Harlequin - Love Crimes (1980) (Rock Candy Remastered 2011)

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Harlequin - Love Crimes (1980) (Rock Candy Remastered 2011)

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Harlequin - Love Crimes (1980) (Rock Candy Remastered 2011)

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Year : 1980 (Rock Candy Remastered 2011)
Style : Hard Rock , Melodic Rock
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 113 mb


Bio:

Harlequin is a Canadian rock band that formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1975. The band is best known for their hit singles "I Did It For Love," "Thinking of You," "Superstitious Feeling," and "Innocence".In 2004, the band performed as Harlequin II, but in 2007 the band resurfaced under their original name and released a live album, On/Q Live, in 2009.In 1975, Winnipeg bassist Ralph James formed Harlequin upon recruiting vocalist George Belanger, guitarist Glen Willows, keyboardist Gary Golden, and drummer David Budzak.The band began recording demos and travelling to Toronto to perform in the local bars and clubs. It was in one of these small bars in Toronto that Harlequin were discovered by representatives of Jack Douglas, the producer of Aerosmith, John Lennon, and Patti Smith, after they tried to see another band in a larger bar downstairs, but could not gain admittance due to a sell-out crowd.Douglas helped get Harlequin signed to CBS/Epic Records records in 1979, and later that year that band released their first LP, Victim of a Song, which went Gold, and received heavy radio play, particularly in Western Canada. Douglas was listed as the record's executive producer; for the next two albums, Douglas would act as producer. The band's second release, Love Crimes (1980) yielded two hits, "Thinking of You," and "Innocence," Harlequin's biggest hit to date. Harlequin's third album One False Move (1982) contained two more hits, "Superstitious Feeling," and "I Did It for Love".For their self-titled fourth studio album, Harlequin replaced Douglas with The Fixx bassist Alfie Agius as their producer. Harlequin (1984), produced only one single, "Take This Heart".[3] The band effectively split after this album, but in 1986, Harlequin released their Greatest Hits album with one new track "(It's) No Mystery". This track was written by David Bendeth and Tom Cochrane, produced by Bendeth, and featured Belanger on lead vocals backed entirely by session musicians. In 1986, the line-up was Belanger, John Hannah (guitar), John White (keys), and Denton Young (drums).The line-up changed almost yearly through the rest of the 1980's until 1987, when the line up of Glen Willows, George Belanger, Nik Rivers, Rob Waite and M.J. Hutton toured coast to coast in Canada for several years, into 2007.In 2004, some members of the band reformed temporarily under the name of Harlequin II, and in 2006, the band was inducted into the Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Western Canadian Music Awards.In 2007 Belanger reformed Harlequin with an entirely different lineup of musicians, including guitarist Derrick Gottfried, bassist Nik Rivers, keyboardist Darren Moore, and drummer AJ Chabidon. This lineup released Waking the Jester (2007), which contained two singles, "Shine On," and "Rise." The band resumed touring and in 2009 released Harlequin's first live album, Live On/Q.The band continues to tour mostly within Canada.

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Winnipeg's prodigal sons HARLEQUIN were a fine example of an act that benefited from what was called 'CanCon' : Canadian Content, a local Commission that required radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content at least partly written, produced, presented or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada.It didn't hurt either that Harlequin were ‘accidently’ signed to the giant,international CBS corporation, following the absorption of an independent production company that the band had signed to earlier in their career."Love Crimes" was the second (but first on a major label) album from the band, produced by Jack ‘Aerosmith’ Douglas in New York at the famed Record Plant Studios.It was an album achieving Platinum status in Canada, making inroads into the US where the band played shows with the likes of Survivor, Triumph and John Waite.Featuring an amazing vocalist (George Belanger), superbly crafted songs and a melodic yet hard hitting sound, "Love Crimes" remains a classic creation, with rough-hewn guitar work, lovely keyboards, memorable melody and hugely satisfying hooks.Of course radio-potent melodic rock was only one side of "Harlequin"s sound. True to their name, Harlequin induce an undercurrent of theatricality to their sound which, at parts, comes through the vocals and rhythm section on such songs as "Heaven" and "Love on the Rocks".For the biggest part, however, "Love Crimes" remains a straightforward early '80s Melodic Rock / AOR offering that could stand toe to toe with Survivor or Foreigner.The album features one of the band's greatest hits in "Innocence" (just love this tune, a Classic), the gloriously melodic "It's All Over Now" and the intense "Can't Hold Back", all first class melodic rockers that shine even brighter thanks to this awesome re-mastering process.Long time out of print, the Rock Candy 24-bit remastering from original source tapes of "Love Crimes" is excellent.

Line Up:

George Belanger - vocals
Glen Willows - guitars
Gary Golden - keyboards
Ralph James - bass
David Budzak - drums

Tracklist:

01. Innocence 4:19
02. Love on the Rocks 3:16
03. Thinking of You 4:21
04. It's All Over Now 4:03
05. Heaven (Dial 999) 3:18
06. Sayin' Goodbye to the Boys 3:30
07. Wait for the Night 4:14
08. Crime of Passion 4:31
09. Can't Hold Back 2:51
10. Midnight Magic 3:10


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