Great video Alan. Persian Risk was definitely one of the NWOBHM bands that had some higher level musical chops about them. So in 2022 there was an unofficial release by NWOBHM Rarities only out on CD where they got the Anthology treatment covering their singles from 1981-1984 plus a couple of live tracks and a couple of demo tracks. 12 tracks total. It's from the NWOBHM Rarities: From Collectors to Collectors series which have put out some terrific obscure collections on CD. Many of these are still available although in limited release. Highly recommended! Thanks for another great vid Alan!!
Dear Alan, this is Tom from Japan again. Very glad to know you've featured my alltime favorite NWOBHM band! Carl Sentance has been nominated by me as one of three "voices of NWOBHM". 3rd tier is Pete Franklin (R.I.P.) of CHARIOT, 2nd is Carl Sentance of PERSIAN RISK, and 1st tier is of cource Brian Ross of SATAN and BLITZKRIEG fame!, which of course excludes major names such as MAIDEN or SAXON etc... Anyway, "Once a king" is NOT just a nostalgia but very listenable good album which also includes re-recording of their anthem "Ridin' high"!! I recommend you to try it when you come across that great album. Cheers!
Hi Tom- good to find another Carl Sentance fan! He had a great voice for this type of material. Thanks for the info about 'Once a King', I will try to check that one out when I get a chance.
As a teen in the modern era i am happy to grow up and listen and learn about the bands of the past. Love NWOBHM. Great video. I only heard Calling to You since i found it at random which i sang to since i found the lyrics for it.
Cool, glad you enjoy discovering all the older bands. There are lots of great ones and no one has heard them all, so there is always something cool to discover. Cheers!
This TV show was on at around 6 pm on ch4 on a Friday night back in the 80's in the UK,,,we only had 4 TV channels then ,so it was pretty cool to have a metal show on mainstream TV...
It was like an hour long program,Venom, Twisted Sister,Shy,Rogue Male, Warrior , Hawkwind to name a few of the artists that appeared on it.... Love your videos, keep up the good work...
@@letstalkmetal It was a very short lived ( two months) program called ECT. A blogger named Andy LeRock put together a History of ECT page with multiple pages of stories about the bands and videos from the show. If you punch this into your searchbar you'll see his blog. Persian Risk wire on episode 7 of the 8 episode run of the show. ECT … LIVE HEAVY METAL ON CHANNEL 4 - A NEW BLOG SERIES
Hell yeah, man! Good to see a feature on this underrated band.... especially since, as you may have surmised, I never really explored beyond the very early stuff. Not sure I've made the wrong decision there, although I might grab that 12" EP one of these days if I find a deal on it, hahaha. And thanks for the shout-out!
Great Video Alan, did not know of Persian Risk or the Campbell connection, the old school Campbell stuff sounds Really Good! Will definitely put that on the list, Take Care Alan
I had a hunch, in the heart of my bottom, that you of all people would appreciate the PERSIAN RISK catalog :) I think Aaron's inner AOR fan needs to 'Rise Up' and embrace their LP. Hope you are doing well this holiday season Chromie!
Brilliant vid Alan! Those two singles and the comp track are some of my favs from the period. Those early songs are really belter top stuff but the other material is...well its Too Different😊. Superb vid on a class band mate.
Thanks Jason! I get why folks don't care for the later stuff though I do think that material is better than what most of the other bands were trotting out by 1986. "Rise up' won't increase anyone's True Metal Credit Score, but it shouldn't cost them any points either :)
Great video and great band , as usual, Alan! Really love everything they have done and yes their two later albums are really good with a couple of re-recordings of their classics such as dark tower, women and rock, calling for you & ridin high. Excellent albums in my book.
I've always loved Persian Risk ever since I heard the song Calling for You. I'm a big fan of Carl Sentence's voice. I dig the first album, but those early singles are killer. Great melodic and hooky NWOBHM that deserved more. Its also pretty awesome that Phil Campbell was in the band, killer guitarist, Motörhead obviously proves that. Great to see a video on them.
Thanks Alan, that brings back memories. Interesting, lost band who never made it to the top, but were undoubtedly one of the most talented NWOBHM bands in my opinion. And with "Rise Up" (1986) they delivered a high-class, rock-solid Glam Metal gem of an album that sounds like a symbiosis of EUROPE and DOKKEN, although not quite with their outstanding songwriting and, above all, without their exceptional virtuosos on guitars. The terrible drum sound - as a product of its time obviously - takes away some of the power and down-to-earth nature of the material, but that's - of course - not really a problem for people who grew up with this kind of music during that time.
