Sunday, July 22, 2018
CAUGHT IN THE ACT C I T A Rare First Recording 1989
CAUGHT IN THE ACT C I T A Rare First Recording 1989
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Well, finally its here CAUGHT IN THE ACTs (later C.I.T.A.) first recording, so much sought after by collectors.
Formed in 1988 by a group of Denver, Colorado High School friends, the band was pointed to AXEs guitarist Bobby Barth by his manager Ken Turner who at the time lived in the same city.
Barth saw the bands potential and immediately agreed to assist the production of CAUGHT IN THE ACT demo to tempt labels. It would be six years before the band got the opportunity to actually release their debut (the already posted Act 1 Relapse Of Reason).
CAUGHT IN THE ACT - The Demo - includes songs never re-recorded again, because in the 6-year gap the guys wrote a lot of new material and these primal tracks were much more 80s oriented.
Musically the predominant style is American Melodic Hard Rock, but CAUGHT IN THE ACT never was another band of the lot, nor even in their very beginning.
We hear here strong keyboard infusions many times bordering AOR, and a little of progressive Hard Rock throwing in. Lyrics are a bit cheesy, but the musicianship really, really good.
The main attraction in this set of songs is the freshness and effervescence of these young musicians hungry for glory.
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Catchy rockers like "Satisfaction" (quite Dokken-esque), "Clock Strikes" and "Daddys Little Girl" are complemented by the melodic numbers "Good Girl Gone Bad" and "Bedroom Eyes", while "Hold On", the ballad "Dont Look Lonely" and "On My Way" brew lovable AOR waves.
Recorded and produced with a high standard for a demo, the sound quality of these tapes is A+. Anyway, I have cleaned some hiss and a couple of noises.
Very nice stuff and quite rare.
1 - Bedroom Eyes
2 - Daddys Little Girl
3 - Dont Look Lonely
4 - Hold On
5 - Good Girl Gone Bad
6 - Satisfaction
7 - On My Way
8 - Clock Strikes
Danny Martinez: lead vocals, guitar
Anthony Trujillo: guitar, keyboards, vocals
rest of personnel unlisted
CAUGHT IN THE ACT - Rare First Recording
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