Artist: RUNNING WILD
Album: PIECES OF EIGHT - THE SINGLES, LIVE AND RARE: 1984 TO 1994 (2LP+7CD+POSTER+BAG BOX)

Release date: 2018
EAN/UPS: 4050538380811
Media type: LP

"Pieces of eight - The singles, live and rare 1984-1994" will contain all of the bands Noise Records singles, the re-record compilation "The first years of piracy" and an expanded, double gold vinyl version of their debut live album "Ready for boarding", which features a whole new show on disc two, from 1989, previously only available before on VHS tape. The box set will also include a collectable, RUNNING WILD piece of eight coin and a two sided poster.
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NOISE Records are proud to announce, Running Wild – Pieces Of Eight : The Singles, Live and Rare. 1984 – 1994. A deluxe, limited edition boxset containing all the bands Noise records singles, the re-record compilation ‘The First Years Of Piracy’ and an expanded, double gold vinyl version of their debut live album ‘Ready For Boarding’, which features a whole new show on disc two, from 1989, previously only available before on VHS tape. All of these titles have been long out of print, since their original release during the bands decade tenure on Noise. The box set also includes a collectable, Running Wild, piece of eight coin and a two sided poster featuring the band’s classic line-up and the box set artwork.

German heavy metallers Running Wild were formed in 1976 in Hamburg, but shot to fame during the emergence of the German metal scene in the early to mid-1980s. Over the course of their career, they have released sixteen studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, and six singles/EPs. Although their earlier releases contained Satanic themes and imagery, they later invented the pirate metal subgenre after the band released their third album in 1987, Under Jolly Roger, which was a switch to pirate-based and historical themes, creating and influencing the later named Pirate metal subgenre of heavy metal in the 2000s in the process. While the historical lyrics were fantasy at first, the lyrics for later albums were intensively researched, by frontman Rolf Kasparek in particular. After this album, from 1988 to 1992 (for the albums Port Royal, Death or Glory, Blazon Stone, Pile of Skulls & Mascquerade), Running Wild mainly wrote historically based lyrics. In addition to lyrics about pirates like Calico Jack, Klaus Störtebeker, or the little-known Henry Jennings, the band also addressed subjects like the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Waterloo, or the colonization of the New World by the Conquistadors. They have sold over 1.8 million albums globally making them one of Germany's largest exports.

6CD EPs:

Victim Of States Power CD EP (1984)

    Victim Of States Power
    Walpurgis Night
    Satan

Bad To The Bone CD EP (1989)

    Bad To The Bone
    The Battle Of Waterloo
    March On

Wild Animal CD EP (1989)

    Wild Animal
    Chains & Leather
    Tear Down The Walls
    Störtebeker

Little Big Horn CD EP (1991)

    Little Big Horn
    Billy The Kid
    Genocide

Lead Or Gold CD EP (1992)

    Lead Or Gold
    Hanged, Drawn And Quartered
    Win Or Be Drowned

The Privateer CD EP (1994)

    The Privateer
    Dancing On A Minefield
    Poisoned Blood


CD - The First Years Of Piracy CD album (1991):

    Under Jolly Roger
    Branded And Exiled
    Soldiers Of Hell
    Raise Your Fist
    Walpurgis Night
    Fight The Oppression
    Marching To Die
    Raw Ride
    Diamonds Of The Black Chest
    Prisoner Of Our Time


2LP - Ready For Boarding 2x gold LP (1988):

Disc 1 – original concert, Live In Munich, Nov 1987

    Hymn Of Long John Silver
    Under Jolly Roger
    Genghis Khan
    Raise Your Fist
    Purgatory
    Mordor
    Mordor
    Diabolic Force
    Raw Ride
    Adrian (S.O.S.)
    Prisoner Of Our Time

Disc 2 – bonus concert, Live in Düsseldorf, Oct 1989

    Intro
    Riding The Storm
    Bad To The Bone
    Raw Ride
    Raging Fire
    Tortuga Bay
    Uaschtschun
    Bass Solo
    Conquistadores
    Prisoner Of Our Time