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It took ║ │ │║ nearly 10 years to see it released, but as a ║ │ │║ typical record company, Zoom Club issued it as a ║ │ │║ Tokyo Blade album, when in fact, it couldn't be ║ │ │║ more different. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The only Tokyo Blade release to not feature ║ │ │║ founder Andy Boulton. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ This group was formed in Salisbury , England in ║ │ │║ 1981 , when a group of school friends decided to ║ │ │║ create a rock band playing covers and other ║ │ │║ groups. Initially the group name was Killer, ║ │ │║ later changed it to Genghis Khan and finally the ║ │ │║ name we know today as Tokyo Blade. The first ║ │ │║ line was composed of : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Voice: Alan Marsh ║ │ │║ Guitar: Andy Boulton ║ │ │║ Bass: Andy Robbins ║ │ │║ Guitar: Ray Dismore ║ │ │║ Battery: Steve Pierce ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Under the name Killer came to record in 1981 , ║ │ │║ just a demo that was successful , but ║ │ │║ nevertheless they did to begin a series of small ║ │ │║ gigs in bars , pubs and clubs of his hometown. ║ │ │║ This demo was released in cassette format and ║ │ │║ had the name Killer demo. Logically sound left ║ │ │║ much to be desired, but nevertheless could ║ │ │║ already appreciate the style that would follow ║ │ │║ after ; mainly because large doses of threads ║ │ │║ emanating guitar riff with important , while ║ │ │║ other instruments , especially the battery ║ │ │║ became very present . In this first demo we ║ │ │║ highlight the following topics : Hellbound , It ║ │ │║ do not matter to me , Killer . ║ │ │║ After a year of small actions and without ║ │ │║ actually getting anything positive , had closed ║ │ │║ the stage Killer, and began a new under the name ║ │ │║ Genghis Khan , with whom they released in 1982 a ║ │ │║ new demo under the title Double dealin '7 '' . ║ │ │║ If the previous demo sinned poor sound, this was ║ │ │║ the first thing taken into account and the sound ║ │ │║ was more elaborate . It was clear that this was ║ │ │║ more than just a demo, because the topics were ║ │ │║ more elaborate , as well as the composition of ║ │ │║ the lyrics and sound; with great guitar riffs ║ │ │║ and catchy choruses , clearly influenced by the ║ │ │║ new wave of metal that arose at that time. As ║ │ │║ best we can highlight these issues : Double ║ │ │║ dealin, Meanstreak , Highway passion . ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Arrived 1983, and after finally renamed to Tokyo ║ │ │║ Blade, released their first album under this ║ │ │║ name that titled in the same way blade Tokyo . ║ │ │║ This self-titled album is published by the ║ │ │║ independent company High Vaultage Records, ║ │ │║ although the picture would Records Power Station ║ │ │║ . In this album in addition to new songs, also ║ │ │║ had some issues that had already been published ║ │ │║ in the previous album . If previous albums could ║ │ │║ clearly define the style acquired by the band ║ │ │║ was just the heavy rock , this album is ║ │ │║ accentuated more with large doses of guitar riff ║ │ │║ and good metalheads rhythms , showing that the ║ │ │║ group was beginning to have accommodated within ║ │ │║ the metal scene of the time. Besides his first ║ │ │║ tour was a success , and participating in ║ │ │║ festivals like Aardschock , with bands like ║ │ │║ Venom and Metallica were also headlining ║ │ │║ festival Earthquake . As best destaremos the ║ │ │║ following themes : Death on main street , ║ │ │║ Tonight , Midnight Rendezvous. ║ │ │║ A year later in 1984 , beginning the changes in ║ │ │║ training, and bassist Andy Robbins , who was ║ │ │║ replaced by Andy Wrighton also began recording ║ │ │║ with his usual singer Alan Marsh was sent , and ║ │ │║ this left the band just to finish the recording ║ │ │║ , which must replace Vic Wright. The title of ║ │ │║ the album is Night of the blade . And the funny ║ │ │║ thing about this album is that as the first ║ │ │║ singer had recorded the voices , had to re- re- ║ │ │║ record the new , yet the chorus is left intact , ║ │ │║ so in this album both vocalists appear . ║ │ │║ Moreover criticism at the time did not give it ║ │ │║ much thought , but after the years has proven to ║ │ │║ be the best album of the band, as well as being ║ │ │║ a benchmark of the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British ║ │ │║ Heavy Metal) movement. In this album we will ║ │ │║ recommend the following topics. First theme ║ │ │║ Someone to love we'll leave to the end , whereas ║ │ │║ now include these : Lightning Strikes ( Straight ║ │ │║ through the heart) , School house is burnin ' ║ │ │║ Rock me to the limit . ║ │ │║ Entered in 1985 returned to the recording studio ║ │ │║ with new vocalist and record their next album ║ │ │║ under the title Blackhearts and jaded spades . ║ │ │║ Addition of second guitar also change now being ║ │ │║ John Wiggins , who is now in charge of this post ║ │ │║ and also on some issues Nick Coler accompanies ║ │ │║ them on keyboards. With the release of this new ║ │ │║ album the band style changes slightly , creating ║ │ │║ a unique style mixed with heavy and melodic hard ║ │ │║ . Also after breaking up with his former record ║ │ │║ company, the album is edited by the company Zoom ║ │ │║ Club Records which is a division of Shadows ║ │ │║ Music , but funded almost entirely by the band ║ │ │║ themselves . To promote this album begin a new ║ │ │║ tour, which ended with the dissolution of the ║ │ │║ band momentarily . As best we highlight the ║ │ │║ following issues : Always, honeymoon Undercover ║ │ │║ , Dirty faced angels . ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ After the last tour beginning a series of ║ │ │║ problems within the band that is settled with ║ │ │║ the departure of several of its members , ║ │ │║ vocalist Vic Wright was sent , along with Andy ║ │ │║ Wrighton and John Wiggins . All this makes again ║ │ │║ , guitarist Andy Boulton, have to restore the ║ │ │║ group to continue making records . Meanwhile, ║ │ │║ her former record company publishes a new album ║ │ │║ under the title of Madame guillotine . This mini ║ │ │║ album collected the issues that had been ║ │ │║ disposed of the two disks that the group had ║ │ │║ recorded with Company Ltd. Power Stations And ║ │ │║ now were put into circulation. As noted issues ║ │ │║ we could do with these : Attack attack , Fever , ║ │ │║ Breakout. ║ │ │║ Subsequently and after the previous mini album ║ │ │║ the record company put back into circulation ║ │ │║ collection under the title of Warrior of the ║ │ │║ rising sun . This album came to pick the best ║ │ │║ songs of the band throughout their discography , ║ │ │║ which also appeared in some issues mixed ║ │ │║ extended versions and different recordings . As ║ │ │║ best songs we could highlight them all , mainly ║ │ │║ because it is a good compilation , but now we ║ │ │║ will hear those who have not yet heard as: ║ │ │║ Unleash the beast , Warrior of the rising sun , ║ │ │║ Sunrise in Tokyo . ║ │ │║ Later is set to release a new album of the band ║ │ │║ , this time it was a live album titled Live in ║ │ │║ London . Years later also would be issued on ║ │ │║ DVD. In the concert which featured the band in ║ │ │║ 1985 at the Camden Palace Theatre in London , ║ │ │║ which sound left much to be desired, even ║ │ │║ initially qualify as a bootleg, or be a bootleg ║ │ │║ is collected, but later became a official album ║ │ │║ of the band. On this record the best songs from ║ │ │║ his previous albums are collected , but sung by ║ │ │║ Vic Wright and he clearly sees the power and the ║ │ │║ magic he had in live band . As best themes we ║ │ │║ will highlight the following : Playroom of ║ │ │║ Poison Dreams , the ballad You are the heart , ║ │ │║ Blackhearts and jaded spades . ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Following here, and after the events that had ║ │ │║ emerged within the band , guitarist Andy Boulton ║ │ │║ and founder , decided to continue with the group ║ │ │║ but as a personal project of the guitarist ║ │ │║ himself . To do this in 1987 , joining the band ║ │ │║ vocalist Pete Zito, Machwitz Martin on ║ │ │║ keyboards, Chris Stover on bass, Alex Lee on ║ │ │║ drums. With this line back to the recording ║ │ │║ studio and soon their next album appears under ║ │ │║ the title of Is not Misbehavin ' . This album ║ │ │║ was released by the company range Musikverlags ║ │ │║ Records and was produced by the band 's own ║ │ │║ components and Tom Krueger , being recorded in ║ │ │║ the studios of Germany. Again this album came to ║ │ │║ confirm that the line following the group was ║ │ │║ precisely the issues of