[2019-11-15] Fastway "Trick Or Treat (Collector's Edition)" (Rock Candy UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2019 12:11 pm

Description
Special limited deluxe collector's edition / Fully remastered sound shaped from 24 bit digital technology / Features 'Fast' Eddie Clarke (Motorhead) and vocalist Dave King / 16-page full colour booklet - 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork, memorabilia, rare photos and quotes from 'Fast' Eddie Clarke.

Fastway roared out of the starting block in 1983 with all cylinders firing. Their self-titled debut album made a huge splash, particularly in North America where the record achieved gold status in a matter of months and signalled their arrival as major contenders in the hard rock sphere. It was a particularly rewarding experience for their founding member, guitarist 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, who had recently left Motorhead under aggravated circumstances. But, even Fastway's formative steps proved fractious when former UFO bassist Pete Way jumped ship before a note was even recorded. Despite the band's fast acceptance and good fortune with their debut album, subsequent albums failed to capitalise on that success, leaving the band to commercially flounder, despite providing a slew of captivating tracks, solid song writing and a sound and swagger crafted from the very best of British blues rock. 'Trick Or Treat' was the band's fourth album and in some ways their swansong. It was an unusual creation, being effectively the soundtrack to a fairly successful heavy metal horror film, issued November 1986, one month after the film's commercial release. Amazingly, the album contains a brace of raw recordings that hark back to the praised debut and 2nd albums. It was an approach that had been somewhat shelved with their previous, more melodic, record, but throwing caution to the wind their thick raunchy sound is firmly back on track, allowing Fast Eddie to rip it up in fine form, and Dave King's vocals to take centre stage. Songs such as 'Get Tough', 'Stand Up' and 'Don't Stop The Fight' are high water marks in a career that should have seen them rise to super stardom.

Tracklist
1. Trick Or Treat
2. After Midnight
3. Don't Stop The Fight
4. Stand Up
5. Tear Down The Walls
6. Get Tough
7. Hold On To The Night
8. Heft
9. If You Could See

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YTDCX3Z/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YTDCX3Z/?tag=imwan-21

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

Never thought they'd do this one.

This was the last album for the band on Columbia and it wasn't very good, nor was the film.

Odd they skipped over Waiting For The Roar. Even though that one was way too slick and commercial, there was some good stuff on it (and I still have the vinyl).

I'll probably get Trick or Treat down the line, but I don't know why.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Surprised as well. I found a initial used cd copy release for $1.50 at my indie. The CD was actually better than I thought it would be but I wouldn't pay a import price for it.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:42 pm

Both of the pre-order links are now active:

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YTDCX3Z/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YTDCX3Z/?tag=imwan-21

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2656

I really, really like the first few songs on this but the quality fades as it goes along. It was also disappointing how the last couple of songs were recycled from earlier albums which always left a bad taste in my mouth. Really this should have been a 7 song, 24 minute EP. I think it would have worked a lot better in that format.

It's not nearly as good as the first couple Fastway records, but I do like it much better than Waiting for the Roar.

[2019-11-15] Fastway "Trick Or Treat (Collector's Edition)" (Rock Candy UK)

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