Formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach, Lucifer’s Friend is a German Rock band who were early practitioners of Heavy Metal and Progressive Rock, also incorporating elements of Jazz and Fusion into their music.
Beyond Heavy Metal, the band has been cited as a pioneer of Doom Metal, helping to define both genres due to the Heavy sound and dark-oriented lyrics of their debut “Lucifer’s Friend” (1971), before returning to their roots in 1981 with “Mean Machine.”
– 5xCD box set featuring all of their albums from the 2000s.
– Plus “Mean Machine” (1981) and “Sumo” from 1994.
– Newly remastered by Andy Pearce.
– Packaged in a new lift-lid box with a booklet containing an introduction by Iris Lawton.
Pre-Order “Jokers And Fools” 5xCD Edition Boxset here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/lucifer-s-friend-jokers-and-fools-5cd-edition
DISC ONE — Mean Machine
01. One Way Street To Heartbreak
02. Hey Driver
03. Fire And Rain
04. Mean Machine
05. Cool Hand Killer
06. Action
07. Born To The City
08. One Night Sensation
09. Let Me Slow Down
10. Bye Bye Sadie
DISC TWO — Sumo
01. Get In
02. Heartbreaker
03. One Way Ticket To Hell
04. Don’t Look Back
05. You Touched Me…
06. Cadillac
07. Step By Step
08. Rebound
09. Sumogrip
10. Sheree
11. Back In The Track
12. Banzai
13. Any Day Now
14. Ride In The Sky
15. Free Me
16. Get Out
BONUS TRACK
17. You Touched Me With Your Heart
DISC THREE — Live @ Sweden Rock 2015
01. Intro-Awakening
02. Pray
03. Fire And Rain
04. In The Time Of Job
05. Keep Going
06. Hey Driver
07. Riding High
08. Moonshine Rider
09. Did You Ever
10. Burning Ships
11. Ride The Sky
12. High Flying Lady
DISC FOUR — Too Late to Hate
01. Demolition Man
02. Jokers & Fools
03. When Children Cry
04. Straight For The Heart
05. Tell Me Why
06. Don’t Talk To Strangers
07. I Will Be There
08. This Time
09. Tears
10. Sea Of Promises
11. Brothers Without A Name
12. When You’re Gone (Live)
DISC FIVE — Black Moon
01. Black Moon
02. Passengers
03. Rolling The Stone
04. Behind The Smile
05. Palace of Fools
06. Call The Captain
07. Little Man
08. Freedom
09. Taking It To The Edge
10. Glory Days