Railway - Railway II (1985) (High Vaultage Edition 1997)

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Railway - Railway II (1985) (High Vaultage Edition 1997)

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Railway - Railway II (1985) (High Vaultage Edition 1997)

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Year : 1985 (High Vaultage Edition 1997)
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 129 mb


Bio:

Everything started in Munich, back in 1977. Five school boys decided to become rock stars, founded a band and called themselves RAILWAY. Concerning the name there was a certain evidence because their rehearsal room was located in the cellar of a railway station. In the beginning, they covered the music of their idols, but later, their desire to create songs of their owns became stronger.In 1979, the newspaper "Abendzeitung" started a competition for bands to find out Munich's newcomer N° 1. More than 250 bands tried to conquer, until finally six of them were allowed to perform in front of a jury at the "Theatron" and at "Circus Krone". At the end, RAILWAY came second with only 13 votes missing (from 2000 voters) for the victory.In 1980, RAILWAY supported "THE SPECIALS" and thus made their debut which became a huge success. In the following years, they became more and more popular with a fast growing fan base.In 1981, the five musicians recorded their first EP "Just Imagination" which they produced and financed by themselves; this was important in order to get bigger and better opportunities to perform their music. In those days, they played their songs everywhere they were allowed to.Finally, in 1983, the Dutch record company "Roadrunner" offered them a record contract for five albums. This was exactly what they wanted, and so they signed the contract.In 1984, their self-titled album "RAILWAY" was released which included power rock songs such as "Heavy Metal Fever", "Nightrider" and "Dirty Boys". More than 10,000 copies were sold, and eventually, they went on a tour through Germany along with the British band "TOKIO BLADE".In 1985, their second album called "RAILWAY II" was released, which was even more successful than their debut - more than 15,000 records were sold. It included "Lick It, Stick It" which they still use as their opener at their live concerts, and their most popular song "I'm A Loser" which was played at every rock disco and at many parties. "I'm A Loser" was also included in a sampler called "Munich City Nights" which became famous and notorious because of many bootlegs being made. All this helped RAILWAY finally to become more popular all over Germany.In the following years, they went on tour with many famous bands such as "Motörhead", "Manowar", "Russ Ballard", "The Sweet", "Canned Heat", "BONFIRE"; "Doro" etc.For sure, their performance along with "TWISTED SISTER" at Circus Krone in Munich in 1985 was another highlight of their career. RAILWAY literally blew the Americans from their stage and became the talk of the town.Another milestone was their appearances at Kist Festival in Budapest, Hungary, in 1985 and 1986 where they performed in front of app. 10,000 enthusiastic fans - a dream became true.Their album "RAILWAY II" was published in Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada and even in the Soviet Union and in the former Eastern Block.In 1987, their third album "CLIMAX" was released. They went on tour again, but they started asking themselves what happened to their money. They kept on playing live and producing records, but still they had not received a single penny from their record company. They checked their contracts carefully and they decided to quit their company.In 1988, their guitar player Herman Janowitz died of cancer. Because of this sad fact, the band was re-formed.In 1989, RAILWAY released a new EP on their owns called "Tomorrow". This bouncing rock song brought them even more fans.Their forth album "To Be Continued" was released in 1991 in Europe and Japan. The tracks "Love Just For Money" and "Dreams From The Northern Light" became real classics.RAILWAY were invited to play at the Wacken Festival in Northern Germany which was a great honour, for this one is the biggest open air festivals in Europe. Their appearance was a huge success.In 1993 they released their fifth album "Welcome Tonite" - once again in Japan as well. Still, they could never carry out their plans to go on tour in Japan.Meanwhile, the guys did all activities which are usually done by a management or by a record company - such as producing, marketing, publishing, planning their tours etc.. From then on they did not want to be connected to any company - they wanted to keep full control about all business activities on theirs owns.In 1995, their sixth and so far last album "Persecution Mania" was released. After that, they decided to have a break - in those days, no-one could know that this break would turn out to be that extended.Through the years, RAILWAY kept on receiving fan mail from all over the world trying to persuade them to continue their music - so, in 2004, the Haslinger brothers (drums and guitar) decided to get their fellows together again - which turned out to be more difficult than they thought. After long talks about the sense (or non-sense) of a reunion, they re-activated the musical activities of RAILWAY in their original line-up after almost 20 years. RAILWAY is "finally back" in 2006.

Album:

One of the quintessential and quite unknown Traditional Heavy Metal Albums.Railway was one of those multiple bands that tryied to emulate Accept in the 80s, but in this case, we got some special material on our hands.Railway started with a demo in 1981, appeared in a compilation and released an album before this one, quite enough way to develop themselves.1985 comes, and they release one of the most solid and underrated albums of Trady Heavy Metal of the 80s.Here you listen an commercial kind of Heavy Metal, the one you could use in 80s cartoons intros.We start with the locomotive driven, lick it stick it, very powerful and catchy, with accesible choruses and verses.Go Down it's a fast paced number, with crazy solos and riffs, not as memorable as the next track.The first Heavyweight of the release D.O.A, what a track, highway heavy metal at it's finest, with the necessary mix of radio friendly elements in there, great chorus and catchy riff.Dreamin and lady life are fast tempos, but with enough raw power to be in the headbanging territory.The second heavywight comes along, Fight With the Killer, one of those unknown and powerful metal anthems. the chorus sings Fight With the Killer loud, by Walter Wicha pipes. kind of short song but packed th eright way.All night long it's kind of a rock n rollish number.Dying in the dust it's the third heavyweight in the album. Anthemish with gang chorus, would sound great in a packed arena, but railway never did it quite big, in fact, they are pretty underrated. I Wanna Run and Im a Looser are less than memorable, and the closer has to be the eightiest song in the albu, with a chorus that screams 1985 than anything else.This album is the best by railway and one of the best that 80s germany scene could give to Trad Heavy Metal.

Line Up:

Walter Wicha - Vocals
Hermann Janowitz - Guitars (R.I.P. 1988)
Robert Haslinger - Guitars
Werner Thaller - Bass
Hasi Haslinger - Drums

Production:

Composed By – Hermann Janowitz, Robert Haslinger (tracks: A1, B4)
Engineer [Assistant] – Uwe Ziegler
Lyrics By – Walter Wicha
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Kalle Trapp

Tracklist:

01. Lick It, Stick It 03:15
02. Go Down 03:19
03. D.O.A. 03:31
04. Lady Life 03:01
05. Dreamin' 03:15
06. Fight with the Killer 02:28
07. All Night Long 02:50
08. Dying in the Dust 03:43
09. I Wanna Run 03:43
10. I’m a Loser 05:01
11. Stronger than Rock 03:32
12. Lick it, Stick it (Live) 03:16 (Bonus Track)
13. Heavy & Loud (Live) 03:44 (Bonus Track)
14. High Wire (Live) 03:46 (Bonus Track)

+ Video "Lick It, Stick It" (Official Video)


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