After a couple of years of track searches, back and forths, remastering and schedule juggling, MelodicRock Classics is thrilled to announce the details of the much-anticipated BARLOW/MINTO songwriters demos project.
Spanning over 4-Discs, ‘Our Restless Nature, The Songs Of Barlow/Minto’ covers the dynamic writing relationship Janet Minto and Pam Barlow had over a number of years.
They wrote an astounding number of classic AOR friendly songs together, with occasional guest writers joining the fray, names such as Chas Sandford, Jeff Baxter, Jan Buckingham and more.
Pam Barlow and Janet Minto met sometime in the middle ‘70s, having both gotten the call to do some background vocals for Rick Roth, a local songwriter in Marin County, CA.
The set is broken into 4 parts – Disc 1 and 2 features AOR Anthems (a male and female disc); Disc 3 is some more acoustic driven and pop flavoured numbers and disc 4 is the newly remastered reissue of the Fake I.D. album ‘Dreaming Ezekiel’, which features the songs of Barlow/Minto with vocalist Gene Miller, who is also featured on Disc 1.
As another added bonus, there are 4 never before released alternative-vocal takes, featuring Marcie Free, Rob Tro and Stan Bush.
The set comes as 2x complete double CD releases (jewel cases wrapped in a cardboard slipcover), with extensive liner notes and photos spread across both booklets.
Vocalists featured include Pam Barton & Janet Minto, Curly Smith, Paul Shortino, Mark Free, Stan Bush, Rob Tro, Gene Miller of course and more.
‘Our Restless Nature’ will be released November 28 as a limited edition 500 unit set.
Disc 1:
Anthems (Male Vocal)
01. Back In My Life
02. Dying By The Golden Rule
03. Brave New Love
04. Close Enough For Rock N Roll
05. Dirty Tears
06. Velvet Glove
07. Piece Of The Night
08. Eddie Ray Wolfe-If We Call It Love
09. Every Time I See You
10. Freedom Man
11. If We Call It Love
12. Save A Little Piece
13. Self Defence
14. Word For Word
15. You're Gonna Need Someone
Disc 2:
Anthems (Female Vocals)
01. 2 Wrongs
02. (You Are) The Thunder
03. Earthly Power
04. Bedrock
05. Earthly Powers
06. Easy For You To Say
07. Lean A Little Closer
08. Long Last Look
09. Love Hostage
10. The Thunder
11. Two Wrongs
12. We Knew This Love
13. What Do You Need From The Night
14. Without A Touch
15. You'll Never Get Out
16. Don't Say No
Disc 3:
Acoustic & Pop & Bonus Rough Demos
01. 2 Of A Kind
02. Ashes Of Love
03. Can This Be Love
04. Cold Cruel World
05. Northern Lights (Shana)
06. Party In My Bed
07. Rocket In My Pocket
08. Shadowlands
09. Show Of Faith
10. Start This Thing Up
11. Ballad Of The Rose Tattoo (Rough Demo)
Bonus Tracks:
12. Drive She Said (Rough Demo)
13. Love In Vain (Rough Demo)
14. Wings Of Fire (Rough Demo)
15. Lovepoint (Rough Demo)
16. Restless Nature (Rough Demo)
17. Secret Skin (Rough Demo)
18. Flesh And Blood (Rough Demo, mono)
Disc 4:
Fake ID Remastered
01. Above Beyond The Call Of Love
02. Heartbreak Moon
03. Nothing Next To You
04. Tied To The Mast
05. Half A Heart
06. Even The Strong
07. Tears Don't Put Out The Fire
08. Hearts Break Like Promises
09. Go Easy
10. I'm A Fighter
Bonus Tracks:
11. Tied To The Mast (Mark Free Vocal)
12. Even The Strong (Stan Bush Vocal)
13. Tears Don't Put Out The Fire (Rob Tro Vocal)
14. I'm A Fighter (Mark Free Vocal)
