Mahler / Levine,James / Lso - Levine Conducts - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mahler - Sym 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/29/2014

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue [COMPACT DISCS] Holland - Import date 02/10/2009

FIRST ISSUE ON CD - BOOKLET WITH LYRICS AND NEWLY MASTERED - ONE BONUS TRACK. Formed in 1979 by Ottawa-born Ron Chenier, singer/ guitarist, recruited players and began honing their chops doing small clubs in and around the Toronto area. The band quickly graduated to the 'B circuit', touring the eastern-Canadian/ US areas for the next year and a half. The group took their approach to music into the studios and cut their independently released ROUND ONE in the spring of 1979. The band's sound was dominated by guitars and keyboards with no in studio tampering. Produced by the Chenier's brother Norman (Jack) and was recorded on a shoestring budget. Songs InchToo LateInch, InchMadnessInch and InchWho Did You LoveInch showed the band's penchant for writing driving, simple, yet complex songs. Fist returned to the road and toured practically every corner of the eastern half of the continent for the next year. The band was signed to a worldwide deal with A & M in the summer of 1980 and quickly returned to the studio. They emerged from Toronto's Amber Studios that fall and released HOT SPIKES. The band hired George Semkiw to engineer and produce. The only difference between HOT SPIKES and it's predecessor was the new album caressed them gently. Backed by songs like the anthemic InchRealityInch and lead off track InchMoneyInch, a song about the hustle and bustle of society's drive for materialism, HOT SPIKES showed a maturity, harnessed by Semkiw's experience. Other notable cuts included InchLord I Miss YouInch and InchTeenage Love AffairInch InchNever Come BackInch InchAlimonyInch, intended to garner the band radio play. The tours continued, with FIST seeing practically every province and state over the next year. The band regrouped, and with a new , FLEET STREET in '81. InchDouble Or NothingInch again showcased Chenier's talent for writing slick, guitar riffs, while InchThund