Wildfire discography

Wildfire was a courageous and hardworking British Heavy Metal Band formed at the height of the NWOBHM by vocalist Paul Mario Day, who actually briefly sang for one of the early incarnations of Iron Maiden, before moving on to front More. After Debuting with the track Soldier on the 1980 BBC Metal Explosion compilation More was signed by Atlantic and recorded their first album, Warhead in Detroit. They supported Def Leppard, Krokus and Saxon on British tours, and opened the 1981 Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donnington, before commencing the recording sessions of their second album Blood And Thunder, produced by Pete Hinton. Halfway though the sessions Paul Mario Day quit the band claiming that the band wasn't big enough for both guitarist Kenny Cox and himself. Mick Stratton would quickly replace Paul Mario Day and even rewrite all the lyrics to the previously recorded tracks.

Wildfire was always more refined than most British bands of that era and they certainly proved it with the release of their second album Summer Lightning, once again recorded at SHIVA in Brussels, but with overdubs done at West Three, and the final mix at Ezee, both London studios. Also this time around veteran producer Guy Bidmead was enlisted to ensure the best possible result. Guy had previously worked with artists as diverse as Motorhead, Exciter, Cozy Powell, keyboard wizard Don Airey and even Yes. Summer Lightning was without doubt one of the best records we ever released on the Mausoleum label, a classic album of the 80s. It contained eleven imposing songs and highlighted the technically sophisticated and mature musicianship Wildfire was by now capable off. The compact disc album version of Summer Lightning reissued as part of the Mausoleum 20th Annversary series furthermore contains Jerusalem, a beautiful and soaring ballad, which was previously only ever available as a limited edition vinyl 45RPM single.

The lack of the truly huge success was one of the reasons for Wildfire splitting up in 1985. Paul Mario Day joined the revamped Sweet. Ex-Michael Schenker Group vocalist Gary Barden enrolled all remaining members of Wildfire into his band Statetrooper as replacements for guitarist Steve Johnson, bassist Paul Johnson, drummer Ed Stratton and keyboardist Steve Glover.



Tracklist:

1. Violator 03:49
2. Victim Of Love 03:51
3. Another Daymare 03:40
4. Lovelight 04:30
5. Search And Destroy 04:26
6. Redline 04:17
7. Wildfire 02:35
8. Godrush 04:44
9. If I Tried 03:45
10. Eyes Of The Future 04:35

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Tracklist:

1. The Key
2. Summer Lightning
3. Gun Runner
4. Give Me Back Your Heart Again
5. Nothing Lasts Forever
6. Natural Selection
7. Fight Fire With Fire
8. Blood Money
9. Passion For The Sun
10. Screaming In The Night
11. Jerusalem (Bonus)

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