1988 Beyond Live '88 - (Beyond Album)

Beyond Live '88
1988

Their first professionally done live recording. The package also contained bonus CD of movie OST. The songs taken from their first three professional albums : Arabian Dancing Girl, Modern Stage and Secret Police,

BEYOND Live '88

Disc 1 

01. 灰色的心 Gray Heart

02. 水晶球 Crystal Ball

03. 赤紅熱血 Crimson Blood

04. 卡門(結他演奏：黃家駒) Wong Ka Kui Solo

05. Once Again

06. 追憶 Remembrance

07. 再見理想 Goodbye Faith

08. 舊日的足跡 The Old Trail / Yesterday’s Footprints

Disc 2 黑色迷牆電影原聲音樂 Black Wall Movie OST

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1988 Beyond Secret Police 秘密警察

秘密警察 - Secret Police
Bei Mat Ging Caat
1988 - Label: Cinepoly

The third professional studio album by Beyond. This album considered their breakthrough. They had success bringing hard rock music into the mainstream. The album consisted numbers of hits. The first song, Cung Hoi Jat Cai (not sure how to translate this...it literally mean "to open"...) is heavy. The guitar intro is classic. Secret Police also heavy song, the intro riffs is awesome and the song sing under galloping bass line. Goodbye Faith repeated their first album, re-arranged, mixed with better guitar sounds and shorter than original. The Earth (Tai Di) is one of Beyond most popular songs. Followed by Hei Fun Nei / Love You. Both are extremely popular later.  未知賽事的長跑 (Mei Zi Coi Si Dik Coeng Paau) - Unknown Long-Distance Run, is heavy song ala Iron Maiden in the beginning. The last song Jyun Ngo Nang - Wish I Could is also familiar to ear. All the rest seems filler only.

note that I hardly able to translate the song titles meaning, basically just picked from Google translate.

Track List

1. 衝開一切 (Cung Hoi Jat Cai) - Entrance

2. 秘密警察 (Bei Mat Ging Caat) - Secret police

3. 再見理想 (Zoi Gin Lei Soeng) - Goodbye Faith

4. 昨日的牽絆 - Yesterday's Tie Him Down

5. 未知賽事的長跑 (Mei Zi Coi Si Dik Coeng Paau) - Unknown Long-Distance Run

6. 大地 (Tai ti) The Earth

7. 喜歡妳 (Hei Fun Nei) - Love You

8. 每段路 (Mei Dyun Lou) - Each Way

9. 心內心外 (Sam Noi Sam Ngoi) - Inside Heart Outside heart

10. 願我能 (Jyun Ngo Nang) - Wish I could

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1988 Beyond - Modern Stage 現代舞台

現代舞台 Modern Stage
Jin Doi Mou Toi - Xian Dai Wu Tai (Pinyin)
1988 - Label: KINN'S

The second Cantonese album. Beyond was still a five piece band, the other former member are Lau Chi Yuen (Liu Zhiyuan) and Dang Wai Him. Overall this album put down most of their hard rock style as in their previous album, bringing more pop-rock sounds on board.

Old Footprints (舊日的足跡 or Yesterday's Footprints) is a direct adaptation to its 1986 version from their self produced album. Crimson Blood has a nice groove, a regular playlist. Triumph In The Skies is a minor feel rock song. Cold Rainy Night is a popular song that in regular playlist. Modern Stage is a happy Hong Kong dance rock song, not much being played later. The other four songs did not have much memorable moment, can considered as filler only.

Modern Stage saw Beyond begin to reach wider audience by lowering their hard rock styles. Although then, this album very enjoyable with all songs easily become memorable after few spin.

Track List:

1. 舊日的足跡 (Gau Jat Dik Zuk Zik)- Yesterday's Footprints
2. 天真的創傷 (Tin Zan Dik Cong Soeng) - Innocent Wound
3. 赤紅熱血 ( Cek Hung Jit Hyut) - Crimson blood
4. 衝上雲霄 (Cung  Soeng Wan Siu)- Triumph In The Skies
5. 冷雨夜 (Lang Jiu Je) - Cold Rainy Night
6. 雨夜之後 (Jyu Je Zi Hau) - After a Rainy Night
7. 現代舞台 (Jin Doi Mou Toi) - Modern Stage
8. 午夜流浪 (Ng Je Lau Long) - Midnight Rovers
9. Once Again
10. 城市獵人 (Sing Si Lip Jan) - City Hunter
11. 迷離境界 (Mai Lei Ging Gaai) - Twilight Zone

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