British Heavy Metal giants, Saxon release a super-charged melodic romp of The Beatles’ ‘Paperback Writer’ as third single from their upcoming cover album, Inspirations, set for release March 19th (Silver Lining Music).
“๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐,” enthuses Biff Byford. “๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐!”
Recorded at Brockfield Hall near York, UK, with a firm eye on the old school way using Marshall cabs, Marshall amps, real drums and produced by Biff Byford with Jacky Lehmann recording and mixing, Saxon approach the likes of Motรถrhead’s ‘Bomber’ (with added whistle!), Toto’s ‘Hold The Line’, Black Sabbath’s ‘Evil Woman’ and a raucous Deep Purple’s ‘Speed King’ with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, “vintage” sounding renditions.
Continues Byford: “๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ.”
Byford does, indeed, take on some new vocal challenges, which he duly smashes on the likes of Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Rocker’. The net result is that whether cranking up a heavyweight take on Led Zeppelin's ‘Immigrant Song’ or throwing down AC/DC’s ‘Problem Child’, Saxon does a supreme job of entertaining both themselves and their audience throughout Inspirations.
Track Listing:
1. Paint It Black
2. Immigrant Song
3. Paperback Writer
4. Evil Woman
5. Stone Free
6. Bomber
7. Speed King
8. The Rocker
9. Hold The Line
10. Problem Child
11. See My Friends
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