Stefan Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 From Escape Music: Release Date: 20th October 2017Catalogue No: ESM310The Band is:Johnny Edwards: Lead vocals (ex Foreigner)J K Northrup: Lead Guitars (ex XYZ)Justin McDaid: Rhythm GuitarsLarry Hart: BassGlenn Hicks: DrumsProduced and Mixed by: J K Northrup at Alien Productions Studios Tracks:1-Fat City 03:38 2-Fire And Water 03:35 3-Winners And Losers 04:02 4-Ready For The Rain 04:36 5-Sheila 03:44 6-Candy Apple Red 03:16 7-She’s Waiting 04:07 8-Survival In The Streets 04:35 9-Dancin’ Feet 03:09 10-Burning In Her Fire 03:36 11-Rough Life 04:34 12-The Kid Is Back In Town 03:59 13-Outside Looking In 03:39 14-The West 04:19The Northrup YearsIn 1987 four musicians were brought together by the legendary guitarist Ronnie Montrose and their shared manager. Those four were guitarist J K Northrup, Lead vocalist Johnny Edwards, bassist Larry Hart and J K’s long-time friend and drummer Glenn Hicks. Within two weeks they were rehearsing writing and in the studio recording with Ronnie Montrose, who was producing their first demo. It was immediately evident that there was a lot of electricity with the band! Drawing on such influences as Bad Company, Whitesnake and Humble Pie The band’s energy was powerful.Almost immediately several major labels such as Geffen, Atlantic and MCA were coming to the shows and rehearsals showing great interest in signing the band. John Kalodner himself put the band into the studio to record a further six songs.Although an agreement was not reached with any of the record labels the band recorded and demoed many songs over two years. They added a fifth member; rhythm guitarist Justin McDaid and continued playing, writing and showcasing until 1989 when they disbanded resulting in Edwards joining Foreigner and J K Northrup joining up with Paul Shortino for two albums.This collection of 14 songs are a small portion of songs they wrote but they capture the spirit of what a great they actually were. Many of the songs were later performed and recorded by Foreigner, “Ready for the Rain”, “King Kobra”, “Burning in her fire”, “Wild Horses”, “Fire and Water”, “The Kid is Back in Town and “Rough Life” were recorded on the classic album “Back on Track” by Shortino and Northrup.During 1988 JK Northrup, Johnny Edwards and Larry Hart were recruited by legendary drummer Carmine Appice to write, record and perform the King Kobra III album.This is a classic case of a band that should have been a multi-platinum success and these songs we have here are a reminder of what a great group of musicians and prolific songwriters they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Hmmm, judging by the songs I already know, I doubt this will be very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted October 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettard Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Had most of the songs already from the JK Northrup solo cd and so on,but still bought this,I like it,nothing earth shattering,i just like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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