The Early Years (Helix album)

The Early Years
Compilation album by Helix
Released 1991
Genre Heavy metal
Label A&M
Helix chronology
Back for Another Taste
(1990)		 The Early Years
(1991)		 It's a Business Doing Pleasure'
(1993)

The Early Years was the ninth Helix album and their second compilation album, issued in 1991. It reissued all the tracks from the band's first two independent albums, Breaking Loose (1979) and White Lace & Black Leather (1981), with new cover art. This was the first ever Compact Disc release of these two albums.

Track listing

  1. "I Could Never Leave"
  2. "Don't Hide Your Love"
  3. "Down in the City"
  4. "Crazy Women"
  5. "Billy Oxygen"
  6. "Here I Go Again"
  7. "You're a Woman Now"
  8. "Wish I Could Be There"
  9. "Breaking Loose"
  10. "It's Too Late"
  11. "Long Distance Heartbreak"
  12. "Time for a Change"
  13. "Hangman's Tree"
  14. "It's What I Wanted"
  15. "Mainline"
  16. "Women, Whiskey & Sin"
  17. "Thoughts That Bleed"

Credits

  • Brian Vollmer – lead vocals (all tracks except 4, 5 & 15)
  • Brent Doerner – guitars/vocals (all tracks, lead vocals on 4, 5 & 15)
  • Paul Hackman – guitars/vocals (all tracks)
  • Keith "Bert" Zurbrigg – bass (tracks 1–8, 10)
  • Mike Uzelac – bass (tracks 9, 11–17)
  • Brian Doerner – drums (tracks 1–8)
  • Leo Niebudek – drums (tracks 9–17)[1]

"You're a Woman Now" garnered Helix airplay in Texas in 1979. Joe Anthony of KISS FM played the track which allowed the band to play there.[2]

References

  1. ↑ [CD booklet]
  2. ↑ Helix History 1979


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