3/23/2023 0 Comments Toto hold the line live![]() ![]() Each successive ring showed a little more wear and a few more chips which represented the band's previous records. The newer looking, well-polished ring around the hilt of the sword represented their latest work. Philip Garris's original emblem from the Toto album was updated to show four rings since this was their fourth album. It also helped to maintain high quality sound during the extensive overdubbing and mixing process. This was done to reduce the amount of wear on the first generation tapes. It should also be noted though that a significant number of these tracks were copied and mixed down from musical parts already recorded on another synchronized reel of tape. One track of each machine contained the time code synchronization signal while the remaining 23 tracks of each machine were available to record sound. The 24-track recorders were linked with a computerized SMPTE timecode system. At a time when most bands were using a single 24-track recorder Toto used as many as 3 separate 24-track recorders at the same time. The recording took many months during 19 and the band was allowed a much larger than average recording budget. ![]() The band delayed touring after the release of the album to instead help in the production of Michael Jackson's Thriller album, as well as collaborating on Chicago's comeback album Chicago 16 that same year. Two years later, prior to beginning recording of their follow-up album, Bobby Kimball was fired by the band due to drug issues that were damaging his voice. David Hungate, who moved to Nashville during the recording of the album, left the band to spend more time with his family. ![]() This was the final album with the original Toto lineup. They also utilized many outside musicians to help give the sound a more polished, fuller feel than they had on past albums. The band went back to the formula that helped them succeed on their first album, having an album that touched on many different genres of music. The band was under heavy pressure from Columbia Records to deliver a hit album with their next release or be at risk of being dropped from the label. It was also the last Toto album to feature their original bassist David Hungate until his return in 2014 (with the release of their 2015 album Toto XIV) when he was replaced by Mike Porcaro after the band’s recording of the album, and also the final album to feature original lead vocalist Bobby Kimball until his comeback in 1998 (with the release of the 1999 album Mindfields).Īfter the success of their self-titled debut, Toto struggled to sustain success on their next two albums, Hydra and Turn Back. It also reached the top ten in other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Japan. It reached number four on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States, shortly after its release. Toto IV received three Grammy Awards in 1983 including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year for the band, and Record of the Year for "Rosanna". With the success of "Africa", the album climbed back into the top 10 in early 1983 on both sides of the Atlantic. The fourth single, " I Won't Hold You Back", also peaked within the top ten on the Hot 100, at number 10, but atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks. Both songs were hits in the UK as well, reaching number 12 and 3, respectively. The lead single, " Rosanna", peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while the album's third single, " Africa", topping the Hot 100 chart, became the group's first and only number 1 hit. Their sizzle reel was filmed live at Denver's famed Soiled Dove Underground, with no overdubs, just live rock and roll! at several sell-out shows.Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto released in the spring of 1982 by Columbia Records. Ĭatch the powerful energy and passion that has driven TOTO for over 40 years, in arenas to this day, in the authentic reproduction HOLD THE LINE. They play the hits across all of TOTO's 14 studio albums. Just like TOTO, HOLD THE LINE combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz. TOTO is the most recorded group of session musicians on the planet and are still selling out arenas worldwide. HOLD THE LINE recreates the very best of TOTO’s live tours from Live in Amsterdam to Falling in Between. HOLD THE LINE - A Tribute to TOTO, is a national tribute band that's highly accurate, group of talented world-traveled musicians, selling out venues with their 90-minute stellar performance of TOTO hits.
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