Riot (4) – Fire Down Under

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Label:	Elektra – K 52315
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	1981
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Heavy Metal

Tracklist

A1		Swords And Tequila Written-By – Speranza, Reale
A2		Fire Down Under Written-By – Speranza, Leming
A3		Feel The Same Written-By – Ventura*
A4		Outlaw Written-By – Speranza, Reale
A5		Don't Bring Me Down Written-By – Speranza, Leming, Reale, Ventura, Slavin*
B1		Don't Hold Back Written-By – Speranza, Reale
B2		Altar Of The King Written-By – Speranza, Reale
B3		No Lies Written-By – Ventura*
B4		Run For Your Life Written-By – Speranza, Reale
B5		Flashbacks Written-By – Speranza, Leming, Reale, Ventura, Slavin*

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
Produced For – Fire Sign Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Published By – Bandora Music Publishing
Recorded At – Greene St. Recording
Record Company – Warner Communications
Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering

Credits

Art Direction – Marcia Loeb
Bass – Kip Leming
Crew – Frank 'Go Back' Scilingo*, Larry 'Vagabond Shoes' Hogan*, Trey 'Agora' Harris*
Drums – Sandy Slavin
Engineer [Recording & Mixing] – Rod 'Goldfinger' Hui*
Guitar – Mark Reale, Rick Ventura
Painting [Front Cover] – Steven Weiss
Photography By [Back Cover] – 'Ross Of London' Halfin*
Producer – Billy Arnell, Steve Loeb
Technician [Assistant, Control Room] – Erik Bock, Frank Scilingo, Paul Stevens (2), The Cowboy
Technician [Assistant, Street] – Bill Able
Vocals – Guy Speranza

Notes

Recorded in New York City at Greene Street Recording, Inc., November through December 1980.
Track B5 on B side label is attributed only to Guy Speranza and Mark Reale.

Printed and made in England.

© 1981 An Elektra/Asylum Recording
℗ 1981, Elektra Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): ·STRAWBERRY· W-1 K+52315+A
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): ·STRAWBERRY· W-8 K+52315+B
Other (Down right back sleeve, Labels): (5E-546)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Fire Down Under (LP, Album, AR)	Elektra	5E-546	US	1981
New Submission	Fire Down Under (LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	ELK 52 315, ELK K 52 315	Germany	1981
Recently Edited	Fire Down Under (LP, Album)	Victor	VIP-6773	Japan	1981
Recently Edited	Fire Down Under (LP, Album)	Elektra	X5E-546	Canada	1981
New Submission	Fire Down Under (Cassette, Album)	Elektra	5C5-546	US	1981

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Reviews

stevecrocker911 May 26, 2024
fantastic and underrated hard rock record. pressing sounds great too. My copy autographed by all the band.
nwobhm May 28, 2011
I rate this record as one of the best HM albums ever.
Riot's 3th for Capitol records who refused to release it,then elektra signed the band and did the job.
it made the billboard top 100.
Classic.