• Unreleased Greg Lake & Geoff Downes Album "Ride The Tiger" Released

    From glassonyonpr@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 30 08:20:53 2015
    London, UK- Much to the excitement of music aficionados worldwide, an unreleased album by legendary GREG LAKE & GEOFF DOWNES titled "RIDE THE TIGER" has finally seen the light of day! Greg Lake is the co-founder of KING CRIMSON and EMERSON LAKE AND
    PALMER (ELP), and wrote the hit "LUCKY MAN" and co-wrote "I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS". Geoff Downes is the keyboardist in THE BUGGLES, ASIA and YES, and co-wrote the hits "VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR" and "HEAT OF THE MOMENT".

    "Ride the Tiger" contains six songs which the duo wrote together - one went on to became an ASIA song and two became ELP songs. Four of these tracks had been released on compilations before, but this is the FIRST TIME they have been collected together
    with TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED tracks PLUS one alternate mix.

    "To be honest I thought that these recordings had simply disappeared off the radar until one of my management team, Daniel Earnshaw, reminded me of their existence. My initial reaction was not entirely positive as I generally view many of these re-
    releases to be a bit tiresome, however, upon hearing these recordings again I immediately identified their value, both in terms of song writing and of musicianship and production. Geoff, of course, is a masterful musician with an instinctive ability to
    maximise the potential of any song both as a player and as an arranger. His contribution to these recordings is clear for all to see and for me it was a real pleasure to reflect upon our friendship together both personally and as musicians." - Greg Lake

    "One of the privileges of my career has been the opportunity to embrace a number of bespoke projects with some of the world's greatest musicians. Greg Lake, of course was at the forefront of the progressive revolution, lead vocalist and bassist with both
    King Crimson and ELP, bands which literally changed the world, pushing boundaries of excellence and creativity, creating a brand new musical genre from London which would soon captivate the planet. This collection of songs represents a particularly
    creative period in my life. I'm delighted that Greg and I have rekindled our friendship, and worked together again in order to share this collection with you." - Geoff Downes

    Track Listing:

    1. MONEY TALKS
    2. LOVE UNDER FIRE
    3. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
    4. STREET WARS
    5. CHECK IT OUT
    6. BLUE LIGHT
    7. LOVE UNDER FIRE (ALTERNATE MIX)

    To order:
    Amazon CD: http://geni.us/1UEo
    Amazon Digital: http://geni.us/34nB
    Cherry Red: http://shop.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=5241

    Greg Lake's official website: www.greglake.com ;

    Geoff Downes official website: www.geoffdownes.com ;

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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 3 21:41:06 2015
    On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:20:53 -0800 (PST), glassonyonpr@gmail.com
    wrote:

    London, UK- Much to the excitement of music aficionados worldwide, an unrel= >eased album by legendary GREG LAKE & GEOFF DOWNES titled "RIDE THE TIGER" h= >as finally seen the light of day!

    "Ride the Tiger" contains six songs which the duo wrote together - one went=
    on to became an ASIA song and two became ELP songs.

    Track Listing:

    2. LOVE UNDER FIRE
    3. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
    4. STREET WARS


    Considering that those songs are some of the worst on Aqua, Black Moon
    and In the Hot Seat, which aren't exactly Asia and ELP's best albums
    to begin with, and these are early versions that weren't considered
    worth releasing at the time...I'm kind of doubting that this is
    generating "much excitement" in "music aficionados worldwide".

    Sorry, but these cookie-cutter announcements that some prog rehash
    is causing "much excitement" in (fill in semi-applicable group here)
    are just starting to get on my nerves. Find a different format
    already or at least stop just filling in the blanks.

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