“Down To The Wire” was released on Epic Records in 1986. The album was in the making for at least a year before it was created.
Tom was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but grew up in Lake Worth, Florida. He played with many bands in bars and clubs all over southern Florida before he moved to Nashville in 1977. Within a couple of months he was signed as a writer to Charley Pride’s publishing company, Pi-Gem Music.
He hooked up with the writers that he would eventually co-write “Down To The Wire” - Taylor Rhodes, Gary Harrison, Ronnie Brooks & Howie Tipton. He wrote the Jennifer Rush hit “Heart Over Mind” with Taylor.
Ronnie, Howie and Tom co-wrote “Women In Chains” for Joe Perry of Aerosmith and “Son Of The South” for Southern Rock rebel David Allan Coe, later re-titled as “Son of Detroit” in 2003 for Kid Rock’s album.
In 1984, Southern rockers Molly Hatchet were going to record their album “The Deed Is Done”. Hatchet asked Tom to co-write half of their album. Later, when they invited him to join them on tour, Epic (CBS) Records took notice and signed Tom as an artist.
Tom wrote most of his album with Taylor. By the time Epic sent Tom to England to record the album with James Guthrie (best known for his work with Pink Floyd.
There was quite a lot of hype building up to the release of the album – press, photo sessions, meetings with the label. Finally the day was here – unfortunately for me, the same week of the release, an executive name Lawrence Tisch took over Epic Records. He immediately fired the entire A&R staff, along with the promotion team. In an instant, there was no one left at the label who had ever heard of Tom.
The album essentially was buried in the turmoil and although it did make it into stores, it was never really released. The frustration of the experience and what seemed like a year of wasted time soured him from pursuing another record deal and he returned to his first passion, songwriting.
It’s ironic that over 20 years later, a German Record label from the same country that gave Tom his first songwriting hit, somehow discovered this album and gives it an official release.
Let’s hope that is received like a time capsule from the era when Rock and Roll was king.
Tracklist: 1. 57 Chevy 2. Runaway Hearts 3. Chasing Shadows 4. Dirty Fingers 5. Fire In The Night 6. Down To The Wire 7. Going The Distance 8. Stone In Your Heart 9. Betrayed 10. Reunion Bonus Tracks: 11. Don’t Need Your Kind Of Love* 12. Can’t Stop Love Can’t Stop Money *13. Love Train*
* = Bonus Tracks
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Fraser, Andy - Fine Fine Line
Tuesday, 08 September 2009 12:13
ANDY FRASER was the bassist of the original line-up of British Classic Rock heroes FREE and is one of the co-writers of their smash hit “All Right Now”. After his departure from FREE in 1972, FRASER first founded the SHARKS and then continued as session player for artists such as JOE COCKER, ROD STEWART and PAUL YOUNG amongst others. Later, he released four solo albums which “Fine, Fine Line” from 1984 is the third one of. Here, FRASER also took over the vocal duties whilst top session musician Michael Thompson took over the guitar duties. Produced by FRASER himself with star producer Bob Marlette and John Eden, this release is an AOR classic of the time which offers an unmistakable, typical keyboard driven sound. Today, “Fine, Fine Line” is one of the most sought after classics of the genre.
YESSTERROCK with the help of Sony Music now will release this timeless classic as re-mastered album for the first time on CD. The distribution is taken care off by NL Distribution.
Tracklist: 1. Fine, Fine Line, 2. Branded By The Fire, 3. Chinese Eyes, 4. Knocking At Your Door, 5. Million Miles Away, 6. Do You Love Me, 7. Night To Last Forever, 8. Danger, 9. One Night Love Affair, 10. Living This Eternal Dream
Musicians: Andy Fraser (bass, vocals), Bob Marlette (keyboards), Michael Thompson (guitar), Tony Braunagel (drums), Davey Faragher (bass)
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 September 2009 12:27 )
From The Fire - s/t
Thursday, 18 June 2009 14:56
release date: 13.05.2009
Once again YESTERROCK managed to re-release a musical gem, a classic from the past, a truly special hard rock album: FROM THE FIRE
The Band was formed in New York in 1991 by Joe “J.D. Kelly”, Guitarist Tommy Lafferty, Drummer Michael Sciotto and Keyboard player Nadine Arel. The self titled record was released in 1992, produced by Jean Beauvoir (Voodoo X). Executive Producers: Mark Levine and Steven Marder (Metropolis Records). HARLOW members Theresa Straley and Pat Regan also contribute, Straley singing the harmony parts on the track 'Spark And Flame'.