good Heavy / hard rock ║ │ │║ with elaborate good guitar riff and amazing and ║ │ │║ strong batteries. As best tracks include these : ║ │ │║ Tokyo city, Do not walk away , Heartbreaker . ║ │ │║ Not being very confident his company is training ║ │ │║ two years later in 1989 , require that Andy ║ │ │║ Boulton changed again some members of the band, ║ │ │║ using this time to German musicians such as ║ │ │║ vocalist Michael Pozz serious now , Dave Exits ║ │ │║ to low Astor and drums, while Martin Marchwitz ║ │ │║ continuing on keyboards. Back returns to the ║ │ │║ Studios of Stuttgart Germany Zukerfabrik and ║ │ │║ soon a new album was released under the title No ║ │ │║ remorse . This album had two editions , the ║ │ │║ first and second under the title No remorse (The ║ │ │║ eye of the storm ) , which contained two more ║ │ │║ issues and also the order of items was ║ │ │║ completely different ; this second edition only ║ │ │║ commercialized in Japan. Again returning by the ║ │ │║ same path of the previous albums , doing a good ║ │ │║ heavy hard rock , this disc also critical ║ │ │║ qualify him as one of the best in the ║ │ │║ discography of the group. About this time old ║ │ │║ vocalist Alan Marsh created his own band called ║ │ │║ Shogun , which was a true reflection of Tokyo ║ │ │║ Blade also played some songs of the band . From ║ │ │║ this record we will highlight the following cuts ║ │ │║ : Chains of love , The eye of the storm , Five - ║ │ │║ inch catwalk . ║ │ │║ After this album the band was finally removed ║ │ │║ until after a few years specifically five new ║ │ │║ contact Alan Marsh Andy Boulton together and ║ │ │║ reunited the band , getting training to stay ║ │ │║ this way: Vocalist Alan Marsh , guitar Andy ║ │ │║ Boulton, Marc Angel on drums, Colins Riggs on ║ │ │║ bass and John Wiggins to another guitar . With ║ │ │║ this line back to the recording studio in 1995 ║ │ │║ and edited the album Burning down paradise . ║ │ │║ This time the company that publishes is the PSV ║ │ │║ GmbH Records , and the album is released ║ │ │║ worldwide , along with a promotional tour , ║ │ │║ participating in the festival Band your head , ║ │ │║ along with groups like Savage, Glenmore and ║ │ │║ Blind Guardian In this disco style changes ║ │ │║ slightly adapting to the times and creating a ║ │ │║ more disco -style undergroung / grunge to heavy ║ │ │║ metal itself . This disk will highlight the ║ │ │║ following topics : Friend in need , Papering the ║ │ │║ cracks , Hot breath . ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Three years later in 1998 again Andy Boulton ║ │ │║ returned to making changes in training, and was ║ │ │║ sent to John Wiggins was replaced by Danny ║ │ │║ Gwilym , on guitar and keyboards , arriving ║ │ │║ Atilla , becoming a sextet . Moreover also ║ │ │║ renamed to be renamed Mr. Ice , but once ║ │ │║ recorded their next job whose eponymous name was ║ │ │║ indeed Mr. Ice , they had to return the name ║ │ │║ Tokyo Blade, since commercial pressure forced ║ │ │║ them to this, mainly because no one would know ║ │ │║ and no sales would be expected by the record ║ │ │║ company , which was now again the Zoom Club ║ │ │║ Records. With this album back to the style that ║ │ │║ had always been creating issues very well ║ │ │║ crafted guitar riff where again become one of ║ │ │║ the main characteristics of the subjects , ║ │ │║ returning to his main style as is the heavy / ║ │ │║ hard metal. As best highlight these issues : ║ │ │║ Poor Little Rich kid , More than a pretty face , ║ │ │║ Boyz will be boyz.En 1998 and after touring the ║ │ │║ last album the band dissolved Andy Boulton and ║ │ │║ Alan Marsh creates his own group with some ║ │ │║ members of the band as Colin Riggs on bass, Marc ║ │ │║ Angel on drums and Jez were also joined Lopez on ║ │ │║ guitar. This training Pumphouse create the group ║ │ │║ , but then the company decided to Zoom Club ║ │ │║ Records Tokyo Blade name and her first recording ║ │ │║ called Pumphouse . So this meant that those who ║ │ │║ had been left out of the training was precisely ║ │ │║ the founding member Andy Boulton , which did not ║ │ │║ sit well . Again the album was full of good ║ │ │║ stuff , but with a little more flair undergroung ║ │ │║ , but ultimately another good album from this ║ │ │║ band . As best tracks include these : The ║ │ │║ ultimate high , SOS , Like you not. ║ │ │║ In this year 1998 her former record company ║ │ │║ Vaultage High Records, decided to launch a new ║ │ │║ album under the title Night of the Blade ... The ║ │ │║ night before . This new compilation comes to ║ │ │║ pick the best songs of the band, the stage at ║ │ │║ which this vocalist Alan Marsh so they appear ║ │ │║ old songs and new together in one album. ║ │ │║ Highlight all would be right, but now we will ║ │ │║ hear those who have not yet heard topics such as ║ │ │║ : Woman and love , the ballad Dead of the night ║ │ │║ , Young, bad and no good . ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I think a band only really makes sense if kept ║ │ │║ together , if you stay together you get enough . ║ │ │║ If you're good enough and you stay together you ║ │ │║ get . You have to stay united, be honest with ║ │ │║ the rest , and you shall respect you ... ║ │ │║ friends. (Andy Boulton, 2008) ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ After all this again Andy Boulton demand at ║ │ │║ current Tokyo Blade for usurpation of the name, ║ │ │║ since he has the rights to the band . ║ │ │║ Furthermore reunites for new musicians touring , ║ │ │║ among which Bryan Holland on guitar , who later ║ │ │║ would leave the false Tokyo Blade, also was the ║ │ │║ vocalist Chris Gillen , bassist and drummer ║ │ │║ Frank Separdi Lorenzo Gonzßlez , although this ║ │ │║ training did not reach record anything , would ║ │ │║ have to be some changes before releasing their ║ │ │║ last album that has appeared in 2009 , edited by ║ │ │║ Razar Ice Records, under the title Live in ║ │ │║ Germany . Which is recorded on tour in Europe, ║ │ │║ where he also performed at the Legends of Rock ║ │ │║ festival in Murcia, Spain and ended the tour at ║ │ │║ the Keep It True festival in Germany, where they ║ │ │║ recorded this album. Logically live to be ║ │ │║ collected the biggest hits of the band. This ║ │ │║ disk will highlight the following topics : Love ║ │ │║ struck , If heaven is hell , Night of the blade ║ │ │║ . ║ │ │║ The band Tokyo Blade arose when the legacy of ║ │ │║ bands like Black Sabbath , Led Zeppelin and many ║ │ │║ more , was already deeply rooted in England. ║ │ │║ This movement will call NWOBHM , which stands ║ │ │║ for New Wave Of British Heavy Metal . This ║ │ │║ movement albergo groups the likes of Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden, Saxon, Raven, Def Leppard and some more ║ │ │║ that followed in the wake of the above groups . ║ │ │║ At first he was not taking into account their ║ │ │║ first appearances in this movement, but later it ║ │ │║ was determined that they were also the ║ │ │║ proponents of the new wave , as I get to call ║ │ │║ this movement , leading to a series of discs now ║ │ │║ day are considered worship music . Multiple ║ │ │║ components have been this band , in fact today ║ │ │║ there is a great controversy , to determine who ║ │ │║ the real Tokyo Blade. Despite all this the band ║ │ │║ on any stage knew at all times follow the line ║ │ │║ of motion born , creating wonderful albums with ║ │ │║ the pure essence of heavy metal. Too bad you ║ │ │║ still endure the controversy, as might otherwise ║ │ │║ back together the original lineup and delight us ║ │ │║ with another disk , similar to the albums of ║ │ │║ yesteryear. Furthermore, I recommend you listen ║ │ │║ to them any disc , but I 've never heard because ║ │ │║ you enthuse insurance . ║ │ │║ As always in this program leave a topic for ║ │ │║ last, as we consider the best or the best-known ║ │ │║ band or solo , as appropriate the particular day ║ │ │║ . Today the case of the band TOKYO BLADE , we ║ │ │║ considered that the issue should be done with ║ │ │║ highlight Someone to love . Taken from their ║ │ │║ album called Night of the blade . Since it is ║ │ │║ one of the most important issues of this group ║ │ │║ and is now a benchmark in their discography. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Like You-Not [04:29] │ │ 02 - The Ultimate High [05:42] │ │ 03 - Gerald's Game [04:10] │ │ 04 - Pay The Man [03:37] │ │ 05 - Wrong Chair [04:48] │ │ 06 - It's Only Money [03:59] │ │ 07 - Character Assassination [04:42] │ │ 08 - S.O.S [04:08] │ │ 09 - All Work, No Play [03:41] │ │ 10 - Snafu [03:34] │ │ 11 - Having A Bad Day [03:37] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [46:27 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