Fastway - Fastway 1983 UK LP 1st Edn Classic Hard Rock Easy Livin' Excellent- Condition
A 1983 UK First Pressing.
An ex-Motorhead Fast Eddie Clarke' band. Debut album.
Contains hit-single "Easy Livin'" (own self-penned track, not one by Uriah Heep).
Also contains: Feel Me, Touch Me (Do Anything You Want), Another Day, Heft!, We Become One, Say What You Will.
The LP is in Excellent- Condition. A dull 2haze" spot on S1Tr1 and Tr2, not affecting the playback and is inaudible. The LP plays and sounds great, with a very slight crackling in the quieter spots.
The Sleeve is in Very Good+ Condition. Slight sticker removal damage in top right corner.
Fastway
Profile:
Fastway was formed in 1982 and named after its two founders, recently departed Motorhead guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and former UFO bassist Pete Way, though Way left the group before any recordings were released. Fastway's early sound was bluesy, hard rock with Robert Plant-inspired vocals; far removed from Motorhead. Led by single "Say What You Will", the album did quite well, and the followup (All Fired Up) was successful as well, but after that commercial success faded as Clarke and several varying lineups experimented with a more pop-metal sound on the succeeding releases, and they never again duplicated the success of the first two albums.
By the early 90's the band was effectively done, with a brief reunion in 1998 to record On Target Reworked, featuring re-recorded tracks from the 1988 On Target release. After a period of band inactivity, Clarke put a new version of the band together. After a handful of festival appearances in 2007, in 2011 the band released Eat, Dog, Eat via SPV/Steamhammer and Secret Records.
Former Members:
Dave King (Vocals)
Shane Carroll (Guitars & Keyboards)
Charlie McCracken (Bass)
Paul Reid (Bass)
Neil Murray (Bass)
Nibbs Carter (Bass)
Terry Thomas (Bass)
Paul Airey (Keyboards)
Jerry Shirley (Drums)
Alan Connor (Drums)
Riff Raff (Drums)
Fastway – Fastway
Label: CBS – CBS 25359
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
A1 Easy Livin'2:47
A2 Feel Me, Touch Me (Do Anything You Want) 3:26
A3 All I Need Is Your Love2:30
A4 Another Day4:40
A5 Heft!5:43
B1 We Become One3:58
B2 Give It All You Got3:00
B3 Say What You Will3:19
B4 You Got Me Runnin'3:02
B5 Give It Some Action4:12
Recorded At – Marcus Recording Studios
Mixed At – The Town House
Arranged By – Eddie Kramer, Fastway (2)
Engineer – Alan "Jackson" Douglas*, Eddie Kramer, Tim Hunt
Producer – Eddie Kramer
Written-By – Fastway (2)
Drums – Jerry Shirley
Guitar – Fast Eddie Clarke
Vocals, Harmonica – David King
Inner sleeve with lyrics, pic and credits
℗ 1983 CBS Records
Made in England
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): CBS⋅25359-A4
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): CBS⋅25359-B4
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