THE FIRM – Mean Business [Japan Edition Digital Remaster / Victor ～ VDP-1080]

And after the recent Jimmy Page-related material, an obvious choice is his 80s super-group THE FIRM, formed in 1984 with singer Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company), drummer Chris Slade (Uriah Heep, AC/DC) and awesome bass player Tony Franklin (all the greats).
”Mean Business” is the second and final studio album by the band, released in 1986, with the same bluesy formula as on the first album but according to times, even more polished in production.
Both THE FIRM albums have been repeatedly requested here, asking for the best sounding CD press as none have been remastered.
The choice is easy: at the time, there wasn’t better sounding CD’s than the discs manufactured in Japan. The OBI claims being a ‘Digital Remaster’, but in fact refers to the digital transfer, there wasn’t such ‘remastering’ concept / technology in the Eighties.
Anyway, the sound quality blows out of the water any other version, even today, because both The Firm albums never have been officially reissued, at least on CD.
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Japan Victor Company ～ 【VDP-1080】
ミーン・ビジネス / ザ・ファーム

01 – Fortune Hunter
02 – Cadillac
03 – All The King’s Horses
04 – Live In Peace
05 – Tear Down The Walls
06 – Dreaming
07 – Free To Live
08 – Spirit Of Love

Paul Rodgers – vocals, guitars, piano
Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars
Tony Franklin – fretless bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Chris Slade – drums and percussion

Out Of Print
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