Due to high demand and courtesy of Mark Levine (Metropolis Records New York), YESTERROCK is pleased to announce that it will handle the exclusive distribution of the re-release “From The Fire”.
All tracks of the original album were digitally re-mastered.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 June 2009 13:01 )
Head East - A Different Kind Of Crazy
Thursday, 12 August 2010 13:44
release date: 20.08.2010
Originally known as the ‘TimeAtions’ in the late 60’s, the US band adopted the name ‘Head East’ in 1969. The fivepiece Band signed a deal with A&M Records in 1974 where they’ve released a couple of highly successful chart selling albums in the following years which turned the band into one of the country’s leading Classic Rock bands of the era. ‘A Different Kind Of Crazy’ originally came out first in 1979 and reached #65 on the US Billboard charts, including the German hit single and radio hit ‘If You Knew Me Better’. This is the last studio release to feature the Boyd, Huston, Somerville, Schlitt, & Birney line-up. Re-mastered by Robert Papst, this sought after collector’s item is now available again through the German label YESTERROCK. Head East today are still active as touring band and currently playing a couple of festivals in the U.S.A. After leaving the band in 1980, singer John Schlitt continued his career as the singer of White Metal band ‘PETRA’ and as a solo artist also.
1. Speciality, 2. Keep A Secret, 3. Feelin’ Is Right 4. Lonelier Now 5. Morning 6. Got To Be Real 7. If You Knew Me Better 8. Too Late 9. Hard Drivin’ Days
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Heartlyne - No Retreat No Surrender
Thursday, 18 June 2009 14:44
release date:05.06.2009
HEARTLYNE belong to the best hidden treasures in German Hard Rock history. Founded in late 1986, the young outfit from West Berlin around singer extraordinaire Tommy Heart (SOUL DOCTOR, FAIR WARNING, ZENO), guitarists Chris Lyne (SOUL DOCTOR) and Claus Johannsohn (DOUBLE ACTION), bassist Jogy Rautenberg (SOUL DOCTOR, ex SKEW SISKIN), drummer K.K. and keyboard player Alexander Strauch (SHE’S CHINA, ex SOUL DOCTOR) caused a storm in the Berlin Hard Rock scene even though the music of the band remained to be unreleased until today. During the past couple of years, the requests of the fans for releasing the HEARTLYNE material became more and more persistent. In late 2008 the six ‘old’ band members decided to open the archives for their true fans to release a special vintage sounding collector’s item. And here we are!!! “No Retreat No Surrender” by HEARTLYNE finally will see the light of day in May 2009! The record will be released on YESTERROCK and will be distributed by NL DISTRIBUTION.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 June 2009 13:02 )
Kidd Glove - Kidd Glove
Friday, 09 April 2010 11:19
release date: 09.04.2010
It all started when Motown decided to add a Rock Division to their company. Getting signed to Motown Records at 22 was quite an experience in itself. A guy by the name of Steve Barri was, at that time, the head of A&R at Motown and also the designated producer for this undertaking. They held a huge audition in L.A. which literally consisted of hundreds of contestants to find the perfect “Rock Dude” so I joined the crowds of rock artists that were auditioning and somehow won. I hadn’t researched it much before the audition and remember asking myself, “I wonder what I won.” The answer was forthcoming and I was immediately paired up with a couple of Motown staff writers to begin writing the Kidd Glove album. It was recorded a couple of months later and released with great anticipation and attained great success. As a special bonus this re-issue also includes the first video from that album called “Good Clean Fun.” Furthermore included are a few bonus tracks from a film called “The Babysitters”. Another bonus song included is the song Paul Sabu wrote about his son titled “Viking Boy.” which has never been released before.
Track list: 1. Good Clean Fun, 2. Killer Instinct, 3. Street Angel, 4. Spirit Of The Night, 5. Fade To Black, 6. Hellzarockin’, 7. Somewhere In A Song, 8. Secrets, 9. Susie Wants To Be A Star Bonus Tracks: 10. Viking Boy, 11. At War With The Weights, 12. The Babysitters 13. Brothers Forever; Bonus Video: “Good Clean Fun”
Line-Up: Paul Sabu - Vocals & Guitars; Tommy Amato, Mike Baer - Drums; Jeff Steele, Murril Maglio - Bass; Bobby Sandstorm, Tommy Rude - Keyboards
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