MARINO, FRANK
THE POWER OF ROCK'N'ROLL (ROCK CANDY)
Fully remastered, 16 page full-colour booklet, new essay about the making of the album, enhanced artwork and previously unseen photos In a bold move, for this, his eighth studio album, he was encouraged to drop the Mahogany Rush handle altogether and set sail purely under his own name.
It was a brave step but one that made perfect sense considering the momentum that he had already achieved.
Released in 1981 and once again self-produced, 'The Power Of Rock And Roll' was a triumph, seeing Frank setting fire to convention with a collection of hard hitting, no nonsense rock.
Sharper, infinitely more focussed, the eight tracks are veritable firecrackers, making good on his intent to deliver a record that, by all rights, should have catapulted him to sizeable success beyond his cult appeal.
Songs such as 'Ain't Dead Yet', 'Runnin' Wild', 'Crazy Miss Daisy' and the frenetic, almost speed metal, pace of 'Go Strange', leave little room for any argument that Frank was losing his focus or resting on his laurels.