Reel To Real
While Graham Bonnet and his band are gearing up to deliver a new studio album, the veteran delved in his archives once again – to add more rarities to his methodical reissue campaign – this time concentrating on the period when his family lived in Australia. The singer didn’t stop working, once there, even though he slowed down, and these, for the most part previously unreleased, tracks he laid down in 1987-1992 form the first disc of em>”Reel To Real”: a box set, scheduled to see the light of day on June 29th, which also includes documents of two concerts played in Oz in 1989.
Of the studio cuts, three that kick of the collections aren’t from the Aussie era, though: they were planned for ALCATRAZZ’s fourth album, and “Rider” – albeit recorded later – harks back to that time as well, but there’s a lot of interesting numbers, including the covers of a LOVIN’ SPOONFUL and Ike and Tina Turner’s classics.
Disc One –
Reel To Real:
1. Tonite I Fly (1987)
2. Reel To Real (1987)
3. The Dancer (1987)
4. Whiplash (1989)
5. Long Time Gone (1989)
6. Summer In The City (1989)
7. River Deep – Mountain High (1989)
8. Midnight Crossing (1989)
9. Rider (1989)
10. Double Cross My Heart (1992)
11. Hearts Under Fire (1992)
12. Dead Man Walking (2008)
Live In Melbourne 1989
Disc Two –
The Palace, Melbourne, Australia –
February 24th, 1989:
1. God Blessed Video
2. Island In The Sun
3. S.O.S.
4. Will You Be Home Tonight
5. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
6. Only One Woman
7. Desert Song
8. River Deep – Mountain High
9. Summer In The City
10. Since You Been Gone
11. Drum Solo
12. Lost In Hollywood
13. Dancer
14. All Night Long
15. Warm Ride
Live In Adelaide 1989
Disc Three –
Bridgeway Hotel, Adelaide, Australia –
March 26th, 1989:
1. Intro: Night Of A Shooting Star
2. God Blessed Video
3. Island In The Sun
4. S.O.S.
5. Will You Be Home Tonight
6. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
7. Only One Woman
8. Desert Song
9. River Deep, Mountain High
10. Summer In The City
11. Since You Been Gone
12. Drum Solo
13. Lost In Hollywood
14. All Night Long
15. Warm Ride
