Brinker - Alloy Rock (1986)

[Mr.AOR]

Now this is intresting, Brinker  were a short-lived hard rock band from Denton, Texas formed in 1985 at the University of Miami featuring guitarist Andy Timmons who later join Danger Danger. Their one and only album released independently in 1986 only on tape, produced by the band and David Rosenblad and is extremely rare to be found that most collectors are not even aware it exists, would love to get my hands on this...

 

Edited February 26, 2023 by Mr.AOR

[KarpetRydOFunk]

The sleeve says produced by David Rosenblad. Same dude?

[lettard]

Sounds pretty good.

[Mr.AOR]

On 4/12/2021 at 3:13 PM, KarpetRydOFunk said:

The sleeve says produced by David Rosenblad. Same dude?

Typo...

[Mr.AOR]

Andrew is releasing the album on his MRC May 26th, can't wait...

 

[melodicrock]

Qtr inch masters went to Nashville Friday for baking and converting. Got the full album plus some extra unreleased tunes on them

[BLandrith]

Great Album. I am good friends with Mark the vocalist and the album was just picked up for re release. Will drop soon.

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Forgot about this. 

[melodicrock]

Working on it...still. Couple of issues to iron out.

[Stefan]

 

From MelodicRock Classics:

MelodicRock Classics is thrilled to finally announce the long-awaited release date of the one and only BRINKER album, resurrected from its original (and limited) cassette only release back in 1985. Considerable time has gone into making sure this is the complete story of Brinker. 

Drummer and namesake Ray Brinker unearthed the original reel to reel masters, which were sent to Nashville to be baked and digitized, then sent to MRC HQ in Australia, where the digitized files were sent to JK Northrup for him to work his remastering magic. 

Even better – the original tapes contained not only the full 12 track original album, but an additional 6 bonus tracks, which are included in this Deluxe Edition CD ‘Alloy Rock’. 

 

Brinker’s members include guitarist Andy Timmons – known to everyone for his role in Danger Danger as well as his own solo releases. Drummer Ray Brinker went on to be one of Los Angeles’ most in demand session hires, with credits including Cinderella, Pat Benatar, Jon Butcher Axis, David Lee Roth, Steve Morse, Frank Gambale, Joe Cocker, Ray Charles and many more. 

 

Bassist Steve Bailey toured and recorded with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Willie Nelson, Jethro Tull, Paquito D’rivera, Larry Carlton, and the Rippingtons and all points in between. For 30 years he has partnered with fellow bassist Victor Wooten in Bass Extremes. Powerhouse vocalist Mark Pyburn left the music business but recently found his way back, venturing back into leading music in houses of worship in his 40s and 50s.

MelodicRock Classics will release BRINKER ‘Alloy Rock’ (Deluxe Edition) on November 24. 

 

Track Listing: 

01. Your Love 

02. Just Missing You Tonight 

03. Dreams & Yesterday 

04. Feelin' 

05. The Storm 

06. Forget It 

07. Give It All Away 

08. Love Is Too Good For Me 

09. Can't Go On 

10. World Bathed In Red 

11. Don't Hold Back 

12. Can't Stop It

Bonus Tracks: 

13. Let Me Out To Play 

14. Tell Me Why 

15. Carry Me Back 

16. Runaway Girl 

17. Fight 

18. Winner 

 

Brinker is: 

Mark Pyburn – Vocals 

Andy Timmons – Guitar 

Ray Brinker – Drums 

Steve Bailey – Bass 

 

Produced by: Brinker and David Rosenblad 

Assisted by: Chuck Chiles 

Executive Producer: Ray Schiding

About BRINKER: 

Roaring out of North Texas in 1985, BRINKER was an amalgamation of the major rock influences of the fertile 1980’s music scene, created by four master musicians who would go on the establish themselves as some of the most successful players of today’s rock, jazz and studio disciplines. 

 

Guitar god Andy Timmons’ crushing guitar power chords and soaring melodic lines are perfectly balanced by the stratospheric vocals of Mark Pyburn, while Steve Bailey’s iconic fretted and fretless bass lines and Ray Brinker’s thunderous and relentless drumming hold down the bottom end. These original tracks pay homage to the band’s musical heroes, from Journey and Peter Gabriel to AC/DC and The Scorpions, while establishing the unique and individual voice of BRINKER. 

 

Drummer Ray Brinker and bassist Steve Bailey met in 1978 as freshmen in North Texas State University’s Jazz Studies program. Kindred musical spirits, they played together throughout school, and toured the world together with various artists, including jazz trumpet legend Maynard Ferguson and Dixie Dregs veterans T Lavitz and Steve Morse. Despite their jazz roots, they shared a desire to form their ultimate vision of a rock band. 

 

In 1984, with the financial backing of executive producer Ray Schiding, the seeds of BRINKER were born, and Ray and Steve began their search for like-minded band-mates. That search led them to Miami, Florida to recruit guitar virtuoso Andy Timmons from the University of Miami’s Jazz Studies program. Three months later, the trio relocated to Denton, TX to continue writing and begin production of the recording. Texas vocalist extraordinaire Mark Pyburn, with his signature stratospheric range, was discovered, and the band BRINKER was officially born.

Living together in a band house for a year enabled the group to write and rehearse daily, and recording began in 1985 with engineer David Rosenblat. 

 

BRINKER ‘Alloy Rock’ was never officially released, and only a handful of cassettes remain in circulation.

 

The four members of BRINKER went on to experience successful solo careers with extensive playing credits, while the original master tapes lived in storage in Ray’s garage for nearly 4 decades. Now digitized from original master tapes and remastered, BRINKER ‘Alloy Rock’ is re-born. Welcome to 1985! We hope you enjoy BRINKER.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 24, 2023 by Stefan

[Stefan]

'Fight' (previously unreleased).

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2023 by Stefan