(2023) Thread - Thread (1995, Remastered)


Review:
Film composer Vince DiCola and former Jethro Tull drummer Doane Perry have a long musical history together and have been close friends for decades. In 1995, DiCola, Perry, and Tower of Power vocalist Ellis Hall formed a progressive-rock trio named Thread and released their one and only self-titled album. Thread, was a band that proudly offered progressive rock at its finest. Ellis Hall’s contributions are particularly notable amongst such brilliance. An absolutely fantastic singer, Hall had previously recorded as part of the fictional R&B group the California Raisins as well as the very real-life Tower Of Power. DiCola is best known for his composing and performing of the soundtrack of the 1986 animated film Transformers: The Movie. He also composed scores for films such as Staying Alive and Rocky IV. Some exciting bonus material has been added for this Escape Music reissue. These additional songs feature incredible and memorable vocal performances from Mark Boals (Yngwie Malmsteen, Foundry, Dokken), Shem von Schroeck (Ambrosia/Toto) and Vince himself. Additional personnel included three amazing guitar players… the afore-mentioned Mark Boals, Rocket Ritchotte (Black Rose, Steppenwolf, Stan Bush, Barrage) and John Defaria (Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine, Kenny Loggins, David Foster). The resulting album is brilliant, at times verging on a West coast version of Kansas. The album, originally released in 1996 on Laughing Gull Records, is utterly brilliant and one of the greatest unsung prog rock albums of all-time, here it is to be enjoyed with a superb remaster and a bonus disc. — roughtrade


   


Track List:

CD1
01 - Live at the Scene
02 - Hands of Kindness
03 - Another Mean Day
04 - Just Out of Reach
05 - Rage
06 - Secrets of the Game
07 - Rainbow Suite

CD2
01 - Live At The Scene (featuring Shem von Schroeck)
02 - Hands of Kindness (Extended version featuring Mark Boals)
03 - Top of the World (featuring R. Livingstone & S. von Schroeck)
04 - The Last of her Kind (featuring Vince DiCola)
05 - Ever Changing World (featuring Mark Boals)
06 - Rainbow Suite (featuring Mark Boals)
07 - Jessie's Journey - The Suite (featuring Rick Livingstone)


Media Report:
Genre: prog-rock
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)


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