415 – Eric Martin Early Days The Complete Recordings [Unreleased] *Exclusive*

ERIC MARTIN is of course the gifted lead vocalist of melodic hard rockers Mr. BIG, but before he had an extensive career starting in the music industry in 1978 as frontman of the band known as MILE Hi. Then the group morphed to a five-piece, re-named AREA CODE 415, then simply “415” in 1980.
415 included in the line up future TESLA drummer Troy Luccketta, John Nymann (Guitar) who later joined Y&T, and David Jacobsen (Keyboards) later member of UFO. All already talented, capable musicians.
415 played hundreds of shows at nightclubs, beer parties, even high school and college dances, before eventually headlining San Francisco’s premiere night club – the Old Waldorf. Selling out in advance, word quickly spread about our dynamic live shows and soon we were opening for established acts like Billy Squier, Hall & Oates, Rick Springfield, Journey, Foreigner, to name a few.

415 was later signed on to Elektra/Asylum Records, and their management decided to change the name of the outfit to the ERIC MARTIN BAND (EMB), as singer-named bands were popular during that time. EMB debuted their first album in 1983, entitled ‘Sucker for a Pretty Face’.
But the initial recording of the album was rejected by the label. Elektra wanted the band to re-record in Atlanta with their engineers Kevin Elson and Rodney Mills. Some of that ‘early studio takes’ finally surfaced in 2023 as “Sucker For A Pretty Face [Original Sessions]” (featured at 0dayrox past year).
However, still operating under the 415 moniker, Eric and the band recorded a lot of music, and that’s what we are presenting here in exclusive at 0dayrox: “415 – Eric Martin Early Days The Complete Recordings [Unreleased]“. The sound quality is excellent, mostly professionally studio recorded demos, and 90% of these wonderful songs remain unreleased.
Rare, Highly Collectible.

Only at 0dayrox

01 – Boys Night Out
02 – Street Dance
03 – Two For The Road
04 – All In The Wind
05 – Brand New Face
06 – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
07 – I’m Alone
08 – Just Too Late
09 – King Of The Hill
10 – Love Lines
11 – More Than Enough
12 – Paris
13 – Rock This Town
14 – Been Around
15 – Stop In The Name Of Love
16 – Love In Question
17 – Looks Can Be Deceiving
18 – Outside Looking In

Eric Martin – Lead Vocals, Piano
John Nymann – Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards
Mark Ross – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Tom Duke – Bass, Backing Vocals
David Jacobson – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Troy Luccketta – Drums

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