Year : 1983 (Rock Candy Remastered 2013)
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 146 mb
Bio:
Zebra is a Hard rock band founded in 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It features Randy Jackson (guitar and vocals), Felix Hanemann (bass, keyboards and vocals) and Guy Gelso (drums and vocals). Their mainstream debut on Atlantic Records was in 1983 with their eponymous album, highlighted by the singles "Tell Me What You Want" and "Who's Behind The Door". Zebra got their start on the US East Coast club circuit, frequently playing at clubs on Long Island, NY.Zebra started their career by playing covers of Led Zeppelin, The Moody Blues and Rush songs; it was their early fans' reaction to their Led Zeppelin renditions that helped convince the band to bring their act to New York. They had introduced their original material into their cover sets years before they were signed to Atlantic Records, including "The La La Song", "Free" and "Bears" (originally entitled "The Bears are Hibernating").Zebra had been noticed by local colleges and even had some of their early original performances recorded by Long Island FM radio station WBAB, culminating in the inclusion of one of their songs on a release of "WBAB Homegrown Album", which commemorated some of the station's best local acts and performances culled from their on-air "Homegrown Hour" program.The band continued to tour throughout the 1980s but put a temporary hold in the early 1990s after being dropped by Atlantic Records. Randy Jackson formed his solo band, Randy Jackson's China Rain, and released its only album in the year 1993. Zebra finally reunited in 1997 and released Zebra IV in 2003, their first album of all-new material since 1986. A DVD of recent live performances, mostly from a show at the House of Blues in New Orleans, was released in the summer of 2007.On July 10, 2010, during their 35th-anniversary performance at New Orleans' Mahalia Jackson Theater, Zebra was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.On October 8, 2012, Zebra was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.In March 2013, Zebra performed on Cruise To The Edge, a concert cruise with notable progressive rock bands including Yes, Steve Hackett, U.K., Carl Palmer Band, Ambrosia, Saga, Nektar, Glass Hammer, and IOEarth.
Album:
The first, self-titled album by ZEBRA has been reissued by Rock Candy with their usual “Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition” form, in a fully remastered sound shaped from 24 BIT digital technology. Zebra had been together since forming in the mid-seventies in New Orleans. Led by guitarist, vocalist and primary songwriter Randy Jackson, the group started to gain notoriety when they migrated to Long Island, NY and furiously played in that area’s club and college scene.Their music impressed Atlantic Records, who signed the group to a five album deal right out of the gate in late 1982.This seemed like a wise business deal for the suits as “Zebra” became the fastest selling debut record in Atlantic Records history when it sold over 75,000 copies in its first week and spent eight months on the Billboard charts, peaking at number 29 (Gold certified).Among the strong nine tracks, the album spawned the successful singles – now classics – “Tell Me What You Want” and “Who’s Behind The Door”, skillfully produced by veteran Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick) obtaining a clear and polished sound.I always loved the melodic dynamics of leader Randy Jackson, as he fused some of the best arena rock of the ’70s with the melodic rock, hard and rock&pop sensibilities of the ’80s.With the exception of the out-of-place, boogie-rock cover song (“Slow Down”), all the tracks on Zebra’s debut are winners.Zebra followed up their this one with the more commercially oriented 1984 album No Tellin’ Lies – also remastered by Rock Candy too.
Line-Up:
Randy Jackson – guitar, lead vocals, piano, Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion
Felix Hanemann – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, strings
Guy Gelso – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Session musicians:
Felix Hanemann – synths, strings, vocals
Eric Troyer – synths
Karen Atta – percussion
Michael Grossman – piano
Producer:
Jack Douglas
Tracklist:
01. Tell Me What You Want
02. One More Chance
03. Slow Down
04. As I Said Before
05. Who's Behind the Door ?
06. When You Get There
07. Take Your Fingers from My Hair
08. Don't Walk Away
09. The La La Song
+ Video "Zebra - Who's Behind the Door ? (Official Video)"
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