Midnight Rendezvous is an EP by the British heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade is an English heavy metal band, active since 1982. Tokyo Blade is one of the many acts considered part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement from the late 1970s / early 1980s. Tokyo Blade went through many changes of formation and disbanded twice, often changing their musical...

, released in 1984 through the UK independent record label

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 Powerstation Records. The songs were recorded with the original Tokyo Blade guitarist Ray Dismore, before he left the band during the recording of the first album.

The four tracks of the EP, combined with four tracks of the band's first album, Tokyo Blade

Tokyo Blade (album)

Tokyo Blade is the debut album by English heavy metal band Tokyo Blade. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the tracks from the 1984 Midnight Rendezvous EP....

, were published as an LP during the same year by Combat Records

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 in the USA, under the title Midnight Rendezvous. This EP was included in the re-release on CD of the album Tokyo Blade in 1997.

Track listing

Music by Andy Boulton, lyrics by Alan Marsh

1. "Midnight Rendezvous" – 3:22
2. "Mean Streak" – 4:44
3. "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:00
4. "Highway Passion" – 4:24

US edition LP

1. "Midnight Rendezvous" - 3:22
2. "Break the Chains" - 5:07
3. "If Heaven Is Hell" - 6:04
4. "Mean Streak" - 4:44
5. "Powergame" - 4:12
6. "Highway Passion" - 4:24
7. "Killer City" - 5:47
8. "Sunrise in Tokyo" - 5:47

Tokyo Blade

• Alan Marsh - lead vocals
• Andy Boulton - guitar
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• Ray Dismore- guitar
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• Andy Robbins - bass guitar
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• Steve Pierce - drums