Category: STARCASTLE

As requested, here’s the pristine Rock Candy Records remastered & reloaded reissue of American prog / pompsters STARCASTLE third album “Citadel“.
As with their second album, “Citadel” had Roy Thomas Baker as producer who together with the band and the record label decided to give the music a touch of commercialism, with shorter tracks and more radio appeal.
Certainly opener ‘Shine On Brightly’ could have been an AOR classic FM single and ‘Cant Think Twice’ is as close to the band ever came to a drivin’ rock song, something which was already happening in America with bands of this ilk, like Journey or Angel…

As requested many, now we have the Rock Candy Records remastered & reloaded reissue of American prog / pompsters STARCASTLE first, self-titled debut album “Starcastle“.
Fronted by former REO Speedwagon vocalist Terry Lutrell, STARCASTLE was the American answer to English prog rock, and crafted a spectacular debut album pushing at the boundaries of the genre adding melody and pomp. Think Kansas, Styx, Yes for a close approximation of their complex yet easily accessible and melodic sound.
No wonder that Boston apparently kicked them off a tour for upstaging them. Starcastle’s debut album boasts complex musicianship applied to evocative and melodic songs, all wrapped up in one of the most beautiful and imaginative album sleeves of the era…

As requested, now we have the Rock Candy Records remastered & reloaded reissue of American prog / pompsters STARCASTLE second album “Fountains Of Light“.
After a very well received self-titled debut, the band was sent into the studio (Morin Heights, Quebec) to record their next album with flamboyant and creative British producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, Journey, Foreigner).
For many, “Fountains Of Light” is Starcastle’s finest moment. Baker’s production is meticulous yet forceful, allowing the band to stretch out and take on the competition without sacrificing integrity or a natural melodic songwriting ability.
Packed out with great melodies for and submerged in complex yet accessible arrangements at places recalling Kansas and Boston, the album oozes charm and class. Housed in one of the most impressively designed album sleeves of the ’70s, ”Fountains Of Light” still presses all the right buttons…