Triumph is probably the most surprising inclusion for Heavy Metal Day. Their music is considered more hard rock with a prog rock influence than actual heavy metal. But apparently they were a personal favorite of Steve Wozniak, who bankrolled the entire festival.
The band was formed in 1975, and peaked in popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known today for their 1979 hit "Lay It on the Line," which still gets a lot of play on classic rock stations. Their 1981 album "Allied Forces" was their biggest in the U.S., selling a million copies there. Their 1982 album "Never Surrender" also did well. Most of the songs performed were from those two most recent albums.
Here is the band's Wikipedia entry if you want to know more:
This is a rare case of the music from the festival being officially released. The entire set was released as the album "Live at the US Festival" in 2003. However, I found the lead vocals rather low (like all the music from Heavy Metal Day, strangely enough). So I boosted the vocals relative to the instruments with the UVR5 audio editing program.
This album is 51 minutes long.
076 Allied Forces (Triumph)
077 Lay It on the Line (Triumph)
078 Never Surrender (Triumph)
079 talk (Triumph)
080 Magic Power (Triumph)
081 A World of Fantasy (Triumph)
082 Rock and Roll Machine [Edit] (Triumph)
083 When the Lights Go Down (Triumph)
084 talk (Triumph)
085 Fight the Good Fight (Triumph)
https://www.upload.ee/files/17028234/VA-1983USFstvlDay0205Trimph_atse.zip.html
alternate link:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/bZBtvxUg
The cover photo is from this exact concert.
This one has been released on streaming for some time now. Just FYI
ReplyDeleteI mentioned it's an officially released album, so I'm not surprised it's streaming too. But I improved the sound quality by changing the mix (in my opinion anyway).
DeleteCool. Thanks for the uploads. It always appreciated
ReplyDeleteThank you, I love triumph. I'm sorry that I've never gotten to see them live!
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