These two volumes form a retrospective of unusual thoroughness that demonstrates the band’s solid studio material and consistently blistering live performances. Volume 1 of the Complete Recordings of Trapeze, reviewed here in February, had consisted of the first three studio albums and live concerts in Dallas and London from different points in the group’s career...
Trapeze – Don’t Stop The Music, Complete Recordings Vol 1 1970-1992 (Cherry Red / Purple Records)
Overall, the Dallas set is a fantastic live testament and makes this box set an essential purchase for Trapeze fans. Say the word Trapeze and nine out of ten music fans will think of Glenn Hughes. That’s inevitable given his high-profile career but it would also be an injustice to drummer Dave Holland who spent..
TRAPEZE – Deluxe Album Reissues (Cherry Red / Purple Records)
Any fans of Deep Purple or, especially, of Glenn Hughes, will need no introduction to Trapeze, as they were the band that Hughes was with in the early '70s until 1973, when the Purple job came a-calling. In fact, Trapeze themselves were something of a 'reverse supergroup', since the three core members - unknown at..