Saxon 7/31/2015 " another track from the

" another track from the Clash's final days that shows what Cut the Crap could have been without Bernie Rhodes' monumentally wrong-headed production

blues-shouter voice to belt out one gut-bustingly soulful verse after another

Recording information: Plant Recording Studios

Darnielle battles some serious demons here (as on the autumnally orchestrated "In Memory of Satan") in a way more self-observant than self-conscious

The availability of such a large chunk of recordings in excellent sound quality from their prime might seem like a huge blessing for their devoted fans

Saxon 7/31/2015 " another track from theSaxon's humble debut album was the quiet before the storm: a dress rehearsal, if you will, for the unqualified triumphs that lay just over the horizon for both the band and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in general. Saxon were simultaneously inexperienced (when it came to the recording studio) and long in the tooth (older than most NWOBHM peers, they'd been performing in clubs for nearly a decade), and here they came to grips, not only with their