MARC JORDAN – A Hole In The Wall +2 [AOR Heaven Classix remaster]

Regarded by many as a true West Coast / AOR classic, “A Hole In The Wall” by MARC JORDAN is indeed one of the Top albums of all time from the genre. German label AOR Heaven made justice to this superb LP and via their ‘AOR Heaven Classix‘ series has remastered this little gem, plus 2 bonus tracks.
The problem with a cult album like “A Hole In The Wall” until now was that it was only released in Japan. This classic needed a proper remaster and be available for everyone at a decent price, as it is a recording that must be listened to by a larger audience.

What most West Coast albums from the ’80s have in common is an impressive list of songwriters and musicians, and for “A Hole In The Wall” (which took 14 months to complete) Jordan and his record company invited co-writers like David Foster and Steve Kipner as well as famous players like drummer Mike Baird, keyboard player Robbie Buchanan, Richard Page to provide heavenly backing vocals, percussionist Lenny Castro, Mike Porcaro from Toto and Neil Stubenhaus to play bass, and many more.
… And many more include no other than Jay Graydon, Mike Landau & Steve Lukather to handle all guitars: having these 3 monsters (on many songs playing together) on you record is like a dream come true.

All that L.A. Session magic resulted in a Top quality album, featuring such beauties as the opener “Slipping Away”, the title track, “Love Like A Wheel” or “Thieves” (which is about Jordan’s mother).
The remaster by Chris Lyne is perfect, and we have two previously unreleased tracks as bonus (that were recorded later and therefore the production is little different).
“A Hole In The Wall +2 / AOR Heaven Classix remaster”, needless to say folks, is a Must Have.

01 – Slipping Away
02 – Margarita
03 – She Used To Be My World
04 – A Hole In The Wall
05 – Where Did We Go Wrong
06 – It’s Only Love
07 – Love Like A Wheel
08 – Thieves
09 – Dance With Me
10 – Hold On
11 – Holding Up The Sky (bonus track)
12 – Soldier Of Fortune (bonus track)

Lead Vocals – Marc Jordan
Electric Guitar – Mike Landau, Steve Lukather, Robben Ford, Jay Graydon
Bass – Mike Porcaro, Neil Stubenhaus
Drums – Mike Baird
Keyboards – Robbie Buchanan
Synths – Michael Boddicker, Robbie Buchanan, David Foster
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Saxophone – David Borliff, Ernie Watts
Backing Vocals – Richard Page, Steve George

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