Year : 2017
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 103 mb
Bio:
Graham Bonnet (born 23 December 1947) is an English rock singer and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.Sometimes titled 'the most powerful voice in rock' by his fans,Bonnet is known for his powerful voice and wide vocal range.His singing has been noted as 'very loud' by both his contemporaries and himself,and he claims to be a self-taught singer with 'no discipline for lessons'.Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947.He had his first hit single with the duo, The Marbles in 1968, with the single "Only One Woman" (Polydor 56 272), which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.This and its follow-up were both written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees who had recorded in Australia with Bonnet bandmate from The Marbles, Trevor Gordon.Bonnet then quit to do advert jingles. He appeared in the 1974 British comedy film, Three for All as lead singer of 'Billy Beethoven', a fictional band, along with several notable UK comedy personalities and his then partner Adrienne Posta, although his character's lines were limited to only two words.In 1977 he released an eponymous album, which was certified gold in Australia. The single, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a cover version of the Bob Dylan song, also reached the top five in Australia in 1977, and the following year the single "Warm Ride", written by the Bee Gees, a leftover from the Saturday Night Fever sessions, reached number one there.
Album:
Cherry Red Records / Hear No Evil has just released the Box Set “Anthology 1968-2017”, covering the entire career of shouter GRAHAM BONNET (Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz) all remastered tracks - some for the first time - plus previously unreleased material.Graham Bonnet’s “Anthology” is the first all encompassing, career spanning career retrospective from this highly respected singer and songwriter, from his first hits of the late 1960s, right up to the Graham Bonnet Band in 2017.Bonnet had a quite successful solo career during the Seventies, but the big international shot happened when he replaced Ronnie James Dio in 1979 for “Down To Earth” in Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow.Worldwide hits followed with the single ‘All Night Long’ and Russ Ballard’s ‘Since You Been Gone’, represented here with the latter single’s non-album B-Side, ‘Bad Girl’.Solo success beckoned with the song ‘Night Games’, plus Russ Ballard’s ‘S.O.S.’, from the “Line-Up” album in 1981 (featured in its remastered form in this blog), backed-up by a stellar line-up that included Cozy Powell and Jon Lord, as well as guest appearances from Status Quo’s Rossi and Parfitt.Then Graham briefly joined the Michael Schenker Group for 1982’s “Assault Attack”, represented here with the non-album B-Side ‘Girl From Uptown’.Recognizing that his greatest success to date was with the melodic hard rock of Rainbow, Graham formed Alcatrazz in a similar mould, with a then little known Swedish guitarist called Yngwie J. Malmsteen, and the “No Parole From Rock ‘N’ Roll” LP, producing ‘Island In The Sun’, and ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’.Sadly, this line-up only lasted one studio and one live in Japan album, where Alcatrazz had quickly built a huge following, and from where ‘Since You Been Gone’ is taken.Graham evidently had a knack for finding highly influential guitar talent, recording second Alcatrazz opus with a young Steve Vai and the “Disturbing The Peace” album, featuring ‘God Blessed Video’, the anti-drink-driving song ‘Will You Be Home Tonight’ and ‘Skyfire’. A third and final Alcatrazz record produced ‘Blue Boar’ from “Dangerous Games” before the singer hooked up with Chris Impellitteri and the band Impellitteri (‘Stand In Line’ & ‘Tonight I Fly’).Graham Bonnet has subsequently recorded with Forcefield (‘Hit And Run’ & ‘Let The Wild Run Free’), Japan’s Anthem, the Taz Taylor Band and the super group Blackthorne that he formed with guitarist Bob Kulick in 1993, represented here by ‘Afterlife’, ‘We Won’t Be Forgotten’ and ‘Don’t Kill The Thrill’. Over the years, Graham has also found time to reunite with Impellitteri, and more recently for successful shows with Alcatrazz and The Michael Schenker Group.Now fronting the Graham Bonnet Band, represented here by an unreleased version of the Rainbow hit ‘All Night Long’, plus new songs ‘My Kingdom Come’ and ‘Mirror Lies’, this “Anthology” is completed by a DVD of many rare video clips taken from across Graham’s career, and includes some track-by-track intros from Graham, filmed especially for this collection.Great stuff with a superbly remastered sound.
Line-Up:
Graham Bonnet - Vocals (ex-RAINBOW, ex-MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ, IMPELLITTERI)
Derek Sherinian - Keyboards (ex-DREAM THEATER, ALICE COOPER)
Chase Manhattan - Drums (Behold! The Monolith)
Conrado Pesinato - Guitars (ex-P.U.S., Stardust Reverie)
Beth-Ami Heavenstone - Bass
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Only One Woman, 1968
(Robin Gibb/Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb)
02. It's All Over Now Baby Blue, 1977
(Bob Dylan)
03. Warm Ride, 1978
(Robin Gibb/Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb)
04. Bad Girl, 1979
(Blackmore/Glover)
05. Night Games, 1981
(Hamilton)
06. S.O.S., 1981
(Russ Ballard)
07. Girl From Uptown, 1982
(Schenker/Bonnet)
08. Island In The Sun, 1983
(Bonnet/Malmsteen/Waldo)
09. Hiroshima Mon Amour, 1983
(Bonnet/Malmsteen)
10. Since You Been Gone (Live), 1984
(Russ Ballard)
11. God Blessed Video, 1985
(Graham Bonnet/Steve Vai)
12. Will You Be Home Tonight, 1985
(Graham Bonnet/Steve Vai)
13. Skyfire, 1985
(Graham Bonnet/Steve Vai)
14. Blue Boar, 1986
(Johnson/Waldo/Eime/Bonnet)
15. Stand In Line, 1988
(Chris Impellitteri/Graham Bonnet)
16. Tonight I Fly, 1988
(Chris Impellitteri/Graham Bonnet)
17. Midnight Crossing (1989 Demo), 2017
(Graham Bonnet)
18. Hit And Run, 1989
(Ray Fenwick/Pete Prescott)
19. Let The Wild Run Free, 1990
(Russ Ballard)
20. All Night Long (2015 Version), 2017
(Blackmore/Glover)
CD2:
01. Look Don't Touch, 1991
(Graham Bonnet)
02. Afterlife, 1993
(Bonnet/Kulick/Rosen/Waldo)
03. We Won't Be Forgotten, 1993
(Kulick/Kulick/Taylor)
04. Don't Kill The Thrill, 2016
(Kulick/Waldo/Bonnet)
05. Breakaway, 1997
(Josephine Eime)
06. Killer, 1999
(Josephine Eime/Danny Johnson/Kevin Valentine)
07. Hunting Time, 2000
(Naoto Shibata)
08. Hungry Soul, 2000
(Naoto Shibata)
09. Love In Vain, 2000
(Naoto Shibata)
10. Perfect Crime, 2002
(Chris Impellitteri/Graham Bonnet)
11. Fighters Fist, 2006
(Neil Taylor/Graham Bonnet)
12. Radio Luxembourg, 2006
(Neil Taylor/Graham Bonnet)
13. You Are Your Money (Demo), 2017
(Dario Mollo/ Graham Bonnet)
14. Lost In Hollywood, 1996
(Blackmore/Glover)
15. My Kingdom Come, 2015
(Graham Bonnet)
16. Mirror Lies, 2015
(Russ Ballard)
+ Video "The Mirror Lies" (Official Video)
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