Dual Edge – Knock ‘Em Alive [demo version]

Dual Edge
Knock ‘Em Alive [demo version]
1987 Edge Records
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Scott Turner – Lead vocals
Rick Wald – Guitars, backing vocals
John Avery – Bass, Backing vocals
Terry Steinmeyer – Drums, backing vocals

Side 1:

1. Life Him Up
2. Fight for the Light
3. Open Your Eyes
4. Be With You
5. New Life

Side 2:

1. Knock ‘Em Alive
2. Take It to the Bank
3. The Light
4. Follow Your Dreams

You might have heard of Dual Edge as the first band released by Frontline Records with 1987’s Knock ‘Em Alive. In general, most people liked their album, but found that something in the mixing or mastering was messed up and made it sound really low quality. It turns out that the Frontline release was a re-release of the band’s demo, which had a much better mix and even an extra song. I am not sure why “Open Your Eyes” was left off of the official release, because it seems to match the other songs in style and quality. This demo sounds like a regular label release… so I really wonder what happened with the label release? Weird.