[Heeplist] Best lost album of the 80s

[Bob Winward]

In the late 70s and early 80s Triumph was one of my favorite bands.   It is
a shame they never made a comeback of substance.

Maybe I will try the Winterhawk


On 10/23/13 5:56 PM, "Jay Pearson" <deepheep at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi y'all!
> 
> I know I mentioned this a few years ago, but have been listening again today
> to Winterhawk's Revival album. This is classic mid to late 70s hard rock with
> a strong progressive edge and lots of great guitar solos. The music reminds me
> the most of early Triumph or Prism with hints of early Rush, early Angel
> (without keys), and the first Captain Beyond album. The main singer (on 5 of 7
> tracks, with 1st track being an instrumental) is somewhere between Geddy Lee
> and Rik Emmitt (of Triumph), but never sounding screechy like Geddy sometimes
> did on the early Rush albums. The album came out in 1982, which was way too
> late. If it'd come out in 1976, it'd be a 70s hard rock classic instead of a
> lost cult classic.
> 
> For those of you who love this style of 70s rock with a powerhouse singer &
> guitarist, I highly recommend. Listen to the clips on Amazon, it's less than
> $7 to download the whole album (although the singer on Ace in the Hole sounds
> jarringly bad in comparison, I usually skip this song, but even without it,
> the album's still nearly 40 minutes).
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RX4G5E/ref=s9_simh_gw_p340_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=
> ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=10MGJ90NAV16A2EQ20P4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_
> p=1630083502&pf_rd_i=507846
> 
> 
> They have a live album from 1978 called There and Back Again that's pretty
> good as well.
> 
> 
> Jay
> np - Winterhawk - Revival
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