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On the 15th Anniversary of the release of their debut album, All Change and on the eve of a UK tour in 2010, by the newly-reformed classic line-up, came the Deluxe Edition of All Change by Liverpool band, Cast.

This superb deluxe edition comes with a second CD, comprising the group’s barnstorming live set from Leeds in 1996 plus a selection of early demos made by the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist, John Power.

John Leckie who produced All Change says:
“There are some really great demos John did by himself in his bedroom. Songs like ‘Fine Time’ and ‘Back Of My Mind’ have got that magical quality The La’s Demos had. They feel very precious.”

Released in 1995, All Change was to become the fastest selling debut in Polydor’s history, outstripping The Who, Jimi Hendrix and The Jam.

The album sold over one million copies and spawned four Top 20 singles: Alright, Sandstorm, Finetime and Walkaway.

The stand-alone single, Flying, which reached Number 4 in the UK charts also features on this deluxe edition both in the form of the original studio recording as well as one of John’s earlier demos.Cast aficionados will also be delighted by the inclusion of the outtake, All My Days, which has achieved near-mythical status amongst fans.…

BABY BLUE EYES

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‘Baby Blue Eyes’ is the first track from the next – as yet-untitled – Cast album, due for release in 2015. The track can be downloaded for free via the player above or here. The fifth Cast album “Troubled; Times” was released in 2012. Listen to ‘See That Girl’ , ‘Time Bomb’ and watch other videos on the Cast Youtube channel and join us on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates.

Following Cast front-man John Power’s critically acclaimed stage debut in ‘Lennon’ the story of John Lennon’s life during Summer 2013, Power will be taking to the road again in October with just his acoustic to play a series of intimate venue’s in parts of the country that Cast rarely reach. See the live dates section for full details.

Meanwhile bassist Pete Wilkinson’s side project ‘Aviator’ have being playing live following the release of ‘Huxley Pig Part 2′ and released Desolation Peaks, a limited edition single titled on the ’80’s Vinyl Records’ label in October. Listen to it here, order details in link.

Skin continues to tour the world with Led Zep legend Robert Plant most of the year, but his ‘Men From Mars’ side-project album is still available if you dig deep.

December will see the full band re-unite for a series of now traditional Cast at Christmas gigs, culminating with an always special home-town show at the Liverpool Academy on Dec 21st. Tickets are on sale now.

Cast’s fifth album ‘Troubled Times’ is available on iTunes, Amazon , Play.com and others, digitally and on proper CD with artwork and lyric booklet. Click here for all links

After announcing their reformation and intention to make a new album in 2010 and playing a sold out UK tour and major festivals, Cast have recorded a brand new album titled “Troubled Times” with producer John Leckie. ‘Troubled Times’, Cast’s fifth studio album, was released on March 5th 2012.

Originally formed in 1992 from the ashes of two of the most legendary and lauded guitar bands of all time, The La’s and Shack, Cast released four albums, the second ‘Mother Nature Calls’ also went platinum (three of them top 10), and had ten top 10 singles, before disbandiNg in 2001. During that time, Noel Gallagher described watching Cast play live as “a religious experience”, and ‘All Change’ became the biggest selling debut album of all time for Polydor Records. After the band’s split, John Power released three solo albums, and has played intermittently since 2005 with the reformed La’s.

A decade later, and the original line-up of John Power (guitar/ vocals), Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson (lead guitar), Pete Wilkinson (bass) and Keith O’Neill (drums) have reunited with original producer John Leckie (Stone Roses, Radiohead, The Fall) for ‘Troubled Times’. The reinvigorated band have produced an album full of the anthemic, melodic and beautifully written songs for which they have always been loved by their fervent fanbase.

John Power says of the reformation:
“Getting back with the band and working with John Leckie again after all these years apart was just how I envisioned it when I started writing the songs for this album. Then it was all about putting into words what it was I was feeling, about all the things I was seeing all around me and troubled times is what we found.”…

John Power

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John Power hardly stopped writing and playing after Cast split in 2001, and now his 3 solo albums plus a host of new, unheard and rare recordings are released together for the first time in a box set also including a live session & interview DVD. Check out the tracklisting and order now at Amazon [click here]

After Cast split in 2001, Polydor put on offer on the table for John Power to record as a solo artist, but at the time he’d had enough of the whole business and felt he just had to get out. Power finally released his solo debut, Happening For Love, the first of the three full-length albums featured in this box, in June 2003. Producer for the album was John Leckie, whose numerous production credits include Magazine, The Fall and The Stone Roses’ seminal debut LP as well as both Cast and The La’s. With the distance provided by hindsight, John views Happening For Love as representing “the last remnants of the Cast sound”,

Released in October 2006, Power’s second solo LP, the stripped-back Willow She Weeps could hardly have been more different from Happening For Love. Ranging from lonesome country-blues, through to infectious and stomping fare, it’s a gutsily authentic, Americana-flavoured LP full of spirit and heart.

Stormbreaker is the third and (to date) last of John Power’s three solo LPs, but while it’s billed as a solo record, it’s actually the sound of The John Power Band firing on all cylinders. Originally released in January 2008, it has become hard to find and expensive to buy. Its reappearance here shows that it’s an absolute gem. Stormbreaker is a glorious extension of the roots-y, neo-Delta blues-rock sound of Willow She Weeps. It’s full of dirt and grit and remains thrillingly raw.

Produced by John Leckie, Cast returned with an all-new studio album, Troubled Times, in 2012, but John Power has also continued to work on solo material (all in tandem with guitarist Jay Lewis). The fourth disc in the box homes in on John and Jay’s stripped-back side project, with seven tracks recorded in December 2014’s The Mariner Sessions. Intimate, acoustic versions of selected songs from Happening For Love and Willow She Weeps sit side by side with previously unreleased tunes including the bouncy Station Master and the wistful, melancholic When Did It Start. In addition the CD includes a spirited Janice Long radio session and several previously unreleased songs from the 2006 Willow She Weeps sessions.

Also included in this box set is a DVD which includes intimate in-studio footage of John Power and Jay Lewis recording The Mariner Sessions, and extended interviews with John Power covering those sessions and indeed his complete solo career.…

Troubled Times

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After announcing their reformation and intention to make a new album in 2010 and playing a sold out UK tour and major festivals, Cast have recorded a brand new album titled “Troubled Times” with producer John Leckie. ‘Troubled Times’, Cast’s fifth studio album, was released on March 5th 2012, available from iTunes, Amazon , Play.com and all good retailers

Originally formed in 1992 from the ashes of two of the most legendary and lauded guitar bands of all time, The La’s and Shack, Cast released four albums, the second ‘Mother Nature Calls’ also went platinum (three of them top 10), and had ten top 10 singles, before disbandiNg in 2001. During that time, Noel Gallagher described watching Cast play live as “a religious experience”, and ‘All Change’ became the biggest selling debut album of all time for Polydor Records. After the band’s split, John Power released three solo albums, and has played intermittently since 2005 with the reformed La’s.

A decade later, and the original line-up of John Power (guitar/ vocals), Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson (lead guitar), Pete Wilkinson (bass) and Keith O’Neill (drums) have reunited with original producer John Leckie (Stone Roses, Radiohead, The Fall) for ‘Troubled Times’. The reinvigorated band have produced an album full of the anthemic, melodic and beautifully written songs for which they have always been loved by their fervent fanbase.

John Power says of the reformation:

“Getting back with the band and working with John Leckie again after all these years apart was just how I envisioned it when I started writing the songs for this album. Then it was all about putting into words what it was I was feeling, about all the things I was seeing all around me and troubled times is what we found.” …