It strikes me as one of those "too good to be true" records.
From the description to the sleeve, if it's as good as it sounds/looks everyone would surely know of it.
I'm so old & cynical, but in my heart i just want to be proved wrong.
It's an excellent record for sure, but to call it a top-class record is a bit too much IMO. The compositions are varied with lots of catchy parts but are a bit too simplistic too.
And what about giving some cash to the band members who didn't got royalties back then ? ( if I believe the interview with Rob Graves in French fanzine Metal Titans.)
JonahQuizz wrote: Riff Raff - Give the dead man some water.
Is this anything to have?
Please help me with value on both of these two (preferably in euros)
thanks!
Riff Raff price seem to be around 20-30 euros in Finland nowdays. Maybe little more outside Finland.
I would say it's a classic in finnish hm scale, quite rough (vocals especially) and fast stuff at times. As Isten's guide to finnish metal says: "The third album "Give the Dead Man Some Water" was one of the rawest and loudest Finnish metal releases back in the day".
The PR EP is supposedly more similar to Rise Up than to their earlier singles. None of the PR records are very expensive except the first 7".
That price sounds about right for Riff Raff. I've heard 2 of their albums; they're OK... each has some great songs but also some filler and a couple of duds. 'Give the Dead Man Some Water' has 1 outstanding track, seveal ok/decent tracks, and 2 duds. There's a copy on ebay for $49 Buy It Now, and personally that's a little more than I would want to sink into the album considering the musical quality. Good, but not essential.
"I'm sorry Sam, we had real chemistry. But like a monkey on the sun, our love was too hot to live"
-Becky
JonahQuizz wrote:Need some help on two records: Persian Risk - Too Different and Riff Raff - Give the dead man some water.
Is this anything to have? Is Too different as good as the two singles or is it more like Rise Up?
Please help me with value on both of these two (preferably in euros)
thanks!
I'll post the Persian Risk EP in Poisonoise for you a little later, that'll allow you to make up your own mind.
For me, musically it's like a mixture of the singles but also beginning to lean toward the style of "Rise Up", still good stuff though.
Look for it in about half an hour.
How you learned the actual Line-Up?Do you have their demos/covers?
