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SWEET – Live at the Marquee reissue

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Metalville Records continue their reissues of SWEET albums with Live At The Marquee, which was recorded in February of 1986. This release does not include the 4 studio tracks from the original 1989 release, but includes 2 live songs not on the original either. *Check it out.

Live At The Marquee was recorded at London’s Marquee Club in February 1986, shortly before the legendary venue closed its doors for good. The SWEET lineup at the time consisted of original members Andy Scott (lead guitar) and Mick Tucker (drums) as well as Paul Mario Day (ex-Iron Maiden) as lead singer, bassist Mal McNulty (Slade), and Phil Lanzon (Uriah Heep) on keyboards. At this concert, the band presented a heavier sound without losing the energy and appeal of the classic hits and anthems.

Live At The Marquee is a rare gem in SWEET’s catalog and is now being re-released on CD and vinyl. 

MORE INFO:

www.thesweet.com 

www.metalville.de

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SWEET – ‘Sweetlife’ reissued

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Metalville Records is reissuing SWEET’s 2002 album Sweetlife. At the time SWEET consisted of guitarist Andy Scott, along with drummer Bruce Bisland (Widlfire, Statetrooper, Praying Mantis), keyboard player Steve Grant (Top Secret, The Animals), and bassist Jeff Brown (Widfire, Statetrooper, Cats In Space) – also handling lead vocals here.

As a fan of The Sweet’s 70s albums, I have a hard time getting in to much Sweet beyond Brian Connolly, and then more so after Steve Priest left the band (albeit the Live At The Marquee with Phil Lanzon and Paul Mario Day is a solid release). But Sweetlife has some very good tracks, notably “Everything”, “Never Say Forever”, “Everybody Wants To”, “You’re Crazy”, and the acoustic “Leap Of Faith”. The band tries real hard on this album to recapture the magic, especially with excellent backing vocals throughout this. A pretty good album overall. I am curious to see how far back Metalville will go with these Sweet reissues.

The album offers 11 outstanding AOR songs. Long out of print and sought after by many fans, the album is finally back in stores on CD and vinyl. 

LINKS:

www.thesweet.com 

www.metalville.de

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