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| 1. Rainbow Theme (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. Frozen Rainbow (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. Big Teaser (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. Judgement Day (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 5. Stallions Of The Highway (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 6. Backs To The Wall (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 7. Still Fit To Boogie (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 8. Militia Guard (2009 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 9. Big Teaser (1978 Demo) | |||
| 10. Stallions Of The Highway (1978 Demo) | |||
| 11. Backs To The Wall (1978 Demo) | |||
| 12. Rainbow Theme (Demo) | |||
| 13. Frozen Rainbow (Demo) | |||
| 14. Backs To The Wall (BBC Session) (1998 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 15. Stallions Of The Highway (BBC Session) (1998 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 16. Motorcycle Man (BBC Session) (1998 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 17. Still Fit To Boogie (BBC Session) (1998 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 18. 747 (Strangers In The Night) (BBC Session) (1998 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 19. Judgement Day (Live B-Side) | |||
| 20. Still Fit To Boogie (Live At Donington 1980) | |||
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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like most people i picked this up on vinyl after purchasing the wheels' and strong arm' albums,like most i was surprised by the opening tracks rainbow theme/frozen rainbow - ' rush' like prog and excellent they were,this remaster suffers the least from the tinny sound, to my ears anyway,and is a reminder that saxon were a class act from the start,stallion'/judgement day and backs to the wall are still fantastic rockers,militia guard still bounces out the speakers and all sound improved on the remaster.
The bonus tracks are a revelation,probably the best of the 3 releases,the 1978 demos are excellent and i much prefer the demo of big teaser to the original released version,listen to the 'QUO' riff,.
Next up is the radio one session and already you can hear the step up in class and performance,i can bin the old cassette recording now,the disc is rounded off with the remaining Donington '80 tracks the best of which are on the wheels' remaster,so another winner , judging by the cd spines this is the first in a series of reissues,here to the next batch
The bonus tracks are a revelation,probably the best of the 3 releases,the 1978 demos are excellent and i much prefer the demo of big teaser to the original released version,listen to the 'QUO' riff,.
Next up is the radio one session and already you can hear the step up in class and performance,i can bin the old cassette recording now,the disc is rounded off with the remaining Donington '80 tracks the best of which are on the wheels' remaster,so another winner , judging by the cd spines this is the first in a series of reissues,here to the next batch
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Saxon's hard rockin' debut - remastered
10 Oct 2009
Format:Audio CD
Saxon may be one of the best known bands that emerged during the celebrated New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) era, but before their genre defining albums Wheels of Steel, Strong Arm of the Law and Denim & Leather, the band issued this often-overlooked 1979 debut album.
Prior to this album's release, Saxon was operating under the unlikely moniker Son of a B!tch. The band was more or less a merger of SOB, which featured Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson and Pete Gill, and Coast, which included Biff Byford and Paul Quinn. Coast was a heavy prog rock band and SOB was a heavy blues rock act. It made for an interesting combination, to say the least. The Saxon debut sounds a bit like a pairing of Kansas and AC/DC. It's a heavy album and rocks pretty hard, but there's a bluesy, boogieing vibe as well. Wheels of Steel this ain't, though you can hear the future Saxon sound peeking out in the melody and speed of songs like "Stallions of the Highway" and the NWOBHM prototype "Militia Guard".
The Saxon on this debut recording may bear little resemblance to the Saxon that would totally redefine the British metal scene just one year later, but this is still an album that's absolutely worth owning. It's a great look at the formative stages of one of Britain's most important metal bands, and is a pretty rockin' album at that.
Edition Notes - EMI reissued the Saxon debut (along with the rest of the early Saxon albums) in 2009. EMI has been responsible for some of the best-sounding classic hard rock reissues lately (see: Whitesnake, UFO, MSG and the Scorpions), and their Saxon reissues do not disappoint. In addition to the digitally remastered sound, the reissue features expanded liner notes by Metal Hammer Magazine's Jerry Ewing and a whopping 14 bonus tracks, more than doubling the original album's length. The first five bonus tracks are the original 1978 Son of a B!tch demos. After that come five BBC session recordings. The live b-side of "Judgement Day" from the Suzie Hold On single comes next, followed by three live songs recorded at Donnington in 1980. Between the remastered sound, liner notes and sheer volume of bonus tracks, there are plenty of reasons to replace your old version of Saxon.
PS - When you line up the spines of the EMI Saxon reissues they form the Saxon logo and the Wheels of Steel cover icon. I'm a total geek for stuff like that!
Prior to this album's release, Saxon was operating under the unlikely moniker Son of a B!tch. The band was more or less a merger of SOB, which featured Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson and Pete Gill, and Coast, which included Biff Byford and Paul Quinn. Coast was a heavy prog rock band and SOB was a heavy blues rock act. It made for an interesting combination, to say the least. The Saxon debut sounds a bit like a pairing of Kansas and AC/DC. It's a heavy album and rocks pretty hard, but there's a bluesy, boogieing vibe as well. Wheels of Steel this ain't, though you can hear the future Saxon sound peeking out in the melody and speed of songs like "Stallions of the Highway" and the NWOBHM prototype "Militia Guard".
The Saxon on this debut recording may bear little resemblance to the Saxon that would totally redefine the British metal scene just one year later, but this is still an album that's absolutely worth owning. It's a great look at the formative stages of one of Britain's most important metal bands, and is a pretty rockin' album at that.
Edition Notes - EMI reissued the Saxon debut (along with the rest of the early Saxon albums) in 2009. EMI has been responsible for some of the best-sounding classic hard rock reissues lately (see: Whitesnake, UFO, MSG and the Scorpions), and their Saxon reissues do not disappoint. In addition to the digitally remastered sound, the reissue features expanded liner notes by Metal Hammer Magazine's Jerry Ewing and a whopping 14 bonus tracks, more than doubling the original album's length. The first five bonus tracks are the original 1978 Son of a B!tch demos. After that come five BBC session recordings. The live b-side of "Judgement Day" from the Suzie Hold On single comes next, followed by three live songs recorded at Donnington in 1980. Between the remastered sound, liner notes and sheer volume of bonus tracks, there are plenty of reasons to replace your old version of Saxon.
PS - When you line up the spines of the EMI Saxon reissues they form the Saxon logo and the Wheels of Steel cover icon. I'm a total geek for stuff like that!
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