RUNNING WILD · Ready For Boarding | ORANGE 2LP

Orange double vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

Background information about 'Ready For Boarding'

There are live albums that simply document a concert – and then there's Ready For Boarding, a beast of a different breed entirely. Running Wild captured something truly special here, recorded during their 1988 Port Royal tour at the Wilhelmshaven Stadthalle. This is the German pirate metal crew at their absolute peak, raw, hungry, and firing on all cylinders. The setlist reads like a treasure chest of classics: from the galloping fury of \u201cMordor\u201d and \u201cConquistadores\u201d to the anthemic singalong \u201cPrisoner of Our Time\u201d and the epic closer \u201cBranded and Exiled.\u201d The energy is palpable, the crowd is absolutely losing it, and Rock 'n' Rolf's signature rasp cuts through the mix like a cutlass.

What makes Ready For Boarding stand out among live metal records is its authenticity. No overdubs, no studio polish – just five men (yes, five! With a second guitarist) tearing through their set with the kind of conviction that only a band fresh off two stone-cold classics like Under Jolly Roger and Port Royal could muster. The production by Rolf Kasparek and Karl-Ulrich Walterbach is surprisingly clear for a live recording of that era, capturing the thunderous double bass drums and the twin guitar attack with remarkable fidelity. This isn't just a document of a band on the rise; it's a time capsule of an era when German heavy metal was conquering the world, one port at a time.

For fans of:
Grave Digger, Rage, Blind Guardian, Helloween, Saxon

Track listing

LP 1
A1 Hymn of Long John Silver (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
A2 Under Jolly Roger (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
A3 Ghengis Khan (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
A4 Raise your fist (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
A5 Purgatory (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
B1 Mordor (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
B2 Diabolic force (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
B3 Raw ride (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
B4 Adrian (S.O.S.) (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)
B5 Prisoner of our time (Live In Munich, Nov 1987)

LP2
C1 Intro (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
C2 Riding the storm (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
C3 Bad to the bone (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
C4 Raw ride (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
C5 Raging fire (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
D1 Tortuga Bay (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
D2 Uaschtschun (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
D3 Bass solo (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
D4 Conquistadores (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)
D5 Prisoner of our time (Live In Düsseldorf, Oct 1989)

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