Label: COE Records (Russia, Unofficial Release), COE337
Style: Glam Rock, Rock
Country: Herefordshire, England
Time: 72:57
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 476 Mb
British Lions were a short-lived British rock band, together from
1977 to 1979, with former members of Mott and Medicine Head. They toured
Britain extensively, as support to Status Quo, whose management they
shared, and AC/DC, but were more successful in America. They released
two studio albums with little commercial success in the UK. Their second
album was rejected by RSO and then by Vertigo, and they disbanded in
1979. The release rights were acquired by Cherry Red, who released it
the following year.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Lions_(band))
British Lions were in large part a continuation of Mott (the post-Ian Hunter version of Mott the Hoople), retaining keyboardist Morgan Fisher, lead guitarist Ray Major, bassist Overend Watts, and drummer Dale Griffin; ex-Medicine Head singer/guitarist John Fiddler was added on lead vocals. Just as Mott had been a devolution from Mott the Hoople, so did British Lions continue the dilution into journeyman British hard rock. The British Lions concentrated on the American market, feeling the UK scene to be unsympathetic to veteran rockers during the new wave/punk days, and toured the US supporting groups like Blue Oyster Cult and UFO. Their single "Wild in the Streets" made the lower reaches of the Top Hundred, and they did an album for RSO in 1978. The band collapsed after making a second album, which RSO did not release, although it was issued in the early 1980s. Another album (Live and Rare) of live-in-the-US recordings from the 1978 tour, as well as some previously unreleased demos and rehearsals, appeared in 1999.
(allmusic.com/artist/british-lions-mn0000522068/biography)
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Lions_(band))
British Lions were in large part a continuation of Mott (the post-Ian Hunter version of Mott the Hoople), retaining keyboardist Morgan Fisher, lead guitarist Ray Major, bassist Overend Watts, and drummer Dale Griffin; ex-Medicine Head singer/guitarist John Fiddler was added on lead vocals. Just as Mott had been a devolution from Mott the Hoople, so did British Lions continue the dilution into journeyman British hard rock. The British Lions concentrated on the American market, feeling the UK scene to be unsympathetic to veteran rockers during the new wave/punk days, and toured the US supporting groups like Blue Oyster Cult and UFO. Their single "Wild in the Streets" made the lower reaches of the Top Hundred, and they did an album for RSO in 1978. The band collapsed after making a second album, which RSO did not release, although it was issued in the early 1980s. Another album (Live and Rare) of live-in-the-US recordings from the 1978 tour, as well as some previously unreleased demos and rehearsals, appeared in 1999.
(allmusic.com/artist/british-lions-mn0000522068/biography)
01. British Lions US Radio Promo (00:30)
02. Trouble With Women (03:32)
03. Any Port In A Storm (04:22)
04. Lady, Don't Fall Backwards (04:22)
05. High Noon (04:24)
06. Lay Down Your Love (04:49)
07. Waves Of Love (04:20)
08. Electric Chair (04:59)
09. (Won't You Give Him) One More Chance? (03:50)
10. British Lions US Radio Promo (00:29)
11. One More Chance To Run [Demo Version] (03:28)
12. But The Night Is Young [Demo Version] (06:02)
13. The Studio Song [Home Recording] (04:22)
14. Eat The Rich [Demo Version] (03:42)
15. British Lions US Radio Promo [K-SJO San Jose] (00:28)
16. Rising Sun [Live] (04:59)
17. Come On [Live] (02:59)
18. My Life's In Your Hands [Live] (05:43)
19. Wild One [Live] (05:29)
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