Wheels of Steel is the second studio
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Wheels of Steel is the second studio
albumAn album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...
by
heavy metalHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States...
band
SaxonSaxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As leading lights in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal they had huge success in the 1980s with 8 UK Top 40 albums including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...
. It was released in 1980 (see
1980 in music-Events:*January 1 - Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II.*January 7 - At the age of 44, songwriter Larry Williams is found dead in his Los Angeles, California home of a gunshot wound to the head...
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Despite its lyric, "747 (Strangers In The Night)" does not appear to be based on any actual incidents.
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Track listing
All tracks by Byford/Quinn/Oliver/Dawson/Gill
- "Motorcycle Man" – 3:56
- "Stand Up and Be Counted" – 3:09
- "747 (Strangers in the Night)" – 4:58
- "Wheels of Steel" – 5:58
- "Freeway Mad" – 2:41
- "See the Light Shining" – 4:55
- "Street Fighting Gang" – 3:12
- "Suzie Hold On" – 4:34
- "Machine Gun" – 5:23
- "Judgement Day" (Live) - 5:38*
- "Wheels of Steel" (7 Version) - 4:30*
- "See the Light Shining" (Live) - 5:31*
- "Wheels of Steel" (Live) - 9:27*
- "747 (Strangers in the Night)" (Live) - 4:56*
- "Stallions of the Highway" (Live) - 3:18*
- *Bonus Tracks on 1997 Remastered Album.
Personnel
- Biff Byford
Biff Byford is an English vocalist for the heavy metal band Saxon. Byford formed Son of a Bitch with guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill in 1976...
- vocals
- Graham Oliver
Graham Oliver is an English guitarist.-Career:He played with the heavy metal band Saxon from 1977 to 1994. After leaving the band he initially reformed his old band Son of a Bitch with former Saxon bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill...
- guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
- Paul Quinn
Paul Quinn is an English lead guitarist and the current and founding member of the NWOBHM band, Saxon. Other than Biff Byford, Quinn is the only remaining member of Saxon's original line up, and is present on every Saxon release...
- guitar
- Steve Dawson
Steven "Dobby" Dawson , is an English bass guitarist, founder of Saxon.It has been documented that Dawson was the inspiration for Harry Shearer's Spinal Tap character Derek Smalls.-Saxon:*Saxon...
- bassThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
- Pete Gill
Pete Gill , is a heavy metal drummer, formerly a member of The Glitter Band, Saxon and Motörhead.Gill was one of the two drummers in The Glitter Band, then formed part of the original line up Saxon in 1976. He stayed with them until 1981 when he injured his hand...
- drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
Production
- Producer : Saxon
Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As leading lights in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal they had huge success in the 1980s with 8 UK Top 40 albums including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...
and Pete Hinton
- Engineer : Will Reid Dick
- Recorded at : Ramport Studios, UK