Fastway/All Fired Up [Original recording remastered, Import]

Fastway | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 3, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B00003GPKD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,899 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Easy Livin

2. Feel Me Touch Me (Do Anything You Want)

3. All I Need Is Your Love

4. Another Day

5. Heft

6. We Become One

7. Give It All You Got

8. Say What You Will

9. You Got Me Runnin'

10. Give It Some Action

11. All Fired Up

12. Misunderstood

13. Steal The Show

14. Station

15. Non Stop Love

16. Hurtin' Me

17. Tell Me

18. Hung Up On Love

19. The Stranger

20. Telephone

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of first two albums from hard rock outfit featuringex-Motorhead guitarist 'Fast' Eddie Clarke and ex-HumblePie drummer Jerry Shirley on one CD. Remastered from original master tapes, additional sleeve-notes & faithfully restored artwork.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The first two and the best two from Fastway, June 10, 2000

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John DeWald "Jet pilot" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fastway/All Fired Up (Audio CD)

This is a remastered packaging of Fastway's first two albums. Fastway was formed by "Fast" Eddie Clark after he left Motorhead. The debut album was released around '83 or so, as I recall (during my high school days), with "All Fired Up" coming within a few years of that one.

To sum up these two records, it's a basic guitar-bass-drum line-up with a pretty high-powered vocalist. The songs show a strong blues-rock background though kicked up with a more hard rock sound and edge. The big single from the debut disc was "Say What You Will", which featured a nifty pull-off guitar lick over a steady, driving bass and drum groove. Fast Eddie wasn't the most technical guitarist around, but he played great riffs and usually dropped in solos that nicely complimented the tunes.

In some ways, I think "All Fired Up" was Fastway's crowning achievement. The songs build on the direction set by the debut, but the songwriting and production are more focused. And you don't have to worry about sappy keyboards, which would partially mar the next Fastway album, "Waiting for the Roar".

All in all, this package represents a good buy for fans of '80's hard rock (not pop-metal). One other very good album from Fastway is the soundtrack to "Trick or Treat". That album pulls a few tracks from this 2-disc set.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Similar to early Led Zep - but not a definetly no clone., March 24, 2003

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Stephanie Sandlin (Spokane, Wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fastway/All Fired Up (Audio CD)

Fastway.

The first two albums are almost out of place in the early 1980s. They aren't slickly produced or the made for MTV fodder that dominated the decade. Instead, you get a great ballsy rock effort that still stands the test of time.

Fast Eddie Clark after departing Motorhead decided to form a new band. Eddie took some cues from the first two Zep albums. The end result is great bluesy licks, excellent drumming courtesy of Jerry Shirley and hair raising vocals from David King. These lads accomplished what few rock bands could've in the 80s - they swung like a [monkey]. Seldom the power, the soul and the tastiness converge in a band.

The first half of the CD, is great. However on the second part of the disc (the "All Fired Up" selections) is where you feel the depth coming on. "Hurtin Me" is Fastway's version of Zep's "Since I've been loving you," while "Telephone" is fun hard rock. David King feels himself out in these songs. I think King is one of the forgotten rock vocalists. I would've loved to see him dual Messrs Plant himself.

Overall, this is more of a throwback approach which works. Sadly, after "All Fired Up" the band embraced synthesizers and lost their blues based hard rock which ended up just making them another cheesy 80s band. I'd like to seen them evolve the blues thing farther.

If your a fan of early 70s blues rock in the vein of Zep 1 and Zep 2. You'll love this. Shame its been forgotten.

Now lets hear of a Fastway reunion!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fastway - 'Fastway / All Fired Up' (Beat Goes On), June 24, 2007

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fastway/All Fired Up (Audio CD)

An essential 2-on-1 UK import of Fastway's first two lp's remastered onto one CD. Their self-titled, ('83) debut and 'All Fired Up' ('84). As always tunes here that are the most memorable include "Easy Living", their first single "We Become One", "Steal The Show", "Tell Me" and "Stranger". Even better than this I heard that Fast Eddie Clarke had recently reunited Fastway. Believe he's the sole original member. Need to get vocalist Dave King back in there.