''Keep the Dogs Away'' is the first studio album by the
heavy metal band
Thor
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, released in 1977. The album went gold shortly after it was released, selling 50,000 copies in Canada. In 2009 it was reissued on CD for the first time in a special 30th Anniversary Edition; It included a 16-page booklet and a few unreleased bonus tracks.
In 2016 it was reissued once again with even more bonus content under
Deadline Music in a deluxe 6-panel digipak CD with alternate cover art, liner notes from a longtime fan, author/producer Brian Kehew, 22 rare and unreleased bonus cuts on a separate disc, and a vintage 1984 London concert, that previously was limited to VHS, now on DVD. The first CD is the original album and all bonus content is put on the second disk. A faithful reissue of the original vinyl that had meticulously recreated the original pressing with the original cover art, foldout poster, and printed inner sleeve.
Track listing
* Tracks 11-14: Songs cut from the original album
* Tracks 15-17: Previously unreleased tracks
Personnel
;Band
*
Jon Mikl Thor
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– vocals
*John Shand – guitars, six-string bass
*David Munkhoff – guitars
*Terry McKeown – bass
*Billy King – drums
;Guest/Session
*Barry Keane - percussion
*The Tootonic Chorale - backing vocals
;Miscellaneous staff
*Ian Guenther - producer
*Willi Morrison - producer
*George C. I. Semkiw - engineering, mixing
*Mick Walsh - engineering assistant
*Mark Wright - engineering assistant
*John Williamson - cover art, design
*Joan Chisholm - cover art, design
*Leslie Smart - design
*Normands Berzins - photography
References
1977 debut albums
Thor (band) albums
RCA Records albums
Cleopatra Records albums
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