RAVEN - All For One (Purple Vinyl+10' Vinyl) (2LP)

For their third album 'All For One', released in August 1983, the Newcastlebased trio of bassist/vocalist John Gallagher, his guitarist brother Mark and
drummer Rob Hunter set about making some major changes. Playing a
number of dates in America at the end of 1982 had been an eye-opener for
Raven, and they decided that 'All For One' would be less about speed and
more about muscle. And to help them achieve the album they could hear in
their heads they wanted the use of more elaborate equipment than Neat
Records' Impulse Studios could offer, together with a producer of their
choice. Top of their list was Michael Wagener - because of his work on
Accept's 'Breaker' LP - who unbeknown to the band was working at that
time with Accept's frontman Udo Dirkschneider. The production team
proved to be a lethal choice, and the resulting album was an incredible
roller-coaster of power and passion, evidenced from the off by the teaser
single 'Break The Chain'. It was inevitable that the band would get the
Accept frontman into the vocal booth for a duet, and Udo sang with Raven
on two songs, 'Inquisitor' and 'Born To Be Wild', both of which also
appeared as a single in various formats. This release features the original
album, as well as the non-album B-side 'The Ballad Of Marshall Stack', the
two duets with Udo Dirkschneider and 'The Power And The Glory', which at
the time was consigned to the vaults.