ADD FAKE! All over the years have been featured in exclusive ”The Lost UK Jewels” series, the wonderful releases featuring the best melodic hard rock / AOR bands from the 80s British underground scene, unreleased material or for the first time on CD.
However one of the releases slipped from being posted here at 0dayrox and nowhere: The Lost UK Jewels Vol.13”, titled “Takin’ A Chance“, dedicated to rockers DIVA and their unreleased 1989 / 1992 recordings, plus a new song freshly recorded by the band for this CD.
The story of DIVA starts in 1988 when the band was formed out of the ashes of several local Sheffield bands. One official 7″ single (Rescue Me / One Kiss) during 1989, two demos, various live-gigs and many broken promises (with major-label Chrysalis looking interested to the band) later, the band split up in 1992 when – common story to many other bands – the Rock-world completely changed.
DIVA’s sound ranges from the Pomp and melodic splendor of Magnum and Dare, to the AOR bombast of Survivor and Skagarack, and the more melodic-era of Black Sabbath, with the second demo being a bit more guitar-oriented and influenced by bands like Little Angels and Tyketto.
The CD adds to the lot a brand new recording of an old song, “The Other Side Of The Mirror”, which sees the band reunite and rockin’ harder than twenty five years ago!
All these recordings come off the original Reel-To-Reel tapes and the surviving DAT-tapes, and – together with the usual deluxe 16 pages booklet, extensive liner-notes and a lot of pics and memorabilia – this is another hidden treasure brought to light to all fans of this genre’s delight.
HIGHLY Recommended
You’ve seen it first at plotn08
01 One Kiss
02 Rescue Me
03 Takin' A Chance
04 Wasted Feelings
05 Let Me Go
06 Wildside (recorded At "pulse Studios", 1989)
07 Gotta Stop
08 Cuts Like A Knife
09 Practice What
10 You're Preaching
11 Your Flame (recorded At "cage Studios", 1992) Bonustrack
12 Other Side Of The Mirror (recorded At "bigostudios", 2017)
REAL CD for friends/dealer/donors CD-rip
DIVA – Takin’ a chance (Lost UK Jewels) 2017
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