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Demorabilia

Last Modified On 21 Mar 2009

This is a two cd set of demos (hence a lower standard of sound quality) that mainly features the vocals from Uriah Heep's Bernie Shaw era's of Escape and Praying Mantis. The packaging on this one is really nice and it contains a family tree of the band written out by Tino Troy himself.

Demorabilia Package

There are 27 Tracks on the album, excerpts of which can be listened to with a Real Audio player.

Disc 1

  1. One Of These Days (Escape - Nov 83)
  2. Wasted Love (Escape - Nov 83)
  3. Fantasy (Escape - Nov 83)
  4. Woman Of The Night (Escape - Nov 83)
  5. I Don't Take Prisoners (Escape - Nov 83)
  6. Born Evil (Escape - Nov 83)
  7. The Horn (Escape - Nov 83)
  8. Top Of The Mountain (Escape - Nov 83)
  9. All Over Again (Praying Mantis - Late 83)
  10. Romancer (Praying Mantis - Late 83)
  11. Your Number (Praying Mantis - Late 83)
  12. Give Me A Reason (Praying Mantis - June 83)
  13. Heartache (Praying Mantis - Winter 81 - Tom Jackson Vocal)

Disc 2

  1. A Question Of Time (Praying Mantis - Aug 81)
  2. I Need Your Loving (Praying Mantis - Aug 81)
  3. Battle Royal (Praying Mantis - Aug 81)
  4. Time Slipping Away (Praying Mantis - Aug 81)
  5. Got To Get It (Praying Mantis - Jan 83)
  6. Over And Over (Praying Mantis - Jan 83)
  7. Never Say No ((Praying Mantis - Jan 83)
  8. Heat Of The Moment (Escape - Late 83)
  9. Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Escape - Late 83)
  10. Enough Is Enough (Praying Mantis - May 83)
  11. Raining In Kensington (Praying Mantis - May 83)
  12. Nightmares (Praying Mantis - May 83)
  13. Give Me A Reason (Praying Mantis - Aug 81 - Chris vocal)
  14. The Story (Praying Mantis - Aug 81 - Chris then Steve vocal)

The Musicians

  • Bernie Shaw, Lead Vocals On Most tracks
  • Chris Troy, Bass guitar, Background Vocals, Lead Vocals
  • Tino Troy, Lead guitar, Background Vocals, Keyboards
  • Don Garbett, Keyboards On Nov 83 tracks
  • Clive Burr, Drums On Most Escape Tracks
  • Jon Bavin, Keyboards On May and June 83 Tracks
  • Steve Carroll, Lead guitar, Background Vocals, Lead Vocals On 81 tracks
  • Dave Potts, Drums On most Praying Mantis Tracks
  • Tom Jackson, Lead Vocals

Album Review

From Burn Magazine In Japan. Translated for me by Yoko. (Thanks)

Demorabilia - Praying Mantis

This is a double CD of unreleased songs that the Troy brothers had. It also includes demos of not only Praying Mantis but also Escape (Stratus). A band the Troys started with ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr and ex-Grand Prix vocalist Bernie Shaw. You can't expect much of the sound production as these are demos. This album is not just worth it for the demos but also for the packaging which contains rare photos etc. This album will be a treasure for Praying Mantis fans. Eventually The Horn on Disc 1 and Battle Royal on Disc 2 saw the light of day on "Predator In Disguise" which was Praying Mantis's first studio album after their 1990 NWOBHM reunion. As you can guess "Time Slipping Away" on Disc 2 is the original of "Time Slipping Away"