Year : 1976 (Rock Candy Remastered 2014)
Style : Hard Rock , Classic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 127 mb
Bio:
Lone Star was a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff, Wales in 1975. An embryonic line-up consisted of former Iona members, Kenny Driscoll and Tony Smith, former Quest bassist Ray Jones, and drummer Jim Mathews. The band took on the Lone Star moniker in early 1975 with the addition of new rhythm section, Pete Hurley on bass and Dixie Lee on drums, and noted guitarist Paul "Tonka" Chapman (a cousin of famed Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds), whose credits included the bands Universe, Skid Row (where he had replaced Gary Moore), Kimla Taz, and most notably, UFO, in a short-lived 1974 dual guitar configuration alongside Michael Schenker. Canadian keyboardist Rick Worsnop completed the line-up.
Album:
Rock Candy Records is re-releasing the two albums by LONE STAR, originally issued a couple of years ago in a remastered form but sold out soon.Appeared in 1976, the Welsh six-piece Lone Star self titled debut album took, what is now termed, Pomp rock by the scruff of the neck and delivered a record that knocked the competition sideways.Produced by famously flamboyant studio wizard Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Foreigner, Journey) it displayed a sound that utilised everything and the kitchen sink – bombastic and grandiose, no stone was left unturned to achieve maximum sonic effect.Indeed, it was a record that found media cognoscenti such as Alan Freeman, Geoff Barton, Nicky Horne and John Peel falling over themselves to recommend it.Lone Star were trumpeted by those in the know as the next big thing, bigger in fact than Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Queen. CBS Records certainly thought so when they signed them to a contract for £35,000 before they had even played a solitary live show.After few months of its foundation, Lone Star recorded a studio session for John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show in early 1976, and got signed to CBS Records immediately releasing their self-titled Roy Thomas Baker-produced debut album in August of the same year.Everything about this record is so right, so impressive and so gigantically over the top that nothing has come close to its grandeur since. It charted at No. 47 on the UK Album Charts and was supported by a UK tour with label mate Ted Nugent.Featuring future UFO guitarist Paul Chapman and containing such highfalutin tracks as ‘Flying In The Reel’, ‘Spaceships’, ‘A Million Stars’ and a monster, pomp-static interpretation of the Beatles ‘She Said, She Said’, the album scores a suitably impressive eleven on a ten scale.This 24-bit remastering from the source tapes by Rock Candy is pristine and clear, features 5 bonus tracks including the legendary first BBC session and lots of rare photos from the era.Lone Star never made it ‘that big’ commercially, but these guys were incredibly talented. This is Pomp Rock in its maximum expression, so if you like Giuffria’s Angel, New England and alike, this CD is a must.
Line-Up:
Kenny Driscoll – lead vocals
Paul Chapman – guitars
Tony Smith – guitars, backing vocals
Rick Worsnop – keyboards, backing vocals
Pete Hurley – bass
Dixie Lee – drums, backing vocals
Past members:
Rick Worsnop : Keyboard [1975-1978]
John Slowman : Vocals [1975-1978], Mostly Autumn, Praying Mantis, Beat Poets, Souls Unknown, Pulsar, Uriah Heep, Badlands, Gary Moore, ex-Trapper
TPaul "Tonka" Chapman : Guitar [1975-1978], Gator County, Ghost, Waysted, Circus Circus, D.O.A, UFO, ex-Kimla Taz, ex-Universe, ex-Skid Row
Jim Mathews : Drums [1975], ex-Iona
Tracklist:
01. She Said, She Said
02. Lonely Soldier
03. Flying In The Reel
04. Spaceships
05. A New Day
06. A Million Stars
07. Illusions
08. Flying In The Reel (Previously Unreleased BBC Session) (Bonus Track)
09. A Million Stars (Previously Unreleased BBC Session) (Bonus Track)
10. She Said, She Said (Previously Unreleased BBC Session) (Bonus Track)
11. Hypnotic Mover (Previously Unreleased BBC Session) (Bonus Track)
12. Spaceships (Previously Unreleased BBC Session) (Bonus Track)
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