TRIUMPH greatest hits remix....+ DVD

TRIUMPH Bassist Mike Levine On New Hits Package - "I Don't Want It To Be Taken As A Precursor To A Potential Tour, Or That It's Instead Of A Tour Either"






Tracey Lukasik has issued an interview with TRIUMPH bassist Mike Levine. The following is an excerpt:

Q: Is this Greatest Hits package meant to hold fans over until a tour? Is it to take the place of one? Or is it yet to be determined?

A: "Um, in the official Triumph lingo, Triumph has no official plan, or the Triumph official plan is there is no official plan! We just wanted to get this out because we’ve been working on it for a long time. Ya know, the pressure was building, we were getting 100 emails a day on the website asking 'when is this coming, when is this coming?' We’d been talking about it for 5 years. Finally, we hired the studio manager at Metalworks to kind of be the producer of the whole thing, just to put all the pieces together. You have the video to deal with, the video editor, getting the footage, all the audio stuff, which was mixed but still needed to be packaged up and manufactured, the graphics, and the whole nine yards. So, he kind of put the heat on everybody and ran with the ball. Where Gil and I would start on it and then go fall asleep for six months (guilty laughter) and then resurrect it again. But to answer your question, I don’t want it to be taken as a precursor to a potential tour or that it’s instead of a tour either. I mean we’ve been chatting about it, but we all have different lives since Triumph was out years ago.

Check out the full interview at Backstageaxxess.com.

Triumph have released their new Greatest Hits compilation package on CD and DVD appropriately titled Greatest Hits Remixed.

The two-disc set includes a hit-laden 14 track CD, which was remixed by Rich Chycki (AEROSMITH, RUSH), giving the songs an incredible sonic wallop. A cover of the classic 'Love Hurts' (made famous by NAZARETH) sung by Moore will be the lead single.

The DVD features eleven promo and live videos in widescreen filmed over Triumph’s career, as well five bonus features, including 3 more unreleased videos ('Child Of The City', 'Blinding Light Show' and 'Love Hurts') and footage of Triumph’s induction into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame in 2008.

"We have been planning this release forever," says Mike Levine. "For years, Triumph fans have been demanding that we give them a fresh greatest hits package and they are going to love this one."

The six-panel digipak will also include a 20 pages full colour booklet, complete with liner notes, lyrics, credits and chock full of vintage photos and will most certainly be a hit with Triumph’s consistent legion of fans.

Triumph pushed the limits of Arena Rock to the max with their legendary live shows and virtuoso playing. Add to it some of the most recognizable and celebrated radio classics ('Lay It On The Line', 'Hold On', 'Fight The Good Fight' and 'Magic Power'), a vault full of gold and platinum sales awards for their ten studio albums and there you have one of the most successful rock acts of the 1970‘s/1980’s!

And now, fans both new and old will have the opportunity to discover/re-discover Triumph, with the all killer/no filler Greatest Hits Remixed.

Greatest Hits Remixed includes:

CD:
'Allied Forces'
'Lay It On The Line'
'Follow Your Heart'
'Magic Power'
'I Live For The Weekend'
'Hold On'
'Just One Night'
'Fight The Good Fight'
'Spellbound'
'Never Surrender'
'Lights Go Down'
'Somebody’s Out There'
'Rock And Roll Machine'
'Love Hurts'


DVD:
'Follow Your Heart'
'Lay It On The Line'
'Spellbound'
'Magic Power'
'Lights Go Down'
'Hold On'
'Just One Night'
'Somebody’s Out There'
'Allied Forces'
'Never Surrender'
'Never Say Never'

Bonus Video:
'Child Of The City' (With Phil X On Guitar)
'Blinding Light Show' (Bootleg: Filmed On Fan Cam)
'Love Hurts'

DVD Specs:
Mix 2.0/5.1
Screen 16:9
Format is NTSC Region free