''Live at the Inferno'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by the heavy metal band

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. It was released in 1984 on

Megaforce Records Megaforce Records is an American independent record label founded in 1982 by Jon Zazula and his wife Marsha Zazula to release the first works of Metallica, and devoted primarily to hard rock and heavy metal. It has offices in New York City (w ...

. The song "Live at the Inferno" first appeared on Raven's 1982 album '' Wiped Out''. The album was intended to discourage the band's former label, Neat Records, from putting out a greatest hits compilation. It was the band's last release before signing with Atlantic Records. According to John Gallagher the title of the bass solo, "I.G.A.R.B.O.," stands for "I've got a rampant boner on." The album's title was borrowed from a 1970 live album of the same title by an American 60s rock band also named

Track listing

All songs by Gallagher, Gallagher and Hunter. ;Defcon 4 #"Intro / Live at the Inferno" – 2:22 #"Take Control" – 3:10 #"Mind over Metal" – 3:35 #"Crash Bang Wallop" – 3:13 #"Rock until You Drop" – 4:26 #"Faster than the Speed of Light" – 4:14 ;Defcon 3 #

"All for One" – 3:47 #"Forbidden Planet" – 4:03 #"Star War" – 5:27 #"Tyrant of the Airways / Run Silent, Run Deep" – 6:50 ;Defcon 2 #"Crazy World" – 4:50 #"Let It Rip" – 4:08 #"I.G.A.R.B.O." – 2:04 #"Wiped Out" – 4:10 #"Firepower" – 3:40 ;Defcon 1 #

"Don't Need Your Money" – 3:30 #"Break the Chain" – 4:18 #"Hell Patrol" – 7:19 #"Live at the Inferno" – 7:25

Personnel

Raven

*John Gallagher -

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, lead vocals *Mark Gallagher -

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*Rob Hunter -

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, backing vocals

Production

Alex Perialas Alex Perialas is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer, best known for his extensive work during the "golden age" of thrash metal in the mid–1980s to early–1990s. Having worked with many of the genre's top acts, including Ove ...

, Peter Bombar - mobile engineers *Norman Dunn - live sound engineer, studio engineer, mixing *Jack Skinner - mastering at

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, New York *

Jon Zazula Jonathan Zazula (March 16, 1952 – February 1, 2022), also known as Jonny Z, was an American music industry executive who was the owner of New Jersey's Rock'n Roll Heaven record store and founder of record label Megaforce Records. Zazula's recor ...

, Marsha Zazula, Tony Incigeri - executive producers

References

Raven (British band) albums 1984 live albums Live New Wave of British Heavy Metal albums Megaforce Records live albums {{1980s-metal-album-stub