Saxon - Crusader [1984] -[FLAC]-[WH]-FLAWL3SS

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Saxon - Crusader

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Artist...............: Saxon

Album................: Crusader

Genre................: Heavy Metal

Source...............: CD

Year.................: 1984

Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) / Level 8 & TSSTcorp CDDVD SE-S204N

Codec................:(FLAC)

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Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 103 %)

Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit

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Ripped by............: FLAWL3SS on 8/20/2008

Posted by............: FLAWL3SS on 8/22/2008

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Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE

Covers...............: Front Back



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Tracklisting

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1. (00:01:07) Saxon - The Crusader Prelude

2. (00:06:35) Saxon - Crusader

3. (00:03:51) Saxon - A Little Bit of What You Fancy

4. (00:05:04) Saxon - Sailing to America

5. (00:03:14) Saxon - Set Me Free

6. (00:04:12) Saxon - Just Let Me Rock

7. (00:03:25) Saxon - Bad Boys (Like to Rock 'N' Roll)

8. (00:04:44) Saxon - Do It All for You

9. (00:03:17) Saxon - Rock City

10. (00:03:51) Saxon - Run For Your Lives



Playing Time.........: Don't worry about it....Enjoy Kick a** Rock!

Total Size...........: 265.28 MB



NFO generated on.....: 8/22/2008 4:26:28 PM





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Crusader is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in

1984



Personnel

Biff Byford - Vocals

Graham Oliver - Guitar

Paul Quinn - Guitar

Steve Dawson - Bass

Nigel Glockler - Drums



Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley,

Yorkshire. As leading lights in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal they had

a brief period of UK Top 40 success in the early 1980s, and also tasted

success in Europe and Japan. They still tour heavily and regularly. Their

latest tour is their largest in the UK since the early 1980s. Until this, the

band's fame had been focused largely in Germany for many years.



There is another incarnation of Saxon featuring two former band members

who hold the legal rights to the name - "Oliver/Dawson Saxon".



History

Saxon began with a lineup of Peter "Biff" Byford on vocals, Paul Quinn and

Graham Oliver on guitars, Steve "Ponce" Dawson on bass and drummer Pete

"Frank" Gill. Early in their career the band changed their name from Son of a

Bitch to Saxon, and gained support slots on tour with more established bands

such as Motörhead.



In 1979 the band signed to the Carrere record label and released their

eponymous debut album. In 1980 follow-up album Wheels of Steel spawned

two hit singles: the title track, and the crowd favourite "747 (Strangers in the

Night)". The Strong Arm of the Law album, considered by fans to be one of

their best recordings, was released later that same year, and chart success

continued with singles from their next release, Denim and Leather. The title

track to that album is seen as an anthem of the early 1980s metal movement.

Later legal issues with Carrere negated most if not all of the financial gains

seen during their early success.



A relentless series of headlining tours around the UK capitalised on this

success, but Saxon were never able to break into the lucrative U.S. market.

After 1983's Power and the Glory album, Saxon went in an increasingly

commercial direction, in an effort to counterbalance NWOBHM music's decline.

This had little success despite signing to major record label EMI. Indeed, the

move did little more than alienate their core fanbase. They were seen by

detractors as the epitome of the heavy metal cliché. Recently, they have

returned to their less overtly commercial roots, and still have a larger

following. Saxon recently did a 25th Anniversary of NWOBHM tour of

Germany beginning in early March 2005. To celebrate the anniversary of the

New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), the band played songs they

recorded during the 1980s.



Saxon's latest studio album, entitled The Inner Sanctum, was released in

Europe on March 5, 2007, and North America on April 3, seen by many critics

as their best work in years. In 2007, they started a world tour in support of

The Inner Sanctum. Surprisingly for their age, they will only have 15 nights

off from 60 dates.



Collaboration with Harvey Goldsmith



Saxon in Italy, at the Evolution Festival 2006.In 2007, Saxon was the subject

of an episode of Harvey Goldsmith's Get Your Act Together.



Saxon's popularity had been in decline since about 1983. As part of his

program, Goldsmith wanted to try and restore their popularity and cement

their reputation as a great band once again. He claimed their music was just

like Iron Maiden's and they should have similar levels of success (Iron Maiden

are one of the top selling heavy metal acts of all time). He went on a 6 month

make over of Saxon, including their look, sound and stage set. He drafted in

two new producers to overlook the production of the new single If I Was You

(a song about gun culture), which went straight to number one of the Rock

Charts in over 10 countries (becoming their most successful single for over 12

years).



At the end of the programme, Saxon sold out the Sheffield City Hall (over

2,000 capacity) becoming their biggest UK date in over 15 years. Saxon

performed at the 2008 Download Festival on the third stage. Despite playing

on the smallest of the three stages and only having a 40 minute set Saxon

managed to pull in the biggest crowd for the gibson stage and had to take

breaks inbetween songs as the crowds chanting their name were drowning

out Biffs vocals



[edit] Line-ups

Throughout the band's history line-up changes have been common, but with

Byford and Quinn remaining as constants. Gill left in 1981 after injuring his

hand, to be replaced by his old friend Nigel Glockler, formerly of Toyah

Willcox's band, who was himself replaced twice � briefly between 1987 and

1988 (by Nigel Durham), and, more permanently, following an injury of his

own in 1998. Glockler rejoined the band in 2005 being completely cured from

his injury.



Gill later went on to play for Motörhead. Dawson departed in 1986 � his

replacement, Paul Johnson, lasted two years before leaving. Nibbs Carter

has filled the position ever since.



When Graham Oliver left in 1995 (replaced by Doug Scarratt), the band split

into two different Saxon groups - one dominated by vocalist Byford and his

cohort Quinn and the other consisting of original Saxon members Oliver and

Dawson. A period of legal actions ensued, resulting in both groups having the

right to use Saxon in their name (although former member one must be

indicated as "Oliver/Dawson Saxon"). The line-up of Byford's Saxon has been

fairly stable apart from the departure of a few drummers. Following Glockler's

departure, German Fritz Randow took up the position until 2004. His

replacement was former Stratovarius man Jörg Michael.



The line-up that played on the Lionheart album consisted of Byford on vocals,

guitarists Quinn and Scarrat, Carter on bass and Michael on drums. The

German originally agreed to perform on the album as a session musician, but

following his firing from Stratovarius was hired as a full-time member.

Following the rapid reunion of Stratovarius, Michael departed after only a

year in the job, opening the door for Glockler to return to Saxon. Saxon

recorded The Inner Sanctum after the release of the live album The Eagle

Has Landed - part 3, which features Glockler and Micheal on drums, as well as

former drummer Fritz Randow.



Discography

Saxon (1979)

Wheels of Steel (1980)

Strong Arm of the Law (1980)

Denim and Leather (1981)

Power And The Glory (1983)

Crusader (1984)

Innocence Is No Excuse (1985)

Rock the Nations (1986)

Destiny (1988)

Solid Ball of Rock (1990)

Forever Free (1992)

Dogs Of War (1995)

Unleash the Beast (1997)

Metalhead (1999)

Killing Ground (2001)

Lionheart (2004)

The Inner Sanctum (2007)





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