Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
So, there is a lot of mystery surrounding these demos and I figured I would share my point of view on them - Merely theories, not facts! (EDIT 01/24/2019 : Read SatanicAlien's comment below!!). If anyone has more insight on this, please leave a comment and share!
First off, a lot of these songs are actually Joey Tafolla songs, but if you look at the credits for Out of the Sun, Tony MacAlpine actually wrote some melodies for it, as he also played keyboards on the album and acted as producer.
Theory 1 : Tony wrote and demoed these tracks in 1984, handling both guitars and keyboards. Instead of using these ideas for his solo albums, he gifted these melodies to Joey Tafolla whom re-arranged them for his own album 3 years later.
Theory 2 : Those are actually the "Out of the Sun" demos recorded in 1987 (that I am unable to find anywhere), with Joey Tafolla handling guitars and MacAlpine doing keys only. But if that's the case, Joey's solos are sounding like what MacAlpine would do here. I always thought Tafolla had more of his own thing going, and I've always heard some Paul Gilbert in his licks during that era.
I'm gonna go with theory 1. One can immediately recognize Tony's style, tone and licks even with through the lo-fi sound quality of these recordings. His playing is absolutely mindblowing here. Some great keyboard work on there too. With that said, I prefer the Out of the Sun versions and Joey Tafolla's arrangements by far. It's still pretty interesting to hear the earlier versions as well as other unheard demos.
1 - Redline
2 - The Summon (05:08)
3 - Nine Tomorrows (12:59)
4 - Untitled (19:14)
5 - Eternity's End (20:40)
6 - Dragon Fly (25:26)
7 - Untitled 2 (29:07)
8 - Zero Hour (30:28)
9 - Stalingrad (31:45)
10 - Under Siege (36:15)
11 - Fool man (41:05)
So, there is a lot of mystery surrounding these demos and I figured I would share my point of view on them - Merely theories, not facts! (EDIT 01/24/2019 : Read SatanicAlien's comment below!!). If anyone has more insight on this, please leave a comment and share!
First off, a lot of these songs are actually Joey Tafolla songs, but if you look at the credits for Out of the Sun, Tony MacAlpine actually wrote some melodies for it, as he also played keyboards on the album and acted as producer.
Theory 1 : Tony wrote and demoed these tracks in 1984, handling both guitars and keyboards. Instead of using these ideas for his solo albums, he gifted these melodies to Joey Tafolla whom re-arranged them for his own album 3 years later.
Theory 2 : Those are actually the "Out of the Sun" demos recorded in 1987 (that I am unable to find anywhere), with Joey Tafolla handling guitars and MacAlpine doing keys only. But if that's the case, Joey's solos are sounding like what MacAlpine would do here. I always thought Tafolla had more of his own thing going, and I've always heard some Paul Gilbert in his licks during that era.
I'm gonna go with theory 1. One can immediately recognize Tony's style, tone and licks even with through the lo-fi sound quality of these recordings. His playing is absolutely mindblowing here. Some great keyboard work on there too. With that said, I prefer the Out of the Sun versions and Joey Tafolla's arrangements by far. It's still pretty interesting to hear the earlier versions as well as other unheard demos.
1 - Redline
2 - The Summon (05:08)
3 - Nine Tomorrows (12:59)
4 - Untitled (19:14)
5 - Eternity's End (20:40)
6 - Dragon Fly (25:26)
7 - Untitled 2 (29:07)
8 - Zero Hour (30:28)
9 - Stalingrad (31:45)
10 - Under Siege (36:15)
11 - Fool man (41:05)
