Riot Live in America: The Official Bootleg Box Set, Volume 3 [1981-1988] (6-CD)
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 6
- Released: August 9, 2019
- Originally Released: 2019
- Label: Hne
Product Description:
Riot formed in 1975, in New York City, when Kon-Tiki guitarist Mark Reale and drummer Peter Bitelli teamed up with bassist Phil Feit and vocalist Guy Speranza. Recording a four-track demo, they added Steve Costello on keyboards, and subsequently picked up by New York producers Billy Arnell and Steve Loeb, who owned the independent label Fire-Sign Records.
In some respects, Riots story is one of what might have been, and to some degree, a band not quite at the right place at the right time. What this 6 CD collection of live recordings and demos does offer is a unique and raw insight into this influential and cult hard rock and heavy metal band, as they cemented their reputation as a live draw across America in the 1980s.
Riot formed in 1975, in New York City, when Kon-Tiki guitarist Mark Reale and drummer Peter Bitelli teamed up with bassist Phil Feit and vocalist Guy Speranza. Recording a four-track demo, they added Steve Costello on keyboards, and subsequently picked up by New York producers Billy Arnell and Steve Loeb, who owned the independent label Fire-Sign Records.
Adding second guitarist Louie Kouvaris, whilst replacing Feit with Jimmy Iommi on bass, they released their debut Rock City in 1977. But by 1979, on the verge of splitting up, they were thrown a lifeline by highly influential New Wave Of British Heavy Metal DJ, Neal Kay, who set about promoting Riot in the UK. Re-engerized, the band issued second LP, Narita in 1979, at which point Kouvaris was replaced by their roadie, Rick Ventura.
Signing to major label Capitol Records, this led to a UK tour in 1980 supporting Sammy Hagar, and eventually a slot at the legendary inaugral Monsters of Rock heavy metal festival at Castle Donington the same year, on a bill featuring Saxon, Judas Priest, Scorpions and Rainbow.
Officially licensed from the archives of the Mark Reale estate, Live In America: The Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 3 (1981-1988) kicks off with a show recorded at the legendary Long Island club My Fathers Place in Roslyn, NY on 15th September 1981, whilst the band was promoting the Elektra Records release, Fire Down Under. The album is featured almost in its entirety, including Swords And Tequila, Feel The Same, Outlaw and the title track. As a bonus, CD1 finishes with rare basement rehearsal tapes of Warrior, a cover of Montroses I Got The Fire and Well Make It.
A little over two years later, Riot found themselves at Wolfgangs in San Francisco, on 27th December 1983, with the band supporting the independently released Born In America LP. Wings Of Fire, Running From The Law, Devil Woman and Vigilante Killer, as well as the title track, feature from the new record.
