Lone Star - The Bells of Berlin (1977)

[MrRabsmusic]

still got this too.Superb album.BIG sound!!

[everythingstaken63]

I ve still got this album.. bought it in 1980,i love this track

[BillandTine]

Gave this album away to my juice boy. Translation:- the guy that swapped out the soda, weekly.

My bad!!!!! Tinexxx

[40Deeful]

First heard this on Tommy vance's Friday rock show, had to run out and get the album next day :0)...%8 years old now and still playing this track..WooHoo! Lone star do kick some serious ass

[alc1009]

Sounds as good now as the first time I heard it.

[cardiffmadmarshy]

seen em at cardiff capitol, then the top rank queen st i was 14/15 they shouldve gone on to greater heights' surely a one of reunion gig please

[TheSilversurfur]

too much nostalgia can do your head in!

[TheRobsep2b]

An earlier poster mentioned Alan Freeman. Ahhh, dear old "fluff" freeman, as he was known. His Saturday afternoon Rock show on radio 1 was stacked full of stuff like this track, and at the time was certainly difficult to hear anything similar played on other stations, unless you went "pirate". He brought Lone Star to my attention. Thanks mate ... "not 'arf"! Great track, great album. Thanks for posting!

[wodjah]

the Bizness

my first ever live band in Manchester

Eddy Grant in Stevenage was my first ever concert (where i learned how 2 really Dance)

[phill90212]

@wodjah --Wow, me too. Saw them I believe at the Free Trade Hall!!!

[The24547377]

@phill90212 Your not wrong i was there also. Won tickets on piccadilly radio. Remember the mirror ball that came down for this song? Awsome.

[wodjah]

the Bizness

[24547377]

This song was so relevent when it was released on the album. Its a pity not many people heard it at the time.

[Braveshell]

First heard this when Tommy Vance played it on the FRS summer of '79... and it still sounds just as great today! Play Loud!

[MrTonyozzie]

Saw them at the Birmingham Odeon in about 1980. Brilliant.

[needsmoremilk]

I bought a box full of vinyl at a car boot sale yesterday (for only £5 ^-^), and this was on one of the LPs. It's good that it's here as well, as I'd rather not wear out the grooves from listening to it so much! It's such a brilliant song!

[albrum]

heard this on old grey whistle test in the 70s, bought the album awsome

[Brie9009]

that was one of my favorite songs in the day,always thought they had more, even better , never got to here

[chrisjewett63]

@Brie9009 WAY COOL ALBUM....Ive got both from 6th grade LOVE IT!!! Cj :DS SA TX

[razmango]

excellent time listening to lone star and the two albums , the music was classic right from the get go ,

someone must have a demo of the third album, come on cbs, records dig deep and post the stuff ,

i have demo of ghosts, a phil chapman cd

cheers

[sarven10]

Start a blog and spill the beans.For once someone from your perspective has got to give Joe Public an HONEST account of what goes off in that other world.Not all the tittle-tattle but why a group of people who strived to accomplish a certain goal should dissolve after this album.Or have I missed the point and you lot thought THATS IT! lets call it a day?

I'm an old fart now SOOOOO if you are going to bite the bullet and Blog it.Give me an idiots guide how to access it.OK

[eloypath]

I still own the 2 LP's. I bought Firing on all Six 1977. And Man.. I had a Space Night with that. Everybody was freaking out and wanted the Album too.

[flicks1and11]

wow i remember these thanks

[redmikele]

deserved a bigger audience

[tbird722]

LS were one of the best bands from my youth. I saw both line up's Kenny Driscoll / John Sloman at the Rainbow both were excellent. Rick W was one of the cleverest keyboards players I had heard. I did a wiki search theres some info there.

Its a crime they didnt stick together but wiki says management problems were to blame...maybe Rick would confirm?

All I can say is thank you LS for a memorable youth and great songs that I still play today on my iPod

[RockbertoRocks]

@DABEARS1088 New song up. Hope you like it. Cheers!

[zepxdt]

roberto your the man ...what a f##king album.

[rwlane]

brilliant. i saw lone star at the cardiff capitol in when in was 15. great memories :-)

[cardiffmadmarshy]

@rwlane i was there aged 15 happy times they played the top rank same year

[rwlane]

@cardiffmadmarshy

nice one....do you come from barry island by any chance?

[cardiffmadmarshy]

canton mate ..... you ?

[Overlorde1]

Great stuff, not heard this in about 30 years!  Takes me back!

[DirkjeA]

Oh wow, this is realy rocking me of my feet....

