Release Date: Jun 7, 2024
Discs: 2
Limited Edition Deluxe Double Vinyl. 140 gms x 2 Splattered Vinyl. Only 250 copies available.
Includes the albums “Hit The Ground – Revised” and “Wheel Of Fortune” packed in a single outer sleeve and two printed inner sleeves.
Grand Slam’s new album Wheel Of Fortune and their 2019 release Hit the Ground – Revised to form a double-slammy release on June 7th via Silver Lining Music.
The four-piece band formed in 1984 by Phil Lynott and guitarist Laurence Archer before being forced to break up in 1986, have finally formed the appropriate return with a double-salvo of top-drawer hard rocking songs which resonate with clear and present verve and energy.
Hit The Ground – Revised signalled the Archer, Mike Dyer (vocals), Benjy Reid (drums) and Rocky Newton (bass) Grand Slam incarnation back in 2019 and is an unequivocal part of the band’s re-energising story, with stylistic salutes and tips to the legendary Lynott melding with the energy and performance of Dyer on vocals in cuts such as the crunchy “Hit The Ground” and the thrusting “Crazy”.
Wheel of Fortune is the fully-realised modern Grand Slam sound, striding confidently back into the conscience of classic-rock fuelled devotees who didn’t know what they were missing. There are no more shoes to fill only boots being worn on the ground, with Dyer’s style and swagger at the forefront of spirited leaders such as “There Goes My Heart”, while Archer’s fiery fretboard forays on the likes of the riffy “Spitfire” are a vital part of the Grand Slam architecture. With the lock-solid rhythm section of Newton and Reid underpinning affairs, Grand Slam not only stand on their own eight feet, they’re also able to directly engage with their talismanic, legendary founding energy with “Come Together (In Harlem)”, a moody, strutter of a song from the Phil Lynott days with (mostly) Phil Lynott’s lyrics.
But make absolutely no mistake: Grand Slam are not a band returning from their past, but a band firing intentions regarding their future, as the epic, multi-layered, steamy swing of “Pirate Song” suggests… Let the music do the talking!
Disc 1 - WHEEL OF FORTUNE
1A. There Goes My Heart
2A. Starcrossed Lovers
3A. Come Together (In Harlem)
4A. Trail Of Tears
5A. Feeling Is Strong (Jo's Song)
1B. Spitfire
2B. I Wanna Know!
3B. Pirate Song
4B. Afterlife
5B. Wheel Of Fortune
Disc 2 – HIT THE GROUND - REVISED
1A. Gone Are The Days
2A. Nineteen
3A. Hit The Ground
4A. Military Man
5A. Crazy
1B. Dedication
2B. Long Road
3B. Sisters Of Mercy
4B. Crime Rate
