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│ + Praying Mantis - Live + Singles + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-17-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1993 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........17 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.praying-mantis.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Praying Mantis Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Live + Singles Label : Bootleg ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ After receiving my "Live + Singles" bootleg a ║ │
│║ few weeks ago, I thought people might benefit/be ║ │
│║ mildly annoyed by my review. So here goes: ║ │
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│║ Packaging: this is a boot, so packaging is a bit ║ │
│║ basic. Look for the front cover (an impossible ║ │
│║ band photo) on Jon's website; inside cover shows ║ │
│║ the covers of four singles: "Cheated", "Praying ║ │
│║ Mantis", "Soundhouse Tapes", and the original ║ │
│║ "Turn The Tables". I said it was basic... ║ │
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│║ The tunes: we start with six songs from the ║ │
│║ Reading Festival '82, with Bernie Shaw on ║ │
│║ vocals. This is some of the best stuff Mantis ║ │
│║ have ever done IMO, with songs like "I Know It" ║ │
│║ (later renamed "Time Slipping Away"), "Enough Is ║ │
│║ Enough" (later recorded by Stratus) and "Turn ║ │
│║ The Tables", it is hard to go wrong. At this ║ │
│║ point I think the Troys were at the height of ║ │
│║ their songwriting talent. ║ │
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│║ Bernie's style may not be to everyone's taste, ║ │
│║ but he is very proficient, and the band are ║ │
│║ tighter than a very tight thing. I've had a tape ║ │
│║ of this for 15 years and it never becomes ║ │
│║ boring. Superb stuff. Next up are three songs ║ │
│║ from "Soundhouse Tapes" and two from the ║ │
│║ "Praying Mantis" single. "Captured City" reminds ║ │
│║ me of early Def Leppard... the bad production, ║ │
│║ the young, unaccomplished voices, the tinny ║ │
│║ guitar sound. When "The Ripper" started I ║ │
│║ thought it was "Rocks Off", and other tracks I ║ │
│║ was reminded of were "Answer To The Master" and ║ │
│║ "Overture". I know, weird... ║ │
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│║ The songs off "Soundhouse Tapes" are very ║ │
│║ enjoyable, if a little basic, and "Praying ║ │
│║ Mantis" fits right in there, with the vocal ║ │
│║ harmonies a little more developed. Unfortunately ║ │
│║ "High Roller", the B-side, is very poor, ║ │
│║ redolent of a '50s rock'n'roll song. Yuk... ║ │
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│║ The next three are from the "Cheated" 7". ║ │
│║ Needless to say the boys had learned their trade ║ │
│║ by this time, and if you don't have these ║ │
│║ tracks, get the boot. ║ │
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│║ The final three are from the "Turn The Tables" ║ │
│║ 7". Once again Shaw on vocals, a great version ║ │
│║ of TTT despite the overbearing keyboards. "Tell ║ │
│║ Me The Nightmare's Wrong" is a syrupy ballad, ║ │
│║ with the crackles from the vinyl a bit obvious ║ │
│║ in the intro. A bit *too* sugary, but still a ║ │
│║ reasonable song. We close with an excellent ║ │
│║ instrumental, "A Question Of Time", enjoyable ║ │
│║ once again *despite* the excessive keyboards. ║ │
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│║ In summary, this CD is worth buying if you are ║ │
│║ missing the singles or the Reading Live stuff. ║ │
│║ If you don't have either, its a bargain! Only ║ │
│║ one poor song and intriguing stomp through PM's ║ │
│║ history. ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Bernie Shaw - lead vocals on 1-6, 15 & 16 ║ │
│║ Tino Troy - guitars & vocals ║ │
│║ Chris Troy - bass & vocals ║ │
│║ Jon Bavin - keyboards on 1-6 & 15-17 ║ │
│║ Pete Moore - guitars & vocals on 7-9 ║ │
│║ Bob Angelo - guitars & vocals on 10-11 ║ │
│║ Steve Carroll - guitars & vocals on 12-14 ║ │
│║ Dave Potts - drums on 1-6 & 10-17 ║ │
│║ Chris Hudson - drums on 7-9 ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Nightmare (Live Reading 82) [03:10] │
│ 02 - I Know It (Time Slipping Away) (Live Readi [03:50] │
│ 03 - Tell Me The Nightmare┤s Wrong (Live Readin [03:25] │
│ 04 - Enough Is Enough (Live Reading 82) [04:11] │
│ 05 - Turn The Tables (Live Reading 82) [04:54] │
│ 06 - Flirting With Suicide (Live Reading 82) [05:00] │
│ 07 - Captured City (Soundhouse Tapes 79) [05:54] │
│ 08 - The Ripper (Soundhouse Tapes 79) [04:27] │
│ 09 - Johnny Cool (Soundhouse Tapes 79) [06:09] │
│ 10 - Praying Mantis (Praying Mantis 80) [03:26] │
│ 11 - High Roller (Praying Mantis 80) [03:15] │
│ 12 - Thirty Pieces Of Silver (Cheated Double 81 [03:59] │
│ 13 - Flirting With Suicide (Live) (Cheated Doub [05:09] │
│ 14 - Panic In The Streets (Live) (Cheated Doubl [03:55] │
│ 15 - Turn The Tables (Turn The Tables 82) [04:31] │
│ 16 - Tell Me The Nightmare┤s Wrong (Turn The Ta [03:13] │
│ 17 - A Question Of Time (Turn The Tables 82) [03:19] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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