Stay Hard

Year of Release: 1985 Members: john - vocals/bass/synths mark - guitars/vocals rob - drums/vocals/synths Writers: john/rob/mark Instruments: John - esp precision basskramer 8 string on pray for the sun synths on pray for the sun and power & the glory Mark - esp hybrid tele/strat(his esp tele, so prominent on all for one got stolen in chicago & was lost for almost 18 months before it was returned!) Rob - custom drum workshop kit with rototoms.. synths on pray for the sun & power & the glory atlas horn section guested on the bottom line Production Notes: michael wagener & raven Johns Review: Our first major label albumplenty of pressure to sell, sell, sell but still vintage raven although the sound does not rip like the previous album..still a lot of killer songs and some fun on the bottom line power & the glory wed had from the all for one sessions. mike was brought in at the halfway mark to do a couple of songs over & remix the rest. against our better judgement we redid hard ride..hmmm..and after a frustrating few days we finally nailed on & on - very hard to get that one right ..other that getting the arrangement to gel, there were about 24 tracks of vocals on that i had to do! aggghhh!!! the songs were really good to do livesee the raw tracks album! Tracklisting: stay hard/when the going gets tough/on & on/get it right/restless child/power & the glory/pray for the sun/hard ride/extract the action/the bottom line *1998 cd reissue has gimme just a little/do or die as bonus tracks9from the mad ep)