Vinyl me please metal blade12/13/2023 ![]() ![]() High Roller Records is proud to re-issue this long-deleted classic once again on glorious vinyl.Vinyl Me, Please announces Metal Blade vinyl box set “Night Of The Blade” was recorded by Vicki James Wright (vocals), Andy Boulton (guitar), John Wiggins (guitar), Andy Wrighton (bass) and Steve Pierce (drums). Tokyo Blade's debut (1983) and “Night Of The Blade” (1984) are two of the best albums of the entire New Wave Of British Heavy Metal period. We lacked a decent record company and we were broke and I do mean broke!” Every band has its ups and downs, in that respect Tokyo Blade were no exception. It's very difficult if not impossible to please everyone. It gets boring dishing out the same old songs but from a fan's point of view many would like every record to sound the same. As musicians we like to push the boundaries a little. No doubt it was different from the first two albums. “I don't think 'Blackhearts And Jaded Spades' was the disaster that the critics said, I still get a lot of fans writing to me that they loved the album. “Depends who you talk to”, contradicts Andy Boulton. The next album “Blackhearts And Jaded Spades” was not really loved by all of the band's supporters. “We never got a cent from them, that's why we left them”, says Andy Boulton. The tour in France with Mama's Boys was also well received: “Amazing! We were really shocked at the band's popularity and although we had no hotels or food, Mamas Boys really looked after us and when they realized we had no food, bed and money, they fed us and let some of us travel on their tour bus.”Īfter the release of “Night Of The Blade” Tokyo Blade left Powerstation Records. “Yes, it just about was, the Dutch fans were great and true Metalheads”, confirms Andy. Andy Boulton: “That was awesome! To play alongside our heroes like Ozzy and Dio and the fan reception was so stunning … 10,000 fans singing along to our songs? Wow, what a buzz!” Tokyo Blade also played the famous Dynamo club in Eindhoven, back then the Heavy Metal capital of the world. “Although we were not really happy with the production (or lack of it) on the first album.”Īt the live front Tokyo Blade were still very active, playing the “Breaking Sound” festival in France for example. “We were very optimistic”, comments Andy Boulton on the mood in the Tokyo Blade camp at the time. The first album got great reviews in the press and sold quite well. The material on 'Night Of The Blade' was all brand new, no leftovers from from Killer or Genghis Khan.”ġ983 had been a very successful year for Tokyo Blade. I don't want to talk about who was better or whatever, it's for the fans to decide. Alan was just different from Vic and he had his own distinct sound. Guitarist Andy Boulton comments on the differences between Marsh and Wright: “Vic was a different person to Alan, but Alan had been a friend I had known for quite a long time and was a key figure in the band's early success, it was a sad day when we parted ways. This slight alteration of the band's musical direction was partly due to the change of the vocalist (Alan Marsh was substituted by Vicki Wright). On the other hand, Tokyo Blade presented some more melodic numbers such as “Someone To Love” and “Rock Me To The Limit”. The band's second record was originally released in 1984 on the English Powerstation label and contained classic Tokyo Blade songs such as “Lightning Strikes”, “Unleash The Beast” and the title track. “Night Of The Blade” was the follow-up to Tokyo Blade's extremely successful self-titled debut album. But somehow it wasn’t to be – history was not kind to them! In the end Tokyo Blade never became the next superstars of the glorious New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement. The ultimate audiophile edition of this eternal NWOBHM classic!Īround 1983 it looked as if Tokyo Blade were destined to become the next Iron Maiden. Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in September 2020. ![]() Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart) HRR 789LP, ltd 500, 200 x black vinyl + 200 x opaque red + 100 x white/ red splatter vinyl (HRR mailorder), 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, poster, lyric sheet, 2nd pressing: ltd 500, 200 x black + 300 x red/ white bi-color vinyl ![]()
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