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░ ██ ██ Artist: Export ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Contraband █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2010 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2010-10-08 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Hard Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Rock Candy Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Remastered ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ ANOMALIES ARE two a penny in rock music but none █
█ are more puzzling than the facts behind ExportÆs █
█ 1984 debut album æContrabandÆ. Released █
█ exclusively in the US, on the hugely powerful Epic █
█ record label, it came as something as a surprise █
█ to find out that this was in fact the work of an █
█ obscure British four piece rock band from █
█ Liverpool, a group who had barely made an impact █
█ locally let alone internationally. █
█ Scratch beneath the surface and youÆll find some █
█ intriguing detail. They were formed by █
█ guitarist/song writer Steve Morris and featured █
█ vocalist Harry Shaw, previously a member of highly █
█ touted early seventies rockers Hard Stuff, and █
█ were championed by - and signed to - Deep PurpleÆs █
█ boutique label Purple Records. Following the █
█ release of a now highly collectable independently █
█ released album, Export were spotted and championed █
█ by sixties chart topper Dave Dee, who honed and █
█ shaped them in the form of tough yet melodic UK █
█ hard rock success stories such as Foreigner and █
█ Bad Company. Early demos were cut with none other █
█ than future Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin. █
█ Amazingly, the bandÆs strident brand of melodic █
█ hard rock caught the ear of Epic Records in New █
█ York, resulting in the first of two albums for the █
█ label. æContrabandÆ showcases a superb collection █
█ of sophisticated melodic hard rock from the hands █
█ of gifted song writers and first rate players. █
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█ 24-bit remastering from original source tapes, █
█ 4,000 word essay about the making of the album and █
█ a new interview and full band involvement. █
█ Additional photos and memorabilia spread out over █
█ a 12 page full colour booklet. █
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░ 1. RockinÆ For You 3:16 ░
░ 2. Destiny 3:51 ░
░ 3. Spotlight 4:22 ░
░ 4. Roll Little Sister 2:58 ░
░ 5. Take My Hand 5:06 ░
░ 6. You Gotta Rock 3:27 ░
░ 7. Rough Diamond 4:03 ░
░ 8. On The Run 4:38 ░
░ 9. Stay 4:11 ░
░ 35:52 ░
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