Year : 2013 (Remastered Edition)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 179 mb
Bio:
Before Mötley Crüe, before RATT, even before there was a Metallica, Y&T was slogging away in sweaty rock clubs around America. When the band formed in the early 1970s, little did they know they would set the standard for hard rock bands that trailed. Many of the biggest acts of the ’80s became popular opening for headliners Y&T—and cut their teeth on the band, as evidenced by the Y&T mentions in tell-all books by acts such as Metallica and Mötley Crüe.Born in Oakland, California, Y&T is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s own innovators of the hard rock sound. Whether performing to a festival crowd of fifty-thousand or in an intimate nightclub, Y&T’s high-energy set and passionate performances still captivate legions of fans around the globe, proving Y&T’s music timeless.Originally formed as Yesterday and Today, the initial powerhouse quartet—featuring Dave Meniketti (lead guitar/lead vocals), Phil Kennemore (bass), Leonard Haze (drums), and Joey Alves (rhythm guitar)—tore through the ’70s and ’80s with their own brand of hard rock. After two ’70s albums on London Records, they shortened their name to Y&T and released eight albums on A&M in the ’80s. Two more albums with Geffen Records marked an era of change with Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Megadeth) on drums and Stef Burns (Alice Cooper, Berlin, Huey Lewis) on guitar.With a discography of 18 albums, three greatest hits collections, plus a boxed set, Y&T has sold over four million albums since their 1974 inception. The band’s most recent single I’m Coming Home has climbed to roughly 1.5 million views on YouTube. Y&T received extensive airplay with hits such as Forever, Rescue Me, Mean Streak, Don’t Stop Runnin’, and Summertime Girls—which played in heavy rotation on MTV. Y&T songs have been featured in a multitude of movies and television shows, including Real Genius, Out of Bounds, Baywatch, and Hunter. After five top 100 albums, songs that tipped into the 40s, two Bammie Awards, and many international television appearances, Y&T’s hits are still played on VH1 Classic and classic rock radio stations worldwide.With Kennemore’s untimely passing from lung cancer, the band carries on the legacy that is Y&T. Y&T continues to tour the world, featuring Dave Meniketti (guitar/lead vocals), John Nymann (guitar/vocals), Brad Lang (bass/vocals), and Mike Vanderhule (drums/vocals), playing songs that span the band’s five-decade career and including all the hits and fan favorites. Prepare to have your face melted.
Album:
As requested by many, here it it "Earthshaker" from the box-set "Y&T - Earthquake The A&M Years 81-85", a must have remastered pack from the most brilliant era of Dave Meniketti's band.At the very end of 2013 and almost unnoticed, there was a box-set release from one of the essential bands from the first half of the '80s: Y&T, entitled "Earthquake: The A&M Years 1981-1985".You get 7 albums spread over 4 discs, a terrific collection with all the material Remastered for an exceptional value for money.Yes, many would prefer every album in one single disc, but this way you have a glossy edition packaged in the old style 'fat' box, an extensive booklet in exceptional print quality with detailed info, and the most important; a superb sound remastered by Andy Pearce, all for less than 25 U$D it's a steal.We Highly Recommend this awesome box "Earthquake: The A&M Years 1981-1985", including 7 albums for the price of two, with a monster remastering work and a fantastic packaging.
"Open Fire" was the first live for Y&T. And what a killer record.The live material was recorded at various locations earlier in the same year of release (1985) seeing Y&T at the peak of their popularity and solid, tight as band as never before.The performances are top notch and the recording quality was amongst the best during the '80s.Well, this fresh 2013 remastering has turned out this "Open Fire" even better, adding more punch to it but isn't overblown dynamically. It's a remarkably clear recording considering it was originally made over 25 years ago, and every instrument and vocals come crystal clear out of the speakers.You need to listen "Open Fire", seriously, it's a step ahead to many more famous records of this kind.
'Down For The Count' - Additionally, a selection of live tracks from Donnington and Reading festivals including previously unreleased material.From the the bunch, I have chosen Y&T's last recording for A&M, the criminally underrated "Down For The Count" (1986), a must have for any Melodic Rock / mid-'80s AOR fan.The album features Y&T's biggest hit "Summertime Girls", a keyboard driven catchy AOR song to die for, which charted at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song had initially appeared as the lone studio track on the band's previous live album, Open Fire.But all tracks into "Down For The Count" are great: the killer, scorching hard rock opener "In The Name Of Rock" about a young guitar player who broke through heck or high water, the AOR heaven of "Anytime At All" (with some Journey on it), the Melodic Rock gold of "Face Like An Angel", and one of my Y&T favorite songs ever: the bluesy and hot "Looks Like Trouble".There's more ass kickers on the melting "Don't Tell Me What To Wear" and "Anything For Money", and the mid-tempo AOR ballad "Hands Of Time" has an intensity few times seen in this type of songs.
Line-Up:
Dave Meniketti - vocals, guitar
Joey Alves - guitar, vocals
Phil Kennemore - bass, vocals
Leonard Haze - drums, percussion, cymbals
Randy Nichols, Claude Schnell - add. keyboards
John Nymann, Bill Costa - backing vocals
Tracklist:
CD1 - Open Fire (1985)
01 - Open Fire
02 - Go For The Throat
03 - 25 Hours A Day
04 - Rescue Me
05 - Summertime Girls
06 - Forever
07 - Barroom Boogie
08 - I Believe In You
CD2 - Down For The Count (1985)
01 - In The Name Of Rock
02 - All American Boy
03 - Anytime At All
04 - Anything For Money
05 - Face Like An Angel
06 - Summertime Girls (Studio Version)
07 - Looks Like Trouble
08 - Your Mama Don't Dance
09 - Don't Tell Me What To Wear
10 - Hands Of Time
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