Ebony Records: Ebony
records was always specialized in New Wave of British Heavy Metal as you know.
Originally they were located in Hull/England, later they moved to North Yorks.
At the beginning of the 80ies England was a real fountain of great Metal (nearly
unbelievable today) and EBONY was one of the leading labels, at least concerning
the musical quality of the releases. Well, the sound on most EBONY records is
average or even below, and another thing I peronally always disliked is that
they were not able or willing to put a lyricsheet to the albums. The coverartworks
very mostly good, some even great (Grim Reaper for example). But what counts
is the music, and that mostly convinced.
After a great time until the mideighties the bright star of EBONY began to sink
parallel to the downward spiral of NwobHM in general. In their later days they
released some bands that were more into Power Metal, some really good stuff
that I personally like much more than SAVAGE and other NwobHM heroes that always
had to less aggression for my taste. I may be born too late to catch the real
spirit of NwobHM, but I still like it so lay down your gun, no need to shoot
me ;o)
EBONY releases were in all times
very popular amidst collectors circles, so most titles never were cheap. At
the beginning of the 90ies NwobHM was very much sought after and expensive,
today True or Power Metal are the "trends" of the hour but who knows
how long this will last. It is a good time to complete your collection now and
get what you missed, 'cos most records are sold for good prices at the moment
so take your chance. But out goes a little warning to all US/Power Metal fans:
not all records will be interesting for you! Compared to the US Power Metal
godz some LPs sound outdated and to powerless, at least for my own tortured
ears. Deceide for yourself!
CAT.NO. | BAND | TITEL | YEAR | STYLE | NOTE |
Ebon 1 | Metal Fatique | Sampler LP | 1983 | NwobHM | The ONLY vinyl release for 8 of the 9 bands. All 9 are decent though none are great. |
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Ebon 5 | Moby Dick | Nothing to Fear 7" | 1982 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 6 | Metallic Storm | Sampler LP | 1982 | NwobHM /Power/HR |
M.Fate,Confessor(U.K.),Wikkyd Vikker,Mean Machine,Tarot Sutra,Wells Fargo (Hol.pre-Atilla Hol. who are better than W.F.,+7 weak bands. |
Ebon 7 | Stragedy | Technical Overflow 7" | 1982 | NwobHM/Prog | w/ Jackie Bodimead-pre-Girlschool, she and Harmonic 228 (?) |
Ebon 8 | Metal Mainiaxe | Sampler LP | 1982 | NwobHM/HR | Menace,Madame,Guillotine,Omun, Fallen Angel,Chateaux + 8. |
Ebon 9 | Chateaux | Youngblood/Fit to the last 7" | 1983 | NwobHM | both tracks unreleased |
Ebon 10 | Savage | Ain't no fit Place 7" | 1983 | ||
Ebon 11 | Metal Warriors | Sampler LP | 1983 | NwobHM/ Power/Prog |
Excellent! w/Omega,Vortex,TNT(U.K.),Random, Black, Wish, Sortilege, Mitchell Troy, Lyadrive, Flyte, Sinner(U.K.), High Level, + 2 |
Ebon 12 | Savage | Loose 'n' Lethal LP | 1983 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 13 | Chateaux | Chained and Desperate LP | 1983 | NwobHM | w/Steve Grimmett |
Ebon 14 | Metal Plated | Sampler LP | 1983 | Euro Power | Demon Eyes,Vulcain,Steel Wings,etc... |
Ebon 15 | Shy | Once bitten - twice Shy LP | HR/Pop | The RAREST release on Ebony vinyl | |
Ebon 16 | Grim Reaper | See you in Hell LP | 1983 | NwobHM | w/Steve Grimmett |
Ebon 17 | Holland | Early Warning LP | 1984 | NwobHM/ Mel.Power |
pre-HAMMER, no keys |
Ebon 18 | Chateaux | Fire Power LP | 1984 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 19 | Demon Eyes | Rites of Chaos LP | 1984 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 20 | Sterling Cooke Force | Full Force LP | 1984 | ||
Ebon 21 | Blade Runner | Hunted LP | 1984 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 22 | Nightmare | Waiting for the Twilight LP | 1984 | French Power | |
Ebon 23 | Syron Vanes | Bringer of Evil LP | 1984 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 24 | Samurai | Sacred Blade LP | 1984 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 25 | Samurai | Fires of Hell 7" | 1984 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 26 | Blade Runner | Back Street Lady 7" | 1984 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 27 | Touched | Dream Girl/We'll fight back 7" | 1984 | HR/NwobHM | ex-Aragorn member and 3 ex-Dragster members. Both are better bands than Touched, B-side unreleased |
Ebon 28 | Touched | Back Alley Vices LP | 1984 | HR/NwobHM | |
Ebon 29 | Hammer | Contract with Hell LP | 1985 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 30 | Nightmare | Power of the Universe LP | 1985 | Power | |
Ebon 31 | Chateaux | Highly Strung LP | 1985 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 32 | Grim Reaper | Fear no Evil LP | 1985 | NwobHM | w/Steve Grimmett |
Ebon 33 | Touched | Death Row LP | 1986 | HR/NwobHM | |
Ebon 34 | Rankelson | Hungry for Blood LP | 1986 | Heavy/Sleaze | |
Ebon 35 | Blade Runner | Warriors of Rock LP | 1986 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 36 | Syron Vanes | Revenge LP | 1986 | Power/MS | |
Ebon 37 | Samurai | Weapon Master LP | 1986 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 38 | Tyga Myra | Deliverance LP | 1986 | Great Power! | Pre-Wreckage |
Ebon 39 | Cobra | Back from the Dead LP | 1986 | NwobHM | |
Ebon 40 | Preyer | Terminator LP | 1986 | Power Metal | |
Ebon 41 | Bloodmoney | Red raw and bleeding LP | 1986 | Power/NwobHM /speed |
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Ebon 42 | Dealer | First Strike LP | 1986 | Mel. Power | |
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Ebon 44 | Fast Kuts | Burning LP | 1987 | Power | |
Ebon 45 | Rankelson | The Bastards of Rock'n'Roll LP | 1987 | Heavy/Sleaze | |
Ebon 46 | Blood Money | Battlescarred LP | 1987 | Power Metal /NwobHM |
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Ebon 100 | Metal collection Vol.1 | Sampler LP | 1987 | w/Frozen Eyes,Cry,etc... | |
Ebon 101 | Metal collection Vol.2 | Sampler LP | 1987 | w/Dragonslayer (Yes same band with '83 7"!), Centurion, Dealer, Stormchild, etc... | |
Ebon 102 | Metal collection Vol.3 | Sampler LP | 1987 |
w/Cerberus, Frankenstein, Impace, Covenent:
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Ebon 104 | Rock meets Metal | Sampler LP | 1987 | Tomb,Spellbinder,Circus. |
*Many thanks go out to MIKE GOULD for tons of useful information. Cheers brother!