MARK SPIRO - Care Of My Soul Vol.1 [remastered] (2012)

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"Care Of My Soul" was the first proper MARK SPIRO solo album after colaborating with countless major artists as songwriter and arranger.
His name is often named in the same breath as the likes of Desmond Child and Diane Warren, but there are some differences easy to see between Spiro and those two hit machines.
Whilst Child's and Warren's direction are more traditional (not meaning less good) Spiro challenges both himself and his audience more.

For "Care Of My Soul", Spiro took the time to carefully select his best tunes and helped by excellent session musicians like the exquisite Tim Pierce on guitars, recorded these songs with the typical and classy Mark Spiro AOR style, plenty of moody verses & choruses and lots of soft and raspy vocals.

After almost twenty years, "Care Of My Soul" is being re-released by Spiro together with the second volume of brand new songs.
Now re-entitled "Care Of My Soul Vol.1", it has been remastered, includes two previously unreleased tracks, re-arranged song sequence and new artwork.
As said in the previous post, if you like Spiro's delicious songwriting and beautifully crafted soft AOR sounds, you'll love this.
Classy.


01 - Care Of My Soul
02 - One Of The Reasons
03 - King Arthur
04 - Wheels May Rust
05 - Drop In The Ocean
06 - Between The Raindrops
07 - The Fishermen 3
08 - Women Be True
09 - Wallflower Ranch
10 - You Can't Take That Away
11 - Interlude
12 - Lately
13 - Everything Changes
14 - Hey Daisy (previously unreleased)
15 - Encinitas (previously unreleased)


Mark Spiro - Vocals, Guitar
Tim Pierce - Guitars
Kevin Wyatt - Bass
Jamey Jaz - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Jimmy Keegan - Drums
Mike Fisher - Percussion
Pete Candoli - Horns
Lisa Haley, Armen Ksajikian - Strings
Julian Lennon - Vocals
Martika, Christopher Bogan, Lua Crofts, Naimeh Heath, Kelly Sachs, Sandy Simmons, Leslie Spiro - Backing Vocals



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MARK SPIRO - Care Of My Soul Vol.2 (2012)

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MARK SPIRO is perhaps one of the most gifted songwriters and performers on the AOR / Melodic Rock circuit from the last 30 years. His name is often named in the same breath as the likes of Desmond Child or Diane Warren.
A majority have known him only has a songwriter, a talented such.
Heart, Bad English, Lita Ford and Giant, where he actually where meant to be lead vocalist, are just some of the artists that has been blessed with his compositions.

His first 'American' solo album (Mark recorded his debut in Germany in the mid-eighties) "Care Of My Soul", was a beautiful compendium of his sensibility writing fabulous melodies.
Now Spiro is releasing "Care Of My Soul Vol.2", the sequel, including all new compositions. Most of them are truly outstanding...
There's not much to say: if you like Spiro work, or you're just an AOR / AC aficionado, you'll love this.
Classy.

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01 - A Beautiful Mistake
02 - Get Into The Going
03 - Love Don't Come Around Here
04 - Starlight
05 - Miss Her Everywhere
06 - Singing You Back To Me
07 - Paper Dragons
08 - Up In Flames
09 - My Greatest Goodbye
10 - Everything Is On It's Way
11 - Say Your Prayers

Mark Spiro: Vocals, guitar, songwriting, producer
Personnel unlisted



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MARK SPIRO - Care Of My Soul Vol.2 [promo sampler] (2012)

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MARK SPIRO is perhaps one of the most gifted songwriters and performers on the AOR / Melodic Rock circuit from the last 30 years. His name is often named in the same breath as the likes of Desmond Child or Diane Warren.

A majority have known him only has a songwriter, a talented such.
Heart, Bad English, Lita Ford and Giant, where he actually where meant to be lead vocalist, are just some of the artists that has been blessed with his compositions.
Despite the fact that he has had success as a songwriter, and still do, he doesn't come near as solo artist.

His first 'American' album (Mark recorded his debut in Germany in the mid-eighties) "Care Of My Soul", was a beautiful compendium of his sensibility writing fabulous melodies.
Now, Spiro will re-release "Care Of My Soul" remastered and with a couple of bonus tracks.
More than that, he will release together "Care Of My Soul Vol.2", the sequel, including all new compositions.

