Talisman - Truth & Live At Sweden Rock Festival (2004) [2CD]

This collection by the Swedish melodic hard rock/heavy metal group Talisman presents the band's 1998 record TRUTH and a 2001 concert recording. Remastered reissue with both albums together including some bonus demos.

This 2004 release is a 2CD set featuring "Talisman"s fifth studio album "Truth"(1998) and their second live album "Live at Sweden Rock festival"(2001).
Having resolved the legal issues following the release of their fourth album "Life"(1995), Swedish-American melodic hard rock band "Talisman" returned in 1998 to record their 5th studio album "Truth".

For the album, lead singer Jeff Scott Soto regroups with bassist Marcel Jacob and drummer Jamie Borger, bringing in new guitarist Pontus Norgren, as Fredrick Akersson became heavily involved with other projects during the three year inactivity of the band. Although just as technical as the preceding albums, "Truth" turned out to be the softest album of "Talisman", relying considerably on cover versions of "Fronzen", "Let me entertain you" and "Darling Nikki". The album is by no means as direct or captivating as "Talisman" is known for being and probably takes a fair amount of plays for one to get used to the material. Favorite tracks include "Until the morning comes", "frozen" and "angel/devil".

Live at Sweden Rock Festival was the second live album by Swedish hard rock band Talisman released on Empire Records in October 2002. It charted at number 18 the first week in Sweden.
When Jeff Scott Soto, Marcel Jacob and Pontus Norgren where in Stockholm, Sweden laying vocals for their new band called Humanimal, they decided to perform at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden, thanks to dj Dr. Rock from the Swedish Radio Rock Klassiker who persuaded the guys to perform it. They played at the Rockklassiker stafe with a 2000 crowd capacity.

Two nights before the festival gig, Talisman played in Stockholm. Because of a miscommunication between Jamie, Pontus, Marcel and the guys doing the mobile recording stuff, Marcel's entire gear (bass included!) was left at the venue in Stockholm instead of travelling with everybody else’s gear down to Sölvesborg, south of Sweden, where the Sweden Rock Festival takes place.
Marcel wanted to leave the festival but, after looking inside the tent which was fully packed with a crowd shouting for Talisman, he decided not to turn his back on those people. So Marcel and other people started to run around the festival area to look for a bass to be borrowed in time for the show: Magnus Rosén from HammerFall finally lent Marcel one of his bass guitars. The show went great and, since another band playing at Sweden Rock Festival had a mobile hard disc recording unit, Christer Wedin managed to get the Talisman show recorded as well.
But the sound Marcel had at the show was not too exciting, severe problems with Jeff's microphone and some out of tune guitars needed some fixing. So he and Pontus went into the studio to record live together the entire show exactly the same way they would have done it on stage.







CD1: Truth
01:12:51

01. Let Me Entertain You (03:18)
02. In the End (04:04)
03. Here 2day, Gone 2day (04:32)
04. Darling Nikki (03:13)
05. I'll Be There 4 U (04:39)
06. The Man I'll Never Be (04:35)
07. Bellabeca (01:42)
08. Heaven's Got Another Hero (05:10)
09. Your Man (03:15)
10. Frozen (05:42)
11. Until the Morning Comes (05:25)
12. Angel/Devil (04:13)
13. Pavilion of Oblivion (04:17)
14. Madison (06:39)
15. T 4 1 1/2 (02:20)
16. Heaven's Got Another Hero (demo) (05:17)
17. Here 2day, Gone 2day (demo) (04:31)



CD2: Live At Sweden Rock Festival
01:09:39

01. Colour My XTC (05:31)
02. Fabricated War (03:44)
03. Mysterious (This Time It's Serious) (04:04)
04. Tainted Pages (04:53)
05. Tears In The Sky (03:40)
06. Crazy (06:32)
07. Here 2Day, Gone 2Day (04:48)
08. A Life / Dangerous (05:05)
09. Body (05:37)
10. I'll Be Waiting (04:29)
11. Break Your Chains (03:27)
12. Bass / Guitar - Solo (02:00)
13. All Or Nothing (04:30)
14. Tie Your Mother Down (Queen cover) (04:42)
15. I Am A Viking (Yngwie J. Malmsteen cover) (06:36)

Produced by Marcel Jacob, Jeff Scott Soto and Christer Wedin

The Band

Truth:

• Jeff Scott Soto - vocals, keyboards, programming
• Pontus Norgen - guitars
• Marcel Jacob – bass, sequencing, programming
• Jamie Borger - drums

*****
• Jody Whitesides - back vocals, guitar re-intro on “In The End”
• Frank Salerno - piano on “Your Man”

Live At Sweden Rock Festival:

• Jeff Scott Soto - vocals
• Pontus Norgen - guitars
• Marcel Jacob - bass
• Jamie Borger - drums




Many thanks to the original uploader: Vilenia