Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock (1990) (Japan 1st Press Edition 1991)

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Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock (1990) (Japan 1st Press Edition 1991)

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Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock (1990) (Japan 1st Press Edition 1991)

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Year : 1990 (Japan Edition)
Style : NWOBHM, Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 184 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:

Solid Ball of Rock is the tenth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1990.Five of the 11 tracks on Solid Ball of Rock were written by new bassist Nibbs Carter, who co-wrote an additional three songs.This album is way the fucking Hell better than the last album. Suckstiny, I mean that was just pure crap. This is only halfway to pure crap, and in fact the first few songs are completely excellent!!The title track starts things off, and man this is a fun catchy song. "The preacher found redemption in a Jacksonville motel..." - then Altar of the Gods is classic Saxon, at 100% strength. Requiem is a bit slower, but still very good, as is Lights in the Sky."I Just Can't Get Enough" is a bit cheesier, but still solid. A little 80s-rock influence, coming from their last N albums, but then again this isn't all that far removed from Wheels of Steel or something in the general 80s-metal vibe. Nice chorus, too."Baptism of Fire" is the obligatory speed metal offering, and is probably the highlight of the album - either this or the title track. This one reminds me of "Sixth Form Girls" from their very strong (arm of the law) second album.Here is where the album takes a fucking nosedive... "Ain't Gonna Take It" is crap that combines the worst of two or three Saxon songs that I can't remember... sounds like a leftover from the Destinshit album. "I'm on Fire" is a bit better but they blatantly rip off a solo from a Boston song. I forget which, but it's readily obvious, and it's one of the classic rock staple songs... can't miss it. "Refugee" is more crap, unfortunately. "Bavarian Beaver" is a bit of a noodle bit, and then "Crash Dive" - not bad, and a good closer track. Nice riff after the chorus.So this album totally takes a sinker about halfway through, but the first six songs are all excellent, and for that the album is possibly worth having. If you like some of the more rockish Saxon albums (not the really bad ones like Destiny or Elton John the Nations, but I mean Power and the Glory), you'll like this one.

Line-Up:

Biff Byford - Vocals (1977-present), Bass (1986) - See also: The Scintilla Project, ex-Son of a Bitch
Paul Quinn - Guitars (1977-present) - See also: ex-Son of a Bitch
Nigel Glockler - Drums (1981-1987, 1988-1998, 2005-present) - See also: ex-Thunderstorm, Mad Men and English Dogs, Winter's Reign, ex-Paul Di'Anno, ex-Air Pavilion, ex-The Bernie Tormë Band, ex-Toyah
Graham Oliver - Guitars (1977-1995) - See also: Oliver/Dawson Saxon, ex-Son of a Bitch, Mickey Finn's T-Rex (live), ex-Graham Oliver
Nibbs Carter - Bass (1988-present) - See also: ex-Paul Di'Anno, ex-Air Pavilion, ex-Paul Di'Anno & Dennis Stratton

Production:

Producer : Kalle Trapp and Saxon
Engineer : Kalle Trapp and Biff Byford
Recorded and mixed at : Karo Studios, Hamburg, Germany

Tracklist:

01. Solid Ball of Rock 04:40
02. Altar of the Gods 03:42
03. Requiem (We Will Remember) 05:18
04. Lights in the Sky 04:07
05. I Just Can't Get Enough 04:39
06. Baptism of Fire 03:12
07. Ain't Gonna Take It 04:53
08. I'm on Fire 04:23
09. Overture in B-Minor / Refugee 05:38
10. Bavarian Beaver 01:15 instrumental
11. Crash Dive 03:07
12. Requiem (We Will Remember) (Single Version) (Japan Bonus Track)
13. Reeperbahn Stomp (Japan Bonus Track)

+ Video "Requiem (We Will Remember)" (Official Video)


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