Artist: V. A.
Album: SPV 25 & ALIVE (2CD)

Release date: 2009
Media type: CD

"25 & Alive" is also the slogan for this years birthday of SPV. it started all in 1984 when SPV signed the first bands Sodom and Destruction and was the forerunner of the Heavy Metal Boom in Germany. SPV was the distributor of such well known labels as Roadrunner, Metal Blade, Century Media and Noise. With this SPV became step by step one of the most important independent labels in Germany. With world wide signings with bands like Whitesnake, Alice Cooper, Helloween and Motцrhead and new distribution labels like InsideOut and Epitaph SPV expanded their status to the next level.

TRACKLIST CD1:

1. SAXON: Princess Of The Night (re-recording)
2. ACCEPT: Fast As A Shark
3. KREATOR: Warcurse
4. GAMMA RAY: I Want Out (live)
5. MOONSPELL: Scorpion Flower
6. ICED EARTH: Devide Devour
7. SODOM: Ausgebombt (live)
8. FREEDOM CALL: Queen Of My World
9. DEMONS & WIZARDS Terror Train
10. EVERGREY: Fear
11. DESTRUCTION: Mad Butcher
12. TIM RIPPER OWENS: The Cover Up
13. ENGRAINED: Sweet Vampire Girl (previously unreleased)

TRACKLIST CD 2:

1. SAXON: Live To Rock
2. DORO: Burn It Up
3. MSG: Armed And Ready (live)
4. MAGNUM: Cry To Yourself
5. AXEL RUDI PELL: Rock The Nation (cover version)
6. DIO: Stand Up And Shout (live)
7. MOLLY HATCHET: Beatin`The Odds (re-recoding)
8. STEELER: Chain Gang
9. UFO: Helldriver
10. ROSE TATTOO: Bad Boy For Love (live)
11. GLENN HUGHES: Highball Shooter
12. NASHVILLE PUSSY: Speed Machine