Midnight Rendezvous

Midnight Rendezvous
EP by Tokyo Blade
Released	1984
Recorded	Cave Studios, Bristol, UK
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	18:30
Label	Powerstation Records
Producer	Andy Allen
Tokyo Blade chronology
Tokyo Blade (1983) Midnight Rendezvous (1984) Night of the Blade (1984)
US LP cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	EP[1]
AllMusic	LP[2]

Midnight Rendezvous is an EP by the British heavy metal band Tokyo Blade, released in 1984 through the UK independent record label Powerstation Records.^[3] The songs were recorded with the original Tokyo Blade guitarist Ray Dismore, before he left the band during the recording of the first album.^[4]

The four tracks of the EP, combined with four tracks of the band's first album, Tokyo Blade, were published as an LP during the same year by Combat Records 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

Personnel

Tokyo Blade

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

Additional musicians

• John Wiggins - guitar on tracks 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the US LP

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous (EP) review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous (LP) review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
3. "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous EP". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
4. "Tokyo Blade Midnight Rendezvous". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-07-14.