Blade - The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength

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A1	Keep It Goin' On	5:38
A2	Fade 'Em Out	5:21
A3	Music For Universal Pleasure (Skit)	1:03
A4	100%
A5	Start The Revolution	3:39
A6	How To Raise A Blade	1:48
A7	No Compromise	3:40
B1	Hold Your Own	5:21
B2	Bedroom Demo	4:47
B3	Pisstake (Skit)	0:44
B4	It Feels Good To Be A Lunatic	5:36
B5	Gripper The Pitbull ('The Approach')	3:29
B6	Take It To The Edge	4:43
C1	...Or Get Crushed Like A Pumpkin	5:31
C2	Heads Are Forever Boppin'	4:19
C3	Shut The Fuck Up (Skit)	0:24
C4	Silence Is Better Than Bullshit	2:04
C5	No Mercy, No Future	3:16
C6	The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength	6:52
D1	The Power Of Positive Thinkin'	4:34
D2	Survival Prelude (Skit)	1:27
D3	God Give Me Strength	4:28
D4	Fuck The System	3:20
D5	Dark And Sinister Rap [Featuring] – Mell'O'*	6:30
D6	Suck On My Electric Guitar	3:23
D7	Exit (Skit)	0:28

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – A-Z Music Services
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – 691 Influential
• Copyright (c) – 691 Influential
• Pressed By – P.R. Records Limited
• Recorded At – Joe's Garage, London
• Mixed At – Joe's Garage, London
• Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios

Credits

• Backing Vocals – 'No Sleep' Nigel, Byron Davis , Forty Four, Grapes (SAS), Grazzhoppa, Lyrikal , Sparki, Ursula Nelson
• Engineer – 'No Sleep' Nigel
• Engineer [Assistant] – Giles*, Savvas
• Engineer [Cutting] – Nick Webb, Steve Rooke
• Photography By – Daniel Martinez
• Producer – Blade
• Turntables [Deck Controllin'] – Grazzhoppa

Notes

© & ℗ 1993 691 Influential
Music for universal pleasure

Distributed by "Nobody in the UK"

Issued in a gatefold sleeve. Comes with 16-page booklet (27 cm x 29 cm) containing lyrics, photographs and a list of 'early subscribers of the double LP without whom this would probably not have been possible'.

Plus additional backing vocals by some people off the street (forgot to get their names).

All recording was completed at exactly 9:33:27am (15th March 1993).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 019148 122616
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): BLADE 1207 - A1 PR-m BLADE, NOSLEEP NIGEL, GRAZHOPPA PURE UNADULTERATED HIP-HOP A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): BLADE 1207 - B1 WASH YOUR HANDS AGAIN PLEASE PR-m HA HA ANYONE FOR POPCORN, PEANUTS, ICECREAM AND REFRESHMENTS A
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): BLADE 1207 - C1 PR-m BLADE, NOSLEEP NIGEL, GRAZHOPPA THE MORE SHIT WE GET, THE WISER AND STRONGER WE GET C
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): BLADE 1207 - D1 PR-m THE END 1993 691 INFLUENTIAL C

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BLDCD 1207	Blade	The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength ‎(CD, Album)	691 Influential	BLDCD 1207	UK	1993
BLADE 1207	Blade	The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength ‎(2xLP, Ltd, Whi)	691 Influential	BLADE 1207	UK	1993
ODOPE1002D	Blade	The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength (No Compromise) 6/3/'93 ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Original Dope	ODOPE1002D	UK	2010
none	Blade	The Lion Goes From Strength To Strength ‎(2xCDr, Album)	691 Influential	none	UK	2005

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