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Out on Ball

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Thank God Legs Diamond is popular in Germany. Now Out on Bail is available and features 3 Bonus tracks that until this time have never been released on any LD album. The bonus tracks feature original bassist Michael Diamond, whereas the rest of the tracks feature his replacement Mike Christie. 2 of the tracks feature Dusty Watson on drums and are the original bonus tracks from the first German release of Out On Bail [Doomsday Flight & Seems Like a Dream].

I'm assuming from this release that original guitarist George Romeo left the band first and was then followed by Mike Diamond after he had recorded the 3 tracks [Radio, Hey Texas & One Last Kiss]. The original drummer Jeff Poole left before the original German release came out, but is featured on 9 tracks here. Many people have had a problem with this release because of the line up changes, but it is actually one of the best releases by the band following Legs Diamond, A Diamond Is a Hard Rock, Town Bad Girl and Fire Power. The affordability of this new release makes it very appealing indeed. I also own the Music for Nations version with Out on Bail and Land of the Gun together for 80 minutes of great music, but usually not affordable to most.

There is no end to great songs here from the ballads One Way Ticket and Found it Out the Hard Way to the rocker Out On Bail. Favorites include Fugitive, Doomsday Flight & Nobodys Fool. Growing on me are Radio and Hey Texas [It helps being from Texas!]. If you are working on finishing a Legs Diamond collection this is a must, if you want to try them the price makes this a good place to start, although I would suggest Favorites Volume 1, or one of my favorites listed earlier in the review. No rock collection is complete without Legs Diamond, but you may have never heard them, because most radio program directors are clueless as to what good music is or was. Highly recommended!!!

I remember this band back in the day when I was in high school in San Antonio. The radio station 99.5 Kiss played this band a bunch on the radio and Legs Diamond used to perform in Sunken Gardens Theater too. When my cassette tape was wearing out I decided to find the CD, it is remastered and does have some bonus tracks on it as well. This is a hard CD to find, but well worth the effort, it brings back some cool memories when I listen to it!