![British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/8c/95/0040958c_medium.jpg)
British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]
![British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/8c/95/0040958c.jpg)
British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 437 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 181 MB | Covers included (JPG) | 01:14:40
Genre: Hard Rock | Country: UK | Label: Air Mail Archive | AIRAC-1231
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 437 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 181 MB | Covers included (JPG) | 01:14:40
Genre: Hard Rock | Country: UK | Label: Air Mail Archive | AIRAC-1231
With a band patched together from the remnants of Mott the Hoople, British Lions is all swagger and little substance; music performed as though it's very important and vital, but with little in the way of memorable tunes or attitude. That's the late-'70s hard rock mainstream for you, and it's easy to imagine these guys slogging it out in arenas as a support act, which in fact they did for Blue Oyster Cult and UFO. Really, it's hard to hear this without sniggering a little. Worse, it sort of recalls the pathetic fictional '70s band featured in the British movie Still Crazy that was posited as a group once very popular and meaningful, but played songs so shallow and derivative that any viewer with a reasonably deep background in music appreciation would fail to be convinced. It's convenient to blame British Lions' lack of major success upon their being stuck between the hard rock-glam and punk-new wave eras, but that's a red herring. No, the real cause was their dull material, absence of striking originality, and irritating bombast, throwing in elements of glam, pub rock, Bob Dylan, hard rock, and prog that don't cohere into anything significant or enjoyable. The compilers of this CD obviously do not agree, viewing this phase of the band's development important enough to merit a reissue with extensive liner notes by drummer Dale Buffin Griffin and no less than eight previously unreleased bonus tracks taken from a 1978 BBC Peel session, a live 1978 show, and demos. Actually, the last three of those demos – recorded in 1979 by British Lions members John Fiddler and Ray Major – are passable, much lower-key things, occasionally rather folky, that don't sound at all like the stuff on the rest of the disc. [Released in 1978, British Lions was reissued with bonus tracks in 2006.]
British Lions were in large part a continuation of Mott (the post-Ian Hunter version of Mott the Hoople), retaining keyboardist Morgan Fisher, lead guitarist Ray Major, bassist Overend Watts, and drummer Dale Griffin; ex-Medicine Head singer/guitarist John Fiddler was added on lead vocals. Just as Mott had been a devolution from Mott the Hoople, so did British Lions continue the dilution into journeyman British hard rock. The British Lions concentrated on the American market, feeling the UK scene to be unsympathetic to veteran rockers during the new wave/punk days, and toured the US supporting groups like Blue Oyster Cult and UFO. Their single "Wild in the Streets" made the lower reaches of the Top Hundred, and they did an album for RSO in 1978. The band collapsed after making a second album, which RSO did not release, although it was issued in the early 1980s. Another album (Live and Rare) of live-in-the-US recordings from the 1978 tour, as well as some previously unreleased demos and rehearsals, appeared in 1999.~ Biography by Richie Unterberger, allmusic
![British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/92/95/00409592_medium.jpg)
British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]
![British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/92/95/00409592.jpg)
Tracklist
01. One More Chance To Run 03:36
02. Wild In The Streets 03:01
03. Break This Fool 04:21
04. International Heroes 04:19
05. Fork Talking Man 05:31
06. My Life's In Your Hands 05:18
07. Big Drift Away 08:30
08. Booster 04:07
09. Eat The Rich 03:46
Bonus Tracks:
10. One More Chance To Run (BBC Live Version) 03:49
11. Break This Fool (BBC Live Version) 05:11
12. Wild In The Streets (BBC Live Version) 03:24
13. Wild One (Live Version) 06:15
14. Eat The Rich: The Second Course (Demo Version) 03:53
15. Can't Get Over You (Demo Version) 03:05