One of the handful of outstanding Welsh bands from the NWOBHM. I only know them from the tracks on various compilation albums. Didn't realize that Jon Deverill had been with the band before joining Tygres of Pan Tang. They did quite well to replace him with a similar style vocalist in Carl Sentance. I think your comparison of their style to that of Tytan is very good. It's like Tytan with a bit of Saxon tossed into the mix might be a good description.
Great little band this! Their old material will be reissued early next year by.yes, you guessed right, High Roller. As I don´t have the originals I think I´ll get this version.
Arg, I said 'HRR' three times and they appeared! LOL Seriously, I'm surprised they didn't get around to releasing a PERSIAN RISK anthology sooner. Thanks for letting me know Jurgen!
I can't say I've ever heard of Persian Risk. I liked the songs you played here so I'll have to check them out. NWOBHM is a tricky genre to find really good music in. There were a lot of bands that never got to release a full album. Of the ones that did get to put out an album, it seems like they were still part of that generation where the album would have one or two good songs and the rest were crap.
Speaking of Motorhead, I have been reading Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motorhead by Martin Popoff. Two chapters in and it's pacing toward 3.5 Crystal Pepsi's out of 5. Nothing monumental but a solid read. We'll see how it shakes out.
LOL love that grading scale Hattori. I'll keep an eye out for it. I read a couple of Martin's early books and wasn't a big fan of his writing style, but that was 20+ years ago. I enjoy listening to him on streams and podcasts.
Thanks for featuring Persian Risk. I've got a compilation or two with Ridin High on it and always thought that was a killer track! That being said I never really got to far beyond that. It would be cool to get a full anthology. Also I don't mind the Rise Up sound . But that cover is horrible!
LOL it is a rough cover. Someone else mentioned that PR should be getting an anthology released in 2024; I think they said High Roller was releasing it \m/
Great band. You look a little light on the Christmas ornaments. There latest 2 releases are on Amazon. I’m going to give it a shot and purchase it. The singers voice is top notch.
Great video Alan. Persian Risk was definitely one of the NWOBHM bands that had some higher level musical chops about them. So in 2022 there was an unofficial release by NWOBHM Rarities only out on CD where they got the Anthology treatment covering their singles from 1981-1984 plus a couple of live tracks and a couple of demo tracks. 12 tracks total. It's from the NWOBHM Rarities: From Collectors to Collectors series which have put out some terrific obscure collections on CD. Many of these are still available although in limited release. Highly recommended! Thanks for another great vid Alan!!
Thanks for the info, I haven't seen that CD series. I'll keep an eye out for them.
Dear Alan, this is Tom from Japan again. Very glad to know you've featured my alltime favorite NWOBHM band!
Carl Sentance has been nominated by me as one of three "voices of NWOBHM". 3rd tier is Pete Franklin (R.I.P.) of CHARIOT, 2nd is Carl Sentance of PERSIAN RISK, and 1st tier is of cource Brian Ross of SATAN and BLITZKRIEG fame!, which of course excludes major names such as MAIDEN or SAXON etc...
Anyway, "Once a king" is NOT just a nostalgia but very listenable good album which also includes re-recording of their anthem "Ridin' high"!! I recommend you to try it when you come across that great album. Cheers!
Hi Tom- good to find another Carl Sentance fan! He had a great voice for this type of material. Thanks for the info about 'Once a King', I will try to check that one out when I get a chance.
Interesting video Alan. Nice to see a band that is local for me 😃
They're from your area? That's cool! \m/
As a teen in the modern era i am happy to grow up and listen and learn about the bands of the past. Love NWOBHM. Great video.
I only heard Calling to You since i found it at random which i sang to since i found the lyrics for it.
Cool, glad you enjoy discovering all the older bands. There are lots of great ones and no one has heard them all, so there is always something cool to discover. Cheers!
This TV show was on at around 6 pm on ch4 on a Friday night back in the 80's in the UK,,,we only had 4 TV channels then ,so it was pretty cool to have a metal show on mainstream TV...
Cool, I didn't know PR got a TV appearance
It was like an hour long program,Venom, Twisted Sister,Shy,Rogue Male, Warrior , Hawkwind to name a few of the artists that appeared on it.... Love your videos, keep up the good work...
@@letstalkmetal
It was a very short lived ( two months) program called ECT. A blogger named Andy LeRock put together a History of ECT page with multiple pages of stories about the bands and videos from the show. If you punch this into your searchbar you'll see his blog. Persian Risk wire on episode 7 of the 8 episode run of the show.
ECT … LIVE HEAVY METAL ON CHANNEL 4 - A NEW BLOG SERIES
@@Docker666 Wow, great lineup! I'm guessing it wasn't Top of the Pops if Venom made an appearance LOL Glad you enjoy the videos!
