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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-13-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2010 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.johnnorum.se ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : John Norum Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Play Yard Blues Label : Mascot ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ John Norum was born on February 23rd 1964 in ║ │
│║ Vard├╢, northern Norway, and grew up in the ║ │
│║ Swedish capitol of Stockholm and is one of the ║ │
│║ co-founders of the band Europe, yes THAT Europe. ║ │
│║ I canÆt say IÆm a fan of Europe but I did ║ │
│║ actually see them live once as a support act for ║ │
│║ Bon Jovi at the Milton Keynes Bowl back in 1989 ║ │
│║ along with Vixen and Skid Row, who by the way ║ │
│║ were awesome, but John had temporarily left the ║ │
│║ band and was playing with Don Dokken, he had ║ │
│║ been replaced by Kee Marcello. Anyway there is ║ │
│║ no mistaking even from EuropeÆs biggest hit ôThe ║ │
│║ Final Countdownö that John has long been a ║ │
│║ formidable guitarist so I was interested to hear ║ │
│║ what his solo record would be like. ║ │
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│║ I didnÆt really know what to expect with this ║ │
│║ album as IÆve never heard any of John NorumÆs ║ │
│║ previous 6 solo albums but as soon as I saw the ║ │
│║ cover I was intrigued and did a quick Wikipedia ║ │
│║ lookup and realised that the boy on the cover is ║ │
│║ JohnÆs only child Jake who was born in 2004, I ║ │
│║ also found out that 4 years later JohnÆs wife ║ │
│║ died. This album is dedicated to the memory of ║ │
│║ his wife Michelle Meldrum Norum (founder and ║ │
│║ lead guitarist of Swedish metal band Meldrum). ║ │
│║ Due to this sad turn of events and the album ║ │
│║ title ôPlay Yard Bluesö I expected this album to ║ │
│║ be a deep and tormented journey dealing with ║ │
│║ JohnÆs painful 2 years that followed. In fact ║ │
│║ this album is nothing like what I had expected, ║ │
│║ there is a lot of positivity in the lyrics on ║ │
│║ this bluesy rock record such as ôWhen Darkness ║ │
│║ Fallsö which is a pretty straight up rock track ║ │
│║ with some funky overdriven Wah playing and like ║ │
│║ ôLet It Shineö seems to talk about his personal ║ │
│║ healing. Incidentally the intro to ôLet It ║ │
│║ Shineô, the album opener, has a very similar ║ │
│║ tone and funky feel to the intro of Guthrie ║ │
│║ GovanÆs Sevens, although that is the only ║ │
│║ similarity it takes on more of a Hendrix style ║ │
│║ when John starts singing, it also has a great ║ │
│║ Wah drenched solo. There are moments when this ║ │
│║ album kind of sounds like a mixture of Cream and ║ │
│║ Santana, like the track ôRed Light Green Highö ║ │
│║ and ôOver And Doneô, JohnÆs vocals sometimes ║ │
│║ sound like Jack Bruce and the guitars have that ║ │
│║ 60's feel with the Vibe and Wah. There are a ║ │
│║ couple of tracks that depart from the Blues-Rock ║ │
│║ style and just hammer the rhythm home, ôBorn ║ │
│║ Againö is a good example which is the kind of ║ │
│║ track you can imagine in one of those films ║ │
│║ about pimped Nissan SkylineÆs racing each other ║ │
│║ through the streets of Tokyo! ║ │
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│║ There is really only one actual Blues track ║ │
│║ which is the album title ôPlay Yard Bluesö which ║ │
│║ has some great playing and lovely blues guitar ║ │
│║ tones and is the only instrumental track on the ║ │
│║ album. My Catalinbread Pareidolia does a great ║ │
│║ job of creating this type of swirly guitar ║ │
│║ effect. ║ │
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│║ If you are a fan of 70's style rock with big ║ │
│║ beats and blues-inspired funky guitar riffs then ║ │
│║ check this album out, you can hear streaming ║ │
│║ versions of all of the tracks on JohnÆs site û ║ │
│║ http://www.johnnorum.se so you can try before ║ │
│║ you buy! ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Let It Shine [04:56] │
│ 02 - Red Light Green High [04:12] │
│ 03 - It┤s Only Money [02:55] │
│ 04 - Got Me Eyes On You [03:15] │
│ 05 - When Darkness Falls [04:01] │
│ 06 - Over And Done [03:52] │
│ 07 - Ditch Queen [05:41] │
│ 08 - Travel In The Dark [04:11] │
│ 09 - Born Again [04:13] │
│ 10 - Play Yard Blues [04:08] │
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│ Total Length : [41:24 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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