Tokyo Blade (album)

Tokyo Blade is the debut album by English heavy metal band Tokyo Blade. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the 4 tracks from the 1984 Midnight Rendezvous EP, which actually were recorded in early 1983 while the band was called Genghis Khan plus "Death On Main Street" which was originally the b-side on "Powergame" 7" and recorded at the same sessions as the album.

Track listings

 * Side one
 * 1) "Powergame"  (Andy Boulton, Al Marsh)  – 4:12
 * 2) "Break the Chains"  (Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins)  – 5:07
 * 3) "If Heaven Is Hell"  (Boulton, Marsh)  – 6:04
 * 4) "On Through the Night"  (Boulton, Marsh)  – 7:29


 * Side two
 * 1) "Killer City"  (Boulton, Marsh)  – 5:47
 * 2) "Liar"  (Boulton, Marsh)  – 5:37
 * 3) "Tonight"  (Russ Ballard)  – 4:02
 * 4) "Sunrise in Tokyo"  (Boulton, Marsh)  – 5:47
 * 5) "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13

1997 remastered edition

 * 1) "Powergame" – 4:12
 * 2) "Break the Chains" – 5:07
 * 3) "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:04
 * 4) "On Through the Night" – 7:29
 * 5) "Killer City" – 5:47
 * 6) "Liar" – 5:37
 * 7) "Tonight" – 4:02
 * 8) "Sunrise in Tokyo" – 5:47
 * 9) "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13
 * 10) "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:00
 * 11) "Highway Passion" – 4:24
 * 12) "Midnight Rendezvous" – 3:22
 * 13) "Mean Streak" – 4:44
 * 14) "Death on Main Street" – 4:38

Tokyo Blade

 * Alan Marsh – lead vocals
 * Andy Boulton – guitar
 * John Wiggins – guitar (except tracks 3, 10-13)
 * Andy Robbins – bass guitar
 * Steve Pierce – drums

Additional musicians

 * Ray Dismore – guitar on tracks 3,10-13.

Production

 * Kevin D. Nixon – producer
 * Ralph Jezzard – engineer
 * Tony Spath – mixing
 * Andy Allen – producer, engineer and mixing of tracks 3, 10-13.