Glenn Hughes / Geoff Downes- THE WORK TAPES

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Glenn Hughes / Geoff Downes- THE WORK TAPES- CD- 1998- RockHead Records- 4667897400243- 150 grn
THE WORK TAPES is an album of demos recorded by vocalist Glenn Hughes and keyboardist Geoff Downes. The sessions were originally recorded in June 1991, but did not receive an official release until 1998. By 1991, Glenn Hughes’ solo career had yet to take off, he had spent much of the eighties in short lived musical collaborations with the likes of Pat Thrall, Black Sabbath and Gary Moore he had failed to establish himself long-term. Hughes had first met keyboardist Geoff Downes when they were introduced to one another by Downes's then-Asia band-mate Pat Thrall. Downes had joined Hughes to record keyboard parts for an intended solo album, but that record was subsequently shelved and remains unreleased. Downes also joined Hughes to play keyboards on a brief 1991 Trapeze reunion tour. In June 1991, Hughes teamed up Downes again and the two spent a week in Nomis Studios, London. They were there to write material for a new Hughes solo album. The pair wrote songs at a fast pace during their one week in the studio, writing more than a song a day. Due to a number of reasons the project did not go beyond that week and the material was shelved. The demos were leaked and became commonly available as bootlegs. In 1998, Blueprint Records decided to give the rehearsal tapes an official release in the form of THE WORK TAPES. The tracks were not added to and the sound-quality of the release is not comparable to that of a studio album. It is a document of interest to fans of Hughes and Downes, rather than a complete work.
PERSONNEL: Glenn Hughes – Vocals; Geoff Downes – Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drum programming.
If ever a project had "for serious fans only" stamped on it, it would be Glenn Hughes and Geoff Downes' THE WORK TAPES. As the title implies, these are demos rather than masters. The songs are featured in the order that they were recorded and were written during the transitional period of Glenn's life. Recorded in 1991 but never finished, these ten songs were demos produced and programmed by keyboardist Downes. The combination of Hughes' R&B-influenced vocal style and Downes' sterile, poppy rhythms and melodies never really jells, a situation that isn't helped at all by the unfinished, apparently unmixed sound. Stevie Wonder in particular seems to loom large in Hughes' personal pantheon, although the opening track, "Bed Of Roses", has a strong Marvin Gaye vibe in the way Hughes holds certain notes for an agonizingly long time. Hughes' vocals and Downes' sequencers occupy approximately the same places in the final mix throughout the album. For that matter, it's likely that a lot of fans of Hughes' '70s hard rock work would find these dance-pop tunes a commercial sellout. As a result, it's kind of no wonder that the album was never completed.
Issued In A Standard Jewel Case With Black Tray And Includes Foldout Inlay.
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