Artist: LONE STAR
Album: FIRING ON ALL SIX REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1977/ 2011
Media type: CD

LONE STAR’S debut album certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons when it came to unleashing one of the most impressive hard rock albums during the 70s. Sadly, although praised to high heaven, sales failed to match expectations, a situation not helped by the departure of vocalist Kenny Driscoll. Fortunately, salvation was on hand with the recruitment of fellow Welshman, the previously unknown John Sloman who was arguably an even better stylistic fit than his predecessor.Musically, the band maintained a high calibre of creativity, crafting a record that was equal too, if not better than their debut. Indeed, in many respects Sloman’s appointment galvanised the band to be even more ambitious, attracting fervent comparisons to Led Zeppelin and Queen at their imperial best. Featuring future UFO guitarist Paul Chapman and produced by Roy Thomas Baker engineer Gary Lyons (UFO, Aerosmith, Foreigner), the album boasts a number of superior tracks, including ‘Hypnotic Mover’, ‘Lovely Lubina’, ‘The Ballad Of Crafty Jack’ and the epic ‘The Bells Of Berlin’.

TRACKLIST:

1. THE BELLS OF BERLIN
2. THE BALLAD OF CRAFTY JACK
3. TIME LAYS DOWN
4. HYPNOTIC MOVER
5. LOVELY LUBINA
6. SEASONS IN YOUR EYES
7. RIVERS OVERFLOWING
8. ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU BONUS TRACKS:
9. THE BELLS OF BERLIN
10. ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU
11. LONELY SOLDIER