Glory Road [Extra tracks, Import]

Ian Gillan, Gillan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B000NA2U46
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,862 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2007 digitally remastered and expanded two CD set from the Deep Purple vocalist's solo recordings featuring the albums Glory Road and For Gillan Fans Only, the limited edition album given away with early copies of Glory Road plus two bonus tracks. Released in August 1980 on Virgin Records, Glory Road again featured the classic line-up of Ian Gillan, Bernie Tormé, John McCoy, Colin Towns, and Mick Underwood. As a result of the band's constant touring, the album entered the UK album chart at # 3. This was in no small part attributable to the first 15000 pressings featuring a free bonus 10 track album entitled For Gillan Fans Only. The two additional bonus tracks were originally b-sides: 'Handles On Her Hips' and 'I Might As Well Go Home'. 21 tracks. Edsel.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing remastering! Little if any improvement over Virgin releases, September 19, 2007

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herb "nice name huh?" (somewhere hopefully) - See all my reviews

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Hi

I love this album and re-purchased it to see if the rest of the remasters were worth getting for the "sonic upgrade". And ...drum roll...the answer is NO! I own the Virgin releases (with most of the bonus tracks from years ago). I a/b'D the older disc and this new remaster with pro-quality headphones and struggled to see what, besides a couple extra tracks, I bought this for! Not really remastered at all! What a ripp off. The other release is years and years old and with todays technology there should be a huge differenece "if" they went back to the masters. I heard from an inside source (from the industry) that this may not have been the case! Why do they do this!? What a missed opportunity.Save your money folks..what a bummer. I did actually luck into a few remasters that Repertoire did a few years back, and they were a decent improvement but the label seemed to have abandoned that project after remastering "future Shock", Double Trouble" and the Ian Gillan Band Budokan" live disc. Weird but true. What a shame....Great album though, and totally worth having but just not for the "remastering" aspect. Music 5 stars remastering 2..averaged to 3 :(

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the ONE if you're a Gillan fan, February 25, 2011

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Vince Hamer (Bedford Hts.,, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glory Road (Audio CD)

This is the ONE I can't get tired of spinning! Glory Road has the spark and fire the era had in the late 70's into the '80's. Here, Gillan had much to prove that he wasn't just "the singer" in Ritchie's band, but a musician in his own right. Previous solo releases were under the moniker 'The Ian Gillan Band' and did Steely dan/Country/soft rock stuff. The first post Purple hard rock record was titled "Mr. Universe" in '79 that was a taster for what came next. Bernie Torme rips from end to end here on cuts like "No Easy Way", "Running White Face City Boy" and "Nervous". With added bouns tracks from the previously released "For Gillan fans Only", this CD is a great value!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Hard Rock, May 20, 2007

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Micaloneus (the Cosmos) - See all my reviews

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Update (12/08): The original Virgin CD's of GILLAN sound nicer overall, with better highs and clarity than the Edsel remasters. So try tracking down the originals first.

Glory Road is an album by the hard rock band "Gillan," which was released in October of 1980 and peaked at #3 in the U.K. album charts. This is a powerful record with loads of fantastic songs which show the legendary Ian Gillan at his rocking best, full of energy, confidence and using those powerful lungs and throat he's best known for. This album features Gillan's most famous line-up of Bernie Tormé, Colin Towns, John McCoy, Mick Underwood and of course Ian Gillan. This lineup also released two other albums, Mr. Universe and Future Shock. If you love Deep Purple MKII, you can't go wrong with this CD, it's real hard rock at its very best! There's also a great bonus CD, "For Gillan Fans Only" which was a pleasant surprise.