Tokyo Blade (album)
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Tokyo Blade is the debut album by English
heavy metal
band Tokyo Blade
. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the tracks from the 1984 Midnight Rendezvous
EP.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Tokyo Blade
Tokyo Blade
Tokyo Blade is an English heavy metal band, active since 1982. Tokyo Blade is one of the many acts considered part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement from the late 1970s / early 1980s. Tokyo Blade went through many changes of formation and disbanded twice, often changing their musical...
. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the tracks from the 1984 Midnight Rendezvous
Midnight Rendezvous
Midnight Rendezvous is an EP by the British heavy metal band Tokyo Blade, released in 1984 through the UK independent record label Powerstation Records...
EP.
Track listing
- "Powergame" (Andy Boulton, Al Marsh) - 4:12
- "Break the Chains" (Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins) - 5:07
- "If Heaven Is Hell" (Boulton, Marsh) - 6:04
- "On Through the Night" (Boulton, Marsh) - 7:29
- "Killer City" (Boulton, Marsh) - 5:47
- "Liar" (Boulton, Marsh) - 5:37
- "Tonight" (Russ BallardRuss BallardRussell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...
) - 4:02 - "Sunrise in Tokyo" (Boulton, Marsh) - 5:47
- "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" - 1:13
Track listing (1997 remastered edition)
- "Powergame" - 4:12
- "Break the Chains" - 5:07
- "If Heaven Is Hell" - 6:04
- "On Through the Night" - 7:29
- "Killer City" - 5:47
- "Liar" - 5:37
- "Tonight" - 4:02
- "Sunrise in Tokyo" - 5:47
- "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" - 1:13
- "If Heaven Is Hell" - 6:00
- "Highway Passion" - 4:24
- "Midnight Rendezvous" - 3:22
- "Mean Streak" - 4:44
- "Death on Main Street" - 4:38
Tokyo Blade
- Alan Marsh - lead vocals
- Andy Boulton - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- John Wiggins - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Andy Robbins - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Steve Pierce - drums
Production
- Kevin D. Nixon - producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Ralph JezzardRalph JezzardRalph Jezzard is a British music producer based in London, England.-History:Jezzard started playing in bands at the age of 14 including Case. At 16 he started working at Wickham Studios in South London as a tape operator, and the first record he engineered was a band called Blood and Roses' EP,...
- engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,... - Tony Spath - mixing
- Andy Allen - producer, engineer and mixing of "If Heaven Is Hell"