the old metal school of bands like Judas Priest, Manowar and Queensryche, without disdaining influences from more "Avant-Gardes" bans such as Kamelot or the italian Rhapsody Of Fire and Labyrinth. The Italian melodic tradition of bel canto and nice melodies are mixed with powerful riffs. The more intimate moments of the songs are highlighted using acoustic guitars and keyboards. Passion, suffer, joy, love, damnation, redemption, etc., are the predominant themes expressed into the lyrics. In 2011, after two self-produced demos, “Ashes to Ashes” and “Icarus Creed”, Perseus signed their first contract with Nadìr Music led by Tommy Talamanca, Trevor, (both members of Sadist) and by the label manager Federico Gasperi. In October 2013, Perseus recorded its debut album entitled "The Mystic Hands of Fate" (for Nadìr Music), produced by Tommy Talamanca who also recorded keyboards for the band. The first album gave to the band the possibility to open for band such as Vision Divine, Queensryche and Hollow Haze. On the 1st of April 2016, Perseus published its second album, "A Tale Whispered In The Night” (for Buil2Kill Records), which was presented in Rome, having Fabio Lione as guest star who played live on the stage along with the band for that occasion. In September 2016, Perseus went on tour along with DragonhammeR to support the Swedish metal band Civil War in their European tour. In February 2018 Perseus went on a 4-day live shows as Headliner across Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovenia, experiencing warm appreciation from the audience and establishing a new fan base also in those areas. In 2024 the band signed with the English “Escape Music Ltd. and released its 3rd album “Into the silence”
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Escape Music are pleased
to announce the release date for Khalil Turk & Friends Turkish
Delight second studio album titled “Volume 2" with 500 limited
edition double Vinyl “Side A+B Ashy Grey colour and side C+D Kinky
Pinky colour”.
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New Release Date: 14th July 2023 The Musicians are: Robin Mc Auley (MSG/Black Swan/solo) 1. No One Knows Your Name 4:19
2. Come On 4:06 3. Destiny 4:43 4. I Am Ready 5:03 5. Crazy 4:27 6. Hold Your Future 4:39 7. Future 4:41 8. Higher 3:24 9. Don´t Surrender 4:50 10. Fahrenheit 451 4:28 11. Throwing Bones 3:40 12. We Carry On 3:56 Produced by Khalil Turk for Escape
Music Ltd Turkish Delights Vol 2 ‘Turkish Delights Volume Two 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 twenty five 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 material from the pens of Fredrik Folkare (Eclipse), Peter Hallgren, Dan Reed (Dan Reed Network) Lee Small (Phenomena/Lionheart/Sweet), Steve Morris (Export/Ian Gillan/Heartland), Mike Slamer (City Boy/Steve Walsh/Seventh Key), Mick Devine (Seven), Steve Newman (Newman/Compass) and Tommy Denander (Radioactive/Steve Walsh) 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 2’ to throw at you include Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen/Ted Nugent/Ring Of Fire), James LaBrie (Dream Theatre/solo), Billy Sheehan (Talas/David Lee Roth/Mr Big), Ralf Sheepers (Primal Fears/Gamma Ray), Jean Beauvoir (Crown of Thorn/ solo), Jules Galli (Levara), Jeff Scott Soto, Chris Childs (Thunder), Kai Hansen (Helloween/Gamma Ray/Iron Savior/Unisonic) Andrew Freeman (Great White/Last In Line), Dennis Stratton (Iron Maiden/Lionheart), Steve Mann (MSG/Lionheart), Josh Devine (One Direction/Levara)), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake/Journey), Paul Taylor (Winger/Alice Cooper/The Road), Marc Storace (Krokus/solo), Robin Mc Auley (Grand Prix/MSG), Dino Jelusick (JeluSick/Trans Siberian Orchestra/Dirty Shirley/ George Lynch) Ben Cristo (Sister Of Mersey/Black Diamond), Jerome Mazza (Pinnacle Point/solo), Tony Harnell (TNT/Morning Wood/Westworld/Starbreaker/solo), 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! Dave Reynolds
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TURKISH DELIGHT:VOLUME ONE |
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Escape Music are pleased to announce the release date for the long awaited Turkish Delight studio album titled “Volume 1" with 500 limited edition double Vinyl “Side A+B Snowy White colour and side C+D Skull Gold colour” all will be numbered 1-500!
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Release Date: 21st October 2022 The Musicians are: Ronnie Platt: Lead vocals (Kansas) Vinyl Side A 2. Live Again 4:46 3. Crazy Days 3:27 4. Bad Enough 4:45
5. NEVER WILL FORGET 3:42
Side B 2. Get Out Of Here 3:57 3. Believe 5:29 4. Hangman Blues 3:20 Side C 2. Belly Of The Beast* 5:24 3. Holy Water 5:13 4. Sweet Serenity 3:34
Side D 2. BAD TO GOOD 4:27
3. The Year 2000** 6:04
(Vinyl Only) 4. FROZEN ROSE** 4:57
(Vinyl Only) ----------------------------------------------- CD Version: 1. Intro 1:49 Produced by Khalil Turk for Turkish
Delight Productions Turkish Delight:Khalil Turk & Friends ‘Turkish Delight Volume One’ 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 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 twenty five 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 material from the pens of Steve Overland (FM), Chris Ousey (Heartland), Steve Morris (Export/Ian Gillan/Heartland), Mick Devine (Seven), Steve Newman (Newman/Compass) and Tommy Denander (Radioactive) 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’ to throw at you include Ronnie Platt (Kansas), Billy Greer (Streets/Kansas), Billy Sheehan (Talas/David Lee Roth/Mr Big), Gary Pihl (Sammy Hagar/Boston/Alliance), Gene Black (Device), Jeff Pilson (Dokken), Jeff Scott Soto, Chris Childs (Thunder), Mike Slamer (City Boy/ Streets/Seventh Keys/Steelhouse Lane) Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake/Joel Hoekstra’s 13), Mark Mangold (American Tears/Touch/ Drive, She Said), Mark Stanway (Magnum), Mat Sinner (Sinner), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake/Journey), Ricky Phillips (The Babys/Bad English/Styx), Robin Beck, Robin Mc Auley (Grand Prix/MSG), James Christian (House Of Lords) Steve Overland (FM), Jerome Mazza (Pinnacle Point/solo), Terry Brock (Strangeways) and Vince DiCola (‘Transformers’/Thread/Storming Heaven). 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! Dave Reynolds August 2022
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