Take No Prisoners (David Byron album)

Take No Prisoners
Studio album by David Byron
Released	March 1975
Recorded	February 1975
Studio	Morgan, London Roundhouse, London
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	40:17
Label	Bronze (UK original release) Repertoire (UK 1992 reissue) Mercury (U.S.)
Producer	Peter Gallen David Byron
David Byron chronology
Take No Prisoners (1975) Baby Faced Killer (1978)

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Take No Prisoners is the debut solo album of British rock singer David Byron. It was released while he was still vocalist for Uriah Heep, and features Heep bandmates Mick Box and Lee Kerslake, as well as Ken Hensley and John Wetton on select tracks.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Man Full of Yesterdays"	David Byron Mick Box Lou Stonebridge	5:36
2.	"Sweet Rock 'n' Roll"	Stonebridge McGuinness	2:49
3.	"Steamin' Along"	Byron Box Denny Ball Pete Thompson Stonebridge	5:09
4.	"Silver White Man"	Byron	3:29
5.	"Love Song"	Byron Box Lee Kerslake Stonebridge	2:56

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Midnight Flyer"	Stonebridge McGuinness	5:55
2.	"Saturday Night"	Stonebridge	2:16
3.	"Roller Coaster"	Byron Box Ball Kerslake Stonebridge	3:58
4.	"Stop (Think What You're Doing)"	Byron Stonebridge McGuinness	4:16
5.	"Hit Me with a White One"	Byron Box Stonebridge	3:53

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Bonus tracks (2011 CD reissue)

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Steamin' Along" (single version)
12.	"What's Goin' On" (studio outtake)
13.	"Silver White Man" (alternate version)

Personnel

• David Byron – voice, producer
• Mick Box – guitars
• Lou Stonebridge – keyboards
• Denny Ball – bass
• Lee Kerslake – drums
• Pete Thompson – drums (tracks: 2–4, 6)
• Ken Hensley – acoustic guitar (track 10)
• John Wetton – mellotron (tracks: 1, 5)
• Chanter Sisters – backing vocals
• Martha Smith – backing vocals
• Neil Lancaster – backing vocals
• Chas Mills – backing vocals
• Russ Stone – backing vocals
• Peter Gallen and David Byron

Technical

• Ashley Howe – engineer
• Dave Harris – assistant engineer
• Trevor Hallesy – assistant engineer
• John Gallen – assistant engineer
• Dell Roll – equipment
• Pete Gibbs – equipment