SOLDIER (Utah) – Soldier Of Fortune ’89 [Metallic Blue Records remaster] (2025) *HQ*

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Some time ago we featured the Metallic Blue Records remastered version of “My Window”, the debut 1987 album from American melodic rockers SOLDIER. There was a few acts with this name at the time, this SOLDIER hails from Utah, and after three years playing gigs in the area, in the summer of 1985 the band decided to move out to Los Angeles to get more exposure and to seek a record deal.
In the spring of 1986, SOLDIER recorded their first batch of songs and first stopped in Las Vegas for six months where they picked up a second guitarist, while traveled back and forth from Nevada and Utah as they finished up the mastering process on their newly recorded tracks. Once completed, SOLDIER put them on their debut release, “My Window.” The cassette sold quite well in Utah and Nevada.
The band headed further west to Los Angeles and the famous Sunset Strip to see if they could build on their success. SOLDIER played all over Hollywood, including Gazzarris, The Troubadour, FM Station, The Roxy, and The Whisky a Go Go. At the end of 1988 / early 1989 SOLDIER entered into the studio for the recording of the 2nd album, mainly sold by themselves in limited copies.
Now Metallic Blue Records is reissuing all these tapes under the title “Soldier Of Fortune“, a collection of melodic catchy radio-friendly numbers very well recorded, mixed & produced.

With this really well finished product, Soldier started to get more label attention, but there began to be some contention between members, some wanted to keep things melodic and radio friendly, while the others to focus a little more on their progressive roots. They had several drummer tryouts, including Scott Travis before he joined HAWK, RACER X and then JUDAS PRIEST.
”Soldier Of Fortune” includes very fine melodic songs in ‘Long Long Way’, ‘Can’t Make It Alone’, ‘Addicted to Life’, and more hard rock oriented such as ‘Politics Of Rock ‘N Roll’ and the fun “Popeye”, mixed with the straight-ahead hair metal soun dfrom the era.
SOLDIER would record another album before eventually disbanding.
Highly Recommended

01 – Long Long Way (Remastered)
02 – Politics of Rock ‘N Roll (Remastered)
03 – The More You Want (Remastered)
04 – Life’s OK (Remastered)
05 – Popeye (Remastered)
06 – Can’t Make It Alone (Remastered)
07 – The Sun Still Shines (Remastered)
08 – Back to Nature (Remastered)
09 – Addicted to Life (Remastered)
10 – Misunderstood (Remastered)
11 – Grow Up (Remastered)
12 – The More You Want [Alternate Version] (Remastered)

Jed Bradshaw – Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass, Synth Bass
Brian Kirby – Guitar, Synth, Backing Vocals
Clayton Austin – Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Piano
Bobby Biggs – Drums (Tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)
Marshall Woodson – Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 & 12)

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