Detaily
Formát: CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, Stereo
Původní vydání: 1982
Žánr: Rock
Styl: Southern Rock
• Special Deluxe Collector’s Edition
• Fully Remastered Audio
• Platinum album from revered southern rockers featuring vocalist Donnie Van Zant
• Contains the hit single’ Caught Up In You’ and 3 bonus live tracks
• 16 page full colour booklet – 3,500 word essay, enhanced artwork, rarely seen photos and new interviews.
• WHEN IT COMES to musical trends, Southern rock is one of the most enduring styles, and one that maintains a loyal and committed following. It is also very much wrapped up in the values of an era that has experienced both good and bad times, yet it continues to endure whilst other musical trends evaporated into thin air. 38 Special are not only survivors but also one of the few groups from the Southern rock genre that crossed musical barriers, producing not only hit albums but also mainstream hit singles. Fronted by Donnie Van Zant (little brother of Sknyrd frontman Ronnie) the band’s sound was immediately embraced by an audience keen to keep the music they love alive. The band’s early albums were staunchly Southern rock in sound but by this, their 5th album, melodic influences had widened their appeal. Not that they had abandoned their heritage, far from it, as ‘Special Forces’ is still very much a traditional vehicle for the rock sounds of the South. The only difference being that they were now notching up hit singles as well as hit albums. ‘Special Forces’, originally issued in 1982 (co-produced with Rodney Mills: Skynyrd, the Outlaws, Atlanta Rhythm Section) proved to be yet another career highlight, going on to reach the US top 10, achieving a platinum award and spawning, with the help of Suvivor’s Jim Peterik, the now classic hit single ‘Caught Up In You’. Arguably this album is the band’s best work. Track listing: Caught Up In You ; Back Door Stranger; Back On The Track; Chain Lightnin'; Rough Housin’; You Keep Runnin Away; Breakin' Loose; Take 'Em Out; Firestarter; Prisoners Of Rock 'N' Roll; Rough Housin (Live); Wild Eyed Southern Boys (Live); Twentieth Century Fox (Live)
Art Direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
Backing Vocals – Carol Bristow, Lu Moss
Backing Vocals [Touring Background Vocalists] – Carol Bristow, Lu Moss
Band [38 Special:], Bass – Larry Junstrom
Band [38 Special:], Drums – Jack Grondin, Steve Brookins
Band [38 Special:], Lead Vocals – Donnie Van Zant
Band [38 Special:], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar [Guitars] – Don Barnes
Co-producer [Co-produced By] – Don Barnes, Jeff Carlisi
Creative Director [Re-issue Creative Direction] – Julia Melanie Goode
Crew [Equipment Transport] – James Rice
Design Concept [Cover Concept], Logo [Special Logo Design] – Philip Gips
Design [Re-issue Design] – Cürt 'Firestarter' Evans
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Gregory M. Quesnel
Engineer [Sound Engineer] – Rick Saunders
Engineer [Stage Monitor Engineer] – Jim Markham
Illustration – Larry Gerber
Lighting Director, Production Manager – Jeffry C. Jackson
Mastered By [Originally Mastered By] – Bob Ludwig
Photography By [Sleeve Photo] – Ford Smith
Producer [Produced By], Engineer [Engineered By] – Rodney Mills
Product Manager [Re-issue Product Management] – Jon Richards
Remastered By – Jon Astley
Stage Manager – Larry Steele
Technician [Drum Technician] – Joe Derosz
Tour Manager – Dik Fraser
