All Stars "All Stars (Japan, Polydor, POCP-1036)"

NWOBHM All Stars is a one-off release from Grand Slamm records Inc. in 1991, and appears to be the brainchild of producer/songwriter Lea Hart. Hart brought in an array of notable musicians and vocalists from the British hard rock and heavy metal scene, including Dennis Stratton (ex-Iron Maiden, ex-Praying Mantis), Tino Troy (Praying Mantis), Biff Byford, Nibbs Carter and Nigel Glockler (Saxon), Paul Di'Anno (ex-Iron Maiden), Neil Murray (ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Whitesnake) and Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy), as well as full band performances from First Strike and Samson.

Tracklist:

All Stars "One Good Reason"

Backing Vocals – Lea Hart

Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Tino Troy

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar – Chris O' Shaughnessy

Lead Vocals, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dennis Stratton

All Stars  "She's Danger"

Bass Guitar – Neil Murray

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar – Chris O'Shaughnessy, Dennis Stratton

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Lea Hart

Keyboards – Paul Airey 

Lead Vocals – Paul Dianno

All Stars  "Trapped"

Backing Vocals – Cris Bonacci, Kim McAuliffe, Lea Hart

Bass Guitar – Tim "Nibbs" Carter

Drums – Steve Clarke 

Guitar – Scott Gorham

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Chris O'Shaughnessy

Keyboards – Paul Airey, Toby Sadler

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Biff Byford

First Strike  "Down And Dirty"

Backing Vocals – First Strike 

Bass Guitar – Billy Kulke

Drums – Dave Anderson 

Guitar – Dave Senczak, Dee Dowling

Lead Vocals – Mick White

All Stars  "Change Of Heart"

Backing Vocals – Lea Hart

Bass – Tim 'Nibbs' Carter

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar – Chris O'Shaughnessy, Tino Troy

Keyboards – Toby Sadler

Lead Vocals, Guitar – Dennis Stratton

Samson  "Good To See You"

Backing Vocals – Samson 

Drums – Charlie Mack 

Guitar, Bass – Paul Samson

Keyboards – Toby Sadler

Lead Vocals – Garry Owen

First Strike  "Hold Tight"

Backing Vocals – First Strike 

Bass – Billy Kulke

Drums – Dave Anderson 

Guitar – Dave Senczak, Dee Dowling

Lead Vocals – Mick White 

All Stars   "The Answer Is You"

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar – Chris O'Shaughnessy, Lea Hart

Keyboards – Toby Sadler

Lead Vocals – Biff Byford

Synth [Bass] – Terry Thomas

First Strike   "Girls Of The World"

Backing Vocals – First Strike 

Bass Guitar – Billy Kulke

Drums – Dave Anderson 

Guitar – Dave Senczak, Dee Dowling

Lead Vocals – Mick White 

All Stars    "Only Love"

Backing Vocals – Cris Bonacci, Kim McAuliffe, Mick White

Bass Guitar – Tim 'Nibbs' Carter

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Chris O'Shaughnessy, Lea Hart

Keyboards – Don Airey, Toby Sadler

Lead Vocals – Dennis Stratton

With booklet and obi-strip.

Various Artists "Dirty Rock Two (UK, Kenwest Music, KNEW CD737)"

Dirty Rock Two is a Heavy Metal compilation, released in 1994.

Tracklist:

1. Gillan Mutally Assured Destruction
2. Tygers Of Pan Tang Hellbound
3. Venom Rip Ride
4. Motörhead Ace Of Spades
5. Girlschool Race With The Devil
6. Meatloaf   Heroes
7. Steppenwolf Born To Be Wild
8. Juicy Lucy Who Do You Love
9. Black Sabbath  Paranoid
10. Uriah Heep Easy Livin'
11. Alice Cooper Freedom
12. Hanoi Rocks Up Around The Bend
13. Quiet Riot Metal Health
14. Samson Riding With The Angels
15. Nazareth   Bad Bad Boy
16. Ted Nugent  Cat Scratch Fever

True Brits "Ready To Rumble (Japan, Jimco Records, JICK-89083)"

True Brits were a Melodic Hard Rock band with Dennis Stratton guitarist from Iron Maiden, Clive Burr on drums also from Iron Maiden and vocalist Lea Heart from Fastway. Their fist album is "Ready To Rumble", released in 1992.

