Far Corporation - Division One (The Album) (1986) (LP) - €10,00

Far Corporation were a multi-national band created by German record producer Frank Farian, who created the bands Boney M. and Milli Vanilli. The name was shortened from "Frank Farian Corporation", which was originally put together to record a cover of the Paul Simon piece "Mother and Child Reunion" as a charity record and reached the top 10 in several European countries. 

That group's lineup included members of Barclay James Harvest, Toto, Boney M and Force Majeure. 

Far Corporation's primary claim to fame is their cover of "Stairway to Heaven". Far Corporation was actually the first group to make the singles charts with this song as Led Zeppelin had never released it as a single. In fact, it was the only version of the song that charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching #89 in October 1986. 

Some of the musicians Farian assembled included vocalist Robin McAuley, vocalist Henry Gorman, drummers Curt Cress and Peter Bold, and three members of Toto: vocalist Bobby Kimball, keyboardist David Paich, and guitarist Steve Lukather. 

Far Corporation released its first album Division One in 1985 on IMP/ATCO Records and their cover of "Stairway to Heaven" reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached #9 in Ireland and the following year peaked at #16 in South Africa and number 23 in Australia.

This is an album that sounded so modern in 1985 that it's bound to sound awfully dated today. This has "80s" written all over it. But if you can get past that point, and if you're not sick and tired of "Stairway to Heaven", this is in fact a good album with a great sound and production. All the cuts on side 1 are strong, so is "Fire and Water" (the second single) on side 2 which is overall less spectacular.Also included on the album was a cover of Free's "Fire and Water" (their second single).

Side A

A1.  Stairway To Heaven - 9:35

A2.  You Are The Woman - 4:30

A3.  One Of Your Lovers - 3:45

AL.  Live Inside Your Dreams - 3:25

Side B

B1.  Johnny Don’t Go The Distance - 6:30

B2.  Fire And Water - 3:55

B3.  If You Could See You Through My Eyes - 3:50

B4.  No One Else Will Do - 3:30

B5.  Rock ‘N’ Roll Connection - 3:25

 

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – IMP Productions
• Published By – Blue Mountain Music
• Published By – Far
• Published By – George Glueck Musik
• Published By – Libraphone
• Published By – Musik Der Welt
• Published By – MUZ
• Published By – Warner Bros.
• Recorded At – Amigo Studios
• Recorded At – Cherokee Studios
• Recorded At – Far Studios
• Mixed At – Amigo Studios
• Mixed At – Cherokee Studios
• Mixed At – Far Studios

Credits

• Arranged By, Programmed By – Mats Björklund, Pit Löw
• Backing Vocals – Bertl Gebhard, Bimey Oberreit, Frank Farian, Peter Bischof
• Bass Guitar [Bass] – Dieter Petereit
• Choir – The Jackson Singers
• Drums – Curt Cress, Simon Phillips
• Engineer – Bernd Berwanger, Bruce Robb, Carmine Di, David Bowers, Edd Simony, Michael Bestmann, Scott Church, Tammy Grohé, Tobias Freund, Tom Knox
• Guitar – Bernd Berwanger, Johan Daansen, Mats Björklund, Steve Lukather
• Keyboards – David Paich, Harry Baierl, Pit Löw
• Lead Vocals – Bobby Kimball, David Barreto, Henry Gorman, Robin McAuley
• Producer – Frank Farian
• Saxophone – Mel Collins
• Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Patricia Shockley, Rhonda Heath

Notes

Release:  1986

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Pressed:  Bulgaria

Label:   Balkanton / Hansa

Catalog#  BTA 11850

Vinyl:  Goed (G)

Cover:  Lichte Gebruikerssporen (G)

Prijs: €10,00