Raven - Over The Top! : The Neat Years 1981-1984 [CD]

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RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2019

• FOR FANS OF: METALLICA / ACCEPT / SPEED METAL.

• Three studio albums and a live double from 80s NOWBHM legends Raven plus bonus material.

• Originally released on Neat before signing to a major and continuing global success

Although Raven’s origins date as far back as 1974, they came to the attention of the British rock media with the 1980 release of their debut single, ‘Don't Need Your Money’. Hailing from Newcastle, it seemed inevitable that they would sign to Newcastle-based New Wave Of British Heavy Metal label Neat, alongside other NWOBHM luminaries Venom, Fist and White Spirit.

A big influence on future thrash metal legends such as Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, their highly energised form of speed metal became known “athletic rock”, a genre that would extend to the band wearing of baseball and American football apparel on stage.

Their full-length debut, the self-explanatory ‘Rock Until You Drop’, was released to much acclaim in 1981, finding champions in the pages of Sounds and Kerrang! magazines. Further cementing their reputation as influential metal legends, second record ‘Wiped Out’ was issued in 1982, kicking off with 'Faster Than The Speed Of Light' and including 'Live At The Inferno'.

1983's ‘All For One’ on CD3 was co-produced by Michael Wagner and Accept lead singer Udo Dirkschneider, who also joined the boys for a cover of Steppenwolf classic ‘Born To Be Wild’, included here as a bonus track.

Featured on CD4 is the seemingly inevitable double live album, ‘Live At The Inferno’. Across 19 tracks the album proudly states “THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO OVERDUBS ON THIS ALBUM!!” Following its release, Raven would sign a major label deal with Atlantic Records, relocating to the States for further fame and fortune, with the band still regularly gigging and releasing records today.

Bonus tracks include 'Wiped Out', the ‘Crash Bang Wallop EP’, 'The Ballad Of Marshall Stack', 'Inquisitor' and 'Power And The Glory', as well as an extensive liner note from renowned NWOBHM expert John Tucker.

Hard Ride

Faster Than The Speed Of Light

Take Control

Intro/Live At The Inferno

Hell Patrol

Bring The Hammer Down

Mind Over Metal

Take Control

Don't Need Your Money

Fire Power

Sledgehammer Rock

Mind Over Metal

Over The Top

Read All About It

All For One

Crash Bang Wallop

39-40

To The Limit/To The Top

Run Silent Run Deep

Rock Until You Drop

For The Future

Battle Zone

Hung Drawn & Quartered

Faster Than Speed Of Light

Rock Until You Drop

Live At The Inferno

Break The Chain

All For One

Nobody's Hero

Star War

Take It Away

Forbidden Planet

Hellraiser/Action

Uxb

Seek & Destroy

Star War

Lambs To The Slaughter

20/21

Athletic Rock

Tyrant Of The Airway/Run Silent Run Deep

Tyrant Of The Airways

Hold Back The Fire

Born To Be Wild (Featuring Udo Dirkschneider)

Crazy World

Wiped Out

Chain Saw

The Ballad Of Marshall Stack

Let It Rip

Crazy World

Crash Bang Wallop (Crash Bang Wallop Ep)

Inquisitor

I.G.A.R.B.O.

Inquisitor

Run Them Down (Crash Bang Wallop Ep

Power And The Glory

Wiped Out

Let It Rip

Rock Hard (Crash Bang Wallop Ep

Fire Power

20/21 (Outtake) (Crash Bang Wallop Ep

I Don't Need Your Money

Break The Chain

Hell Patrol

Live At The Inferno

• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 5013929921801

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