The Firm "Mean Business" (Page/Rodgers) Original 1986 vinyl LP Atlantic 781628-1

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The Firm were a British rock supergroup formed in 1984, featuring singer Paul Rodgers (Free and Bad Company), guitarist Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin),  drummer Chris Slade (Manfred Mann's Earthband, Uriah Heep and AC/DC) and bass player Tony Franklin.
Page and Rodgers refused to play material by their former bands and instead opted for a selection of Firm songs plus tracks from their solo albums; however, at least one performance of "Midnight Moonlight" featured sections of  "White Summer" and "Kashmir", originally recorded by Page's former bands The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin, respectively. The new songs were heavily infused with a soulful and commercially accessible sound, courtesy of Franklin's fretless bass guitar underpinning an understated song structure. Despite refusing to play old material, the last track from , "Midnight Moonlight", was originally an unreleased Led Zeppelin song entitled "Swan Song". This caused some critics to claim that Page had begun to run out of ideas.
Tracklist A1Fortune Hunter5:00A2Cadillac5:57A3All The Kings Horses3:16A4Live In Peace5:05B1Tear Down The Walls4:43B2Dreaming6:00B3Free To Live4:13B4Spirit Of Love5:06
Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode (Text): 0 7567 - 81628 - 1 7 Barcode: 075678162817 Label Code: LC 0121 Price Code: Ⓤ Price Code (France): WE 381 Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM Matrix / Runout (side A): ST A 855905 C 1-2 SP-GER TOWNHOUSE R/SA 781628-1 A3 [SRC logo]  Matrix / Runout (side B): ST A 855906 -J 1.2 SPGER R/S Alsdorf 781628-1 B3 ATLANTIC STUDIOS DK 6 [SRC logo] Info courtesy of Wikipaedia and Discog.com