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KEITH MURRELL (ex-Airrace / Phenomena / Mama’s Boys / Lionheart) – Forever Eyes [Unreleased]

As requested, here’s the bootleg CD of KEITH MURRELL unreleased album from the ’80s: “Forever Eyes“. These are songs the ex- vocalist for Airrace, Phenomena, Mama’s Boys, Lionheart and many others recorded in between bands during the decade.
As happened with other singers (i.e Mark Free) Murrel worked during the ’80s as ‘recording artist’ putting his voice on songs from several songwriters – something common at the time, recording demos to present the songs to record companies.
What we have here are wonderful AOR songs composed buy the likes of Bob Halligan Jr, Tom Keane, Bob Marlette, Toto’s David Paich and more. Sound quality is pretty good for demos, and all songs are fan-damn-tastic.
There’s other bootlegged copies of these songs floating the internet – some with different song-titles but the songs are the same – however this CDr sound quality is better.
Great ’80s AOR stuff

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AIRRACE – Back To The Start [retail CD]

After listening to the new album form British AOR / melodic rockers AIRRACE, one of you asked for their comeback disc after many years titled “Back To The Start“, which follows their now classic debut ‘Shaft Of Light” (1984). This probably makes one of the longest hiatus between albums ever.
‘Shaft Of Light’, produced by Beau Hill (Ratt, Winger, Fiona) received rave reviews back in a day, showing a combination of breezy melodies and snappy choruses which moved journalist Derek Oliver to pronounce in the pages of Kerrang! magazine that anyone who didn’t like Airrace “ought to be shot”.
Although the band got to play support slots with Queen, AC/DC and Meat Loaf, Airrace crash-landed in the summer of 1985.
It took a 25th anniversary re-issue of the album to reunite the band in 2009.
To celebrate the record’s expanded re-release, Mansworth, Murrell, Sadler and Bonham recruited two new members – second guitarist Dean Howard (formerly of T’Pau) and bassist Dave Boyce (ex-Samson, among others).
Airrace hit the road, playing gigs with Thunder, Tesla, Winger and more, in addition to headlining their own shows. When Jason Bonham departed…

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AIRRACE – Untold Stories [Japanese Edition +1] (2018)

One of the UK’s pioneering AOR acts, AIRRACE were originally formed in 1982 and have now re-signed to the Frontiers Music label for their brand new album “Untold Stories“. The CD will be released next month, but in Japan tomorrow July 25th with a bonus track.
Known in Melodic Hard Rock / AOR circles for being the band that saw the musical debut of drummer Jason Bonham, Airrace was the brainchild of former More guitarist Laurie Mansworth.
Following the acclaimed 1984 release of their debut album, ’Shaft Of Light’, the band supported rock titans such as Queen, AC/DC and Meat Loaf, but they had crash-landed by the summer of 1985.
It took a 25th anniversary reissue of the record to reunite the group (with a slightly amended line-up), and they eventually issued a second album, ‘Back To The Start’, via Frontiers in 2011.
This new CD is a very complete compendium of the last 4 decades in British rock music, focused in the ’80s of course.
There’s some kind on ‘unique’ feeling from the Eighties that only Airrace can achieve, and this is a plus in this terrific CD.
One of the albums of the year for me folks.

AIRRACE / CRYSTAL BALL / DON AIREY / LAZY BONEZ / LEE AARON / SUNSTORM / TNT / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases April-May 2018 – Vol.3

01 – Airrace – Summer Rain02 – TNT – Tears in My Eyes03 – Sunstorm – Only the Good Will Survive04 – Lazy Bonez – Calling the Wild05 – Heartwind – Higher And Higher06 – Don Airey – Lost Boys07 – StoneLake – Thunder And Rain08 – Valentine – Soldiers of Light (album version)09 – City Of Thieves – Buzzed...

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases October-November 2017 – Vol.1

AIRRACE / BABYLON A.D. / DEVOID / JEFF SCOTT SOTO / L.A. GUNS / MORITZ / SWEET & LYNCH / THE RADIO SUN / TYKETTO / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases October-November 2017 – Vol.1

A new month is soon arriving, so let’s check some upcoming releases advanced singles. One of the most welcomed news is the comeback of one of the UK’s pioneering AOR bands, AIRRACE, with a new album via Frontiers Music to be released in 2018. An opening salvo from the record arrives with the single ‘Eyes Like Ice’, a wonderful slice...

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AIRRACE – Back To The Start (2011)

British AOR / melodic rockers AIRRACE are back with their second album called “Back To The Start” which follows their now classic debut ‘Shaft Of Light’, released 27 years ago in 1984. This probably makes one of the longest hiatus between albums ever. ‘Shaft Of Light’, produced by Beau Hill (Ratt, Winger, Fiona) received rave reviews back in a day,...