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Midnight Rendezvous
EP by
Released1984
Recordedearly 1983, Cave Studios, Bristol, UK
GenreHeavy metal
Length18:30
LabelPowerstation Records
ProducerAndy Allen
Tokyo Blade chronology
Tokyo Blade
(1983)
Midnight Rendezvous
(1984)
Night of the Blade
(1984)
US LP cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic EP[1]
AllMusic LP[2]

Midnight Rendezvous is an EP by the British heavy metal band Tokyo Blade, released in 1984 through the UK independent record label Powerstation Records.[3] The songs were recorded in early 1983 when the band was called Genghis Khan and originally released as double 7" single "Double Dealin".[4]

The four tracks of the EP, combined with four tracks of the band's first album, Tokyo Blade, were published as an LP during the same year by Combat Records in the USA, under the title Midnight Rendezvous. This EP was included in the re-release on CD of the album Tokyo Blade in 1997.

Track listing

Music by Andy Boulton, lyrics by Alan Marsh

  1. "Midnight Rendezvous" – 3:22
  2. "Mean Streak" – 4:44
  3. "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:00
  4. "Highway Passion" – 4:24

US edition LP

  1. "Midnight Rendezvous" - 3:22
  2. "Break the Chains" - 5:07
  3. "If Heaven Is Hell" - 6:04
  4. "Mean Streak" - 4:44
  5. "Powergame" - 4:12
  6. "Highway Passion" - 4:24
  7. "Killer City" - 5:47
  8. "Sunrise in Tokyo" - 5:47

Personnel

Tokyo Blade

Additional musicians

  • John Wiggins - guitar on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the US LP

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous (EP) review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous (LP) review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous EP". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 14 July 2011.