GARY MOORE: Dirty Fingers LP Japanese issue 1983 with picture / lyric insert & obi-strip. Check whole album + an audio review of the album!.

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Dirty Fingers’ tracks are generally characterized by a raw, uncompromising heavy rock aesthetic — hence the title.

Check this 61 seconds audio review of the album: http://chirb.it/AqFD22  or https://voca.ro/1fFLBZvUP0Ty

Gary Moore  Dirty Fingers
Label: Jet Records   25AP 2644
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
Country: Japan
Released: 1983
Genre: Bluesy Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Comes with Japanese/English picture/lyric insert & obi-strip.

Track listing:
Side One
No.      Title     Writer   Length
1. “Hiroshima” Moore 4:30
2. “Dirty Fingers (Instrumental)” Moore 1:09
3. “Bad News” Moore 5:06
4. “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus, Gloria Caldwell 3:37   [A cover of the Animals]
5. “Run to Your Mama” Moore 4:44

Side Two
No.          Title       Writer   Length
1. “Nuclear Attack” Moore 5:11
2. “Kidnapped” Moore 3:50
3. “Really Gonna Rock Tonight” Moore 3:50
4. “Lonely Nights” Moore 3:58
5. “Rest in Peace” Moore 5:58

Personnel:
Gary Moore – guitar, vocals
Don Airey – organ, keyboards
Tommy Aldridge – drums [Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Black Oak Arkansas (1972 1976), Motörhead (1992), Manic Eden, Hear ‘n Aid, House of Lords]
Jimmy Bain – bass
Charlie Huhn – vocals [Ted Nugent, Victory, Gary Moore, Humble Pie Featuring Jerry Shirley, Foghat]

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Dirty Fingers is an album by Gary Moore. Dirty Fingers’ tracks are generally characterized by a raw, uncompromising heavy rock aesthetic — hence the title. It was recorded in 1981, shortly after disbanding G-Force and released in 1983 in Japan, where Gary was extremely popular, and 1984 in Europe. The song “Nuclear Attack”, written by Moore, had previously appeared on Greg Lakes eponymous début album, on which Moore played guitar.

Dirty Fingers’ tracks are generally characterized by a raw, uncompromising heavy rock aesthetic — hence the title. As such, tough, virile rockers invariably slathered in frenetic six-string fretwork abound (see “Hiroshima,” “Kidnapped” “Lonely Night”, “Run to Your Mama”. “Rest in Peace” is just another example of Moores ’80s balladry; “Really Gonna Rock” sounds like an early version of “Rockin’ Every Night”; and the one-minute title track is merely a sketch for the electrifying solo later used to introduce Corridors of Powers epic “End of the World”
There is at least one other career highlight to be found on Dirty Fingers, and thats the bombastic “Nuclear Attack” (yet another of Moores apocalyptic warnings), which, amid massive riffs that keep it rocking like a motherf**ker, unveils a simple but effective counterpoint synthesizer theme that one could very well assume inspired Europe to write “The Final Countdown.” Also know that most of the above find Moore sharing lead vocals with former Ted Nugent singer Charlie Huhn for the first and final time.

Gary’s style is as distilled as his tone is ambivalent. If you listen to his powerful sound on the overlooked G-FORCE record and compare it to the BBM material you think how psychizophrenic he is terms of sound. Ergo, he was never marketed in this country as he is a poster child for crossover artists the world over. And if you are smart enough to select this and aforementioned albums get this on Japanese LP. The price differential is a trifle compared to the integrity of the sound.

1984’s Dirty Fingers is very much a document of those early, restless years. Originally recorded in 1980 but shelved in deference to the far more radio-oriented material released in its stead as the one-off G Force album that same year (yes, another detour by Moore), Dirty Fingers‘ tracks are generally characterized by a raw, uncompromising heavy rock aesthetic — hence the title. As such, tough, virile rockers invariably slathered in frenetic six-string fretwork abound (see “Hiroshima,” “Kidnapped” “Lonely Night”) but, with the exception of the unapologetically nasty “Run to Your Mama” these tend to fall well short of the material heard on 1979’s Back on the Streets and its “official” successor, Corridors of Power, three years later. A cover of the Animals‘ “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” is similarly lackluster; “Rest in Peace” is just another example of Moore‘s typically bland ’80s balladry; “Really Gonna Rock” sounds like an early version of “Rockin’ Every Night”; and the one-minute title track is merely a sketch for the electrifying solo later used to introduce Corridors of Power‘s epic “End of the World” (for which this album’s “Bad News” was partly cannibalized, as well). But there is at least one other career highlight to be found on Dirty Fingers, and that’s the bombastic “Nuclear Attack” (yet another of Moore‘s apocalyptic warnings), which, amid massive riffs that keep it rocking like a motherf**ker, unveils a simple but effective counterpoint synthesizer theme that one could very well assume inspired Europe to write “The Final Countdown.” Also know that most of the above find Moore sharing lead vocals with former Ted Nugent singer Charlie Huhn for the first and final time, and you’ll have all you need to know about Dirty Fingers — an interesting Gary Moore album.