Mark Mangold from Touch, American Tears and Drive, She Said (LiveStream Audio)

Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon presents Mark Mangold from Touch, American Tears and Drive, She Said.   Mark discusses not one, but TWO new releases from Touch and American Tears as well as the New York scene in the '70s, songwriting and more.     TOUCH - Tomorrow Never Comes Escape Music pleased and delighted to announce the signing of the band TOUCH with their brand new reunion album “Tomorrow Never Comes". Release Date: 26th March 2021 Touch is: Craig Brooks: Guitars / Vocals Mark Mangold: Keyboards / Vocals Glenn Kithcart: Drums / Vocals Doug Howard: Bass / VocalsProduced and engineered by Touch Mixed by Mark except "Tomorrow Never Comes" by Simon Jovanovich and "Fire and Ice" by Tommy Denander (additional mixing by Mark) Craig played additional keys on Scream At The Sky Mastered by Jacob Hansen Cover art by Stan Decker from concept by TouchTrack lists: 1   TOMORROW NEVER COMES  4:58 2   LET IT COME  4:16 3   SWAN SONG  7:44 4   TRY TO LET GO  4:49 5   FIRE AND ICE   4:37 6   TRIPPIN' OVER SHADOWS  4:53 7   FROZEN GROUND   6:07 8   LIL BIT OF ROCK N ROLL  4:21 9   GLASS   4:16 10  SCREAM AT THE SKY  5:29 11  WANNA HEAR YOU SAY  5:07 12  RUN FOR YOUR LIFE  4:32 TOUCH is an American band from New York City formed in 1978 with Mark Mangold (keyboards and vocals), Glenn Kithcart (drums), Craig Brooks (guitars and vocals)  and Doug Howard (bass and vocals). All previously had been in the last version of the band American Tears (releasing three albums on Columbia Records). Touch's first album was released on Atco in the U.S. and Ariola in Europe and their first singles, "Don't You Know What Love Is" and "When The Spirit Moves You" charted on the Billboard Hot 100.  "Don't You Know What Love Is" was played heavily on AOR stations in the USA at the end of the 1970s and early '80's, and also did well in the Melody Maker chart in Great Britain. Touch was the first band to play at the inaugural Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington in 1980.  A live version of "Don't You Know What Love Is" appeared on the compilation LP Monsters of Rock, documenting performances at the festival.Known for their memorable and diverse songs, stellar musicianship, lush vocal harmonies and dynamic stage performance, Touch is invariably on the list of TOP AOR Bands and their album is considered by many to be among the best AOR Melodic Rock albums of all time. The band have now reformed to create the new album "Tomorrow Never Comes", which is being hailed as their best work to date. ************************************************************** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AMERICAN TEARS RELEASES VIDEO FOR “WOKE” AND KEYBOARDIST MARK MANGOLD GIVES YOU A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE CLASSIC KEYBOARD SOUND ON THE ROCKING MICHAEL BOLTON TRACK “FOOLS GAME” Mark is often asked about the track he co-wrote and recorded with Michael Bolton which is, for melodic rock fans, one of the better tracks from the singer. As he is holed up in Stockholm, Sweden during the current pandemic, Mark took the time to walk us through how he got that classic 80’s keyboard sound. Mark looks back, “A nice memory of recording Fool's Game with Michael...ah those chops and power chords. I didn't want to settle for just piano...wanted to push the envelope a bit.” Mark Mangold has also just released the latest from American Tears "Free Angel Express" through Deko Entertainment. American Tears released their first record, Branded Bad, on Columbia Records in 1974, it's second, Tear Gas, in 1975, and its final for Columbia, Powerhouse in 1977 before keyboard player Mark Mangold reformed them in 2018. The latest, Free Angel Express features Alex Landenburg (Stratovarius, Kamel