Year : 2023 (Metalville Records Edition)
Style : Classic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 131 mb
Bio:
Trapeze were an English rock band from Cannock, Staffordshire. Formed in 1969, the band originally featured former The Montanas members John Jones (trumpet, vocals) and Terry Rowley (keyboards), and former Finders Keepers members Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals, piano), Mel Galley (guitar, vocals) and Dave Holland (drums). Jones and Rowley left the band following the release of their self-titled debut album in 1970, with the lineup of Hughes, Galley and Holland continuing as a trio. After the release of Medusa later in 1970 and You Are the Music...We're Just the Band in 1972, Hughes left Trapeze in 1973 to join Deep Purple.Galley and Holland resurfaced with Trapeze a year later, adding second guitarist Rob Kendrick and bassist Pete Wright to the band. Hot Wire was released in late 1974 and a second self-titled album followed in 1975, after which the classic trio briefly reunited for a tour in 1976 when Hughes returned following Deep Purple's breakup. After Hughes left again, Trapeze returned in 1978 with new frontman Peter Goalby, who performed on the band's final album Hold On. Several more lineup changes occurred in the following years, including Holland joining Judas Priest in 1979, before the band broke up in 1982 as Galley joined Whitesnake.In 1991, Hughes, Galley and Holland reunited Trapeze for a string of tour dates the following year, adding Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes for the shows. The tour resulted in a live album, Welcome to the Real World: Live at the Borderline, which was released in 1998. The trio revived Trapeze again in 1994 with second guitarist Craig Erickson, completing a brief tour early in the year before permanently disbanding.Following the band's breakup, both Galley and Holland remained relatively inactive, while Hughes continued with his solo career and collaborations with various artists. Galley died of oesophageal cancer on 1 July 2008, and Holland died of lung cancer on 16 January 2018, leaving Hughes the sole surviving member of the classic line-up.
Album:
When classic rock band TRAPEZE called it a day, they left behind them a series of now-classic albums. Their influence on other groups has been immense, individual members themselves going on to join heavyweight rock acts such as DEEP PURPLE, WHITESNAKE, JUDAS PRIEST and URIAH HEEP.But their story’s not over, as “Lost Tapes Vol. 1” will soon reveal.These are tracks recorded on tour and either side of album releases, great songs that were stockpiled just never released as the various lineups hit the ground running, playing live relentlessly, honing their craft while rarely seeing home.However, guitarist Mel Galley did take those tapes to his elder brother Tom’s house. There, they — as co-writers of many of the band’s best-known songs — would review them, making various decisions that felt right at the time. Mel also had the foresight, to leave them with Tom for safekeeping, so they didn’t get lost.“Lost Tapes Vol. 1” is an opportunity to hear TRAPEZE with all the primal energy of young men stretching out; demonstrating there was even more untapped potential between the musicians involved than had hitherto been imagined.Smashing the doors open across America by pioneering a heavy funk rock sound that would later be taken up by the RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS, EXTREME and others, back in the 1970s Glenn Hughes (vocals, bass), Mel Galley (guitar, vocals) and Dave Holland (drums) barely had time to catch their breath while stepping into studios to lay down several unique songs that you’ll find on this collection, as well as tracks later recorded at Garage Studios in the U.K. during their 1990s reformation.Strident hard rocker “Breakdown” comes from that latter period, the song sounding immensely fresh and contemporary even today. From the same period, with “Don’t Let Them Push You” it’s a case of “more cowbell!” and Mel’s guitar weaving tirelessly with him also taking lead vocals.“‘Destiny’ and ‘Lights Of Tokyo’ were songs that were overlooked and never ended up on an album. Important pathfinders on the band’s journey, they pre-empt the heavier rock and progressive sounds that the band would find acclaim with, beginning with 1970’s “Medusa” album.These tracks embrace both powder-kegged bravado performances as well as the band’s more nuanced emotional side, with nothing off limits as the musicians involved can be heard exploring their potential both collectively and as individuals.Powerful with deft time changes, tinged with subtly or bleeding out ferociously; belting rockers find them surging forward as one only for a propulsive rhythmic heartbeat to take hold over which solos soar.
Line-Up:
Glenn Hughes - vocals, bass
Mel Galley - guitar, vocals
Dave Holland - drums
Production:
Distributed By – Rough Trade Distribution
Glass Mastered At – Sonopress – 58387647
Cover, Design – Marcus Galley
Engineer [Sound] – Jed Robbins, Paul Robbins (2), Terry Rowley
Liner Notes – Tom Galley
Photography By [Photography] – Carl Dunn
Tracklist:
01. Cool Water
02. Lover
03. Breakdown
04. Don’t Let Them Push You
05. Destiny
06. Lights Of Tokyo
07. So In Love
08. Bad Kid From School
09. Catching Up On You
10. Do You Understand
11. Enough Is Enough
12. You’ve Got It
13. Who Do You Run To
14. Going Home
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