Riot "Rock World (Rare & Unreleased 87-95) (Remastered, Digipak)"

Rock World (Rare & Unreleased 87-95) is a compilation by American Heavy Metal band Riot, released March 27th, 2020.

Tracklist:

1. Rockworld Theme
2. Bloodstreets (Alternate Version)
3. Buried Alive (Tell Tale Heart) [Alternate Version]
4. Runaway (Instrumental Early Idea Demo)
5. Killer (Tony Moore Vocals)
6. Maryanne (Rough Mix)
7. Medicine Man (Tony Moore Vocals)
8. Magic Maker (Tony Moore Vocals)
9. Faded Hero (Tony Moore Vocals)
10. Sylvia (Outtake)
11. Good Lovin (Outtake)
12. Creep (Instrumental Outtake)
13. Instrumental 1994 (Brethren Outtake)
14. Medicine Man (Tyrant Sessions)
15. Magic Maker (Tyrant Sessions)

Issued under license from Mr. Anthony Reale, Longhouse Music Corp.

Issued in a 4-panel Digipak with clear tray and fold-out booklet. Strictly limited to 2000 copies worldwide.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at various places between 1980 and 1994

Produced by Mark Reale and Steve Loeb

Mastered and partially restored by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony, Bamberg, Germany in December 2016 / December 2019

Riot "Archives Volume 5: 1992-2005 (2CD+DVD, High Roller Records, HRR 604 CD)"

Volume 5, spanning the years 1993 to 2002 and including rare recordings from the album sessions to "Nightbreaker", "Brethren Of The Long House", "Inishmore", "Sons Of Society" and "Through The Storm", marks the end of High Roller Records' long-running Riot "Archives" series. 

The highlight of "Vol.5" might be the song "Sylvia", which was recorded during the "Nightbreaker" recordings sessions but never made it onto the proper album. Between 1993 and 2002 Riot released five studio albums. 

Giles Lavery, product co-ordinator of the "Archives" series, comments: "Riot was like a musical sanctuary to a heavy metal fan in that sense... There were some artists like Alice Cooper, Whitesnake or Magnum who kind of sat out or split for most of the later 1990s but then came back in the early 2000s with regular release."

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. Black Mountain Woman (1992 Rough Mix - Alternate Intro) 05:19  
2. Sylvia (1992 Demo - Alternate Vocal) 05:13  
3. Magic Maker (1992 Rough Mix) 04:42  
4. Night Breaker (1992 Demo) 04:20  
5. Silent Screams (1992 Demo) 06:04  
6. Sailor (1992 Rough Mix) 06:08  
7. Good Lovin' (Alternate Version) 04:57  
8. Brethren of the Long House (1994 Rough Mix) 05:29  
9. Rain (1994 Demo) 05:28  
10. Knockin' at My Door (2005 Demo) 04:23  
11. Darker Side of Light (2005 Demo) 10:26  
12. Killer (1989 Joe Lynn Turner - Version 2) 03:45  
13. Warrior (Live 1982) 05:31  
14. Rock City (Live 1980) 05:37  

Time:    01:17:22  

Disc 2 (CD)

1. Sylvia (Alternate Version Demo) 05:21  
2. Intro "Romeo" 03:53  
3. Instrumental Themes 14:11  
4. Instrumental (Unreleased Song 1992) 07:19  
5. Instrumental (Unreleased Song 1994) 04:11  
6. Mark Reale & Guy Speranza Studio writing Jam DAT tape 4-4-94 (Data Track) 01:31:58  

Time:   02:06:53  

Disc 3 (DVD) - Live in Japan 1996

1. Intro 02:56  
2. Glory Calling 05:09  
3. Soldier 04:59  
4. Wounded Heart 03:57  
5. Rolling Thunder 04:08  
6. Blood of the English 05:48  
7. Narita 01:55  
8. Tokyo Rose 01:51  
9. Outlaw 04:10  
10. Acoustic 03:16  
11. Santa Maria 04:17  
12. Destiny 04:42  
13. Nightbreaker 04:25  
14. Mike Flintz Guitar Solo 02:24  
15. Mark Reale Guitar Solo 02:36  
16. Instrumental 07:33  
17. Shenandoah 03:58  
18. Holy Land 04:50  
19. Ghost Dance 05:23  
20. Drum Solo 02:46  
21. Last of the Mohicans 05:19  
22. Thundersteel 05:01  
23. Silent Screem 05:34  
24. Burn 07:54  
25. Warrior 04:23  
26. Road Racin' 06:23  

Time:   01:55:37

Includes an MP3 data track: "Mark Reale & Guy Speranza Studio Writing Jam DAT tape 4-4-1994." This file and tracks on disc 2 are exclusive to the CD version of the release.

Riot "Archives Volume Four: 1988-1989 (CD+DVD, High Roller Records, HRR 571 CD)"

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.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. On Your Knees (Rough Mix)  
2. Runaway (Rough Mix)  
3. Killer (Rough Mix)  
4. Storming the Gates of Hell (Rough Mix)  
5. Maryanne (Rough Mix)  
6. Racing with the Devil (On a Spanish Highway) (Al Di Meola cover) (Rough Mix)  
7. Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple cover) (Alternative Version)  
8. Killer (Joe Lynn Turner Vocal Demo)  
9. Dance of Death (4-Track Demo)  
10. Black Leather and Glittering Steel (4-Track Demo)  
11. Runaway (4-Track Demo)  
12. Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple cover) (4-Track Demo)  
13. Maryanne (Vocal Recording Session)  

Disc 2 (DVD) - Live in Kobe

1. On Your Knees  
2. Metal Soldiers  
3. Flight of the Warrior  
4. Tokyo Rose  
5. Rock City  
6. Runaway  
7. Storming the Gates of Hell  
8. Japan Cakes  
9. Bloodstreets  
10. Killer  
11. Drum Solo  
12. Racing with the Devil (On a Spanish Highway (Al Di Meola cover)  
13. Johnny's Back  
14. Maryanne  
15. Dance of Death  
16. Guitar Solos  
17. Thundersteel  
18. Narita  
19. Warrior  
20. Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple cover)  
21. Road Racin'  

Recording information:

DVD recorded live on June 14th, 1990 at Kobe International Hall in Kobe, Japan.

Riot "Archives Volume Three: 1987-1988 (CD+DVD, High Roller Records, HRR 555 CD)"

Riot Archives Vol.3 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. 

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!.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. Thundersteel  
2. Fight or Fall  
3. Sign of the Crimson Storm  
4. Run for Your Life  
5. Buried Alive Intro  
6. Johnny's Back  
7. Warrior  
8. A Place Called Tomorrow  
9. Exciter  
10. When Lights Go Down  
11. Liar  
12. Killer  
13. On Your Knees  
14. Metal Soldiers  
15. Killer   
16. Keyboard Instrumental   

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. Fight or Fall  
2. Fire Down Under  
3. Sign of the Crimson Storm  
4. On Wings of Eagles  
5. Buried Alive (Tell Tale Heart)  
6. Flight of the Warrior  
7. Outlaw  
8. Bloodstreets  
9. Run for Your Life  
10. Drum Solo  
11. Johnny's Back  
12. Swords and Tequila  
13. Guitar Solo  
14. Thundersteel

CD:

01-03 + 06: Rough mix

04: Instrumental rough mix

05, 16: Mark Reale writing demo

07-08: Demo

09-15: "Privilege of Power" Demo

DVD:

01-14: Live at Halletsville, TX, USA, August 21st 1988