Year : 1985 (Lost and Found Records Limited Edition 2025)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 244 mb
Bio:
Giuffria was an American rock band that was formed in 1983 by Gregg Giuffria after his departure from the band Angel, a glam rock/heavy metal band from Washington, D.C.Giuffria was formed as Gregg Giuffria's side project in 1982 after his departure from Angel. At the onset, Giuffria had intended to forge this project under the 'Angel' moniker, until several members of the now-defunct band took suit. The band's classic line-up consisted of Gregg Giuffria on keyboards,David Glen Eisley (lead vocalist), Craig Goldy (guitar), Chuck Wright (bass), and Alan Krigger (drums). Eisley had recently been vocalist for Los Angeles-based band Sorcery. Goldy had briefly been a member of hard rock/glam metal band Rough Cutt, while Wright had guested on several tracks on Quiet Riot's album, Metal Health,[1] although not an official member at the time. Tom Quinton played drums for several months in 1983-84 but was dumped in favor of long time session drummer Alan Krigger, who was deemed to have a better image than Quinton.Giuffria were signed to MCA Records in 1984. Their self-titled debut album Giuffria, soon followed, peaking at #26 on the album charts, while spawning two hit singles, "Call To The Heart" (Hot 100 #15) and "Lonely In Love" (Hot 100 #57).The band was the opening act for Deep Purple on the latter's 1984 reformation US tour. Throughout this tour, despite receiving rave reviews as the opening act, the members of Giuffria were subjected to poor treatment by Deep Purple lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who cut the band's set from 45 minutes to 25 minutes, also with no guitar solo and no encores.The band toured as opener on Foreigner's "Agent Provocateur" Tour, and enjoyed considerable success. The band played a few shows in Japan in June 1985 and a live video was released as "Giuffria Japan Tour '85". Giuffria was also featured on the Gotcha! soundtrack, with "Never Too Late" and "Say It Ain't True." A third track "What's Your Name?" featured Gregg Giuffria and David Glen Eisley, but was listed under the name Camelflage. Gregg would also produce several of the album's tracks.Giuffria's next album Silk and Steel, was released in 1986, following some lineup changes. Goldy had joined Dio and was replaced by guitarist Lanny Cordola while Wright returned to Quiet Riot (this time joining the band as an official member) and was replaced by Rick Bozzo and later David Sikes. First single "I Must be Dreaming" failed to hit the Top 40, peaking at #52, with the album peaking at #60 on the Billboard 200. A second single, "Love You Forever" was released, but label promotion was poor and aside from an American Bandstand performance of the single it quickly disappeared, failing to make the Hot 100.Giuffria left MCA in 1987 and disbanded shortly after recording demos for a third album, which included the return of bassist Chuck Wright. Some of these demos would eventually appear on the House of Lords debut album, and nine tracks from the Giuffria III sessions were included on David Glen Eisley's Lost Tapes release.On an episode of That Metal Show in 2010, guitarist Craig Goldy claims there is talk of a reunion of the band.
Album:
Two radio broadcast shows from the 1985 U.S. tour following the release of their debut album "GUIFFRIA" are now available!!! Here’s in exclusive the very well done 2-disc bootleg of GIUFFRIA titled “Coffee Break Concert 1985 + More“, featuring two really good radio broadcast shows from their 1985 U.S. tour following the release of their self-titled debut album.Disc 1 contains a live performance recorded for the Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM legendary program “COFFEE BREAK CONCERT” performed on the morning of February 20. Giuffria also opened for DEEP PURPLE that night. Sound quality is fantastic.Disc 2 contains 7 songs from the Milwaukee show two days earlier, which was broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour. The ‘+ More’ part are unreleased demos.In February 1985, Ohio-based radio station WMMS-FM would book a band (who will play later that night opening for Deep Purple) and let them play for about an hour in small local club called Peabody’s Down Under, and then broadcast the recording during the afternoon.As said, a really well done bootleg with prints, and good sound quality.
Line-Up:
David Glen Eisley – vocals, harmonica
Craig Goldy – guitar, backing vocals
Gregg Giuffria – keyboards, backing vocals, vocoder
Chuck Wright – bass, backing vocals
Alan Krigger – drums
Tracklist:
CD1:
Live at Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland, Ohio, USA - February 20, 1985 for WMMS Coffee Break Concert:
01. Intro
02. Do Me Right
03. Don’t Tear Me Down
04. Lonely In Love
05. Interview With Gregg Giuffria
06. Take It Straight To The Top
07. Out Of The Blue
08. Call To The Heart
09. Introductions
10. Gregg Giuffria Solo
11. Trouble Again
12. Craig Goldy Solo
13. Turn Me On
CD2:
Live at Eagles Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, February 18, 1985:
01. Intro
02. Do Me Right (Live)
03. Don’t Tear Me Down (Live)
04. Lonely In Love (Live)
05. Trouble Again (Live)
06. Call To The Heart (Live)
07. Line Of Fire (Live)
+ More:
08. Fool’s Paradise (Demo)
09. Only a Memory (Demo)
10. Reach Out (Demo)
11. The Rock Don’t Stop (Demo)
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