[MrRicardo11]

Interesting line up

[ole9872]

I bought ths on lp som days ago. But, my record player is fucked. That is not cool. :) Peace

[pthornley1960]

saw them at sheffield city hall late 70s or early  80s , cannot remember correct date. still have album on vinyl . happy times, just like my hair wheres it all gone........

[alliecat1941]

Oh my..I sure am learning alot about music groups since i got the net and YouTube..Lonestar is a country music group and Lone Star is a rock group..

[Philo11]

John's new site is johnsloman. net

[leeper27]

as an amateur drummer (see 'Krash Call'), i can really appreciate this, god he had some skill, i wasnt even born!! lol

[ohisashiburi]

In memory of my great friend Andy Tristram...smile down Andy...

[leenyburghers]

I think he emigrated to Canada

[Hawkofwar500]

anyone know what happened to the drummer...Dixie Lee?

[sportyster1]

love this song did day i 1st heard it back in 1978 at rock disco

[keithmoan]

Have I been drunk too many times since - I know I was out of it on the night when I saw UFO in '73. Did they ever do this track live?

[zepxdt]

the most important and most underated albums of all time.the musical twists and turns,the lyrical content total one off.own it on original vinyl and cd so fresh and powerful even today.

[hooverdog1957]

I was looking through some old albums and found this Lone Star "Firing on all Six" and wild there it is on youtube. Thanks.

[WhiteDragonOfAlbion]

I first heard this great track at The Apples & Pears a rock pub, just off of the Old Kent Road in South London.

And yes, I bought the album !

[daveoak23]

wow...BELLS OF BERLIN from the OGWT please !!

[bragaricci]

So Listen...since I think both "official" albums (not counting the BBC rip-offs) are out-of-catalogue; and since Paul and Kenny have both "reused" a few musical ideas that were owned by the lot of us; what if I posted the whole bloody lot and let you guys contribute vids, pix etc.

Richy the Photographer/Engine Driver who used to meet us all over GB, please get in touch. You've got some amazing gig pictures to post here, if you're willing.

tirah

[expat20002000]

Oh my Lordy sitting with a whiskey in my hand at the end of a night out and transported back to Newcastle city hall thank so so very much.

[sendtothefunnyfarm]

I have their first LP but its quite difficult to find them because of that other band called Lonestar.

[rexturtle]

great band.habe alle 2 scheiben im regal.great 70s ice club sound 6 points for post.thanxxxxx

[asherbasher100]

Wow! I remember dancing to this at Moreton Youth club when every Friday was a rock night. This was always played at the end of the night & smoke bombs let off at the end. Fantastic! Wonder who else remembers that?

Thanx for posting such a classic.

[bragaricci]

I do...I kept getting royalties from a German radio show that used it as theme music for years. Just about covered dinner for two once a year! - Rick

[swnymor1963]

I use to go to the Morton Rock night as well......God the memories and the pyrotechnics!!!....I`am in touch with John Smart of Smart Set Road Show fame via FaceBook....He still remembers the rock nights with great affection.

[juwbone]

I have started a 'Moreton Heavy' group on facebook, all who remember are welcome.

[sportyster1]

lol used to go to moreton rock nites on friday n eastham on wed ,this track brings back memories

[utopia1963]

Hey hey so did I !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ah those pyrotechnics at the end. Always started with born to be wild didnt it?

[sportyster1]

nah started with edger winter group frankenstein or pink floyd then crazy train or born to be wild ,gr8 nites :)

[sportyster1]

oh yes lol i was moreton youthy too n danced to this n end of nite ached n dripped in sweat with clothes smellin smoke n death but hey crnt beat a great friday nite gr8 3 hrs of headbangin

[abererch]

@sportyster1 wow the moreton friday rock nights.....now that takes me back what a great time..best thing about moreton rock night i had hair then..

[uptheras]

@abererch Yeah 50p one week a pound the next.The pound week always had flares and effects.Pink Floyd In The Flesh to begin.Ending with Jig A Jig East Of Eden and The Edgar Winter Group. on Sat afternoon .I was only 14/15.A few beers in the Old Post Office Pub Then hanging out down Skellies Those where the Days.

[davidcbeach]

this is a favourite-thank you for putting this on for us all xxxx dave beach glastonbury

[foff4strings]

I've looked for this on YouTube so many times and finally it's here! This was my guilty pleasure during the punk era. Sadly for these guys 1977 was not the best year to debut with anything that wasn't based around three chords played at breakneck speed. Still sounds great though...

