RUNNING WILD - Gates To Purgatory (OIS) 12" Vinyl LP Album

"Gates to Purgatory" is the first album by "Running Wild". It predates their piracy themes and mostly has satanically influenced lyrics.

This album "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory" includes the original custom made inner sleeve (OIS) with album production details, complete lyrics of all songs by and artwork/photos

Collector's notes ( detailed background information on the persons working on this album)

Album Fact Sheet: RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory

Music Genre: Heavy Metal

Album Production information:

The album: "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory" was produced by: Running WIld

Sound/Recording Engineer(s): Horst Muller

This album was recorded at: Caet Studio, Berlin, Germany, June 1984

Caet Studios, Berlin is a popular sound recording music studio used by many German Heavy Metal bands. During the 1980s "Caet Studios" has been used by "Celtic Frost", "Running Wild", "Destruction", as well as many other bands.

Album cover photography: D. Magnussen

Information on the people working on the production of "Gates to Purgatory"

Horst Mueller - a sound engineer from Germany and has engineered the records of several German Metal bands, notable Destruction, Running Wild, Warrant and the Swiss Celtic Frost band, as well as many others. He has used several different aliases/pseudonyms, aliases used by Horst Mueller include: Horst "Hoddle" Muller, Horst H.I.F. "The Crazy Frog" Muller, Horst "The Only One" Muller, "Mad" Horst Muller

Record Company / Catalog number / Label: Noise N 0012

Record Format: 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram

Year & Country: 1984 Made in Germany

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Album Back Cover Photo of "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory"

Inner Sleeve of "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory" Album

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Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory

Rock 'n' Roll (Rolf Kasparek) - Lead Vocals, Guitars (Rock and Rolf Kasparek - Guitar, formed the band "Granite Heart" around 1979 this band was renamed into "Running Wild".)
Preacher (Gerald Warnecke) - Guitar, Vocals (Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke - Guitarist with the Germany Pirate Metal band "Running Wild" from 1982 until 1985 and left to complete his study in Theology.)
Stephan (Stephan Boriss) - Bass
Hasche (Wolfgang Hagemann) - Drums

Complete Track-listing of the album "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory"

The detailed tracklist of this record "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory" is:

Victim of States Power 3:36
Black Demon 4:25
Preacher 4:22
Soldiers of Hell 3:23
Diabolic Force 4:58 (This track "Diabolic Force" has also been released on the Compilation album "Metal Attack Vol. 1 on NOISE N 0022)
Adrian S.O.S. 2:49
Genghis Khan 4:11
Prisoner of our Time 5:22

RUNNING WILD - Gates To Purgatory (OIS) 12" Vinyl LP Album

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Album Back Cover Photo of "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory"

Inner Sleeve of "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory" Album

Photo of "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory" Album's Inner Sleeve

Photo of "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory" 12" LP Record - Side One:

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Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory

Complete Track-listing of the album "RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory"

Interactive Concept Map of RUNNING WILD Gates To Purgatory

RUNNING WILD Vinyl Discography

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