Tokyo Blade is the debut album by English heavy metal band Tokyo Blade. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the 4 tracks from the 1984 Midnight Rendezvous EP, which actually were recorded in early 1983 while the band was called Genghis Khan plus "Death on Main Street" which was originally the b-side on "Powergame" 7" and recorded at the same sessions as the album.
Track listings Side one "Powergame" (Andy Boulton, Al Marsh) – 4:12 "Break the Chains" (Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins) – 5:07 "If Heaven Is Hell" (Boulton, Marsh) – 6:04 "On Through the Night" (Boulton, Marsh) – 7:29
Side two "Killer City" (Boulton, Marsh) – 5:47 "Liar" (Boulton, Marsh) – 5:37 "Tonight" (Russ Ballard) – 4:02 "Sunrise in Tokyo" (Boulton, Marsh) – 5:47 "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13
1997 remastered edition "Powergame" – 4:12 "Break the Chains" – 5:07 "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:04 "On Through the Night" – 7:29 "Killer City" – 5:47 "Liar" – 5:37 "Tonight" – 4:02 "Sunrise in Tokyo" – 5:47 "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13 "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:00 "Highway Passion" – 4:24 "Midnight Rendezvous" – 3:22 "Mean Streak" – 4:44 "Death on Main Street" – 4:38
Personnel Tokyo Blade Alan Marsh – lead vocals Andy Boulton – guitar John Wiggins – guitar (except tracks 3, 10–13) Andy Robbins – bass guitar Steve Pierce – drums
Additional musicians Ray Dismore – guitar on tracks 3,10-13.
Production Kevin D. Nixon – producer Ralph Jezzard – engineer Tony Spath – mixing Andy Allen – producer, engineer and mixing of tracks 3, 10–13.
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