At the moment, Mark is working in Julian Lennon's new album, writing and playing, so the date of release of both discs is uncertain.
But as appetizer, here we have an exclusive promotional CD (not for sale), not only including some of the new tracks from "Care Of My Soul Vol.2", but also many unreleased songs from his vaults that probably never will be released.
Also present is one of the bonuses to be featured in the reissue of the 1996 album.
A must have for Mark Spiro and Melodic Rock / AOR fans in general.

You've seen it first here, at zerodayrockz


01 - Encinitas (Care Of My Soul 2012 reissue bonus track)
02 - Love Don't Come Around Here (Care Of My Soul Vol.2)
03 - Man In The House On The Hill [New track not to be released]
04 - Say Your Prayers (Care Of My Soul Vol.2)
05 - That's What He Does [New track not to be released]
06 - Everything Is On It's Way (Care Of My Soul Vol.2)
07 - Paper Dragons (Care Of My Soul Vol.2)
08 - Had A Big Brother In Vietnam [New track not to be released]
09 - Wheels May Rust [New track not to be released]


Mark Spiro: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, songwriting
Personnel: unlisted


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MARK SPIRO - It's A Beautiful Life (2012)

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The iconic American songwriter Mark Spiro is back with his sixth solo album "It's A Beautiful Life".
Between AOR circles Spiro is a star, but his name, solo career and songwriting contributions are pretty unknown for major rock audiences, although all of you have already listened at least one of the magical melodies coming from his pen.
For starters, Mark has co-written songs for Bad English, Heart, Winger or REO Speedwagon to name a few. Seven out of eleven songs from Giant's classic 'Last Of The Runaways' (including the immortal 'I'll See You In My Dreams') are penned by Spiro together with the Huff bros.

That said, Spiro is a master in the songwriting department, and an accomplished singer / musician as well.
On his solo albums, and "It's A Beautiful Life" isn't an exception, Spiro's style towards to AOR / Melodic Rock sounds, but also to classic Americana blended with Classic Rock.
The majority of the songs consist of sweet melodies plenty of pulsating acoustic guitar chords and clean instrumentation, with occasional keyboards and some strong electric six-string riffs.
The focus is very clear - and that's indeed the singer / songwriter feeling of - his voice. This voice belongs to you as it comes from a relaxed, smiling mouth - "It's A Beautiful Life" is not just the title, but also the theme of the album.

The CD starts with the title track "It's A Beautiful Life", a smooth, radio friendly melodic rock song with a striking chorus. "I know who I love" has a more contemporary beat combined with acoustic guitars.
"Come Back To Me" is one of the highlights. An outstanding song with a catchy refrain and an infectious melody.
The disc gets more relaxed with the mid-pacer delicate melody of "Love Struck Dumb", an elegant Americana song with tons of class.
Another highlight for me is the "Go Another Mile", an irresistible radio rocker with solid guitars and superb songwriting.
"Dance The Lonely Spotlight" is a West Coast oriented tune driven by a pulsating bass line, adorned with nice keyboards. The sweet harmony vocals are cleverly arranged and performed.
On "Might As Well Be Me" Spiro adds more electric guitars to the mix. It's a good and simple rock song with a catchy chorus. "Dream Big, Pray Hard" has a very commercial feeling ala Bryan Adams, followed by the beautiful pop/rocker "Everything I Do" which features a contagious harmonic cadence.


"It's A Beautiful Life" conjures the best of the classic AOR, West Coast and Adult Contemporary styles into one CD. But not with the typical bombastic & lush sound of the genre, just with Spiro's personal approach.
This is a man with absolutely nothing to prove. He has written and performed everything on this disc, which oozes quality.
All these songs are beautifully crafted, the whole album has a crisp, sharp, clear sound and the guitar work and indeed the likeable vocals from Spiro himself are immaculate.
"It's A Beautiful Life" is another fine piece of music from one of the best rock songwriters ever.
Really Good.

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01 - It’s A Beautiful Life
02 - I Know Who I Love
03 - Come Back To Me
04 - Love Struck Dumb
05 - Go Another Mile
06 - Dance The Lonely Spotlight
07 - Might As Well Be Me
08 - Brand New Beautiful Day
09 - Dream Big, Pray Hard
10 - Everything I Do
11 - A Beautiful Mistake (bonus track)


Mark Spiro – Everything
John McLennon – Guitars on 7, 10




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