China - Sign In The Sky (1989) (2CD) (Bad Reputation Records Edition 2020)

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China - Sign In The Sky (1989) (2CD) (Bad Reputation Records Edition 2020)

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China - Sign In The Sky (1989) (2CD) (Bad Reputation Records Edition 2020)

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Year : 1989 (Bad Reputation Records Edition 2020)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Switzerland
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 270 mb


Bio:

China is a Hard Rock band from Switzerland.They celebrated in the late 1980s and early 1990s, international success in your albums reached the top 10 in each of Switzerland, and good rankings in the English, German and Japanese charts. China also gained notoriety through their changing singers. On each of their albums is heard another singer.China founded in 1985 by drummer John Dommen 1988 and signed a recording contract with Phonogram. In the cast Math Shiverow (vocals), Claudio Matteo (guitar), Freddy Laurence (guitar), Marc Lynn (bass) and John Dommen (drums) they take on the self-titled debut album. They receive support in the recordings of the two Crocus musicians Marc Storace (vocals) and Fernando von Arb (guitar). Storace sings some backing vocals and Von Arb wrote the song Back To You for the album.A tour as support for Victory follows the same way as another concert tour with Bonfire.Shiverow and Lynn left the band after the tour. Marc Lynn is rising a little later in the Gotthard , which are called at this time Krak. New singer is the former Krokus guitarist Patrick Mason and joins as the new bassist Brian Kofmehl of killer to the band.The next album Sign In The Sky falls, not least by working with producer Stephen Galfas from significantly more mature than the debut. The second single In The Middle Of The Night reached # 11 in the Swiss charts, the album lands at No. 2 But Mason does not stay in the band.Already on the tour he will be replaced by the American Eric St. Michaels, with China the live album Live China and the next studio album Go All The Way record. 1992 St. Michaels pulls back to America, which is why China complete the following gigs with three different singers. The main part takes Krokus singer Marc Storace. A recorded by Swiss Radio DRS Performance Live uff dr Gass of 1993 appears seven years later under the title Alive 2000 on CD.1995 China published their album Natural Groove , which comes up again with a new singer. Douglas McCowan distinguished here responsible for the vocals and the drums sits Giovanni Giorgi. After the album, the band is put on hold. In 2000, the band completed a tour China Revisited at the three singers are again at the start (Math Shiverow, Eric St. Michaels and Marc Storace).2003 come rumors that Patrick Mason (vocals), Claudio Matteo (guitar), Freddy Laurence (guitar), Brian Kofmehl (bass) and John Dommen (drums) are working on a new studio album. In May 2004, Freddy Laurence (aka Freddy Scherrer) increases as a substitute for Mandy Meyer at Gotthard one.In 2007, China reformed again and it is first time on 2 June 2007 at the Spirit of Rock together on stage again.After successful concerts in 2008 and 2009, China published in 2010 with the new guitarist Mack Schildknecht their fifth studio album in 15 years, Light Up The Dark . There follow in the summer including four as a support group of crocus.

Album:

Here’s in exclusive the just released Bad Reputation Records 2xCD remastered version of CHINA‘s “Sign In The Sky“, a wonderful slice of late 80s European Melodic Rock / AOR.To put it short, this is a cracker in the same style of Treat’s “Organized Crime”, Hurricane’s “Slave To The Thrill”, or Black ‘N Blue’s “Nasty Nasty”: a glossy, polished, hugely produced gem for the genre.Founded in 1987, CHINA made a significant impact with their self-titled debut album and their brand of heavy keyboard laced AOR. Formed by drummer John Dommen and guitarist Freddy Laurence, the duo quickly teamed up with vocalist Math Shiverow, ex-Bloody Six guitarist Claudio Matteo and former Stormbringer bassist Mac Lynn.Having gained a deal with Polygram, China were assisted in the recording of that first LP by Krokus vocalist Marc Storace, who also contributed backing vocals, while also Krokus guitarist Fernando Von Arb helped with songwriting.With a major label behind, the Swiss rockers flew to NY to record their 2nd album with Stephan Galfas (Cher, Meat Loaf, Stryper) producing & mixing it at the legendary Electric Lady Studios. More significantly, the record heralded a new era for the band bringing in former Crown vocalist Patrick Mason and new bassist, ex-Killer man Briam Kofmehl, but also a more radio friendly approach.“Sign In The Sky” is all about Melodic Hard Rock and AOR was for the genre in that magic year (1989): sharp clean guitar riffs, tons of harmony vocals, a bombastic rhythm section, slashes of synths, and powerhouse clean lead vocals by Mason.The record surprisingly also featured guest backing vocals courtesy of former Grim Reaper vocalist Steve Grimmett.All songs are very good, melodic, groovy at places, catchy, but the star here is midtempo “In The Middle Of The Night”, one of these bass-pumped AOR tunes essential in your collection if you love this genre.Interestingly, Mason’s stay in CHINA was extremely short-lived and thus 1991’s ‘Live’ mini-album (included into the bonus CD) introduced CHINA’s third vocalist, Eric St Michaels.A MUST into your collection, remastered for the first time ever.

Line Up:

Patrick Mason – vocals
Freddy Laurence – guitars
Claudio Matteo – guitars
Brian Kofmehl – bass
John Dommen – drums
Eric St. Michaels – vocals (Live)

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Keyboards – Claudio C. Cueni
Backing Vocals – Claudio Matteo, James Palace, Kip Kaplan, Patrick Mason , Stephan Galfas, Steve Grimmett

production:

A&R [Media Liaison] – George Egloff
Co-producer – James Palace
Coordinator [Production Coordination] – Chris Goger, Kip Kaplan
Design – Lenz & Missmahl
Engineer – Noah Baron, Stephan Galfas, Vittorio T. Zammarano*
Illustration [Cover] – Carl W. Röhrig*
Management – Stephan Galfas
Management [Business Management] – Nigel Thomas
Mastered By – George Marino
Mixed By – Noah Baron, Stephan Galfas
Mixed By [Assistant] – Adam "Yo!" Yellin*
Photography By – Didi Zill
Producer – Stephan Galfas
Production Manager [Preproduction Assistant] – Trudy Lartz
Production Manager [Production Assistant] – Kayla Ritt-Yamada*
Written-By – China (6), Stephan Galfas

Tracklist:

CD1 :

01. The Great Wall
02. Dead Lights
03. Animal Victim
04. In The Middle Of The Night
05. Won’t Give It Up
06. Sign In The Sky
07. Don’t Ever Say Goodbye
08. Broken Dream
09. Second Change
10. Bitter Cold
11. Take Your Time
12. Harder Than Hell
13. So Long
14. Wild Jealousy (Bonus Track)
15. Don’t Look Back (Bonus Track)

CD2 :

01. Rock City (Live)
02. Sign in the Sky (Live)
03. So Long (Live)
04. In the Middle of the Night (Live)
05. Shout It Out (Live)
06. Proud Mary (Live)
07. Shout It Out (Bonus Track)
08. One Shot To The Heart (Bonus Track)

+ Video "In the Middle of the Night" (Official Video)


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