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SAXON Release ‘Unplugged And Strung Up’
November 18th, 2013

Yorkshire, England-based heavy metal group Saxon issued Unplugged And Strung Up on November 18th, 2013 through UDR Music.

The outing was cut, mixed, and mastered with Andy Sneap in Derbyshire, England during 2013. 14 tracks were selected from Saxon’s catalogue to be either mixed, re-recorded, or re-arranged in either acoustic or orchestral format.

Unplugged And Strung Up was released in standard jewelcase format, in double-vinyl gatefold sleeve format, and digipack format. The outing’s digipack format is a two-disc version, containing the bonus disc Heavy Metal Thunder. Originally released in September 2002, Heavy Metal Thunder was comprised of re-recorded versions of past Saxon compositions.

The track listing was as follows;

01. ‘Stallions Of The Highway’ (remix)
02. ‘Crusader’ (orchestral version)
03. ‘Battle Cry’
04. ‘The Eagle Has Landed’ (orchestral version)
05. ‘Red Star Falling’ (orchestral version)
06. ‘Broken Heroes’ (orchestral version)
07. ‘Call To Arms’ (orchestral version)
08. ‘Militia Guard’
09. ‘Forever Free’ (re-recorded version)
10. ‘Just Let Me Rock’ (re-recorded version)
11. ‘Frozen Rainbow’ (acoustic version)
12. ‘Iron Wheels’ (live acoustic version)
13. ‘Requiem’ (acoustic version)
14. ‘Coming Home’ (acoustic version)

Heavy Metal Thunder

01. ‘Heavy Metal Thunder’
02. ‘Strong Arm Of The Law’
03. ‘Power & The Glory’
04. ‘And The Bands Played On’
05. ‘Crusader’
06. ‘Dallas 1pm’
07. ‘Princess Of The Night’
08. ‘Wheels Of Steel’
09. ‘747 (Strangers In The Night)’
10. ‘Motorcycle Man’
11. ‘Never Surrender’
12. ‘Denim & Leather’
13. ‘Backs To The Wall’

In its first week of release, Unplugged And Strung Up sold roughly 500 copies in the United States. A music video was filmed for the track ‘Frozen Rainbow’. In addition, an official lyric video was released for the song ‘The Eagle Has Landed’.

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