[metalmickey07]

Had both these albums till I lent them out one time...... Saw these guys at Manchester Free Trade Hall with Sloman in vocals they were one of may fave bands and this my fave track. CHEERS FOR POSTING!

[bragaricci]

Oh man--Manchester Free Trade Hall and the Cambridge Corn Exchange--two of my favorite venues anywhere. You guys rocked! I really liked the little trickles of blood on the front of the stage. Mike (our lead stagehand) tried using a cattle prod once but the punters liked it too much.

[darrenfl]

Awesome band ...... both Sloman and Driscoll were great singers. ... they should of been huge

[kn1ghtstemplar]

I still have this album on vinyl, AND I STILL PLAY IT.

[hooverdog1957]

I have this on vinyl and just looked at the album while looking through my stuff. I don't have a turntable so I can't play mine. Glad to see this song on youtube, it brought back great memories.

[christopherp50]

superb ive been looking for this for a while as my copy on a period tape vanished some years ago. brings back some good memories like going to see zeppellin at knebworth and playing this in the car on the campsite at stevenage after the gig. more of it please . what a band.THANKS

[juwbone]

Anyone remember the Moreton heavy? !!

[smeatho]

Damn right I do (1979-81ish), listening to this, the jig, AC/DC and my mates band Engine playing Live Wire on the anniversary of Bon Scotts death. A few of us used to go from Higher Bebington (Mit, Lee, Hazza, Norm, Rosie, Gill, Karen, Bev) This song always brings back some very happy memories. My memory tells me that the Moreton heavy was even as good as the jukebox in the Swan in Liverpool. Happy days. CHEERS FOR THE VID

[truntlements]

been waiting for ages for someone to put on something by lonestar.....beginning to think i was theonly one to remember them...now I see i am NOT ALONE!

this is their best song - about the cold war essentially...used to play it in the old sovit union when i was a student and smuggled in "degenerate" western music like this.....

[stampmyvitals]

Lone Star had such potential, to have come and gone so quickly was a real loss to people with taste. Glad we had them though, if only fleetingly. Thanks for posting vid.

[bragaricci]

Part 2 - (see dave below for part 1)

It's no wonder CBS pulled the plug when we sent them the demos for the 3rd album...no way they thought they could sell that into our growing heavy metal market (yeah - that's what it was called in '78)

So why isn't LS together anymore - hmmm - maybe I oughta start a blog. - Rick

[RockbertoRocks]

Are you THE Rick Worsnop? Those melodic and crafty keyboards are simply amazing! Such great and memorable music. Thanks for the huge source of joy and inspiration.

[bragaricci]

Yep. Got the t-shirts to prove it.

[stampmyvitals]

Thanks for the band it was a privilege to hear and thanks for your recent post's that gave an insight into the bands creative minds.

[bragaricci]

Thanks stampmyvitals. I just discovered Roberto's post after a friend of a friend saw it. Too bad the video quality's so poor--I forgot how comfy that silk shirt was. You can only gain insight into my filtered memory of the band's minds, but isn't it fun to talk to someone you once admired or followed as a fan, after all these years? It's a gas for me to discover all you old losers out here in cyberspace still listening to my music. I am the one who is honoured. Keep talking.

[daveoak23]

This album ia one of the greatest of all time .For me its got everything..loads of diverse styles and the ryhthm section of the band is absolutely superb

[bragaricci]

Part 1

Thank you! You see, "loads of diverse styles" is a natural product of Paul & Tony's early Brit-rock upbringing, Pete's infatuation with Motown, my classical training and Dixie's tighter-than-a-nuns-cu*t technique. Throw in either Kenny's Paul Rogers vocals, or John's Stevie Wonder stylings, and you get a kick-ass eclectic mix. Man, we had a hell of a time working up material, because it went off in all directions at once!

[daveoak23]

WOW ...Hi Rick , what are you up to nowadays , do you still play.I see Kenny has a couple of Pub gig videos on ypu tube . Very good of you to reply ...What an honour! thanks for Lone Star, they were a superb unit with loads of potential ..Reunion on the cards ??

[bragaricci]

Reunion? r u Kidding? I haven't seen Dixie, Tony John and Pete since they came to Canada to play a short tour. I saw them at Leisure Lodge in Kitchener, where they begged me to get back together -- tempting -- but I ran lights for fun instead. Paul's God-Knows-Where in southern California and WayStead as always. Don't wanna sound mean, but we bickered and bitched at each other way too much. I've got a wife for that now.

[zepxdt]

totally agree, the single most important and most underated album of all time.the lyrics ,the sound absolute one off.own it on original vinyl and cd the recording is so fresh and powerful even today.