Year : 1986 (Rock Candy Remastered 2014)
Style : Southern Rock, Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 163 mb
Bio:
The Georgia Satellites are an American Southern rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They're best known for their 1986 No. 2 U.S. single "Keep Your Hands to Yourself".In 1980, Dan Baird (formerly guitarist for the Atlanta band the Nasty Bucks), along with lead guitarist Rick Richards, bassist Keith Christopher and drummer David Michaelson formed a band named Keith and the Satellites in Atlanta, Georgia. After performing in local bars, the band's line-up changed. With a new bassist, Dave Hewitt (previously with Babe Ruth), and a new drummer, Randy DeLay, they recorded a six-track demo at Axis Studios in Atlanta. During this time, the band changed its name to Georgia Satellites and played every Monday at Hedgens, a bar in the Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead.Jeff Glixman, who'd produced, mixed and remastered artists such as Paul Stanley, Kansas, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen and Black Sabbath, was enlisted for production. However, soon after the demo was recorded, the band broke up in the summer of 1984. DeLay later performed with the Tony Sarno Band and the Hell Hounds around the Atlanta music circuit, before dying of cancer in 1993 at age 40.Although the band members felt they were not making any progress on their musical path and had disbanded, their English manager, Kevin Jennings, took the demo to a small Yorkshire record label, Making Waves, who liked the material and released the demo as the Keep the Faith EP in 1985.The press response to the EP was positive and prompted the band to regroup in the United States. Baird had been playing with the Woodpeckers in North Carolina. Richards remained in Atlanta with the Hell Hounds, which included both Mauro Magellan (drums) and Rick Price (bass)(formerly of The Brains. With Baird essentially joining the Hell Hounds, the Georgia Satellites were reborn and American record labels started taking notice of the band.In 1986, the group signed with Elektra Records and reunited with Glixman to record their debut full-length album at Cheshire Sound Studios in Atlanta.The album, Georgia Satellites, was their most successful LP, featuring the track "Keep Your Hands to Yourself". The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100,[1] topped only by Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer". It went into heavy rotation on MTV. Other lesser-known songs included "Battleship Chains" (No. 86), written by Terry Anderson and "Can't Stand the Pain," but the Satellites never had another Top 40 hit.That same year the MTV Video Music Awards came into being. Mary Deacon won for Best Art Director for the music video "Keep Your Hands to Yourself."In 1988, the band recorded a cover of The Swinging Blue Jeans' 1964 hit "Hippy Hippy Shake" for the movie Cocktail.Released as a single, the song reached No. 45 on the Billboard chart. The band also released its second album that year, Open All Night, which included a cover of the Ringo Starr-written Beatles song "Don't Pass Me By," though the album was not as successful as the band's debut.The lead single, "Open All Night" (backed with "Dunk 'n' Dine"), failed to chart.A third studio album, In the Land of Salvation and Sin, was released in 1989, which included re-recordings of "Six Years Gone" and "Crazy" from the 1985 EP. Although it received positive reviews, it also failed to do well commercially, and Baird left the band in 1990 to pursue a solo career.The band's 1993 compilation Let It Rock: The Best of the Georgia Satellites included a selection of the best tracks from the three studio albums and bonus material that had been released on the Another Chance EP (1989): "Saddle Up," "That Woman," and "I'm Waiting For The Man." Also included was a live version of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock."After a brief sabbatical following the departure of Dan Baird, the Georgia Satellites reunited in 1993. Their current lineup, led by original member Rick Richards (lead guitar, backing and lead vocals), along with Fred McNeal (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Bruce Smith (bass, backing vocals) and Todd Johnston (drums) continues to perform live shows. The most recent album, Shaken Not Stirred (1997), was a mix of re-recordings of their earlier material and eight new songs: "Running Out," "Let It Rock (Bye Bye Johnny)," "Deep in the Heart of Dixie," "Anna Lee," "My Fault," "Shaken Not Stirred," "She Fades Away" and "Rain."Baird performs with his band, Homemade Sin, which features three former members of the Georgia Satellites. Mauro Magellan joined The Crashers after moving to Wisconsin in the early 1990s. Mauro played on both of Baird's solo albums and continues to tour with him as a member of Homemade Sin, which also includes bassist Keith Christopher, formerly of Keith and the Satellites. In addition, Baird performs as a member of the country groups Trent Summar & The New Row Mob and The Yayhoos.Along with his commitment to the Georgia Satellites, Richards also plays in former Guns N' Roses guitarist Izzy Stradlin's band. They toured in the early 1990s and have recorded 11 albums. Richards, along with ex-Satellites manager Kevin Jennings, released an album entitled For Ol' Times Sake in 2013 as The Western Sizzlers, which enlisted the talents of Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke as well as seasoned Atlanta musicians Nicky Ford, Jeff Bakos, and Kevin "Snit" Fitzpatrick.
Album:
Rock Candy Records remastered version of GEORGIA SATELLITES self-titled album ”Georgia Satellites”, including no less than 7 juicy bonus tracks, previously unreleased on CD.When they first arrived on the scene in 1986, The Georgia Satellites couldn’t have been more incongruous with their musical contemporaries. On the one hand they were flanked by clean cut electro pop acts and on the other they were surrounded by legions of hair-metal reprobates.The Satellites, however, were digging deep into not only their regional southern routes but also into classic rock n’ roll as a whole.I always loved this band / album. The Georgia Satellites are the essence of ‘that motion’, the hipster style that has defined all great Rock N’ Roll groups since the dawn of the Jack Daniels destillery.This is an album very difficult to remaster to not lose its charming sonics. Rock Candy has done a clever move hiring an outside engineer for the job: Ben Strano, and the many really knows how to do it.Excellent, true R n’ R album, superb remaster and priceless bonus tracks – complete with enhanced artwork, rare photos and new band interview.
Line-Up:
Dan Baird – lead vocal & backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Rick Richards – lead guitar, lead vocals (3,6,10), backing vocals
Rick Price – bass
Mauro Magellan – drums
Tracklist:
01. Keep Your Hands To Yourself
02. Railroad Steel
03. Battleship Chains
04. Red Light
05. The Myth Of Love
06. Can’t Stand The Pain
07. Golden Light
08. Over And Over
09. Nights Of Mystery
10. Every Picture Tells A Story
11. I’m Waiting For The Man (Live) (Bonus Track)
12. The Myth Of Love (Live) (Bonus Track)
13. Battleship Chains (Kick n’ Lick Remix) (Bonus Track)
14.– Hard Luck Boy (Bonus Track)
15. Red Light (Live) (Bonus Track)
16. No Money Down (Live) (Bonus Track)
17. Battleship Chains (Party Remix) (Bonus Track)
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