Ritual - The Ancient Tome CD Vain Killer Dwarfs Crue

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Label: Heaven and Hell Records Description: Formed in Livingston, New Jersey by singer Billy Farley and guitarist Judson Legon in the early 1980s, Ritual would become one of the area's most popular bands by the end of the decade. It seemed that Ritual could not keep a solid line up together long enough to record and get out a release. Eventually, Ritual was only a duo of Farley and guitarist Joe Ballarino. New recruits, drummer Derek Lord and bassist Derek Thailer came on board, and additional guitarist Ace Abram was also added to the line-up. By the end of '85 a four-song demo was released and soon radio stations in the area began to play cuts from the recording. Future 'That Metal Show' host Eddie Trunk, then working at WDHA 105.5FM said of the band: "Ritual are one of the most promising bands to come out of New Jersey." Without any label support the band entered All Star Studio in Bloomfield, NJ with producer Brian Bannon & J. Vicari to record the 1987 debut 'L.T.M.P. '(Let the Metal Play). 'L.T.M.P' was well received and attention continued to grow. To support the album, Ritual undertook a relentless touring schedule, traveling up and down the East Coast. As Ritual continued to tour, buzz began to spread about their high-energy live performances. Soon the band came to the attention of manager Mark Weiss, A well known entertainment manager. Weiss saw great potential in the Jersey band to become a "major force" in the current rock scene. Ritual returned to the studio in 1989 to record a follow up to L.T.M.P. Due to studio shifts and personnel changes the planned full length was divided up into a pair of EPs. The first was the four-song 'Evil in Your Heart'. Sessions where then moved to another studio to finish the tracks for the second EP 'Dark Star'. Farley continued Ritual, despite line-up changes more recordings would be produced. In the coming years a lot of interest for Ritual recordings would come from collectors, which helped keep the name alive. Ritual reissue is an ECD with archival photos, lyric sheets and more! Tracklist: 01. Give it to Ya Straight 02. Get Back, Stand Back 03. No Longer Feel 04. Tight 05. Let the Metal Play 06. If I had Your Love 07. Rock & Roll Demon 08. Claw to the Top 09. Evil in Your Heart 10. Love in the Shadows 11. Friend or Foe 12. Dark Star 13. Rid of the Bitch 14. Sweet Lady 15. Overload 16. Electrified Please note; Again p lease read all as I know most of you will not Properly read all information provided in the listing Please do not waste our time with stupid questions (like things already answered in the listing). Example; "Is this a LP or CD?" It plainly says CD in the listing, thus this would be a stupid question. And yes people have asked. Do not ask us to change our price, lower shipping, ship by different methods. We will ignore these emails. If you want these difference then go somewhere else. At the end of the auction wait for an invoice to be sent to you. This will insure combined shipping if combined shipping is needed. This is very important to follow. Please reply to the invoice sent to you. DO NOT go to Paypal and issue the payment as a regular Paypal payment, wait and reply to the invoice we send you. We will ONLY ship to the address on the Paypal account that pays for the item. No exceptions. keep in mind we are in the United States and speak English. If you can not speak English or can not communicate with us then please do not waste our time or yours? Most transactions can be conducted without having to communicate at all. Usually it is only people with stupid question that have to message. Handling time selected is 20 days; normally does not take nearly that long to even finish a transaction, but due to some buyers these adjustments have to be made. Also note if something goes wrong in the transaction do not jump to conclusion and assume. We have a good feedback rating and got that by being good at what we do. Our ONLY bad feedback is du... read more

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