TRACKLIST:
1 Journey 05:00
2 Shape Of Things (The Yardbirds Cover) 3:37
3 Seventh Heaven 5:53
4 Horizons 4:32
5 Hideaway 4:55
6 This Lonely World 5:23
7 Surface To Air 5:32
8 City Of Fear 5:33
9 Phasors On Stun 4:16
10 Baba O' Riley (The Who Cover) 5:56
FM was a progressive rock band from Toronto, Canada which existed from
1976 to 1996, with a brief return in 2006, although they had a period of
inactivity between 1989 and 1994. Their music has been categorized as
space rock, and lyrics are dominated by science fiction themes.
TRACKLIST:
1. Just Like You 4:08
2. We Hold On 4:39
3. All Of The Dreams 4:11
4. Until The Night Is Over 3:52
5. The Only Way To Win 3:43
6. Why Don't You Take It 3:56
7. Distant Early Warning 4:05
8. Friends And Neighbours 4:30
9. Stop! 4:54
In
1983, former group member Nash the Slash proposed a future double bill
tour with FM, as the two artists seemed to share a common audience. FM's
best known previous album was Black Noise which he made with them in
1977. But they had not yet found a replacement for Ben Mink who had
replaced Nash in 1977, and then left the group in 1983. Nash resolved
the problem by rejoining the band, although work on a new album, even in
its demo phase, did not begin until May 1984.[1] Con-Test has the same
band line-up as Black Noise.
FM's former record company, Passport
Records, ceased operations in 1984.[2] Nash had been signed to Quality
Records as a solo artist in 1983, and was about to release his solo
album American Band-ages, which the proposed double bill tour was to
promote. He was able to use his association with Quality to get FM
signed to the label as well.
The double bill concept was retained, with Nash playing a solo set as the opening act for most FM concerts from 1983 to 1989.
Former group member Ben Mink also appears on the album.
FM
is a progressive rock band from Toronto, Canada which existed from 1976
to 1996, with a brief return in 2006, although they had a period of
inactivity between 1989 and 1994. Their music has been categorized as
space rock, and lyrics are dominated by science fiction themes. In
November 2011, Cameron Hawkins has been quoted by the OhioProg 2012
organizers as having reformed the band with two new players.
Black Noise is the debut studio album by Canadian progressive rock group FM.mp3/320
Direct
to Disc is the second album by FM, a progressive rock group from
Toronto, Canada, recorded late 1977 and released May 1978. It was also
issued under the title Head Room. It was the first FM album to feature
Ben Mink, who replaced founding member Nash the Slash on electric violin
and electric mandolin, instruments which Nash also played.mp3/320
Surveillance
is the third album by FM, a progressive rock group from Toronto,
Canada, released on Passport Records in summer 1979.
Surveillance was
the group's first album to be widely issued upon release. Their first
album (Black Noise, 1977) was initially a limited edition, and their
second (Direct to Disc, 1978) was exclusively a limited edition. A
non-limited reissue of Black Noise was the group's first release by
Passport, even though it featured an earlier lineup with Nash the Slash
instead of his replacement, Ben Mink, the change having taken place
before the band signed to the label.
One week before the intended
release date, Passport's Canadian parent company, GRT Records went out
of business, but Capitol Records bought the Canadian division of
Passport from Visa Records (Passport's parent company in the USA),
becoming its new parent company in Canada, and issued the album as the
first of a new catalogue number sequence, PB-2001. It was also issued in
the USA by Arista Records as Arista / Passport AB-4246.
Larry Fast of "Synergy" is credited with assistance; he would be the producer of FM's next album, City of Fear.
The
album cover depicts a group photo displayed on a giant TV screen
attached to an urban office tower, a futuristic concept at the time.mp3/320
City
of Fear is the fourth album by FM, a progressive rock group from
Toronto, Canada, released in 1980 on Passport Records and distributed in
Canada by Capitol Records, catalogue number PB-2028, and in the USA on
Passport distributed by Jem Records, catalogue number PB-6004. It was
produced by Larry Fast who was notable for his "Synergy" series of
electronic music albums.mp3/320
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