V.A. – TORCH : The Music Remembers Jimi Jamison & Fergie Frederiksen (2015)
One of you asked for the Frontiers Music special tribute album for the late JIMI JAMISON and FERGIE FREDERIKSEN entitled “TORCH : The Music Remembers Jimi Jamison & Fergie Frederiksen“, conceived by iconic Grammy Award winner and founding member of Survivor and Pride of Lions, Jim Peterik, featuring an impressive array of guest musicians.
“Torch: The Music Remembers Jimi Jamison and Fergie Frederiksen”, was sold exclusively at the Frontiers Rock Festival II in Milan, Italy, last April.
Limited to 500 copies, now it’s sold out.
Just as the musical influence of Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen (of Le Roux, Angel, Toto, Frederiksen /Phillips, Mecca) and Jimi Jamison (of Target, Cobra and Survivor) reverberated inside the melodic rock community, news of their passing within months of one another in 2014 sent waves of disbelief and sorrow throughout the brotherhood of singers, songwriters and musicians who had been touched by their talent and their spirit.
The loss so profoundly impacted Peterik’s core that it was difficult at first to imagine a universe in which their lights no longer shined. After filtering his grief through the cathartic process of songwriting, Jim found solace by gathering a group of mutual friends to commemorate their departed comrades the only way they knew how – with music.
Peterik recently produced and co-wrote the debut album Risk Everything to introduce the world to the stunning, 5-octave tenor of singer Marc Scherer, who appeared onstage with headliners Pride of Lions at the Frontiers Rock Festival II.
Scherer is a featured performer on ‘Torch: The Music Remembers Jimi Jamison and Fergie Frederiksen’, along with stars like Lars Säfsund and Robert Säll of Work of Art, Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger, Bill Champlin of Chicago, David Pack from Ambrosia, Mike Reno of Loverboy, Bobby Kimball of Toto, Bruce Gaitsch of Chicago, Alessandro Del Vecchio of Hardline, Ricky Phillips of Styx.
The album is comprised of 4 new songs and 6 rare, alternate or previously unreleased versions of existing songs (some never before heard in Europe), along with 6 classics distilled from Jimi and Fergie’s most recent releases on the Frontiers label.
All the songs are awesome pieces of AOR / Melodic Rock, but the four new, especially “The Music Remembers”, featuring Lars Säfsund and Robert Säll of Work of Art, and “Heaven Passes the Torch” featuring Marc Scherer, Mike Reno, Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin and Jim Peterik, are must haves. And only will be available here.
A real pity that the album was not put on sale at regular retailers… the 500 flew the first day.
A MUST HAVE.
01. THE MUSIC REMEMBERS
(New song – featuring Lars Säfsund and Robert Säll)
02. HEAVEN PASSES THE TORCH
(New song – feat. Marc Scherer, Mike Reno, Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin, Jim Peterik)
03. NEVER TOO LATE
(Taken from the Jimi Jamison album “Never Too Late”)
04. I’LL BE THE ONE
(Taken from the Fergie Frederiksen album “Any Given Moment”)
05. CROSSROADS MOMENT (TORCH REMIX)
(Previously unreleased – Orig. version included on the Jimi Jamison album “Crossroads Moment”)
06. FOLLOW YOUR HEART
(Taken from the Fergie Frederiksen album “Happiness Is the Road”)
07. HEAVEN ON EARTH
(Taken from the Pride of Lions album “The Roaring of Dreams”)
08. NEVER ENOUGH
(New song – featuring David Pack, formerly of Ambrosia)
09. LAST BATTLE OF MY WAR (FERGIE & FRIENDS VERSION)
(Previously unreleased – featuring Bill Champlin, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Bruce Gaitsch, Jim Peterik and Ricky Phillips. Original version included on the Fergie Frederiksen album “Any Given Moment”)
10. AS IS (TREASURE BENEATH THE TEARS MIX)
(Previously unreleased – Orig. version included on the Jimi Jamison album “Crossroads Moment”)
11. HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD
(Taken from the Fergie Frederiksen album “Happiness Is the Road”)
12. YOU’RE IN OUR HEARTS
(New song – featuring Marc Scherer and Tommy Denander)
13. LONG ROAD HOME
(Taken from the album “World Stage” – featuring Jim Peterik and Kelly Keagy)
14. ALIVE
(Original European bonus track of the Jimi Jamison album “Crossroads Moment”)
15. WHEN THE BATTLE IS OVER
(Taken from the Fergie Frederiksen album “Any Given Moment”)
16. STREETS OF HEAVEN
(Original Japanese bonus track of the Jimi Jamison album “Crossroads Moment”)
Limited to 500 copies – Sold Out
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