The Alarm Strength-180g Limited Edition Red vinyl REAL hand SIGNED
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THE ALARM - STRENGTH REAL hand SIGNED 3oth Anniversary Edition 180g Limited Edition Red vinyl Rare collectable - Autograph by Mike -
Strength [30th Anniversary] has been rearranged and recorded from the ground up by lead singer and songwriter Mike Peters. "I always felt that song for song, word for word, 'Strength' was The Alarm's best album of the 1980's and had layers of hidden qualities that were never truly revealed or properly explored back in those heady 1980's days", says Peters. Re-imagined and informed by experience gained, the songs on Strength [30th Anniversary] have been able to shed skin and live again for new times. "There are a lot of stories on Strength, many of them autobiographical or written from personal experience" continues Peters, "I still see the people I wrote about in the songs and live on the same streets affected by the political landscape documented in the original telling and I felt that they deserved an updating so that they could tell of challenges met and of relationships strengthened by time." To conceive the album for 2015, Mike Peters was aided by the original production notes and lyric book he had first started writing in as far back as 1984 when the band went to New York to work with uber-producer Jimmy Iovine (Credits include John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2, Patti Smith etc.). "It was very challenging to work with Iovine - whom I had met while playing with U2 at Red Rocks during the 'Under A Blood Red Sky Concert in 1983", recalls Peters. "Although, I was disappointed when we never got to make the album with him because of record company politics. With the benefit of hindsight and through the experience of my own musical journey, I could begin to see some of the direction Jimmy was trying to push us into and so have taken the new 'Strength' into territories where it might have gone if we had been given the opportunity in 1985 to work with a world class producer like Jimmy Iovine at the helm." Strength [30th Anniversary] was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World studios and has been re-examined by Mike Peters from the chords up. "If we had worked with Jimmy Iovine, the album was going to be called 'Absolute Reality' and so I have recorded that as if it was the album's title track and pushed it more towards the style of 'Knife Edge' which was an idea that we discussed with Iovine back in 1984". Other iconic 'Strength' era songs such as Deeside , 'Spirit Of '76' and Walk Forever By My Side have updated lyrics. "Deeside was always a song that went down a storm live and Jimmy Iovine said in rehearsals that more could be made of the story telling arrangement. I think the new version strengthens the real life narrative that runs through the lyric". Strength [30th Anniversary] presents new and old Alarm fans alike an opportunity to embrace a part of the band s history that was special to so many who still support Mike Peters and the group to this very day and who continue to make new discoveries about the timeless qualities of the music. "Strength is an album that has lived outside of itself musically. The themes of Love Hope and Strength have gone from being words on a page or lines in a song, to literally giving life to thousands through the charity that it gave birth to. As a musician you can only dare to dream so far but 'Strength' has gone way beyond that now and hopefully these new recordings will help to inform and continue the legacy of 'Strength' for future generations". If a man can't change the world these days, I still believe a man can change his own destiny". The Alarm - Strength [30th Anniversary] Track listing: Spirit Of '76; Deeside; Knife Edge; The Day The Ravens Left The Tower; Walk Forever By Your Side; Strength; Dawn Chorus; Father To Son; Only The Thunder; Last Train; Absolute Reality CONDITION ; MINT NEW ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK THANKS
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