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Unreleased Greg Lake & Geoff Downes Album "Ride The Tiger" Released
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g***@gmail.com
2015-11-30 16:20:05 UTC
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London, UK- Much to the excitement of music aficionados worldwide, an unreleased album by legendary GREG LAKE & GEOFF DOWNES titled "RIDE THE TIGER" has finally seen the light of day! Greg Lake is the co-founder of KING CRIMSON and EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER (ELP), and wrote the hit "LUCKY MAN" and co-wrote "I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS". Geoff Downes is the keyboardist in THE BUGGLES, ASIA and YES, and co-wrote the hits "VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR" and "HEAT OF THE MOMENT".

"Ride the Tiger" contains six songs which the duo wrote together - one went on to became an ASIA song and two became ELP songs. Four of these tracks had been released on compilations before, but this is the FIRST TIME they have been collected together with TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED tracks PLUS one alternate mix.

"To be honest I thought that these recordings had simply disappeared off the radar until one of my management team, Daniel Earnshaw, reminded me of their existence. My initial reaction was not entirely positive as I generally view many of these re-releases to be a bit tiresome, however, upon hearing these recordings again I immediately identified their value, both in terms of song writing and of musicianship and production. Geoff, of course, is a masterful musician with an instinctive ability to maximise the potential of any song both as a player and as an arranger. His contribution to these recordings is clear for all to see and for me it was a real pleasure to reflect upon our friendship together both personally and as musicians." - Greg Lake

"One of the privileges of my career has been the opportunity to embrace a number of bespoke projects with some of the world's greatest musicians. Greg Lake, of course was at the forefront of the progressive revolution, lead vocalist and bassist with both King Crimson and ELP, bands which literally changed the world, pushing boundaries of excellence and creativity, creating a brand new musical genre from London which would soon captivate the planet. This collection of songs represents a particularly creative period in my life. I'm delighted that Greg and I have rekindled our friendship, and worked together again in order to share this collection with you." - Geoff Downes

Track Listing:

1. MONEY TALKS
2. LOVE UNDER FIRE
3. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
4. STREET WARS
5. CHECK IT OUT
6. BLUE LIGHT
7. LOVE UNDER FIRE (ALTERNATE MIX)

To order:
Amazon CD: http://geni.us/1UEo
Amazon Digital: http://geni.us/34nB
Cherry Red: http://shop.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=5241

Greg Lake's official website: www.greglake.com ;

Geoff Downes official website: www.geoffdownes.com ;
inelegy
2015-12-07 16:38:51 UTC
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Yeah . . . this thing is pretty shitty. Summed up, what we have here are poorly recorded, lesser versions of lesser ELP songs where Downes attempts Emersonian histrionics on what sounds like a '90s Casio while a past-his-prime Lake bellows about money and cliché banalities about love or something.
MarkF
2015-12-07 19:47:43 UTC
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Post by inelegy
Yeah . . . this thing is pretty shitty. Summed up, what we have here
are poorly recorded, lesser versions of lesser ELP songs where Downes
attempts Emersonian histrionics on what sounds like a '90s Casio
while a past-his-prime Lake bellows about money and cliché banalities
about love or something.
As yet unreleased:
The still lesser, even more poorly recorded _Ride The Cougar_ sessions,
where Lake ill-advisedly attempts Downesian misadventures on a '00s
Fisher-Price keyboard, while a never-in-his-prime Geoof huffs & puffs
about 'feckin Yuppets' as well as misanthropic banalities about loveless
breakfasts at the Hampton Inn.

Or something.
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Mark "another particularly creative period in their lives" F

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b***@gmail.com
2016-01-17 15:49:36 UTC
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I'll check out the previews on Amazon. Is there more to the story as to why Downes took a break from Asia, with them touring with another keys man (John Young?).
b***@gmail.com
2016-01-17 22:16:39 UTC
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Post by b***@gmail.com
I'll check out the previews on Amazon. Is there more to the story as to why Downes took a break from Asia, with them touring with another keys man (John Young?).
Getting cheaper/wiser as time goes by, I only purchased the track with the highest rating/number of sales. Not bad. The music by Downes impresses me more than the lower tonality Lake post ELP, or, as he aged. I didn't even pay attention to the lyrics.

After the glowing reviews, I bought Billy Sherwood's Citizen, and halfway through the first song it is a winner. I need to look around and see if I can get track by track performance credits.
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