Tokyo Blade (album)
Introduction '''''Tokyo Blade''''' is the debut album by English heavy metal band Tokyo Blade. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the 4 tracks from the 1984 ''Midnight Rendezvous'' EP, which actually were recorded in early 1983 while the band was called Genghis Khan plus "Death On Main Street" which was originally the b-side on "Powergame" 7" and recorded at the same sessions as the album.
Track listings ;Side one#"Powergame" ''(Andy Boulton, Al Marsh)'' – 4:12#"Break the Chains" ''(Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins)'' – 5:07#"If Heaven Is Hell" ''(Boulton, Marsh)'' – 6:04#"On Through the Night" ''(Boulton, Marsh)'' – 7:29;Side two#"Killer City" ''(Boulton, Marsh)'' – 5:47#"Liar" ''(Boulton, Marsh)'' – 5:37#"Tonight" ''(Russ Ballard)'' – 4:02#"Sunrise in Tokyo" ''(Boulton, Marsh)'' – 5:47#"Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13===1997 remastered edition===#"Powergame" – 4:12#"Break the Chains" – 5:07#"If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:04#"On Through the Night" – 7:29#"Killer City" – 5:47#"Liar" – 5:37#"Tonight" – 4:02#"Sunrise in Tokyo" – 5:47#"Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13#"If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:00#"Highway Passion" – 4:24#"Midnight Rendezvous" – 3:22#"Mean Streak" – 4:44#"Death on Main Street" – 4:38
Personnel ===Tokyo Blade===* Alan Marsh – lead vocals* Andy Boulton – guitar* John Wiggins – guitar (except tracks 3, 10-13)* Andy Robbins – bass guitar* Steve Pierce – drums===Additional musicians===*Ray Dismore – guitar on tracks 3,10-13.===Production===* Kevin D. Nixon – producer* Ralph Jezzard – engineer* Tony Spath – mixing* Andy Allen – producer, engineer and mixing of tracks 3, 10-13.
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