Year : 1984-1989 (The Lost Melodic Jewels Collectors Series Vol.1)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 350 mb
Bio:
RED HOT was started in 1984 by Lasse Wendel (guitars), Ulf Wiglund (guitars), Lasse Göransson (vocals), Mats Olsson (bass), Bengt Arvell Andersson (keyboards) and Per Nordström (drums), playing classic Hard-Rock influenced by bands like Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and Def Leppard, with a sound very close to Europe, Treat, Skagarack, Bad Habit and Madison.During its story, the group had 3 incarnations with different members, from 1984 to 1989, with Peter Wennerberg becoming the new lead singer.The band recorded various demos as well as a pre-production album for EMI Denmark (that showed interest to sign the band, back then).Unfortunately the different musical climax and the many line-up changes affected deeply the band’s life, so the magic was gone and RED HOT split up in 1989.The CD will feature the best of their productions, taken off their professionally recorded demos, that immediately recalls the golden times when “The Final Countdown” and “Out Of This world” were reaching the top of the charts.
Album:
As part of the stupendous “Lost Jewels Collectors Series”, today we have here the fantastic “Eyes Of The World” from Swedish Melodic Rock / ’80s AOR band RED HOT, as volume 4 of its appreciated “Lost Melodic Jewels” series, a HUGE 2-CD set – STEELHEART Records managed to have ALL of the songs recorded in the history of the band (1983-1989) in this not-to-be missed double disc (33 songs!!!) remastered from original tapes provided by the band and limited to 500 copies.RED HOT was started in Sweden during 1983 and the band’s style is very close to the classic Swedish Melodic Rock a la Europe, Treat, Skagarack, Bad Habit, Madison, Dalton – later morphing into mid-Eighties AOR. Especially the keyboard work and the voice of singer Peter Wennerberg are strongly reminiscent of Europe circa The Final Countdown.Hailing from Helsingborg, a coastal city in the South of Sweden, RED HOT were formed in the early Eighties. Whilst initially they came armed with a huge Deep Purple fixation, the acquisition of their second singer, Peter Wennerberg, saw him steer them towards bands like Treat and Europe.The band played the Scandinavian circuit for almost the entire decade. Quite how a band that has recorded over thirty demos can go unnoticed is beyond me. They are not even in the Swedish Encyclopaedia of Hard-Rock and Heavy Metal, a mystery almost. Even the record labels were oblivious to their talents and succinct songwriting.In Peter Wennerberg they had the natural heir to Joey Tempest; just listen to ‘Eyes Of The World’ – a junior ‘Final Countdown’ if ever I heard one, for proof of this man’s prowess.From the Purple-esque beginnings of tracks like ‘Voice In The Night’ and ‘Living In Madness’ through to the prime-time Scandi class of ‘Hang On’, ‘1999’ and ‘Turn Up Your Radio’, RED HOT were quite the enticing proposition yet they somehow managed to miss the boat completely.It remains a mystery why RED HOT didn’t get a record deal at that time – they were very good songwriters & performers. Additionally, they recorded professionally the songs presented here, with a very good sound quality.To make the package even more attractive there’s a complete 16-page booklet containing the story of the band told by Rob “AOR master” Evans and tons of great never-seen band’s pics.In Rob’s own words; “as far as Swedish AOR goes, these songs are quite possibly some of the greatest to be unearthed in quite some time!”
Line Up:
Peter Wennerberg – Vocals
Lars Göransson – Vocals
Lasse Wendel – Guitars
Ulf Wiglund – Guitars
Mats Olsson – Bass
Per Nordström – Drums
Bengt Andersson – Keyboards
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Higher And Higher
02. One Way
03. Dreamer
04. Eyes Of The World
05. Red Lights
06. Our Love
07. Fight Fire With Fire
08. Hobo
09. Love Is Just An Emotion
10. Japanese Girls
11. Lonely Nights
12. Hot Girls
13. Fool In Your Chains
14. Lovelight
15. Speed Out Of Time
16. Turn Up Your Radio
CD2:
01. Burns Like Fire
02. Armed And Dangerous
03. Time Goes On
04. Lies
05. All Of My Love
06. 1999
07. Hold On
08. Ground Control
09. Hang On
10. Bad Girls
11. Love Comes Tumbling Down
12. Two Strong Arms
13. Delilah
14. Voice In The Night
15. Someone
16. Living In Madness
17. Shadow Of Your Love
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