Saxon - Denim And Leather (1981) (EMI Records Remastered Edition 2009)

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Saxon - Denim And Leather (1981) (EMI Records Remastered Edition 2009)

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Saxon - Denim And Leather (1981) (EMI Records Remastered Edition 2009)

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Year : 1981 (EMI Records Remastered Edition 2009)
Style : NWOBHM, Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 128 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 198 mb


Bio:

Saxon are an English heavy metal band which formed in 1976, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. The band also had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan, as well as success in the USA. Between 1980 and 1987 Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's biggest metal acts. They still tour regularly and have sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Saxon have also influenced many bands such as Metallica and Megadeth.Somewhere around South Yorkshire, UK there was a band that started life as SOB during 1976 with founder members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson. This band joined forces with another local band, Coast, featuring Biff Byford on vocals and Paul Quinn on guitar. The two bands then finalised with a line-up comprising of the then 26 year old Graham 'Oly' Oliver, Steve 'Dobby' Dawson (27), Paul 'Blute' Quinn (26), Pete 'Frank' Gill (27) and Peter 'Biff' Byford (27). The name of the band was Son Of A Bitch. That name was dropped a few years later and the band re-christened themselves SAXON. They were at this time playing the usual rock clubs and concert gigs supporting The Ian Gillan Band and Heavy Metal Kids, amongst others, playing all their own material. Demo tapes were recorded at Tapestry Studios, with producer John Verity (Ex. Argent singer/guitarist). They hawked these round the usual record companies only to be ignored as the New-wave was at its height at this time. After a few months the band finally gained a favourable reaction from EMI man Peter Hinton. He had come up to Barnsley to see the band play at the town's Civic Hall. He was very impressed and recommended SAXON to Claude Carrere as candidates for his new label on the British scene, Carrere Records. Claude decided to offer them a contract, after hearing the band's demo tapes.Saxon released their nineteenth studio album, Call to Arms, on 3 June 2011. It debuted at number 6 on the UK Rock Albums chart. The band embarked on a world tour which saw them visit the US; Saxon also revisited the UK for a second leg of the tour. The band announced on their Call To Arms tour that a number of fans at each venue each paying £10 would be able to watch them soundcheck. This was donated to the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy and Childline charities.In December, Byford joined Metallica on stage to perform "Motorcycle Man" for the band's 30th anniversary show. Saxon were billed as special guests supporting Judas Priest at Hammersmith Apollo on 26 May 2012. Saxon also played Download Festival 2012, and were recorded playing "Wheels Of Steel" for the festival's Highlights show shown on Sky Arts. On 13 February 2012, the band announced that they were releasing a new live DVD and CD package entitled Heavy Metal Thunder - Live: Eagles Over Wacken, which compiled their 2004, 2007 and 2009 performances at the Wacken Open Air across various formats. In March, Saxon won the Metal Hammer 2012 Golden God award for 'Best UK band'.In October 2012, the band announced that their next studio album would be titled Sacrifice and it was released on 25 February 2013. On 11 December 2012 Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie saw an international release and was the first Blu-ray release for the band.

Album:

Some classic SAXON albums is its remastered / extra tracks edition have been requested here, so let's start with the band's terrific fourth LP. "Denim And Leather [Remastered, Extra Tracks Edition]" features no less than 9 bonus tracks, including single B-sides, a killer 1981 show and a complete booklet in the Rock Candy fashion with rare photos and liner notes by specialist Malcolm Dome in cooperation with Biff Byford.Saxon's "Denim And Leather" is a true classic which caught the band at an early commercial and creative peak, and features the classic singles ‘Princess Of The Night’, ‘Never Surrender’ and a tribute to their appearance at the first Castle Donington Festival (now Download), ‘And The Bands Played On’.Saxon pumped out plenty of great, punchy heavy metal tunes during the early '80s. It's what they specialised in. The songs were consistently melodic heavy and enjoyable to listen to, and this particular album captures Saxon at the height of their creativity.From start to finish, "Denim And Leather" has plenty of great moments to be cherished by any classic rock fan, and has influenced many bands in years to come.‘Princess Of The Night’ is a midtempo heavy song about trains (not quite what the title may imply) and carries a fantastic chorus chorus. There are certain riffs that may remind you of some early Metallica songs, and those guys, particularly Lars Ulrich, did indeed take a lot of influence from NWOBHM bands.'Never Surrender' is about soldiering on past the obstacles in your way, and serves as a fist pumping motivational song with its chants of "Never surrender!" in the chorus. A true anthem.The title track is possibly the best song on the album. It may slow down the tempo a bit, but the pounding drums are so powerful and is a great accompaniment to an anthem that is about the heavy metal subculture. It's the closest the band gets to arena rock on this album, and anybody who is fond of classic metal is bound to go crazy over this song. It's easy to fall in love with.Another favorite of mine, "And the Bands Played On" is another classic, influenced by Saxon's performance at a music festival alongside other hard rock and heavy metal acts, and the reactions and the feelings among the audience members, sitting through varied weather conditions just to catch their favorite bands. It's something of an hymn for rock and metal music festivals worldwide, and the overwhelming passion of the fans going there.There are some other great moments on the album like 'Out of Control', 'Rough and Ready' and 'Play It Loud' which have a more hard rock influence in terms sound, yet they stand well with the more "metal" songs such as the ones listed above. "Play it Loud" is simply about fighting for your right to blast out hard rocking music despite the urges you get from others to turn it down. It may seem ridiculously clichéd now, but in the '80s these lyrics ruled.This remastered reissue includes a bunch of juicy bonus tracks in the form of the B-sides '20,000 Ft. [Remix]' and 'Bap Shoo Ap [Live 1980]', plus songs recorded during the Denim And Leather Tour, taped at different shows like the Hammersmith Odeon, Rainbow, etc.All worthy material."Denim And Leather" is the definition of early '80s British heavy metal, for me the best Saxon ever. It's a classic, and its influence on later bands cannot be denied.This is a really complete - and I must must say, definitive - remastered reissue, with a terrific sound and excellent packaging.

Line-Up:

Biff Byford - vocals
Graham Oliver - guitar
Paul Quinn - guitar
Steve Dawson - bass
Pete Gill - drums

Production:

Nigel Thomas - producer
Andy Lydon - engineer
Aquarius Studios, Geneva - recording location
Polar Studios, Stockholm - additional recording location, mixing location

Tracklist:

01. Princess of the Night
02. Never Surrender
03. Out of Control
04. Rough and Ready
05. Play It Loud
06. And the Bands Played On
07. Midnight Rider
08. Fire in the Sky
09. Denim and Leather
10. 20,000 Ft (Remix) (Bonus Track)
11. Bap Shoo Ap (Live at Castle Donington 1980) (Bonus Track)

Denim and Leather Tour Live 1981:

12. Intro / And the Bands Played On (Live 1981)
13. Princess of the Night (Live at The Rainbow 16/12/81)
14. Midnight Rider (Live at The Hammersmith Odeon 25/10/81)
15. Never Surrender (Live at The Hammersmith Odeon 25/10/81)
16. Fire in the Sky (Live at The Hammersmith Odeon 25/10/81)
17. Machine Gun (Live at The Hammersmith Odeon 25/10/81)
18. Play It Loud (Live at Wolverhampton 17/12/81)

+ Video "Denim and Leather" (Official Video)


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