Fight the Good Fight: Triumph Reissues "Allied Forces" on Vinyl

Fight the Good Fight: Triumph Reissues “Allied Forces” on Vinyl

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Here’s a treat for you vinylheads and Canadian rock fans out there: this week saw the vinyl reissue of Allied Forces, the hit album from Northern hard-rockers Triumph.

Triumph, arguably Canada’s other revered power trio, consisted of vocalist/guitarist Rik Emmett, bassist/keyboardist Michael Levine and drummer Gil Moore. By 1977, two years after their formation, they began to rack up a string of gold and platinum albums in their native country, as well as a handful of Juno nominations for Group of the Year. But with the release of Allied Forces in 1981, their success began to cross over the U.S.-Canadian border. The album went platinum in the States and spawned the band’s first two singles on the Billboard rock chart: “Fight the Good Fight” (No. 18) and “Magic Power” (No. 8).

While Emmett left the group in 1988, and the band would fold in 1993, all three original members reconvened to tour in 2008 and continue to do so. This Tuesday, almost 30 years to the day of Allied Forces‘ original release, the band released a new 180-gram vinyl edition of the record, sourced from the original masters prepped by Bob Ludwig and featuring a thorough recreation of the original LP sleeve. A download card providing the album and some video content is also part of the package, and a merchandise bundle with some extra swag is offered through the band’s official online store. The band will also be on tonight’s episode of syndicated radio show Rockline to chat up the release and their reflections on the album.

Hit the jump for the track breakdown!

Triumph, Allied Forces: 30th Anniversary Edition (originally released as RCA Records AFL1-3902, 1981 – reissued TML Records, 2011)

Fool for Your Love
Magic Power
Air Raid
Allied Forces
Hot Time (in This City Tonight)
Fight the Good Fight
Ordinary Man
Petite Etude
Say Goodbye

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Mike Duquette

Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.

0 thoughts on “Fight the Good Fight: Triumph Reissues “Allied Forces” on Vinyl”

Jeff G
September 21, 2011 at 7:54 pm

Hey Mike

Triumph reunited to play the Sweden Rock Festival in June 2008 and they played Rocklahoma a month later. They only played those two shows. Unfortunately they haven’t toured since 1993.

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