vengeance inc. :: discography : rarities
Tribute

A Tribute to Phil Lynott

Don't Believe A Word (Lynott) 2:09 2.0mg
Suicide (Lynott) 4:44 4.5mg
3RRR Radio Melbourne Promo 1 0:12 0.2mg
3RRR Radio Melbourne Promo 2 0:09 0.1mg
all songs © Phil Lynott
produced and mixed by Guy with Mike
© 1988 King Klassic Records
recorded at Fabulous e.g. studios, Brandon, FL

Don't Believe A Word
Guy bass, lead and backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitars
Chuck drums

Suicide
Guy bass, lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitars
Mike wah-wah lead solos
Chuck drums

Notes:

Recorded for a small label, King Klassic Records that had retained the limited rights to Phil Lynott's songs by negotiating directly with his mother for a one-off album with various indy metal bands covering Phil Lynott tunes. The deal was, the label had no money, so each band was expected to record the songs on their own hook, then send them to the label owner, who would compile them, pick a running order and attempt to normalize the tracks so that they would sound the same tonally and dynamically. Having the advantage of our own studio, we quickly supplied two well-recorded numbers. Nick, the owner, liked them so much he used them to start off each side of the album, Don't on side one and Suicide on side two.

Since Vengeance was between lead guitarists at the time, Guy did almost all the instrumentation and singing himself with Chuck on drums, and wah-wah specialist Mike supplied two solos for Suicide.

Included are 2 radio promo spots Guy did for 3RRR Radio Melbourne for heavy metal show host Allan Thomas, who had hoped to bring the band to Australia to tour, but funds never materialized. The promos remain.

Mike Guy Chuck

Kim Fowley Spec demo

You Better Believe It (Kirby) 5:14 4.9mg
produced and mixed by Guy
© 1988 Kip Kirby
recorded at Fabulous e.g. studios, Brandon, FL

Guy bass, lead & backings vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, keys, DX7 effects
Mike lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Chuck drums

Notes:

Recorded on spec after a deal set up by ace producer Kim Fowley (The Runaways), who took a short-lived (end ultimately fruitless0 interest in the band. Vengeance recorded this as a demo Fowley to shop around, but nothing came of the deal. The band learned the song from a demo cassette and arranged their own version and recorded it in one afternoon and sent it out the next day. The master tapes are unavailable, so this very poor mp3 was taken from a cassette demo.

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