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'''1978''': Allan leaves UK. | '''1978''': Allan leaves UK. | ||
'''1979''': Allan records "One Of A Kind" with Bruford. | '''1979''': Allan records "One Of A Kind" with Bruford. Meets Gary Husband at Ronnie Scotts. | ||
'''1980''': Allan and Gordon Beck record "The Things You See". | |||
'''1981''': Allan records "IOU" with Gary Husband and Paul Carmichael. | |||
'''1982''': Allan receives an offer for some gigs in California with IOU. This eventually leads to him relocating permanently with his family. The lineup changes to Jeff Berlin and Chad Wackerman. The IOU album is released independently. Allan signs a deal with Warner Brothers. Starts using a custom Charvel guitar. | |||
'''1983''': Allan records "Road Games". | |||
'''1984''': Jimmy Johnson replaces Jeff Berlin. IOU tour Japan, and the "Tokyo Dream" concert is recorded. Allan is dropped by WB, and uses demo tapes for WB and his severance pay to finish "Metal Fatigue". | |||
'''1985''': Releases "Metal Fatigue". Allan briefly endorses Ibanez, tries SynthAxe for the first time. Buys SynthAxe and writes music on it for next album. | |||
'''1986''': "Atavachron" is released. The album features the SynthAxe on many tracks. Allan starts using the SynthAxe for around half the tunes on gigs. Allan also picks up his first Steinberger. | |||
'''1987''': "Sand" is released. The album notably only features two regular guitar solos. The rest of the album is more or less SynthAxe only. | |||
'''1989''': "Secrets" is released. The album features guitar and SynthAxe in roughly equal parts. Allan also releases "With A Heart In My Song", a duo album with Gordon Beck that heavily features the SynthAxe. | |||
'''1990''': Allan releases the album "Truth In Shredding" with Frank Gambale under the name MVP. The repertoire is for the most part classic jazz and fusion tunes, played in a high octane style. Allan plays guitar and SynthAxe roughly equally throughout. | |||
'''1991''': Allan plays on albums by Level 42 and Chad Wackerman in the role of supporting band member on guitar. | |||
'''1992''': Allan releases his only instructional video on REH (reissued on Alfred), featuring a mix of studio performances with his band, and solo demonstrations of key concepts. | |||
'''1993''': Allan releases "Wardenclyffe Tower", once again featuring a blend of SynthAxe and guitar. | |||
'''1994''': Allan releases "Hard Hat Area", which features more guitar and less SynthAxe. | |||
'''1996''': Allan releases "None Too Soon", an album featuring jazz standards. | |||
To be continued... | |||
