{"id":16836,"date":"2013-11-18T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=16836"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T13:36:27","slug":"news-saxon-release-unplugged-and-strung-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-saxon-release-unplugged-and-strung-up\/","title":{"rendered":"SAXON Release \u2018Unplugged And Strung Up\u2019 (November 18th, 2013) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAXON Release \u2018Unplugged And Strung Up\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nNovember 18th, 2013<\/strong><\/span>
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\nYorkshire, England-based heavy metal group Saxon issued Unplugged And Strung Up<\/em> on November 18th, 2013 through UDR Music.<\/p>\n

The outing was cut, mixed, and mastered with Andy Sneap in Derbyshire, England during 2013. 14 tracks were selected from Saxon’s catalogue to be either mixed, re-recorded, or re-arranged in either acoustic or orchestral format.<\/p>\n

Unplugged And Strung Up<\/em> was released in standard jewelcase format, in double-vinyl gatefold sleeve format, and digipack format. The outing’s digipack format is a two-disc version, containing the bonus disc Heavy Metal Thunder<\/em>. Originally released in September 2002, Heavy Metal Thunder<\/em> was comprised of re-recorded versions of past Saxon compositions.<\/p>\n

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The track listing was as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Stallions Of The Highway\u2019 (remix)
\n02. \u2018Crusader\u2019 (orchestral version)
\n03. \u2018Battle Cry\u2019
\n04. \u2018The Eagle Has Landed\u2019 (orchestral version)
\n05. \u2018Red Star Falling\u2019 (orchestral version)
\n06. \u2018Broken Heroes\u2019 (orchestral version)
\n07. \u2018Call To Arms\u2019 (orchestral version)
\n08. \u2018Militia Guard\u2019
\n09. \u2018Forever Free\u2019 (re-recorded version)
\n10. \u2018Just Let Me Rock\u2019 (re-recorded version)
\n11. \u2018Frozen Rainbow\u2019 (acoustic version)
\n12. \u2018Iron Wheels\u2019 (live acoustic version)
\n13. \u2018Requiem\u2019 (acoustic version)
\n14. \u2018Coming Home\u2019 (acoustic version)<\/p>\n

Heavy Metal Thunder<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Heavy Metal Thunder\u2019
\n02. \u2018Strong Arm Of The Law\u2019
\n03. \u2018Power & The Glory\u2019
\n04. \u2018And The Bands Played On\u2019
\n05. \u2018Crusader\u2019
\n06. \u2018Dallas 1pm\u2019
\n07. \u2018Princess Of The Night\u2019
\n08. \u2018Wheels Of Steel\u2019
\n09. \u2018747 (Strangers In The Night)\u2019
\n10. \u2018Motorcycle Man\u2019
\n11. \u2018Never Surrender\u2019
\n12. \u2018Denim & Leather\u2019
\n13. \u2018Backs To The Wall\u2019 <\/p>\n

In its first week of release, Unplugged And Strung Up<\/em> sold roughly 500 copies in the United States. A music video was filmed for the track \u2018Frozen Rainbow\u2019. In addition, an official lyric video was released for the song \u2018The Eagle Has Landed\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAXON Release \u2018Unplugged And Strung Up\u2019 November 18th, 2013 Yorkshire, England-based heavy metal group Saxon issued Unplugged And Strung Up on November 18th, 2013 through UDR Music. The outing was cut, mixed, and mastered with Andy Sneap in Derbyshire, England during 2013. 14 tracks were selected from Saxon’s catalogue to be either mixed, re-recorded, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[986],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saxon-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16836"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24150,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836\/revisions\/24150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}