Tracklist:

1.-She Goes Down  シー・ゴーズ・ダウン   4:13

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Clive Burr

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Cliff Evans, Dave Senczak, Dennis Stratton, Lea Hart

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Paul Dianno

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

2.-Had Enough ホワット・ディーヤ・ウォント  3:52

Bass, Backing Vocals – Mel Gabbitas

Drums, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Clive Burr

Guitar – Dave Senczak

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Dennis Stratton

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Lea Hart

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy, E. Clarke

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

3.-What Am I Gonna Do ホワット・アム・アイ・ゴナ・ドゥ  3:46

Backing Vocals – Algy Ward, Dennis Stratton, Dougie White, Fast Eddie Clarke, Jackie Bodimead, Kim McAuliffe

Bass – Mel Gabbitas, Neil Murray

Drums – Clive Burr

Guitar – Dave Senczak, Mark Kulke, Scott Gorham

Keyboards – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Guitar – Lea Hart

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

4.-It Ain't Over Till It's Over イット・エイント・オーバー・ティル・イッツ・オーバー  4:59

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Dave Senczak, Denise Dufort, Gary Barden, Geoff Brown, Kim McAuliffe, Paul Samson

Bass – Algy Ward, Mel Gabbitas

Drums, Percussion – Clive Burr

Guitar – Andy Scott, Cliff Evans, Dave Senczak

Keyboards – David J Burrows, Steve Mann

Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Programmed By, Guitar – Lea Hart

Lead Vocals – Dennis Stratton

Percussion – Steve Hopgood

Programmed By – David J Burrows, Mark Taylor

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

5.-Show Some Emotion = ショウ・サム・エモーション  5:01

Backing Vocals – Billy Kulke, Denise Dufort, Dennis Stratton, Jackie Bodimead, Kim McAuliffe

Bass – Neil Murray

Drums – Gary Ferguson

Guitar – Cliff Evans, Lea Hart, Paul Chapman

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak

Keyboards – Don Airey

Lead Vocals – John Sloman

Written-By – B. Badhams, D. Airey, R. Hawthorn

Written-By, Words By – B. Marsden

6.-Caught Your Lie  コウト・ユア・ライ  3:16

Backing Vocals – Andy Scott, Dougie White, Paul Dianno, Paul Samson, Steve Clarke 

Bass – Mel Gabbitas

Bass, Backing Vocals – Geoff Brown

Drums – Clive Burr

Guitar – Trev Thoms

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak, Dennis Stratton

Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar – Lea Hart

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

7.-Don't Take These Dreams Away = ドント・テイク・ジーズ・ドリームズ・アウェイ  4:15

Backing Vocals – Denise Dufort, Jackie Bodimead, Kim McAuliffe

Bass – Tim Nibbs Carter

Drums – Steve Clarke 

Guitar – Dave Senczak, Fast Eddie Clark, Lea Hart, Tino Troy

Keyboards – Don Airey

Lead Vocals – Gary Barden

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

8.-We're So Far Away  ウィアー・ソー・ファー・アウェイ  4:07

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Billy Kulke, Clive Burr, Kim McAuliffe, Mark Kulke

Bass – Neil Murray

Drums – Gary Ferguson

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak, Lea Hart

Keyboards – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Guitar – Dennis Stratton

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

9.-This Man's On Fire  ジス・マンズ・オン・ファイヤー   4:40

Backing Vocals – Clive Burr, Dougie White, Mick White, Paul Dianno, Steve Clarke

Bass – Neil Murray

Drums – Dave Dufort

Guitar – Cliff Evans

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dave Senczak, Dennis Stratton

Keyboards – Jem Davis

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Lea Hart

Written-By – D. Senczak

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

10.-What D'ya Want  アンド・ザット・エイント・オール  4:43

Backing Vocals – Biff Byford, Bram Tchaikovsky, Bruce Bisland, Clive Burr, Denise Dufort, Kim McAuliffe, Paul Dianno, Paul Samson, Tino Troy

Bass – Mel Gabbitas

Drums – Nigel Glockler

Guitar – Andy Scott, Dave Senczak, Lea Hart

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dennis Stratton

Lead Vocals – Dougie White

Written-By – C. O'Shaughnessy

Written-By, Words By – L. Hart

11.-And That Ain't All = ハド・イナフ  6:01

Bass – John McCoy

Drums – Thundersticks

Guitar, Backing Vocals – Paul Samson

Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Nicky Moore

Written-By, Words By – P. Samson

Issued in a standard jewel case with 24-page booklet including English release information and lyrics, Japanese lyrics and commentary, the latter credited as:

(1992. 6. / 大森庸雄 - TSUNEO O'MORI/AQUARIUS)

Also includes an obi.

From the back cover:

Under License from HEARTBEAT MUSIC

℗ 1992 JIMCO RECORDS: a division of JIMCO JAPAN CORP.

