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The British Heavy Metal legends have delivered a fullroarfundown set of covers with their 2021 covers opus, Inspirations, which features some of the superb classic rock songs that influenced Biff Byford & the band. Released on March 19th 2021, Inspirations includes Saxon’s crunching take on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Paint It Black’. From the supercharged melodic romp of The Beatles’ ‘Paperback Writer’ to their freeway mad take on Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Stone Free’, Saxon show their love and appreciation with a series of faithful, raw and ready tributes. Recorded at Brockfield House near York, UK, with a firm eye on the old school way using Marshall cabs, Marshall amps, real drums and produced by Biff Byford with Jacky Lehmann recording and mixing, Saxon approach the likes of Motoumlrhead’s ‘Bomber’ with added whistle, ACDC’s ‘Problem Child’, Black Sabbath’s ‘Evil Woman’ and a raucous Deep Purple’s ‘Speed King’ with refreshingly warm, unfiltered, ‘vintage’ sounding renditions.Byford takes on some new vocal challenges, which he duly smashes on the likes of Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Rocker’. The net result is that whether cranking up a heavyweight take on Led Zeppelins ‘Immigrant Song’ or throwing down ACDC’s ‘Problem Child’, Saxon does a supreme job of entertaining both themselves and their audience throughout Inspirations. Saxon LP is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £25