THE TAKE – Hard Wave Heroes [previously unreleased ’80s recordings] (2021)

Metallic Blue Records is a new record label from USA focused on re-issuing hard rock and hair metal albums that never got a proper release. They just arranged with Eighties band THE TAKE to release all their recorded material for the first time.
“Hard Wave Heroes” compiles the first, very early ’80s recordings from the THE TAKE, at their origins influenced by the New Wave / synth sounds coming from UK but adding to it hard rocking guitar riffs. Hence the title “Hard Wave Heroes”.

Expect here a sound similar to the first, poppy new weavish side of Loverboy, The Cars, Beau Coup, etc. All these are packed into the first CD.
But some years after The Take disbanded, founding members guitarist Michael E. Coones and keyboard player Arthur Hall got together in 1993 and actually recorded some demo songs, that went back to the band’s roots.
The sound was very similar to the recordings of “Hard Wave Heroes.” They called it “Second Wave,” but these songs were shelved until the band signed with Metallic Blue Records and put together these recordings on the second disc.

Hard Wave Heroes [Disc 1]
01 – She’s Got What It Takes
02 – Don’t Blame It on Love
03 – Breakdown
04 – I Will Survive
05 – Rock ‘n Roll Romance
06 – Looking for a Girl Like You
07 – The Beat
08 – Calling Dr. Love
09 – Someone to Love
10 – Drive Another Nail in My Heart
11 – Bad Reputation
12 – Talk of the Town
13 – Shes so Shy
14 – Turn Away Eyes
15 – That Kind of Girl
16 – London Girl
17 – Boys Will Be Boys
18 – It’s My First Offense of Love
19 – Champagne and Cigarettes
20 – Hold On
21 – Is It True?
22 – I’ve Got a Social Disease
23 – Love Me in Leather
24 – You’re My Specialty
25 – Headed for a Breakdown

Second Wave [Disc 2]
01 – Take Me Back Tokyo
02 – All Those Crazy Nights
03 – Separate Lives
04 – United We Stand
05 – I Will Wait in Heaven
06 – Call of the Wild
07 – We Are the Young
08 – Without You
09 – Oh Caroline
10 – China
11 – Inside a Lonely Heart (Demo)
12 – Straight Through the Heart (Demo)
13 – China (Demo)

Michael E. Coones – vocals, guitar
James Anderson – bass
Chris Boudreaux – vocals, drums
Mike Torres – guitar
David Jeddi – drums
Lex Williams – bass, vocals
Arthur Hall, John Heath, Dave Diggs – keyboards

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