Samson "Refugee"

Refugee is the seventh studio album by British hard rock/heavy metal band Samson, released in 1990 by Communiqué Records. It was the only album with English singer Peter Scallan, who replaced previous singer Nicky Moore. Originally released in 1990, it was reissued by Thunderbolt Records with the studio outtake "Don't Tell Me It's Over". It was also reissued in 2018 by Cherry Red Records as part of a 3-CD box set Look to the Future, Refugee & P.S..., remastered from the original production tape, and includes four bonus tracks from the 1989 Tommy Vance BBC Friday Rock Show session.

Reviews of the album were mixed. Rock Hard commented that "Look to the Future" and "The Silver Screen" are "two more or less noteworthy tracks" that are reminiscent of the band's heyday, but followed that that's about it in terms of quality. "The remaining 30 minutes are irrelevant, mostly boring run-of-the-mill numbers that seek their justification," and that "this disc doesn't have much in common with the great legend of the early '80s." Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic complimented Guitarist Paul Samson as being "as reliable a performer as ever," and new singer Peter Scallan with being little more than "quite decent, if hardly spectacular." Furthermore, they added that the new tracks like "Can't Live Without Your Love," "Turn on the Light," and "State of Emergency," "fit right in with Samson's blue-collar hard rock tradition." They mentioned how the re-recorded tracks from their 1988 EP And There It Is... (opener "Good to See You," the upbeat "Too Late," and the grandiose "The Silver Screen") sounded "vastly superior" here than their original versions. All of this amounts to "a rather enjoyable LP, which left many a nostalgic metal head quietly cheering for Samson's return to prominence, no matter how unlikely – and ultimately unrealistic – such a concept would prove." The Huddersfield Daily Examiner's Andrew Hirst opined that Scallan's vocals were drowned out by the "screeching din" of the guitars.

Track listing

1. "Good to See You" 4:15
2. "Can't Live Without Your Love" 4:18
3. "Turn On the Light" 4:13
4. "Love This Time" 4:17
5. "Room 109" (Instrumental) 3:19
6. "State of Emergency" 4:25
7. "Look to the Future" 3:43
8. "Someone to Turn To" 4:33
9. "Too Late" 3:54
10. "Samurai Sunset" (Instrumental) 2:18
11. "The Silver Screen" 6:04

Recording information:

Produced and engineered by Paul Samson.

Executive producer: Trevor Danby.

Recorded and mixed at Picnic Studios, Kent, England.

Samson "Live At Reading '81"

Samson were a British heavy metal band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. They are best known for their first three albums with future Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, then known as "Bruce Bruce", and drummer Thunderstick (real name Barry Graham Purkis), who wore a leather mask and performed on stage in a metal cage. Drummer Clive Burr was also a member of the band, both before and after his tenure with Iron Maiden. Dickinson's replacement on vocals, Nicky Moore, performed with Samson throughout the mid-1980s and again from the late 1990s onwards. Samson were a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Live at Reading 1981 was the second live album released by Samson. This was recorded in 1981 at the Reading Festival, with singer Bruce Dickinson, just before he left the band to join Iron Maiden.

Live at Reading '81 has been issued on CD numerous times, including editions by Raw Fruit (UK, 1990), Grand Slamm (US, 1990), Repertoire (Germany, 1990), Jimco (Japan, 1990), Bruce Dickinson's short lived Air Raid label (UK, 2000), Castle Music (UK, 2001), and Dissonance Productions (UK, 2017). The Castle and Dissonance versions include 3 bonus tracks, "Red Skies", "Turn Out the Lights" and "Firing Line", 2-track recordings from a June 1981 rehearsal for the Shock Tactics tour. "Red Skies" and "Turn Out the Lights" were subsequently recorded with new vocalist Nicky Moore for the band's 1982 studio album, Before the Storm.

The song "Gravy Train" was re-worked and appears as "I'll Be 'Round" on Before the Storm.

Track list

1. "Big Brother" - 6:14
2. "Take It Like a Man" - 4:10
3. "Nice Girl" - 3:21
4. "Earth Mother" - 5:06
5. "Vice Versa" - 5:27
6. "Bright Lights" - 2:54
7. "Walking Out on You" - 9:11
8. "Hammerhead" - 3:36
9. "Riding with the Angels" - 5:22
10. "Gravy Train" - 7:24

All titles composed by Samson/Thunderstick/Aylmer/Dickinson

Track 1 by John McCoy/Paul Samson

Track 9 by Russ Ballard

Track 10 by Samson/Aylmer/Dickinson

Recording information:

Recorded at the Reading Festival 1981, Bruce's last Samson concert and Mel's first.

Originally produced & recorded for transmission on The Friday Rock Show, BBC Radio One.

Remixed in '90.