Frank Marino - The Power of Rock n' Roll on CD

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Fully Remastered Audio / Canadian Guitarmageddon! / Includes 'Ain't Dead Yet , Runnin Wild and Crazy Miss Daisy / 16 page full-colour booklet, new essay about the making of the album, enhanced artwork and previously unseen photos. Frank Marino had been developing a solid reputation throughout the 1970s as the figurehead of his band Mahogany Rush, an impressive power trio rooted in electric blues, that gave Frank a platform to showcase his tremendous guitar prowess, all set within a wide screen musical landscape. In a bold move, for this, his eighth studio album, he was encouraged to drop the Mahogany Rush handle altogether and set sail purely under his own name. It was a brave step but one that made perfect sense considering the momentum that he had already achieved. Released in 1981 and once again self-produced, The Power Of Rock And Roll was a triumph, seeing Frank setting fire to convention with a collection of hard hitting, no nonsense rock that sounded like a defiant call to arms. It also signalled other major changes; splitting with long time management Leber-Krebs and cementing the appointment of his brother Vince Marino, on rhythm guitar, as a full time member of the group. Sharper, infinitely more focussed and taking no prisoners, the eight tracks are veritable firecrackers, making good on his intent to deliver a record that, by all rights, should have catapulted him to sizeable success beyond his cult appeal. Songs such as Ain't Dead Yet , Runnin' Wild , Crazy Miss Daisy and the frenetic, almost speed metal, pace of Go Strange , leave little room for any argument that Frank was losing his focus or resting on his laurels. Track listing: The Power Of Rock And Roll; Play My Music; Stay With Me; Runnin Wild; Crazy Miss Daisy; Go Strange; Young Man; Ain't Dead Yet.