The first time that I heard Ignite was when I picked up the Scarred For Life CD back in 1994. The CD contained the songs from the first Ignite record, plus a few bonus tracks, but I had no idea that the 7 inch even existed at the time... even though I was buying lots of vinyl at that time... so I was content with the CD. It wasn't until MANY years later that I even realized that the Where They Talk 7 inch was a thing, and by that point the colored vinyl carried a price tag that was a bit out of range for what I'd pay. When I was picking up the Carry Nation records from REV, I noticed that they had this Ignite reissue and figured that I'd grab it as well.
This 12 inch pressing of Where They Talk was released for the 30th anniversary, and includes all five songs from the orginal session (only three appeared on the 7 inch). This early record was before Zoli joined the band for the classic Call On My Brothers, and has Randy Johnson on vocals. I remember initially being a big hesitant on Randy's vocal style here, as he aims for a more melodic approach, but I quickly grew to really like how these songs sound. I kind of forgot all about this recording after getting heavily into Call On My Brothers and Past Our Means, but this anniversary release is a great reminder of just how great this first version of Ignite was.
Nice packaging with the newly designed cover, colored vinyl and insert. As with most anniversary editions, I wish there was more info here on the band's history... how they came together and why they separated with Randy... but overall this looks really nice. 300 pressed on turquoise colored vinyl for the REVHQ store.
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Been listening to Ignite as well lately. Thanks for the slightly informative post. Learned a few things!
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