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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Fair Warning - Early Warnings '92-'95 (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Oct-16-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1997 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........16 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.fair-warning.de ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Fair Warning Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Early Warnings '92-'95 (Jap. Ed.)el : WEA ║ │
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│║ ║ │
│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ ║ │
│║ Founded out of the ashes of ZENO (bassist Ule W. ║ │
│║ Ritgen played on the band's first 2 records) and ║ │
│║ V2 (the band in which singer Tommy Heart was ║ │
│║ involved before joining ZENO), FAIR WARNING ║ │
│║ debuted with their self titled album in 1991 for ║ │
│║ WEA. The line-up was completed by guitar players ║ │
│║ Helge Engelke and Andy Malecek (ex S.A.D.O.) and ║ │
│║ drummer C. C. Behrens. ║ │
│║ Given the general negativity towards traditional ║ │
│║ melodic rock back in the early 90's, it was a ║ │
│║ great success for the band to sell a ║ │
│║ considerable amount of copies of their debut ║ │
│║ album, especially in Japan, where FAIR WARNING ║ │
│║ were voted "Newcomer of the Year" by the readers ║ │
│║ of the Metal magazine BURRN. ║ │
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│║ At that time FAIR WARNING toured Germany with ║ │
│║ GIANT and appeared on several European ║ │
│║ festivals, before landing on the Eastern Sun ║ │
│║ land soil. Such was the band's impact in the Far ║ │
│║ East that the Japanese immediately launched a ║ │
│║ concert recording, "Live In Japan", to celebrate ║ │
│║ the event. ║ │
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│║ After the success of the Rafe McKenna (GIANT, ║ │
│║ TEN, BAD COMPANY) produced debut, the band opted ║ │
│║ to produce follow up "Rainmaker" themselves. "It ║ │
│║ wasn't that we weren't happy with Rafe", Ule ║ │
│║ Ritgen explains, "but when we'd finished the ║ │
│║ debut, the record company asked us to remix some ║ │
│║ of the tracks because they preferred the sound ║ │
│║ of the original demos. So we did, which they ║ │
│║ were very pleased with and ever since then it ║ │
│║ just seemed like the logical thing for us to ║ │
│║ produce ourselves. It just feels right for us ║ │
│║ really to do it that way". ║ │
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│║ Whereas the ôFair Warningö album had an upbeat ║ │
│║ vibe, very close the late 80's USA Arena Rock ║ │
│║ sound, its successor was a much more mature ║ │
│║ sounding record. "Rainmaker sold something like ║ │
│║ 140.000 or 150.000 copies in Japan", recalls ║ │
│║ Ritgen. "It also gave us our first hit single ║ │
│║ with 'Burning Heart'. In Europe too, it got some ║ │
│║ great reviews. Aardshock magazine in Holland, ║ │
│║ voted it their "Album of the year". ║ │
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│║ Another successful tour in Japan followed and ║ │
│║ one of the nights was recorded with a troupe who ║ │
│║ filmed the entire show held in Club Citta in ║ │
│║ Kawasaki, on April 18th 1993. The result can be ║ │
│║ finally now enjoyed in a DVD which lands on the ║ │
│║ European markets for the first time ever on ║ │
│║ Frontiers Records. ║ │
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│║ FAIR WARNING have later on released two more ║ │
│║ studio albums: "Go" and "Four" before disbanding ║ │
│║ in the year 2000. Many of the band members have ║ │
│║ pursued different project with Tommy Heart ║ │
│║ heading the hard rock combo SOUL DOCTOR and ║ │
│║ Helge Engelke (with C C Behrens) resurfacing ║ │
│║ later in DREAMTIDE, who released 2 albums with ║ │
│║ Frontiers Records. ║ │
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│║ 2005 - The Reunion ║ │
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│║ More than five years after their last album ║ │
│║ "Four", the German Melodic Hard Rock sensations ║ │
│║ Fair Warning are back! Their brand new album û ║ │
│║ their fifth - entitled ôBrother's Keeperö, ║ │
│║ includes 13 powerful rock songs again displaying ║ │
│║ Fair Warning's highly acclaimed ability to use ║ │
│║ all kinds of stylistic musical elements and yet ║ │
│║ having their own unique identity. ║ │
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│║ The band reunited after a five years break and ║ │
│║ is now formed by singer Tommy Heart, guitarist ║ │
│║ Helge Engelke, bassist Ule W. Ritgen and CC ║ │
│║ Behrens on drums. ║ │
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│║ Similarly to what happened with some of their ║ │
│║ previous albums ("Rainmaker", "Go" and "Four"), ║ │
│║ the band withdrew in an old mansion, where they ║ │
│║ recorded a big part of the new album from August ║ │
│║ 2005 until March 2006. ║ │
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│║ According to Ule W. Ritgen the new record is ║ │
│║ ôthe most powerful we have done so farö and even ║ │
│║ if ôwe have tried to be heavier this time, we ║ │
│║ managed to keep our melodic approach intact. We ║ │
│║ kept and refined the typical Fair Warning style, ║ │
│║ yet the approach and performance of each member ║ │
│║ is so much more unrestricted and intense ö. ║ │
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│║ The first reactions to the new material are ║ │
│║ stunning . The first single "Don't Keep Me ║ │
│║ Waiting", scored a sensational 92/100 points in ║ │
│║ the Japanese leading rock magazine "Burrn!". ║ │
│║ That does not happen that often for single ║ │
│║ releases ! ║ │
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│║ However it looks that not only in Far East (the ║ │
│║ traditional stronghold of the band with several ║ │
│║ gold awards) the return of the four founding ║ │
│║ members - including original drummer CC Behrens ║ │
│║ - is very well received and welcome through out ║ │
│║ the scene. Ironically during the five years ║ │
│║ break, the band has achieved a cult status with ║ │
│║ the rock fans world wide. ║ │
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│║ ôBrother's Keeperö was released on the 25th of ║ │
│║ August 2006 in Europe, anticipated by the ║ │
│║ European re-release of their debut album "Fair ║ │
│║ Warning" and the band's breakthrough album in ║ │
│║ Japan "Rainmaker", together with the first world ║ │
│║ wide release of the DVD "The Call Of The East" - ║ │
│║ a live concert in Tokyo. ║ │
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│║ Fair Warning have already announced their ║ │
│║ participation to some festivals throughout ║ │
│║ Europe in 2007 after joining Festivals like the ║ │
│║ second edition of the United Forces of Rock ║ │
│║ Festival in Ludwigsburg, Germany or the Firefest ║ │
│║ in Nottingham (GB). ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Out On The Run [03:54] │
│ 02 - Burning Heart [03:54] │
│ 03 - Take A Look At The Future [03:56] │
│ 04 - Take Me Up [04:26] │
│ 05 - Childrens Eyes [05:27] │
│ 06 - Don't Give Up [04:12] │
│ 07 - What Did You Find [05:00] │
│ 08 - Long Gone [04:40] │
│ 09 - Stars And The Moon [04:11] │
│ 10 - Desert Song [06:49] │
│ 11 - Hang On [04:04] │
│ 12 - When Love Fails [03:42] │
│ 13 - Pictures Of Love [04:41] │
│ 14 - Rain Song [03:51] │
│ 15 - One Step Closer [04:00] │
│ 16 - The Heart Of Summer [03:46] │
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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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