On the Highwire

On the Highwire
Compilation album by Trapeze
Released	2 December 2003 (2003-12-02)
Recorded	1970–1979
Genres	Hard rock blues rock funk rock
Length	2:34:36
Label	Castle
Producers	Trapeze Jimmy Miller
Trapeze chronology
Live at the Boat Club 1975 (2003) On the Highwire (2003)

On the Highwire is a compilation album by English rock band Trapeze. Released on 2 December 2003 by Castle Communications, the album features all tracks from the band's 1979 sixth and final studio album Hold On, the 1998 live album Live: Way Back to the Bone and the 1981 live album Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos.

Reception

AllMusic writer Greg Prato claimed that "since On the Highwire skips the group's studio work with Hughes (which is by far the group's strongest work), [it] fails to deliver as a true career overview", noting that the first disc "falls a bit flat" but adding that the second "fares much better, as it focuses on much stronger material".

Track listing

Disc one

Hold On (1979)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Ask Me How I Know"	Peter Goalby	2:48
2.	"Take Good Care"	Mel Galley	3:33
3.	"When You Go to Heaven"	Goalby	4:09
4.	"Livin' on Love"	Goalby	3:48
5.	"Hold On"	M. Galley	5:03
6.	"Don't Break My Heart"	M. Galley	5:40
7.	"Running"	M. Galley	4:26
8.	"You Are"	M. Galley	4:49
9.	"Time Will Heal"	M. Galley	6:36
Total length:			40:52

Live: Way Back to the Bone (1998)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Way Back to the Bone"	Glenn Hughes	7:47
11.	"You Are the Music"	M. Galley Tom Galley	5:37
12.	"Seafull"	Hughes	8:50
13.	"Your Love Is Alright"	Hughes M. Galley Dave Holland	13:43
Total length:			35:57

Disc two

Live: Way Back to the Bone continued

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Medusa"	Hughes	8:24
2.	"Black Cloud"	M. Galley T. Galley	9:17
3.	"Keepin' Time"	M. Galley T. Galley	8:35
4.	"Touch My Life"	M. Galley T. Galley	9:33
Total length:			35:49

Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos (1981)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Back Street Love"	M. Galley T. Galley	6:57
6.	"Hold On"	M. Galley	5:29
7.	"Midnight Flyer"	M. Galley T. Galley	7:32
8.	"You Are the Music"	M. Galley T. Galley	6:01
9.	"Black Cloud"	M. Galley T. Galley	9:05
10.	"Way Back to the Bone"	Hughes	6:59
Total length:			42:03

Personnel

Hold On personnel

• Peter Goalby – lead vocals, guitar, production
• Mel Galley – lead guitar, vocals, production
• Pete Wright – bass, production
• Dave Holland – drums, production
• Jimmy Miller – production
• Rota Sound Strings – arrangements
• Brad Davies – engineering
• Guy Bidmeade – engineering

Live: Way Back to the Bone personnel

• Glenn Hughes – vocals, bass
• Mel Galley – guitar
• Dave Holland – drums

Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos personnel

• Peter Goalby – lead vocals
• Mel Galley – guitar, vocals, production
• Pete Wright – bass
• Steve Bray – drums
• Malcolm Harper – engineering
• Mason Harlow – engineering assistance
• John MacKenzie Burns – mixing

External links

• On the Highwire at Discogs