Raven - Wiped Out

SKU: ART-17676
Category: records
Manufacturers: Back On Black

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Original transfer, audio restoration and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in July 2020. Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels...
The ultimate audiophile reissue of this eternal NWOBHM classic!

Unlike many bands, Raven didn’t suffer from ‘difficult second album’ syndrome. Despite the fact that the Newcastle-based trio’s debut LP ‘Rock Until You Drop’ was only released in September 1981, the following summer saw its successor ‘Wiped Out’ in the racks. “One thing this band’s never had,” suggests bassist/vocalist John Gallagher emphatically, “is a lack of material.”
Although they’d been in existence in one form or another since 1974, Raven’s break came at a gig at Balmbra’s in the centre of Newcastle in 1980 that set the (wrecking) ball rolling. In the audience were the Tygers Of Pan Tang, whose debut single had been released by Neat Records at the end of 1979, and their managers, Tom Noble and Graeme Thompson. After the show the pair suggested the band – John, his guitarist brother Mark and drummer Rob Hunter – get in touch with a view to doing a demo at Impulse Studios, which was also home to Neat.