16. Long Distance Love (Demo Version) 03:31
17. You Got Everything (Demo Version) 03:04
Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015
EAC extraction logfile from 29. September 2016, 19:25
British Lions / British Lions
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-224DB Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\win64\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:36.01 | 0 | 16200
2 | 3:36.01 | 3:00.73 | 16201 | 29773
3 | 6:36.74 | 4:20.41 | 29774 | 49314
4 | 10:57.40 | 4:19.10 | 49315 | 68749
5 | 15:16.50 | 5:30.39 | 68750 | 93538
6 | 20:47.14 | 5:18.09 | 93539 | 117397
7 | 26:05.23 | 8:29.70 | 117398 | 155642
8 | 34:35.18 | 4:07.26 | 155643 | 174193
9 | 38:42.44 | 3:46.10 | 174194 | 191153
10 | 42:28.54 | 3:49.11 | 191154 | 208339
11 | 46:17.65 | 5:10.57 | 208340 | 231646
12 | 51:28.47 | 3:23.52 | 231647 | 246923
13 | 54:52.24 | 6:14.69 | 246924 | 275042
14 | 61:07.18 | 3:53.19 | 275043 | 292536
15 | 65:00.37 | 3:05.06 | 292537 | 306417
16 | 68:05.43 | 3:30.64 | 306418 | 322231
17 | 71:36.32 | 3:03.57 | 322232 | 336013
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Sket4er\British Lions – British Lions (1978) 2006\British Lions - British Lions.wav
Peak level 96.6 %
Extraction speed 3.2 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BDB9CF63
Copy CRC BDB9CF63
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DD4C68B1], AccurateRip returned [1AF144E9] (AR v2)
Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DB80A9CE], AccurateRip returned [58DA8829] (AR v2)
Track 3 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DA4A84E2], AccurateRip returned [3BA40436] (AR v2)
Track 4 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [942239BF], AccurateRip returned [A471D163] (AR v2)
Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [26890A6F], AccurateRip returned [68C6F1A8] (AR v2)
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [A6BE6B04], AccurateRip returned [0271F110] (AR v2)
Track 7 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [5F14C24F], AccurateRip returned [C38299FA] (AR v2)
Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [0E3A3E64], AccurateRip returned [15E1BB05] (AR v2)
Track 9 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [6F5FEA08], AccurateRip returned [3C1EC013] (AR v2)
Track 10 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [9E865E7E], AccurateRip returned [5857D0C4] (AR v2)
Track 11 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [27ABB109], AccurateRip returned [352D4B8A] (AR v2)
Track 12 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [A2DFD4F5], AccurateRip returned [2E785C0C] (AR v2)
Track 13 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [CBC20ED7], AccurateRip returned [C9B904BE] (AR v2)
Track 14 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [9948028A], AccurateRip returned [2EECD781] (AR v2)
Track 15 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DF04752D], AccurateRip returned [29E00C7D] (AR v2)
Track 16 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [E4D78F4F], AccurateRip returned [738DBEFB] (AR v2)
Track 17 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [C17ED721], AccurateRip returned [06AF82BE] (AR v2)
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6
[CTDB TOCID: k0HTOGOBCGU2GG3DpKgz2G_VKSw-] disk not present in database
Submit result: k0HTOGOBCGU2GG3DpKgz2G_VKSw- has been uploaded
==== Log checksum 23F531C5B0736F61AE4BEE73C96763CD47A0EBF06319C20CEC98811E4675247F ====
EAC extraction logfile from 29. September 2016, 19:25
British Lions / British Lions
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-224DB Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\win64\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:36.01 | 0 | 16200
2 | 3:36.01 | 3:00.73 | 16201 | 29773
3 | 6:36.74 | 4:20.41 | 29774 | 49314
4 | 10:57.40 | 4:19.10 | 49315 | 68749
5 | 15:16.50 | 5:30.39 | 68750 | 93538
6 | 20:47.14 | 5:18.09 | 93539 | 117397
7 | 26:05.23 | 8:29.70 | 117398 | 155642
8 | 34:35.18 | 4:07.26 | 155643 | 174193
9 | 38:42.44 | 3:46.10 | 174194 | 191153
10 | 42:28.54 | 3:49.11 | 191154 | 208339
11 | 46:17.65 | 5:10.57 | 208340 | 231646
12 | 51:28.47 | 3:23.52 | 231647 | 246923
13 | 54:52.24 | 6:14.69 | 246924 | 275042
14 | 61:07.18 | 3:53.19 | 275043 | 292536
15 | 65:00.37 | 3:05.06 | 292537 | 306417
16 | 68:05.43 | 3:30.64 | 306418 | 322231
