Riot Official Box Set Volume 1: 1976-1980 CD

UK live six CD set. Riot's story is one of what might have been, and to some degree, a band being (or not) in the right place at the right time. What this live collection does offer is unique, and often raw, insights into the growth and development of an influential hard rock and heavy metal band, as they graduated from small clubs in 1976 through to huge festivals in 1980. Riot formed in 1975, in New York City, when Kon-Tiki guitarist Mark Reale and drummer Peter Bitelli teamed up with bassist Phil Feit and vocalist Guy Speranza. Recording a four-track demo, they added Steve Costello on keyboards, and were subsequently picked up by New York producers Billy Arnell and Steve Loeb, who owned the independent label Fire-Sign Records. Signing to major label Capitol Records, this subsequently led to a UK tour in 1980 supporting Sammy Hagar (from where the Bristol show here was taken), and eventually a slot at the legendary Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington the same year, on a bill featuring Saxon, Judas Priest, Scorpions and headlined by Rainbow. Mastered from tapes in the collection of the estate of founder member and guitarist Mark Reale, The Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1 captures the band at their formative, early club stages in 1976, where much of their repertoire included songs by the bands that had influenced them, such as their covers on Montrose's 'I Got the Fire', 'Good Rockin' Tonight' and 'Rock Candy', to UFO's 'Shoot Shoot' and Deep Purple's 'Highway Star', included amongst Riot originals, 'Angel', 'Overdrive' and 'Tokyo Rose'. This set concludes with their aforementioned Castle Donington slot in 1980.

1. Angel 2. Teenage Love Affair 3. Desperation 4. Rock Candy 5. Sweet Felicia 6. Rock City 7. Sweet Jane/Fox on the 8. Run/Department of 9. Youth (Medley) 10. Counting on You 11. Twenty Flight Rock 12. I Got the Fire 13. Teaser 14. Keep Playin' That Rock 15. 'N' Roll 16. Teenage Love Affair 17. Sweet Felicia 18. Good Rockin' Tonight 19. Shoot Shoot 20. Counting on You 21. Angel 22. Rock City 23. Sweet Jane/Be My 24. Lover/Fox on the 25. Run/Department of 26. Youth/Bass Solo/Drum 27. Solo (Medley) 28. I Got the Fire (Excerpt) 29. Angel 30. Open Fire 31. White Rock 32. 49Er 33. Kick Down the Wall 34. Overdrive 35. Rock City 36. Starliner 37. Solos 38. Warrior 39. Highway Star 40. Angel (Excerpt) 41. White Rock 42. Waiting for the Taking 43. Narita 44. Overdrive 45. Rock City 46. Road Racin' (Excerpt) 47. Waiting for the Taking 48. Overdrive 49. Angel 50. Do It Up 51. Road Racin' 52. Narita 53. Toyko Rose 54. White Rock 55. Overdrive 56. Rock City 57. Warrior 58. Angel (Excerpt) 59. White Rock 60. Waiting for the Taking 61. Overdrive 62. Rock City 63. Road Racin' 64. Warrior