Urgent - Timing

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Killer Love	03:18
	2	Degan (Love You Leave You)	04:51
	3	You're Not The One	03:21
	4	Cat on the Prowl	04:07
	5	Midnight Lover	03:32

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Keeper of My Heart	04:03
	2	Bad News	04:11
	3	I'll Find a Way	03:41
	4	Too Hot to Handle	03:33

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The lone album from Toronto based trio, released early in the year. Keyboards added by guest players [a keyboard player was added after the album was recorded]. The band featured drummer Kim Hunt [ex Zon, later of Moxy]. “You’re Not The One” [a ballad] was a hit single, also included the single “Degan (Love You, Leave)”, and excellent melodic rock cuts like “Cat On The Prowl”, “Killer Love”, and “I’ll Find A Way”. Great vocals, with guitar sound & solos. *A US band took up the name a year later.

Urgent was a Canadian rock band formed in 1982 in Toronto, Ontario.

History
Sharing the name of a band from New York, the Canadian band Urgent was from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and formed when drummer Kim Hunt left the band Zon in 1982 and connected with bassist Doug Baynham and guitarist Wayne Siberry. With Baynham also handling the majority of the vocal duties, they wrote and practiced daily, practically living in the studio for three months. Keyboardist John McGoldrick was added for touring purposes and they quickly established themselves as one of the hotter new heavy acts on the Ontario circuit, and it wasn't long before they were playing shows across the country – catching the attention of Epic Records execs along the way. They submitted a three-song demo tape to Epic Records and signed a deal in the spring of 1983.

Oshawa's Glen Johansen (Ronnie Hawkins, Eddy Grant, Nash the Slash, Martha & The Muffins and FM) was brought in to produce the album and the result was a keyboard-dominated metal sound with a thunderous backbeat and tight guitar solos and glossy edge. Recorded at Johansen's Toronto studio Integrated Sound, guest appearances on the LP included guitarist Stacy Heydon (Teenage Head, Iggy Pop, David Bowie) and Sheriff and Frozen Ghost's Arnold Lanni on synthesizers.

Recording career
In 1994, Long Island Records re-mastered and re-issued Timing for the first time on CD in a special numbered edition, limited to 2000 copies worldwide. It featured a gold CD, a jewel case with gold stamped lettering, a poster with history and a new, expanded booklet with lyrics.

Doug Baynham: vocals, bass
Kim Hunt: drums
Wayne Sibery: guitar
Glen Johansen: keyboards

Guest musicians:
Stacy Heydon: Guitar solo on "You're Not The One"
Arnold Lanni: Keyboards on "Killer Love"

Mixed by Stacy Heydon (tracks: A1, A3 to B4)
Produced by Glen Johansen, Urgent

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