17 | 71:36.32 | 3:03.57 | 322232 | 336013
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Sket4er\British Lions – British Lions (1978) 2006\British Lions - British Lions.wav
Peak level 96.6 %
Extraction speed 3.2 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BDB9CF63
Copy CRC BDB9CF63
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DD4C68B1], AccurateRip returned [1AF144E9] (AR v2)
Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DB80A9CE], AccurateRip returned [58DA8829] (AR v2)
Track 3 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DA4A84E2], AccurateRip returned [3BA40436] (AR v2)
Track 4 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [942239BF], AccurateRip returned [A471D163] (AR v2)
Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [26890A6F], AccurateRip returned [68C6F1A8] (AR v2)
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [A6BE6B04], AccurateRip returned [0271F110] (AR v2)
Track 7 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [5F14C24F], AccurateRip returned [C38299FA] (AR v2)
Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [0E3A3E64], AccurateRip returned [15E1BB05] (AR v2)
Track 9 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [6F5FEA08], AccurateRip returned [3C1EC013] (AR v2)
Track 10 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [9E865E7E], AccurateRip returned [5857D0C4] (AR v2)
Track 11 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [27ABB109], AccurateRip returned [352D4B8A] (AR v2)
Track 12 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [A2DFD4F5], AccurateRip returned [2E785C0C] (AR v2)
Track 13 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [CBC20ED7], AccurateRip returned [C9B904BE] (AR v2)
Track 14 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [9948028A], AccurateRip returned [2EECD781] (AR v2)
Track 15 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [DF04752D], AccurateRip returned [29E00C7D] (AR v2)
Track 16 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [E4D78F4F], AccurateRip returned [738DBEFB] (AR v2)
Track 17 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [C17ED721], AccurateRip returned [06AF82BE] (AR v2)
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6
[CTDB TOCID: k0HTOGOBCGU2GG3DpKgz2G_VKSw-] disk not present in database
Submit result: k0HTOGOBCGU2GG3DpKgz2G_VKSw- has been uploaded
==== Log checksum 23F531C5B0736F61AE4BEE73C96763CD47A0EBF06319C20CEC98811E4675247F ====
[CUETools log; Date: 02.11.2016 18:17:10; Version: 2.1.5]
[CTDB TOCID: k0HTOGOBCGU2GG3DpKgz2G_VKSw-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
6 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
7 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
8 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
9 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
10 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
11 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
12 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
13 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
14 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
15 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
16 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
17 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 002f8873-025e114a-19118011] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [caeed7ba|dd4c68b1] (0+0/1) No match
02 [6f4e11be|db80a9ce] (0+0/1) No match
03 [fc14dcfa|da4a84e2] (0+0/1) No match
04 [1b676153|942239bf] (0+0/1) No match
05 [7619d3c5|26890a6f] (0+0/1) No match
06 [e3071f98|a6be6b04] (0+0/1) No match
07 [3bae53f6|5f14c24f] (0+0/1) No match
08 [a809442e|0e3a3e64] (0+0/1) No match
09 [08aee353|6f5fea08] (0+0/1) No match
10 [0588a4c2|9e865e7e] (0+0/1) No match
11 [7c1c2c12|27abb109] (0+0/1) No match
12 [5133c925|a2dfd4f5] (0+0/1) No match
13 [979369a5|cbc20ed7] (0+0/1) No match
14 [328b7383|9948028a] (0+0/1) No match
15 [22ff78b0|df04752d] (0+0/1) No match
16 [1c6d9f47|e4d78f4f] (0+0/1) No match
17 [b4baa7f9|c17ed721] (0+0/1) No match
Offsetted by 48:
01 [1af144e9] (1/1) Accurately ripped
02 [58da8829] (1/1) Accurately ripped
03 [3ba40436] (1/1) Accurately ripped
04 [a471d163] (1/1) Accurately ripped
05 [68c6f1a8] (1/1) Accurately ripped
06 [0271f110] (1/1) Accurately ripped
07 [c38299fa] (1/1) Accurately ripped
