Blade (3) – The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength
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691 Influential – Blade 1207 |
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Country: |
UK |
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Genre: |
Hip Hop |
Style: |
Britcore |
Tracklist
| A1 | Keep It Goin' On | 5:38 | |
| A2 | Fade 'Em Out | 5:21 | |
| A3 | Music For Universal Pleasure (Skit) | 1:03 | |
| A4 | 100% | ||
| A5 | Start The Revolution | 3:39 | |
| A6 | How To Raise A Blade | 1:48 | |
| A7 | No Compromise | 3:40 | |
| B1 | Hold Your Own | 5:21 | |
| B2 | Bedroom Demo | 4:47 | |
| B3 | Pisstake (Skit) | 0:44 | |
| B4 | It Feels Good To Be A Lunatic | 5:36 | |
| B5 | Gripper The Pitbull ('The Approach') | 3:29 | |
| B6 | Take It To The Edge | 4:43 | |
| C1 | ...Or Get Crushed Like A Pumpkin | 5:31 | |
| C2 | Heads Are Forever Boppin' | 4:19 | |
| C3 | Shut The Fuck Up (Skit) | 0:24 | |
| C4 | Silence Is Better Than Bullshit | 2:04 | |
| C5 | No Mercy, No Future | 3:16 | |
| C6 | The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength | 6:52 | |
| D1 | The Power Of Positive Thinkin' | 4:34 | |
| D2 | Survival Prelude (Skit) | 1:27 | |
| D3 | God Give Me Strength | 4:28 | |
| D4 | Fuck The System | 3:20 | |
| D5 | Dark And Sinister | 6:30 | |
| D6 | Suck On My Electric Guitar | 3:23 | |
| D7 | Exit (Skit) | 0:28 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – A To Z Music Services
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 691 Influential
- Copyright © – 691 Influential
- Pressed By – P.R. Records Limited
- Recorded At – Joe's Garage, London
- Mixed At – Joe's Garage, London
- Mastered At – P.R. Records Limited
- Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
Credits
- Backing Vocals – Ursula Nelson
- Engineer – 'No Sleep' Nigel
- Engineer [Assistant] – Savvas*
- Engineer [Cutting] – Steve Rooke
- Lyrics By – Blade (3)
- Photography By – Daniel Martinez (5)
- Plated By – M (91)
- Producer – Blade (3)
- Turntables [Deck Controllin'], Backing Vocals – Grazzhoppa*
Notes
© & ℗ 1993 691 Influential
All tracks recorded for 'Music for universal pleasure'
Distributed by "Nobody in the UK"
Issued in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with 16-page booklet (named "No barriers can hold back the strong", format: 27 cm x 29 cm) containing lyrics, credits, photographs and a list of 'early subscribers of the double LP without whom this would probably not have been possible'.
Copies sent to early subscribers also included a copy of Ear 2 the Ground magazine (Janary/February 1993). These copies also contained a thank you letter from 691 Influential/Blade.
Plus additional backing vocals by some people off the street (forgot to get their names).
All recording was completed at exactly 9:33:27am (15th March 1993).
All tracks recorded for 'Music for universal pleasure'
Distributed by "Nobody in the UK"
Issued in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with 16-page booklet (named "No barriers can hold back the strong", format: 27 cm x 29 cm) containing lyrics, credits, photographs and a list of 'early subscribers of the double LP without whom this would probably not have been possible'.
Copies sent to early subscribers also included a copy of Ear 2 the Ground magazine (Janary/February 1993). These copies also contained a thank you letter from 691 Influential/Blade.
Plus additional backing vocals by some people off the street (forgot to get their names).
All recording was completed at exactly 9:33:27am (15th March 1993).
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 5 019148 122616
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - A1 PR-m BLADE, NOSLEEP NIGEL, GRAZHOPPA PURE UNADULTERATED HIP-HOP A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - B1 WASH YOUR HANDS AGAIN PLEASE PR-m HA HA ANYONE FOR POPCORN, PEANUTS, ICECREAM AND REFRESHMENTS A
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - C1 PR-m BLADE, NOSLEEP NIGEL, GRAZHOPPA THE MORE SHIT WE GET, THE WISER AND STRONGER WE GET C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched): BLADE 1207 - D1 PR-m THE END 1993 691 INFLUENTIAL C
Other Versions (5)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength (CD, Album) | 691 Influential | BLDCD 1207 | UK | 1993 | ||
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The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength (2×LP, Limited Edition, White) | 691 Influential | BLADE 1207 | UK | 1993 | ||
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The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength (CD, Album) | 691 Influential | BLADE 1207CD | UK | 1993 | ||
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The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength (2×CDr, Album) | 691 Influential | none | UK | 2005 | ||
| The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength (No Compromise) 6/3/'93 (2×CD, Album, Reissue) | Original Dope | ODOPE1002D | UK | 2010 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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The original crowd funded album, just goes to show how far ahead of the game Blade was. I sent off my cheque (for £25 from memory) to Blade months before the album was released and my name is in the album. Every mail order piece of vinyl I bought from Blade had a hand written note from him included. Absolute legend of the UK rap scene.
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Probably the pinnacle of UK rap. Now the grandfather but then the hardworking leader of the UK scene. Too many good tracks on this release. Shame that Lyrical Maniac doesn't appear in full, but, that's Blades sense of humour. Gritty and relevant to the early 90's. Still relevant today.
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Edited 11 years agoBlade's debut LP is ambitious, long, funny, hard and everything inbetween. A visionary as usual. it was a brave self believing MC that would ask the fans for funding to record the album. And now what are artists doing 20+ years later? the same thing with sites like Kickstarter etc.
The LP showed all sides of Blade's personality with his sense of humour coming through when probably most people had thought he was just a angry MC. Fav tracks are No Compromise and Dark And Sinister with the equally legendary MC Mell'o'
And no my name isn't in the back i was too young to send off a cheque, my big bro's in it though...:(
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