Release Date: 27 July 2018
Label: Hear No Evil / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5013929920606
Genres: Rock Southern Rock
Description
.When Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane crashed in October 1977 a mere four dates into their "Street Survivors" tour, many felt that southern rock had died. However, the South did duly rise again, with the release a little over a year later of the eponymously titled, platinum debut - from Molly Hatchet. .Formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1971 by guitarist Dave Hlubek, and fronted by singer, Danny Joe Brown, Molly Hatchet were easily able to fill arenas across the States by the time their second LP "Flirtin' With Disaster" was released in 1979. By 1980, Danny Joe Brown had been replaced with Jimmy Farrar on vocals, and it was this line-up that appears on the first CD of this set, "Take No Prisoners". Whereas their first three long players had been housed in sleeves painted by famed artist Frank Frazetta, it was fantasy illustrator Boris Vallejo who painted their latest opus. The album now includes radio edits of 'Lady Luck' and 'Power Play', as well as a memorable run through 'Mississippi Queen', with Molly Hatchet joined by Ted Nugent. On stage is where this band pulled no punches, and it's no surprise that their label released exclusive, vinyl only promo LPs to radio stations, with CD1 completed by a show recorded at Lakeland Civic Center Arena in 1980, and simply titled "Live"..By the time that 1983's "No Guts. No Glory" was released, Danny Joe Brown had returned to the mic stand, and again the band were joined by famed producer Tom Werman twiddling the studio knobs. CD2 of this set is now expanded to feature 'Kinda Like Love' (Radio Edit) and 'Fall Of The Peacemakers' (Short Version) as bonus cuts. .By 1984, Molly Hatchet felt that they needed to emulate some of the commercial sheen shown by fellow southern rockers ZZ Top, who'd been catapulted to superstar status with the release of "Eliminator". Enlisting the latter's recording engineer Terry Manning to produce their new record certainly made "The Deed Is Done" a more radio-friendly prospect, as well as the welcome return of an axe wielding, armoured warrior
Tracklisting
Kevin Ayers
Wrath
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tigertailz
The Fall
Molly Hatchet