08 [15e1bb05] (1/1) Accurately ripped
09 [3c1ec013] (1/1) Accurately ripped
10 [5857d0c4] (1/1) Accurately ripped
11 [352d4b8a] (1/1) Accurately ripped
12 [2e785c0c] (1/1) Accurately ripped
13 [c9b904be] (1/1) Accurately ripped
14 [2eecd781] (1/1) Accurately ripped
15 [29e00c7d] (1/1) Accurately ripped
16 [738dbefb] (1/1) Accurately ripped
17 [06af82be] (1/1) Accurately ripped
Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 96,6 [BDB9CF63] [B61A31A8] CRC32
01 96,6 [009EEED2] [076E8AF7]
02 96,6 [D99F96B6] [68B78C74]
03 96,6 [3BE71879] [8FF3E6C5]
04 96,6 [FEA7B570] [9616D1AF]
05 96,6 [AA6C62E0] [8A44C987]
06 96,6 [3700D6A2] [6E30166C]
07 96,0 [00F4369A] [A2B706A0]
08 96,5 [2F82D4C7] [D2C8C27A]
09 94,5 [1B720483] [FF5A5AF5]
10 91,2 [170BCD2E] [41A092C9]
11 96,5 [F2340C84] [6AA43FD1]
12 83,3 [501F9A90] [8DEB10CF]
13 86,1 [6F63CDB3] [68EFB12F]
14 96,4 [1ADA658A] [BA247DF4]
15 85,7 [35A9A2F2] [5CF788A9]
16 95,1 [3CFE65B0] [EF505543]
17 83,1 [0C05CDAC] [676CBF2D]
[CTDB TOCID: k0HTOGOBCGU2GG3DpKgz2G_VKSw-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
6 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
7 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
8 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
9 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
10 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
11 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
12 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
13 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
14 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
15 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
16 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
17 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 002f8873-025e114a-19118011] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [caeed7ba|dd4c68b1] (0+0/1) No match
02 [6f4e11be|db80a9ce] (0+0/1) No match
03 [fc14dcfa|da4a84e2] (0+0/1) No match
04 [1b676153|942239bf] (0+0/1) No match
05 [7619d3c5|26890a6f] (0+0/1) No match
06 [e3071f98|a6be6b04] (0+0/1) No match
07 [3bae53f6|5f14c24f] (0+0/1) No match
08 [a809442e|0e3a3e64] (0+0/1) No match
09 [08aee353|6f5fea08] (0+0/1) No match
10 [0588a4c2|9e865e7e] (0+0/1) No match
11 [7c1c2c12|27abb109] (0+0/1) No match
12 [5133c925|a2dfd4f5] (0+0/1) No match
13 [979369a5|cbc20ed7] (0+0/1) No match
14 [328b7383|9948028a] (0+0/1) No match
15 [22ff78b0|df04752d] (0+0/1) No match
16 [1c6d9f47|e4d78f4f] (0+0/1) No match
17 [b4baa7f9|c17ed721] (0+0/1) No match
Offsetted by 48:
01 [1af144e9] (1/1) Accurately ripped
02 [58da8829] (1/1) Accurately ripped
03 [3ba40436] (1/1) Accurately ripped
04 [a471d163] (1/1) Accurately ripped
05 [68c6f1a8] (1/1) Accurately ripped
06 [0271f110] (1/1) Accurately ripped
07 [c38299fa] (1/1) Accurately ripped
08 [15e1bb05] (1/1) Accurately ripped
09 [3c1ec013] (1/1) Accurately ripped
10 [5857d0c4] (1/1) Accurately ripped
11 [352d4b8a] (1/1) Accurately ripped
12 [2e785c0c] (1/1) Accurately ripped
13 [c9b904be] (1/1) Accurately ripped
14 [2eecd781] (1/1) Accurately ripped
15 [29e00c7d] (1/1) Accurately ripped
16 [738dbefb] (1/1) Accurately ripped
17 [06af82be] (1/1) Accurately ripped
Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 96,6 [BDB9CF63] [B61A31A8] CRC32
01 96,6 [009EEED2] [076E8AF7]
02 96,6 [D99F96B6] [68B78C74]
03 96,6 [3BE71879] [8FF3E6C5]
04 96,6 [FEA7B570] [9616D1AF]
05 96,6 [AA6C62E0] [8A44C987]
06 96,6 [3700D6A2] [6E30166C]
07 96,0 [00F4369A] [A2B706A0]
08 96,5 [2F82D4C7] [D2C8C27A]
09 94,5 [1B720483] [FF5A5AF5]
10 91,2 [170BCD2E] [41A092C9]
11 96,5 [F2340C84] [6AA43FD1]
12 83,3 [501F9A90] [8DEB10CF]
13 86,1 [6F63CDB3] [68EFB12F]
14 96,4 [1ADA658A] [BA247DF4]
15 85,7 [35A9A2F2] [5CF788A9]
16 95,1 [3CFE65B0] [EF505543]
17 83,1 [0C05CDAC] [676CBF2D]
Personnel
John Fiddler - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Ray Major - lead guitar, backing vocals
Morgan Fisher - piano, backing vocals, Hammond organ, Korg synthesizer, davolisint
Pete Watts - bass, backing vocals
Dale "Buffin" Griffin - drums, backing vocals
![British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/97/95/00409597_medium.jpg)
British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]
![British Lions - British Lions (1978) [Japan Editions 2006]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/97/95/00409597.jpg)
All thanks goes to Sket4er
=====
=====