TOKYO BLADE – The First Cut’s The Deepest ⧸ The Tokyo Blade Anthology 1983-2013 [HNE / Cherry Red 2-CD remaster], MP3+FLAC

As requested, here’s TOKYO BLADE Hear No Evil / Cherry Red 2-CD remaster “The First Cut’s The Deepest ⧸ The Tokyo Blade Anthology 1983-2013“, including the best from the band plus non-album tracks and alternate versions.

UK’s ’80s heavy metallists Tokyo Blade went through numerous line-up changes during their career, only constant throughout it all was founding member Andy Boulton (guitar) carrying the TB flame intact and unpolluted.
First going by such names as White Diamond, Killer, and then Genghis Khan, the group eventually settled on Tokyo Blade, and premiered in the early ’80s.
Tokyo Blade issued their debut recording in 1983 (which was self-titled in the United Kingdom, and titled Midnight Rendezvous everywhere else), featuring the line-up of Alan Marsh (vocals), Andy Wrighton (bass), John Wiggins (guitar), and Steve Pierce (drums), in addition to Boulton.
This the band’s first Anthology combines for the first time tracks from the bands long career, compiled by Andy Boulton himself. “The First Cut’s The Deepest ⧸ The Tokyo Blade Anthology 1983-2013” is a great introduction to the band, and a collectible now out of print.
Highly Recommended

 

Disc One
1 Midnight Rendezvous (From Genghis Khan Single)
2 Meanstreak (From Genghis Khan Bengle)
3 Highway Passion (From Genghis Khan Single)
4 If Heaven Is Hell (From Genghis Khan Single)
5 Powergame (From Tokyo Blade)
6 Death On Mainstreet (From Powergame 7” B-side) +
7 Liar (From Tokyo Blade)
8 Tonight (From Tokyo Blade)
9 Sunrise In Tokyo (From Tokyo Blade)
10 Lightning Strikes (From Lightning Strikes 12”)
11 Fever (From Lightning Strikes 12”) +
12 Attack, Attack (From Lightning Strikes 12”) +
13 Unleash The Beast (From Night Of The Blade)
14 Night Of The Blade (From Night Of The Blade)
15 Dead Of The Night (From Night Of The Blade)
16 Madame Guillotine (From Madame Guillotine 12”) +
17 Breakout (From Madame Guillotine 12”) +
18 Lovestruck (From Madame Guillotine 12”)

 

Disc Two
1 Dirty Faced Angels (From Blackhearts And Jaded Spades)
2 Make It Through The Night (From Blackhearts And Jaded Spades)
3 Blackhearts And Jaded Spades (From Blackhearts And Jaded Spades)
4 Undercover Honeymoon (From Undercover Honευμοον 12”) ++
5 Playground Of Poison Dreams (From Undercover Honeymoon 12”) ++
6 Stealing The Thief (Prom Undercover Honeymoon 12”) +
7 Bottom End (From Undercover Honeymoon 12”) +
8 Hot For Love (From Ain’t Misbehavin’)
9 Movie Star (From Movie Star 12”)
10 Tokyo City (From Movie Star 12”)
11 Heartbreaker (From Movie Star 12″)
12 1000 Years (Intro) _ The Eye Of The Storm (From No Remorse)
13 Shadows Of Insanity (From No Remorse)
14 Burning Down Paradise (From Burning Down Paradise)
15 Kickback (From Burning Down Paradise)
16 Dead End Kid (From Burning Down Paradise)

+ non-album tracks
++ alternate versions

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