BERNIE MARSDEN
AND MASCOT LABEL GROUP'S PROVOGUE RECORDS
ANNOUNCE
SEPTEMBER 30 RELEASE DATE FOR SHINE
GuitarWorld.com Premieres Lyric Video For "Linin' Track"
Today
New York, NY --- Bernie Marsden and Mascot Label Group's
Provogue Records have announced a September 30 release date for
SHINE.
Marsden has been a prolific artist since the early 1970s, contributing
performances to approximately one hundred albums. He has enjoyed a successful
long-running solo career, alongside being a key member of ensembles that include
Whitesnake, UFO, Wild Turkey, Babe Ruth, Paice Ashton & Lord, Cozy Powell’s
Hammer, Alaska, M3 and others. An album trailer can be screened here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbLX4jnO2rs.
Additionally, GuitarWorld.com has premiered the lyric video for "Linin' Track"
today which can be screened here: http://www.guitarworld.com/bernie-marsden-premieres-linin-track-lyric-video-exclusive
Looking towards the release of
SHINE, the Buckinghamshire-born guitarist shares, “To me, it’s a classic
rock album with a modern feel. When I asked the bosses at Provogue what type of
album they wanted from me, they simply replied: ‘Make a Bernie Marsden album’.
And that’s what I did.”
The light, airy commercial feel
of ‘Shine’ is largely attributable to producer Rob Cass, who pieced together its
contents in Studio 3 of the legendary Abbey Road facility, though the backing
tracks for three of its selections were cut at Riverside Studios in Somerset.
During the 1980's Cass had actually spent six months as the lead singer of
Marsden’s group Alaska before carving a career as a successful producer with a
wide range of rock, pop and classical artists. It was Cass who sought out
Marsden, emailing him to suggest they catch up over a reunion lunch at the home
of his production company, located at Abbey Road Studios.
Marsden offers, “Rob wanted to
thank me for having sent him an air ticket to come to London from Ireland [to
join Alaska] and helping to get his career underway. Coincidentally, I was
looking for a producer because I’ve been writing, playing and producing for too
long. I really liked the sounds that Rob gets, and that’s how the whole thing
came together. If people think I was recording at Abbey Road because
Whitesnake’s ‘Here I Go Again’ made 18 gazillion quid then they’re quite wrong…
though it did make 17 gazillion quid!”
Marsden believes that the famous
facility has an atmosphere that permeates the sounds created within its walls –
hence the album’s final instrumental song is titled NW8, after the studio’s
postcode. He reflects, “The Beatles recorded Revolver, my favorite album of
theirs in Studio 3, so it has that sense of history. I honestly believe Abbey
Road to be the best studio in the world.”
Although Marsden was wary of
flooding the credits with too many special guests, SHINE does feature
some extremely well-known names, from Joe Bonamassa to Whitesnake singer David
Coverdale, and the Deep Purple duo of Ian Paice (drums) and Don Airey
(keyboards). Jimmy Copley of Jeff Beck fame behind the kit and Mark Feltham of
Nine Below Zero also supplies some breathtaking harmonica playing. Marsden
states, “I can’t help it, I’ve got a lot of mates – and quite a few of them are
guitar players."
The complete track listing of
SHINE is: "Linin' Track," "Wedding Day," "Walk Away," "Kinda Wish She
Would," "Ladyfriend," "Trouble," "Who Do We Think We Are?", "Bad Blood,"
"Shine," "Dragonfly," "You Better Run," "Hoxie Rollin' Time," "NW8." Mascot
Label Group's Provogue Records will issue the album on August 18 in Europe.
