Description: This is a lot of FOUR (4) RIOT LPs. All are brand new, sealed, and on RED VINYL!!!! They are: -RIOT Archives Volume 2: 1982-1983 DLP+DVD RED VINYL-RIOT Archives Volume 3: 1987-1988 DLP+DVD RED VINYL-RIOT Archives Volume 4: 1988-1989 DLP+DVD RED VINYL-RIOT Archives Volume 5: 1992-2005 DLP+DVD RED All imported from Germany's HIGH ROLLER RECORDS. Officially released. TRACKS All brand new, sealed, and unplayed. Directly from the distributor. --- RIOT Archives Volume 2: 1982-1983 DLP+DVD RED VINYL High Roller Records, double transparent blood red vinyl, ltd 450, gatefold cover, restored and mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, Among numerous other rare and unreleased recordings, »Riot Archives Vol.2« contains a song called “Hot Life”, which did not make it onto any Riot album, Rick Ventura believes it was written by Mark Reale. In addition to that, the record also features the original auditions for Rhett Forrester, with him singing “Hard Lovin’ Man” and “Vigilante Killer” – a real jewel – plus an extraordinary 8-minute version of “Loved By You”. Rick Ventura comments: “I know. It’s so cool! Just one of those things.”, cover art by Velio Josto (Vulture), bonus DVD RIOT Archives Volume 3: 1987-1988 DLP+DVD RED VINYL High Roller Records, double transparent blood red vinyl, ltd 450, A5 photo card, gatefold cover, restored and mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, There are people out there who argue that New York’s very own Riot are possibly the most important band in the history of American heavy metal. Up to the present day and the current Riot V incarnation, the band went through different artistic periods during their 44-year career. So Riot not only put their mark on one but several metal subgenres. »Archives Vol.1« featured the classic Riot line-up consisting of Guy Speranza (vocals), Mark Reale (guitar), Lou Kouvaris (on second guitar), Jimmy Iommi (bass) and Peter Bitelli (drums). The early works culminated with the critically acclaimed 1981 proto speed metal milestone »Fire Down Under«. When new vocalist Rhett Forrester joined Mark Reale (guitar), Rick Ventura (guitar), Kip Leming (bass) and Sandy Slavin (drums) for 1982’s »Restless Breed« record, Riot took a more southern rock-tinged direction (to be witnessed on »Riot Archives Vol.2«). »Born In America« from 1983 followed a similar approach. Just like its two predecessors, »Riot Archives Vol.3« also features a wealth of unreleased recordings, e.g. interesting rough mix versions of »Thundersteel« album tracks such as “Thundersteel” itself, “Fight Or Fall”, “Sign Of The Crimson Storm”, the intro to “Buried Alive”, “Flight Of The Warrior” as well as the classic “Johnny’s Back” (referring to the band’s mascot Johnny the seal) and a rare instrumental rough mix version of “Run For Your Life”. All recordings feature Tony Moore on vocals, the one and only Mark Reale on guitar, Don Van Stavern on bass and Bobby Jarzombek on drums. Maybe even more interesting for die-hard Riot fans though, » Archives Vol.3«, spanning the years 1987 to 1988, also contains demo versions of songs later to be featured on 1990’s »Privilege Of Power« record: such as “On Your Knees”, “Metal Soldiers” and “Killer” (a rough version with vocals sung by a certain Joe Lynn Turner also exists in the archives). “Exciter”, “When Lights Go Down”, “A Place Called Tomorrow” and “Liar”, however, are songs not to be found on any Riot studio album! »Riot Archives Vol.3« is completed by a pro-shot 70-minute live DVD recorded on August 21st 1988 at Hallettsville Rockfest in the heart of Texas. RIOT Archives Volume 4: 1988-1989 DLP+DVD RED VINYL High Roller Records, double transparent blood red vinyl, ltd 350, poster, gatefold cover, restored and mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, Bonus DVD Live in Kobe 1990, As a founding member of San Antonio Texas legends S.A. Slayer, bassist Don Van Stavern is the longest lasting member of Riot V. The first Riot album he plays on is 1989’s legendary »Thundersteel« record. However, not a lot of people know that his personal connection to Mark Reale goes way back even further, to 1983’s »Born In America«, featuring the late great Rhett Forrester: “ There’s actually three songs on »Born In America« that I co-wrote but didn’t get any credits for. At the time of »Born In America« I was already writing with Mark Reale. I wrote ´Gunfighter´, I wrote ´Heavy Metal Machine’ with him, and I wrote ‘Running From The Law’. And I have demos of that. Because what we would do is, we would get the songs down and then we would demo with the guys from Texas Slayer. That later became Narita. But ´Gunfighter´,´Heavy Metal Machine’ and ‘Running From The Law’ were already written. That’s where our relationship for writing actually started.” With songs like “On Your Knees”, “Runaway”,”Storming The Gates Of Hell” or the striking “Killer” (with vocalist Tony Moore singing a duet with none other than the mighty Joe Lynn Turner) »Riot Archives Vol.4« contains the original demo versions of a lot of material which later ended up on »The Privilege Of Power« album (from 1990). Don Van Stavern compares the rough demo takes of the »Privilege Of Power« material (recorded in Texas) to the finished album versions (laid down in New York City): “The producers wanted to put a bunch of stars as guest musicians on the album, that was the deal, and they wanted to put horns on there. That was okay. But then they put the noise in-between each song, the little intros, and then a long intro. And then the song would finish and there would be another long intro. A lot of fans said: ‘We just wanna hear the music, we don’t wanna hear that.’ That was one of the things we didn’t really like about the finished version of »The Privilege Of Power«. The horns were cool but we didn’t like the bits and pieces in-between the actual songs.” RIOT Archives Volume 5: 1992-2005 DLP+DVD RED High Roller Records, double transparent red vinyl, ltd 300, 425gsm heavy 5mm spine cover, A4 insert, restored and mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony, Bonus DVD Live in Japan 1996
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Record Label: high roller records
Release Title: archives
Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve
Color: Red
Material: Vinyl
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Type: Double LP
Format: Record
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Release Year: 2018
Sleeve Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Record Size: 12"
Style: Blues Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Rockabilly, Stoner Rock, rock
Genre: Metal, Rock
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany