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Legend

Legend - Anthology www.monsterrecords.com

A rather obscure NWOBHM group I honestly never heard of, Legend has been brought to the new millennium in the form of a comprehensive and well-packaged 26 track, 2 CD set by Monster Records.  Receiving items like this to review and write up is truly a treat as you can hear the rawer than a marathon runner’s feet effort put forth by the band.  It reminds me of the neighborhood metal bands in the early to mid 80’s who would throw beer parties to attract a crowd and more importantly, women.  A low budget production and most likely an inexperienced producer has his hand in the mix yet the effort shines through. 

Considering how many of the bands from the NWOBHM era that were signed to labels like Neat in UK or to bigger labels like Mercury (Def Leppard) and EMI (Iron Maiden), it is strange that Legend was not in the early wave of bands picked up.  Although, the answers to problems within the band lie within the CD booklet, there is no denying the guitar playing of Peter Haworth.  Although the topics of many Legend tracks were not exactly upbeat, his playing ability was a definite highlight of the band. 

Monster Records deserves a big “thank you” from the metal community for unearthing and getting obscure releases such as Legend onto CD.  A few lessons from the roots of the NWOBHM wouldn’t hurt some high profile metal bands currently popular.  "Anthology" by Legend along with many other extremely obscure metal releases are available from Monster Records.  Please visit them at:
http://www.monsterrecords.com

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MONSTER RECORDS
P.O. Box 460173
San Antonio, TX 78246-0173
USA

Phone/Fax: 210-822-6174

Dennis Bergeron : Email: Dennis@monsterrecords.com 
Phil Baker : Email: Phil@monsterrecords.com
 

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