Year : 1986 (AOR Heaven Classix Remastered Edition 2013)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 97 mb
Bio:
Formerly known as Blackfoot Sue and Liner, this UK band switched to the name Outside Edge in 1984 to pursue an AOR direction. Comprising Tom Farmer (vocals, bass), Eddie Galga (guitar), Pete Giles (keyboards) and Dave Farmer (drums), they signed to Warner Brothers Records and released a self-titled debut in 1985. This was Americanized melodic rock, but featured rough and ragged vocals from Farmer, in contrast to the musical stylization. Running Hot followed in 1986 and was produced by Terry Manning (of ZZ Top fame), but Outside Edge were still unable to break through on a commercial level. The Farmer brothers left in 1989 and the remaining duo recruited new members to become Little Wing.
Album:
Alongside FM, SHY or Virginia Wolf, OUTSIDE EDGE was one of the most representative acts from the British Melodic Rock / AOR scene during the ’80s. AOR Heaven Records released via their Classix Series a superb remastered reissue of their second album, 1986’s “Running Hot“, a must have in your collection. Now out of print, as requested, here’s in HQ.Having tried their luck in bands like Gift and the underrated Blackfoot Sue, British brothers Tom & David Farmer and guitarist Eddie Golga decided to go for a more Melodic Rock approach and adopted the moniker OUTSIDE EDGE.At the beginning of the ’80s they lived and played in France for a while and it was the French department of WEA that picked them up for the release of a self-titled debut album in 1984.At the time the band was criminally ignored elsewhere in the Melodic Rock world, but things changed for the better when they gained the support slot for a Bryan Adams UK tour a year later.These live presentations resulted in a record deal with 10 Records (a subsidiary of Virgin), and two albums worthy of your attention.The label put a lot of money into the production of Outside Edge’s debut with them and recommended Terry Manning to produce, a man who already worked with Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top.Under his experienced guide the band recorded “Running Hot” in 1986, a wonderful slice of Melodic Rock AOR in the classic British mid-Eighties fashion very similar to Airrace, Virginia Wolf and Shy, plenty of soaring melodies, catchy choruses and lots, lots of awesome keyboard flourishes.So it’s no wonder that the album includes such memorable tracks like opener “Hearbeat Away”, the rocking’ Melodic Rock blast of title track “Running Hot” or the soulful “Wait”.There’s other gems in the keyboard-driven “Louella”, the atmospheric “Don’t Be A Hero”, the elegant midtempo “Heartbreaker” or the AOR diamond “You”.AOR Heaven Classix had the honor to digitally remaster for the first time both classic Outside Edge albums with stupendous results.This “Running Hot” remaster sounds crystal clear like never before, warm in frequencies and slightly ‘reverberated’, very well balanced in all the sonic spectrum.Some kind of a Melodic Rock / AOR cult classic, “Running Hot” is a must have into any fan’s of the genre collection.
Line-Up:
Tom Farmer - Vocals, Bass
Eddie Golga - Guitar, Backing Vocals
David Farmer - Drums, Backing Vocals
Pete Giles - Keyboards, Synths
Production:
Mastered At – MC Mastering
Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – Z30122
Coordinator – Pär Winberg
Engineer [Assisted By] – Michael Timperley
Mastered By – Mats Öberg
Mixed By – Terry Manning
Photography By – Richard Haughton
Producer, Engineer – Terry Manning
Programmed By – Gary Moberley
Remastered By [Digitally] – Chris Lyne
Written-By – D. Farmer*, E. Golga, T. Farmer
Tracklist:
01. Heartbeat Away
02. Wait
03. Louella
04. Don’t Be A Hero
05. Running Hot
06. Don’t Leave Me Tonight
07. You
08. Heartbreaker
09. Hold On
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