[2016-07-08] Alcatrazz "Disturbing The Peace" and "Dangerous Games" expanded remasters (Hear No Evil UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2016 11:17 pm

Disturbing The Peace

Description
After a successful solo career, as well as fronting bands as wide-ranging as The Marbles, The Michael Schenker Group, and most famously with Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Graham Bonnet formed melodic hard rocker Alcatrazz at the end of 1983 with a relatively unknown Swedish guitarist called Yngwie J Malmsteen, and the release of “No Parole From Rock ‘N’ Roll”.

When Yngwie left in 1984 to pursue a highly successful career as a solo artist, fronting Yngwie J Malmsteen’s Rising Force, Alcatrazz had not only lost a key songwriter, but also a musician who would turn out to be one of the most influential guitarists of the decade. Although relatively unknown at the time, it now seems like a stroke of genius when future David Lee Roth and Whitesnake lead guitarist Steve Vai was made his replacement for second record, “Disturbing the Peace”.

Wasting no time, the new look Alcatrazz returned for a second Japanese tour in October 1984, where the band had built a loyal fan-base. Signing to EMI’s US subsidiary Capitol Records, “Disturbing the Peace” was released in 1985, led by the single and MTV favourite ‘God Blessed Video’. This new, expanded edition features the single edit of ‘Will You Be Home Tonight’, plus instrumental demos of ‘God Blessed Video’, ‘ Wire And Wood’, ‘ Stripper’, ‘ Painted Lover’, ‘ Sons And Lovers’, ‘ Skyfire’ and ‘ Breaking The Heart Of The City’

To give you the full audio-visual experience, this set also includes a DVD of their show at the Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Kaikan in Tokyo. As well as showcasing tracks from the then unreleased “Disturbing the Peace”, this Japanese concert features ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’ and ‘Kree Nakoorie’ from the first Alcatrazz album, Rainbow hits ‘All Night Long’ and ‘Since You Been Gone’, plus Graham Bonnet’s solo hit ‘Night Games’.

Tracklist
[CD]
1. God Blessed Video
2. Mercy
3. Will You Be Home Tonight
4. Wire And Wood
5. Desert Diamond
6. Stripper
7. Painted Lover
8. Lighter Shade Of Green
9. Sons And Lovers
10. Skyfire
11. Breaking The Heart Of The City
Bonus Track:
12. Will You Be Home Tonight (Single Edit)
Instrumental Demos:
13. God Blessed Video
14. Wire And Wood
15. Stripper
16. Painted Lover
17. Sons And Lovers
18. Skyfire
19. Breaking The Heart Of The City
20. Steve Vai Rehearsal

[DVD: Live In Japan, 10th October 1984 (Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo)]
1. Breaking The Heart Of The City
2. Jet To Jet
3. Skyfire
4. Sons And Lovers
5. Hiroshima Mon Amour
6. God Blessed Video
7. Will You Be Home Tonight
8. Kree Nakoorie
9. Since You Been Gone
10. Painted Lover
11. Suffer Me
12. Stripper
13. Too Young To Die, Too Drunk To Live
14. Kojo No Tsuki
15. Night Games
16. All Night Long

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FSHQ0XU/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FSHQ0XU/?tag=imwan-21

Dangerous Games

Description
After achieving worldwide recognition fronting Rainbow in 1980, Graham Bonnet returned to his solo career for 1981’s “Line-Up” (also available on HNE) followed by a very brief stint with The Michael Schenker Group for 1982’s “Assault Attack”, before forming Alcatrazz in 1983, with Swedish guitar maestro Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

Alcatrazz released a total of three studio albums; “No Parole From Rock ‘N’ Roll” in 1983, “Disturbing The Peace” in 1985, where Malmsteen was replaced by former Frank Zappa alumni Steve Vai, before he in turn left to join David Lee Roth, and be replaced by guitarist Danny Johnson, for 1986’s “Dangerous Games”.

Among the originals included on “Dangerous Games” was a cover of The Animals’ ‘It’s My Life’, as well as a re-reading of ‘Only One Woman’, a song written by Robin, Maurice and Barry Gibb that had previously been a hit for Graham’s pop duo The Marbles way back in 1968.

Also included is a very rare and previously unreleased live “audience” recording from Long Island, captured in November 1986 on the “Dangerous Games” tour. Included are unique, if rough and ready versions of Alcatrazz classics ‘Island In The Sun’ and ‘God Blessed Video’, as well as Rainbow hits ‘Since You Been Gone’ and ‘All Night Long’.

The set includes remastered audio, plus new liner notes from Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome based on recent interviews with Graham Bonnet. The Graham Bonnet Band and a reformed Alcatrazz will be touring together in 2017.

Tracklist
1. It’s My Life
2. Undercover
3. That Ain't Nothin’
4. No Imagination
5. Ohayo Tokyo
6. Dangerous Games
7. Blue Boar
8. Only One Woman
9. The Witchwood
10. Double Man
11. Night Of The Shooting Star
Bonus Tracks - Live At Long Island, NY, USA, 29th November 1986 (Previously Unreleased Audience Recording):
12. Island In The Sun
13. It’s My Life
14. Undercover
15. God Blessed Video
16. Double Man
17. Wire And Wood
18. Since You Been Gone
19. All Night Long

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FSHQ1E8/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FSHQ1E8/?tag=imwan-21

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Great news!

I will be getting all 4 of these remasters which have FINALLY been done right.

Thanks Linda!

Linda · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2016 6:50 pm

And let's also link back to our previous threads in the Alcatrazz remaster series:

No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=96422

Live Sentence
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=96423

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Linda wrote:

And let's also link back to our previous threads in the Alcatrazz remaster series:

No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=96422

Live Sentence
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=96423

It seems I still can't get these two from Amazon.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:04 am

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Linda wrote:

And let's also link back to our previous threads in the Alcatrazz remaster series:

No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=96422

Live Sentence
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=96423

It seems I still can't get these two from Amazon.

No Parole is in stock at Amazon UK. The Live Sentence listing will be live again soon, since it was just rescheduled to July.

[2016-07-08] Alcatrazz "Disturbing The Peace" and "Dangerous Games" expanded remasters (Hear No Evil UK)

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