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LIFE BY NIGHT - Life By Night

Escape Music is pleased to announce the release date for one of the most sought after albums, fully remastered,
and first time on CD!

The first pressing will be a limited edition of 1000 copies only and will include two unreleased bonus tracks and features the original front cover!  All will be numbered 1-1000 , with extensive liner notes by rock guru Dave Reynolds.

Release Date: 16 July 2021
Catalogue No: ESM355
Bar Code: 5031281003553

Track List:
1- Phone to Phone (4:02)
2- I Believe in You (3:58)
3-  Angel (4:17)
4- Non Stop World (4:06)
5- No One Knows (3:49)
6- Automatic (4:34)
7- Trouble (3:32)
8- For no reason (4:20)
9- Situation (3:47)
10- Life by Night (4:36)
11- Fade to Blue (3:49) un-released bonus track
12 You and I (3:58) un-released bonus track

Band is:
Tom Croucier – Lead Vocals & Bass (Scorpions / Dokken / Vic Vergat Group)
Stuart Mathis – Guitars & Vocals
Bryan Hitt – Drums  (REO Speedwagon)
Jeff Naideau – Keyboards & Guitar
Kevin Anderson – Keyboards / Vocals

Produced By Richie Zito (Heart, Cher, Poison, Bad English, Tyketto, Cheap Trick, Ratt, Mr Big)
Mastered by Steve Mann (Lioneheart, MSG, Liar)

One of the long lost records of the ‘80’s, L.A. based Life By Night’s self-titled debut album is finally getting some way overdue recognition! Formed by lead vocalist and bassist Tom Croucier, the brother of Ratt bassist Juan Croucier, Life By Night had the songs and the look, but sadly not the traction, thanks to the usual story of music business politics to take things any further than they did.

Having played in a variety of different groups through years, Tom has been a part of Roger Romeo’s group “Romeo” as well as A&M record’s Bobby Dazzler and Santana.

In 1981 Tom Played on the excellent “Down to the Bone” album in 1981 by Vic Vergat. The band played all over Europe before they went to the States to open for Nazareth. Tom also played bass on the Scorpions “Blackout” album.

After returning to the States following the break-up of the Vic Vergat Group, Tom began writing songs and would eventually put together a new band project with drummer Bryan Hitt (REO Speedwagon), and it was then that a band called “Life by Night” was formed.

In the mid-eighties Life by Night recorded their debut album with Richie Zito behind the production desk. The songs were melodic AOR with poppy overtones and it was all set to be released when the label at the time just dropped them. It happened so quickly, and as a result this fine album from 1985 never saw the light of day.

Here it is though, fully remastered on CD for the very first time.

“I was blown away when I heard it,” says Tom. “I love the way it sounds. I’m really happy with it. The way ‘Angel’ sounds especially is just great. I always felt that should’ve been the first single when it was originally released back in 1985. It just had so much crossover potential.”

The CD is a limited numbered release of 1000 only.