Hot Wire (Trapeze album)

Hot Wire is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Trapeze. Recorded with producer Neil Slaven at Island Studios, London and Lee Sound Studios, Birmingham, it was released in 1974 by Warner Bros. Records.

Background

Hot Wire was the first Trapeze album recorded since the departure of Glenn Hughes in 1973 to join Deep Purple, and the first to feature his replacement Pete Wright, as well as second guitarist Rob Kendrick.^[1] It was the second album by the band to be produced by Neil Slaven, and features eight songs written by guitarist and vocalist Mel Galley and his brother Tom (drummer Dave Holland co-wrote one track).^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

Music website AllMusic awarded Hot Wire three out of five stars.^[3] The album was the second by the band to chart on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 146.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Mel Galley and Tom Galley; "Steal a Mile" co-written by Dave Holland.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Back Street Love"	5:01
2.	"Take It on Down the Road"	4:45
3.	"Midnight Flyer"	6:01
4.	"Wake Up, Shake Up"	3:55
5.	"Turn It On"	5:11
6.	"Steal a Mile"	4:52
7.	"Goin' Home"	5:14
8.	"Feel It Inside"	8:42

Personnel

Trapeze

Mel Galley – guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8), slide guitar (track 6), production
Rob Kendrick – guitar, backing vocals, production
Pete Wright – bass, backing vocals, production
Dave Holland – drums, tambourine (track 8), production

Additional musicians

Terry Rowley – synthesizers and backing vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6 and 7) organ (track 2), electric piano (track 8)
Kenny Cole – backing vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8)
Misty Browning – backing vocals (tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8)
John Ogden – congas (tracks 2, 3 and 8)
Chris Mercer – saxophone (tracks 2 and 6)

Production personnel

Neil Slaven – production
Rhett Davies – engineering
Dave Hutchins – engineering assistance
Don Stewart – engineering assistance

References

↑ "Trapeze - A Brief History (1969–1994)". Glenn Hughes. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
↑ Hot Wire (Media notes). Trapeze. Warner Bros. Records. 1974.
1 2 "Trapeze - Hot Wire". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
↑ "Trapeze Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2015.

Trapeze

Mel Galley Dave Holland Glenn Hughes John Jones Terry Rowley Pete Wright Rob Kendrick Peter Goalby Stephen Bray Mervyn Spence Kex Gorin Geoff Downes Craig Erickson

Studio albums	Trapeze Medusa You Are the Music...We're Just the Band Hot Wire Trapeze Hold On/Running

Live albums	Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos Live: Way Back to the Bone Welcome to the Real World: Live at the Borderline Live at the Boat Club 1975

Compilations	The Final Swing Way Back to the Bone High Flyers: The Best of Trapeze On the Highwire

Singles	"Send Me No More Letters" "Black Cloud" "Coast to Coast" "On the Sunny Side of the Street" "Don't Ask Me How I Know"

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