For those unaware, Merv Spence is a former member of Wishbone Ash and Trapeze as well as an established solo artist who will be touring to support the release of his brand new album, Phenomena Recovered which is also fully supported by a worldwide marketing campaign.

Phenomena is an all-star series of albums created by Tom Galley which saw its debut album sell 1.2 million copies, and its follow-up deliver a #1 hit single ‘Did It All For Love’. Spence is the former rights owner of the Phenomena albums and previously recorded his own renditions of the best-known songs.

This brand new recording features all of Merv Spence’s covers of the Phenomena tracks, both previously released and newly recorded.

1. Still The Night
2. What About Love?
3. Phoenix Rising
4. A Whole Lot of Love
5. Believe
6. Did It All For Love
7. Stop!
8. It Must Be Love
9. No Retreat, No Surrender
10. Shape It Up
11. Slave (1993 Version)
12. Dance With The Devil (2023 Recording)
13. Rock My Soul (2023 Recording)

The album opens on the atmospherically-charged rocker Still The Night and the soaring rock ballad What About Love? and then brings us the almost Gospel-hued track Phoenix Rising, the melodic A Whole Lot of Love, and then we get the Journey-esque pairing of both the synth-guitar rockers Believe and Did It All For Love.

The powerful Stop! and the veritably translucent ballad It Must Be Love are up next and are in turn followed by the propelent No Retreat, No Surrender, the ’80s guitar rock of Shape It Up, the album rounding out on the AOR of the 1993 hit Slave (1993 Version), closing on two brand new recordings: the Celtic-hued Dance With The Devil and the shimmering rock ballad Rock My Soul.

Lead singer, musician & music producer Merv Spence says of the release: “Phenomena Recovered is a very important album for me. A lot of creative blood, sweat and tears went into producing these songs and the results make me feel incredibly proud. I embraced the challenge, and gave it my own signature. I hope Phenomena fans will also embrace this production, and I look forward to performing these great songs live, both in a band capacity and solo, acoustically”.

Official Purchase Link

www.mervspence.com