MARCHELLO – The Magic Comes Alive [AOR Heaven Classix] Out Of Print
As part of the excellent AOR Heaven Classix series, “The Magic Comes Alive” by MARCHELLO is one of these little gems not only full digitally remastered by the prestigious German label, but officially released for the first time as well.
This release appeared few years ago strictly limited to 1000 copies, and now turned out of print with remaining copies being sold at Amazon for € 770 !
Despite having released a debut album at the tail-end of the ’80s (entitled Destiny) that has since become a bit of a cult favourite amongst more than a few aficionados of melodically tinged hard rock, for MARCHELLO – the band of guitarist & vocalist Gene Marchello – things turned out with their 2nd disc.
Marchello’s debut gained a reasonable amount of interest in the States thanks to encouraging levels of airplay on MTV for their first video and a fair bit of touring. But their label, as happened with many bands of the genre when the musical climate began to change, dropped Marchello’s contract…
