Gillan/Japanese Only Album

In 1978, Ian Gillan and Colin Towns relaunched the group, simply changing their name from “Ian Gillan Band” to “Gillan”. However, their first album “Gillan” was only released in Japan after Island terminated their contract, and it became known as “The Japanese Album”. This title is a complete reprint of that elusive album from the original master, and includes songs that are known to fans as masterpieces, such as “Secret of the Dance”, “Fighting Man”, and “Massage in a Bottle”. It was around this time that Colin Towns began to take the lead, and all the credits are GILLAN/TOWNS except for “FIGHTING MAN” and the instrumental “SECOND SIGHT”, and the guitar is focused on backing, making it an aggressive hard rock album. Most of the songs on this album were re-recorded and released the following year as “Mr. Universe”, so this is a complete reproduction of the original, making it a rare album that is now difficult to obtain. 01. Street Theatre / 02. Secret Of The Dance / 03. I’m Your Man / 04. Dead Of Night / 05. Fighting Man / 06. Message In A Bottle / 07. Not Weird Enough / 08. Bringing Joanna Back / 09. Abbey Of Thelema / 10. Back In The Game / 11. Vengeance / 12. Move With The Times / 13. Sleeping On The Job / 14. Roller [Studio Recording : Japanese Only Album 1978] V.)IAN GILLAN / G.)STEVE BYRD / B.)JOHN McCOY / D.)LIAM GENOCKY / K.)COLIN TOWNS (08-14 : Catcher In The Rye) 08. Kick Drum 09. Snare Drum 10. Cymbals 11. Bass 12. Guitar 13. Vocals 14. Additional Instruments Disc 4 : (01-07 : There Was A Time) 01. Kick Drum 02. Snare Drum 03. Cymbals 04. Bass 05. Guitar 06. Vocals 07. Additional Instruments (08-14 : Scraped) 08. Kick Drum 09. Snare Drum 10. Cymbals 11. Bass 12. Guitar 13. Vocals 14. Additional Instruments