DAVID ESSEX - 'ROCK ON' (Ian Stone's 2023 Extended & Remixed 'Columbia' Version)

FANTASTIC EARLY SEVENTIES GLAM ROCK SMASH HIT FROM 1973 CALLED 'ROCK ON' RECORDED AND RELEASED BY PLAISTOW BORN ROCKER AND PIN UP SEX SYMBOL 'DAVID ESSEX'.THE TRACK WAS PUT OUT BY COLUMBIA RECORDS AND FEATURES ON HIS DEBUT WORLDWIDE SUCCESSFUL STUDIO ALBUM ALSO CALLED 'ROCK ON'.THE ARTIST 'DAVID ESSEX' HAD OTHER HIT SONGS FROM HIS DEBUT L.P. NAMELY 'TURN ME LOOSE' AND THE OUT AND OUT PURE ROCKER CALLED 'BRING IN THE SUN'.THE ALBUM 'ROCK ON' WAS PRODUCED BY THE LEGENDARY 'JEFF WAYNE' WHO WENT ON TO STAR 'DAVID ESSEX' IN HIS MUSICAL VERSION OF 'WAR OF THE WORLDS' BACK IN 1978 PLAYING THE 'ARTILLERY MAN'.THE SAME YEAR THAT HE STARTED HIS SOLO CAREER 'DAVID ESSEX' WAS ALSO TO BE SEEN IN 'THE WHO' STAGE VERSION OF 'TOMMY'.INFACT HIS FIRST SINGLE RELEASE SWAS IN 1965 WITH A TUNE CALLED 'AND THE TEARS COME TUMBLING DOWN' BUT IT FAILED TO HIT ANY CHARTS AND SO REMAINED A SOMEWHAT SORT OF CULT SINGLE HE ACTUALLY RELEASED SEVEN STAND ALONE SONGS BEFORE 1973 AND 'ROCK ON'.HIS LOVE OF MUSICALS LEAD HIM TO APPEAR IN MANY STAGE AND SCREEN CLASSIC ROLES INCLUDING THE LEAD ROLE OF 'JESUS' HIMSELF IN THE STAGE VERSION OF THE 'STEPHEN SCHWARTZ' CREATED 'GODSPELL' MUSICAL.AND THEN OF COURSE BOTH MUSIC AND STAGE CARRIED ON PARALLEL LINES TOGETHER WELL RIGHT UP TO TODAY WITH TELEVISION APPEARANCES IN THE BBC TV SOAP OPERA 'EASTENDERS' STILL SEEING HIM AT THE TOP OF HIS ACTING GAME.THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO BE SAID ON THE STORY OF 'DAVID ESSEX' BUT ALAS HERE I WANT TO JUST CONCENTRATE ON THIS CLASSIC SONG WHICH HAS BEEN MUCH COVERED THROUGH THE YEARS SINCE IT'S ORIGINAL RELEASE.WITH 'ROCK ON' BEING PLAYED EVERYWHERE IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF 'DAVID ESSEX' MOST POPULAR SONGS.YOU WILL FIND THAT HERE 'IAN STONE' HAS TOTALLY REMIXED THAT ORIGINAL L.P. VERSION OF THE SONG WHILE ALSO EXTENDING IT AND ENHANCING THAT ORIGINAL SOUND QUALITY RIGHT UP TO DATE HQ STANDARD READY FOR TODAY'S AUDIENCES TO DISCOVER AND PLAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.