Raven - Countdown Cafe, Hilversum, Netherlands, 02-27-1984 (FM)

Raven
Countdown Cafe
Hilversum, Netherlands
January 27, 1984
FM Broadcast Recording
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Cover Art Included

01 Take Control
02 Mind Over Metal
03 Firepower
04 Break The Chain
05 Run Silent Run Deep
06 I Don't Need Your Money
07 Rock Until You Drop

John Gallagher – bass, lead vocals
Mark Gallagher – guitar, guitar synthesizer, synthesizer, backing vocals
Rob "Wacko" Hunter – drums

On tour for the All For One LP. Opening act was Metallica. This came from the old Hear Rock City blog, thanks go out to them.

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Raven - Lunatics Revenge ~ Harpo's Concert Theater, Detroit, MI 1984 (FM)

Raven
Lunatics Revenge
Harpo's Concert Theater
Detroit, MI
1984
WLLZ 98.7 FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kps
Cover Art Included

01 Stay Hard
02 When The Goin’ Gets Tough
03 All For One
04 Hard Ride
05 Rock Until You Drop
06 Get It Right
07 Guitar Solo
08 Faster Than The Speed Of Light
09 On And On
10 Take It Away
11 Bass Solo
12 Extract The Action
13 Break The Chain
14 Mind Over Metal
15 Seek And Destroy / Drum Solo / Seek And Destroy (reprise)
16 The Hell Patrol

John Gallagher bass, lead vocals
Mark Gallagher guitar, backing vocals
Rob "Wacko" Hunter drums

Raven were leaders in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Formed in New Castle, England in 1974 the band would wear athletic equipment such as hockey helmets, elbow and shoulder pads etc on stage, then smash into each other and their equipment. This would prompt Atlantic Records to later bill them as Athletic Rock. Raven's first tour of the states in 1983, had the fledgling Thrash Metal bands Anthrax and Megadeth as opening acts. Atlantic Records signed the band and released Stay Hard in 1985. The band took a lot of flack for the albums more commercial sound, Atlantic forced the band to change even more during their time on the label, much to the dismay of fans. Album sales never lived up to label expectations and Raven was dropped. The band still enjoys an independent label career and makes metal once again on their own terms.

Harpo's Concert Theater is the bar for Heavy Metal, Hard Rock in Detroit. It started life as the Harper Theater in 1939, part of The Wisper & Westman circuit. It became Harpo's Concert Theater in 1973 and started hosting live rock music. At one point in the 1970's the club was billed as Disco Inferno, a dark time in rock history. The lighted Disco floor is still in use while Heavy Metal bands play there.

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