Fair Warning - Rainmaker CD new Italy Import

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Album Notes: Founded out of the ashes of Zeno (bassist Ule W. Ritgen played on the band’s first 2 records) and V2 (the band in which singer Tommy Heart was involved before joining Zeno), Fair Warning debuted with their self titled album in 1991 for WEA. The line-up was completed by guitar players Helge Engelke and Andy Malecek (ex S.A.D.O.) and drummer C.C. Behrens . Given the general negativity towards traditional melodic rock back in the early 90’s, it was a great success for the band to sell a considerable amount of copies of their debut album, especially in Japan, w Fair Warning were voted “Newcomer of the Year” by the readers of the Metal magazine BURRN. Fair Warning also toured Germany with Giant and appeared in several European festivals, before landing on the Eastern Sun land soil. Such was the band’s impact in the Far East that the Japanese immediately launched a concert recording, “ Live In Japan ” , to celebrate the event. After the success of the Rafe McKenna (Giant, Ten, Bad Company) produced debut, the band opted to produce follow up " Rainmaker " themselves. “It wasn't that we weren’t happy with Rafe”, Ule Ritgen explains, “but when we’d finished the debut, the record company asked us to remix some of the tracks because they preferred the sound of the original demos. So we did, which they were very pleased with and ever since then it's just seemed like the logical thing for us to produce ourselves. It just feels right for us really to do it that way”. Was the “ Fair Warning ” album had an upbeat vibe, very close the late 80’s USA Arena Rock sound, its successor was a much more mature sounding record. "Rainmaker sold something like 140 or 150,000 copies in Japan ", recalls Ritgen. “It also gave us our first hit single with ‘ Burning Heart’”. In Europe too, it got some great reviews. Aardshock magazine in Holland , voted it their album of the year". Another successful tour in Japan followed and one of the nights was recorded with a troupe who filmed the entire show held in Club Citta in Kawasaki , on April 18th 1993. The result can be finally now enjoyed in a DVD which lands on the European markets for the first time ever on Frontiers Records. Fair Warning have later on released two more studio albums: “ Go” and “ Four” before disbanding in the year 2000. Many of the band members have pursued different project with Tommy Heart heading the hard rock combo Soul Doctor and Helge Engelke (with CC Behrens ) resurfacing later in Dreamtide, who released 2 albums with Frontiers Records. A band reunion featuring Engelke , Behrens , Heart and Ritgen took finally place at the end of 2005 and the resulting album – tentatively entitled – “ Brother’s Keeper” . Track List: 1. The Heart Of Summer 3:45 2. Don’t Give Up 4:13 3. Burning Heart 3:53 4. Rain Song 3:50 5. Get A Little Closer 4:16 6. Desert Song 6:50 7. What Did You Find 5:02 8. Pictures Of Love 4:40 9. Lonely Rooms 4:55 10. One Way Up 3:33 11. Angel Of Dawn 3:55 12. Stars And The Moon 4:10 13. Desolation Angels 3:37 14. The Call Of The Wild 3:48 15. Too Late For Love 4:02 The Rainmaker CD by Fair Warning is factory-sealed new . It has never been played and has always been kept in its original packaging and shrink wrap. The CD is not a promo or cutout. T are no marks or punches of any kind. All our CDs and vinyl are new ! If you have any questions or want to see additional photos, just email us. Buyer agrees to pay shipping and handling. Payment must be received within 7 days . We accept and prefer PayPal . The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. read more

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