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BITCH Be My Slave/Damnation Alley - 2011 remaster reissue CD of 2 classic US Metal albums + bonus DVD
Format: CD+DVD
Condition: New
Year of Release: 2011
Cat. No.: 149842
Label: Metal Blade
In July of 2011, Metal Blade Records will be reissuing Bitch's 'Be My Slave/Damnation Alley', remastered by legendary producer Bill Metoyer (Slayer, W.A.S.P., Fates Warning) himself!
This special edition of Be My Slave/Damnation Alley will replace the 1997 reissue of Be My Slave/Damnation Alley in Metal Blade Records' catalogue, and will feature the following:
The full albums 'Be My Slave' (1983) and 'Damnation Alley' (1982), personally remastered by Bill Metoyer,
The bonus track "Let's Go", a demo from 'The Bitch is Back' sessions recorded circa 1985 and never before available in any form
A Bonus DVD featuring clips of live classic-era Bitch performances, hand selected and edited by the band themselves, with the addition of 1983 music videos for "Be My Slave" and "Leatherbound".
Bitch's 'Be My Slave' and 'Damnation Alley' both play important roles in the formative period of heavy metal's history. Bitch was the first female-fronted American heavy metal band signed to a label, and were Metal Blade Records' very first successful band; Metallica and Slayer both had career breaks opening for Bitch. Damnation Alley, a 5-song EP from 1982, was the second LP and first non-compilation album released by Metal Blade Records (serial number for the vinyl was MBR 1002). It was also the first album ever released by a female fronted American heavy metal band.
The ten-song LP 'Be My Slave' (MBR 1007, 1983) was one of the important albums featured by Tipper Gore's Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) in their tremendously controversial campaign against explicit content in rock music. The album was eventually featured in the famous "PMRC Hearing" held before the United States Senate's Committee On Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 19, 1985, as part of a slideshow and a list of "pornographic lyrics" as evidence for the PMRC's case. This hearing eventually led to the creation of the "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" sticker used for albums with explicit content to this day.
'Be My Slave' was originally engineered by legendary heavy metal producer Bill Metoyer, who produced and/or engineered many of Metal Blade's early albums, including those by Slayer, Flotsam and Jetsam, Trouble, Lizzy Borden, DRI, Sacred Reich, Fates Warning, Armored Saint, Corrosion of Conformity, and many more.
Metoyer has personally remastered both 'Be My Slave' and 'Damnation Alley' for this release.
TRACK LISTING:
CD:
1. Right From The Start
2. Be My Slave
3. Leather Bound
4. Riding In Thunder
5. Save You From The World
6. Heavy Metal Breakdown
7. Gimme A Kiss
8. In Heat
9. Make It Real (Make It Rock)
10. World War III
11. Saturdays
12. Never Come Home
13. Damnation Alley
14. He's Gone
15. Live For The Whip
16. Let's Go
DVD:
1) Riding in Thunder** (live)
2) Walls of Love† (live)
3) Live for the Whip* (live)
4) World War III** (live)
5) Headbanger*** (live)
6) Hot and Heavy*** (live)
7) Skullcrusher*** (live)
8) Make it Real** (live)
9) Riding in Thunder** (live)
10) Be My Slave** (live)
11) Leatherbound** (1983 music video)
12) Be My Slave** (1983 music video)
(DVD comes in region-free PAL/NTSC format)
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