Take No Prisoners (David Byron album)

1975 studio album by David Byron

Take No Prisoners

Studio album by

David Byron

Released| March 1975
Recorded| February 1975
Studio|

* Morgan, London
* Roundhouse, London

Genre| Progressive rock, hard rock
Length| 40:17
Label| Bronze (UK original release)
Repertoire (UK 1992 reissue)
Mercury (U.S.)
Producer|

* Peter Gallen
* David Byron

David Byron chronology
|  | Take No Prisoners
(1975)  | Baby Faced Killer
(1978)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

Take No Prisoners is the debut solo album of British rock singer David Byron. It was released while he was still vocalist for Uriah Heep, and features Heep bandmates Mick Box and Lee Kerslake, as well as Ken Hensley and John Wetton on select tracks.

## Track listing

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Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Man Full of Yesterdays"|

* David Byron
* Mick Box
* Lou Stonebridge

| 5:36
2.| "Sweet Rock 'n' Roll"|

* Stonebridge
* McGuinness

| 2:49
3.| "Steamin' Along"|

* Byron
* Box
* Denny Ball
* Pete Thompson
* Stonebridge

| 5:09
4.| "Silver White Man"| Byron| 3:29
5.| "Love Song"|

* Byron
* Box
* Lee Kerslake
* Stonebridge

| 2:56

Side twoNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Midnight Flyer"|

* Stonebridge
* McGuinness

| 5:55
2.| "Saturday Night"| Stonebridge| 2:16
3.| "Roller Coaster"|

* Byron
* Box
* Ball
* Kerslake
* Stonebridge

| 3:58
4.| "Stop (Think What You're Doing)"|

* Byron
* Stonebridge
* McGuinness

| 4:16
5.| "Hit Me with a White One"|

* Byron
* Box
* Stonebridge

| 3:53

* Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Bonus tracks (2011 CD reissue)No.| Title| Length

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11.| "Steamin' Along" (single version)|
12.| "What's Goin' On" (studio outtake)|
13.| "Silver White Man" (alternate version)|

## Personnel

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* David Byron – vocals
* Mick Box – guitars
* Lou Stonebridge – keyboards
* Denny Ball – bass
* Lee Kerslake – drums
* Pete Thompson – drums (tracks: 2–4, 6)
* Ken Hensley – acoustic guitar (track 10)
* John Wetton – mellotron (tracks: 1, 5)
* Chanter Sisters – backing vocals
* Martha Smith – backing vocals
* Neil Lancaster – backing vocals
* Chas Mills and Russ Stone – backing vocals

## Production

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* Produced by David Byron and Peter Gallen
* Ashley Howe – engineer
* Dave Harris – assistant engineer
* Trevor Hallesy – assistant engineer
* John Gallen – assistant engineer
* Dell Roll – equipment
* Pete Gibbs – equipment

## References

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1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r32057

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