Hidden Treasures - Producer Showcase (Tom Allom)

This week were showcasing another Producer. This guys done some cool albums! Trust me, you know his work maybe not his name though. Its "Colonel" Tom Allom and yes he has been nicknamed "Colonel" much like Elvis Presleys producer, "Colonel" Tom Parker was. It is clearly a compliment.

Allom cut his teeth as a sound engineer on Genesis' first album and then engineered the first 3 Black Sabbaths albums, maybe their best 3 albums ever. He is also the producer that really got Judas Priest worldwide attention. All of their most successful output has his signature on it.

Most of his work is rooted in the 70's but he did some great things in the early 80's as well, and thats the era were targeting for this weeks Hidden Treasure playlist. Give this a listen, I think you will hear some great work ...

Now you know...Oh, by the way, these songs are posted in chronological order.

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	Def Leppard On Through The Night 1980 1 - Wasted Posted track was pulled from "Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection" package. Def Leppard's debut album, established the band as one of the leading lights of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. While possessing the tight, controlled attack of comrades Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, Def Leppard was uninterested in the fantastic, menacing, and sometimes gothic themes of those bands; instead, On Through the Night is a collection of working-class hard rock anthems informed by the big, glittering hooks of glam rock. It may lack the detailed production and more pop-oriented songwriting of later efforts, but it's also arguably their heaviest album, and some Leppard fans prefer this sound.
	Doc Holliday Doc Holliday 1981 2 - Ain't No Fool Doc Holliday's debut wound up slipping through that same stylistic breach from which they emerged, failing to latch on with consumers on either side of the Southern rock divide despite receiving largely positive reviews from savvy critics. Within two years the band would lose their way, their record deal, and totally fall apart, but things sure appeared promising once upon a time.
	Krokus Headhunter 1983 3 - Stand and be Counted Krokus had already been around the bend a number of times by the time they scored their first (and only) American platinum success with 1983's Headhunter. Shameless bandwagon hoppers that they were (their origins lay in cheesy, late-'70s progressive rock), the band at least deserve credit for mixing their musical stew just right on this occasion. The results include the frenetic title track, a highly competent power ballad in "Screaming in the Night," and their biggest hit -- a reworking of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "Stayed Awake All Night." Mid-tempo rockers such as "Eat the Rich" and "Russian Winter" also receive energetic performances from the band
	Y&T In Rock We Trust 1984 4 - Break Out Tonight Y&T had yet to successfully capture their scorching live energy on vinyl. With Judas Priest producer Tom (Colonel) Allom on board this time around, they did manage to sound a little looser and more relaxed than on recent efforts, but to be quite honest, In Rock We Trust still paled in comparison to the freewheeling intensity of 1981's landmark Earthshaker album. "Masters and Slaves" and the driving "Break Out Tonight!" are among the highlights contained here