JIMI JAMISON – Eye Of The Tiger 2014 (2014)

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JIMI JAMISON has arranged with members of the Whitney Wolanin Band to re-record one of the greatest Melodic Rock songs of all time; “Eye Of The Tiger”.
As you may know, Jamison was not part of Survivor when the band recorded the super hit for the movie Rocky. But Jimi recorded later his own version of the song.

The idea to re-record / instrumentally re-arrange “Eye Of The Tiger” born from the initiative of funk-master bassist Bob Babbitt (Robert Palmer, Phil Collins) and now in the Whitney Wolanin Band. He talked with Jamison and he agreed to provide the lead vocal tracks.
Babbitt and the guys from the Whitney Wolanin Band arranged & played the song in a very ‘OST’ way, as it is was heard on the movie. And I really like the results!
We have 3 versions of “Eye Of The Tiger”; the ‘Anniversary Of Rocky III Mix’ in its long (extended guitar solo) and edit versions, and the ‘Sing along Instrumental Mix’, with a cool ‘end titles’ feel.

Perhaps this release is only for Survivor / Jimi Jamison completists, but also for Movie Soundtrack collectors this is a must have.
Bah, it doesn’t matter which genre you are fan of, everybody loves “Eye Of The Tiger”, and this ‘new’ version is another one to treasure.

01 – Eye Of The Tiger – Anniversary Of Rocky III Mix (4:41)
02 – Eye Of The Tiger – Anniversary Of Rocky III Edit (3:55)
03 – Eye Of The Tiger – Sing along Instrumental Mix (4:39)

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