Thank you for introducing me to Impeccable , based on your recommendation, I bought the album.😀❤️
That's awesome Andy, glad you liked them! I think that's a fantastic album. 'Traces of Time', 'Seashore', etc etc.
Hell yeah, man! Good to see a feature on this underrated band.... especially since, as you may have surmised, I never really explored beyond the very early stuff. Not sure I've made the wrong decision there, although I might grab that 12" EP one of these days if I find a deal on it, hahaha. And thanks for the shout-out!
Cheers Aaron! I think 'Rise Up' would appeal to the hidden AOR fan that Chromie says lurks deep within you LOL
Great Video Alan, did not know of Persian Risk or the Campbell connection, the old school Campbell stuff sounds Really Good! Will definitely put that on the list, Take Care Alan
Glad you liked it Overkill! They were a cool band and the Campbell connection is just gravy on top :)
This was awesome. Great seeing love thrown towards this band in particular
I had a hunch, in the heart of my bottom, that you of all people would appreciate the PERSIAN RISK catalog :) I think Aaron's inner AOR fan needs to 'Rise Up' and embrace their LP. Hope you are doing well this holiday season Chromie!
“Heard of, but not heard” describes my relationship to Persian Risk
I need to check them out
Looking forward to this video
Cool, I hope you like them!
Brilliant vid Alan! Those two singles and the comp track are some of my favs from the period. Those early songs are really belter top stuff but the other material is...well its Too Different😊. Superb vid on a class band mate.
Thanks Jason! I get why folks don't care for the later stuff though I do think that material is better than what most of the other bands were trotting out by 1986. "Rise up' won't increase anyone's True Metal Credit Score, but it shouldn't cost them any points either :)
Great video and great band , as usual, Alan! Really love everything they have done and yes their two later albums are really good with a couple of re-recordings of their classics such as dark tower, women and rock, calling for you & ridin high. Excellent albums in my book.
Thanks for the info on their newer material. Other folks have also said that stuff is good.. I'll have to keep an eye out for those records. Cheers!
I've always loved Persian Risk ever since I heard the song Calling for You. I'm a big fan of Carl Sentence's voice. I dig the first album, but those early singles are killer. Great melodic and hooky NWOBHM that deserved more. Its also pretty awesome that Phil Campbell was in the band, killer guitarist, Motörhead obviously proves that. Great to see a video on them.
Agreed on all counts! Glad you liked the video, and thanks for commenting, cheers!
Thanks Alan, that brings back memories. Interesting, lost band who never made it to the top, but were undoubtedly one of the most talented NWOBHM bands in my opinion. And with "Rise Up" (1986) they delivered a high-class, rock-solid Glam Metal gem of an album that sounds like a symbiosis of EUROPE and DOKKEN, although not quite with their outstanding songwriting and, above all, without their exceptional virtuosos on guitars. The terrible drum sound - as a product of its time obviously - takes away some of the power and down-to-earth nature of the material, but that's - of course - not really a problem for people who grew up with this kind of music during that time.
Glad to find someone who appreciates the 'Rise Up' material Mike! Yes, they were a band who had the talent but just didn't get the break :(
I need that first 45 !!!!!
That one is such a pain to find, especially with a pic sleeve in nice condition :(
One of the handful of outstanding Welsh bands from the NWOBHM.
I only know them from the tracks on various compilation albums. Didn't realize that Jon Deverill had been with the band before joining Tygres of Pan Tang. They did quite well to replace him with a similar style vocalist in Carl Sentance. I think your comparison of their style to that of Tytan is very good. It's like Tytan with a bit of Saxon tossed into the mix might be a good description.
I forgot to mention the Deverill connection, good catch Frank!
Ridin high Hurt you single my personal favorite of theirs!
Might be mine too- both songs are top-notch
Great little band this! Their old material will be reissued early next year by.yes, you guessed right, High Roller. As I don´t have the originals I think I´ll get this version.
Arg, I said 'HRR' three times and they appeared! LOL Seriously, I'm surprised they didn't get around to releasing a PERSIAN RISK anthology sooner. Thanks for letting me know Jurgen!
I can't say I've ever heard of Persian Risk. I liked the songs you played here so I'll have to check them out. NWOBHM is a tricky genre to find really good music in. There were a lot of bands that never got to release a full album. Of the ones that did get to put out an album, it seems like they were still part of that generation where the album would have one or two good songs and the rest were crap.
There is a lot of variation in the genre. Glad you liked this band. Someone else mentioned there is an anthology release in the works for 2024.
Never heard of these and while this genre isnt one im particularly into that first clip was really good.
Good ear Mike, that first song is definitely their standout!
Really like everything you played from the band. Too bad they never took off
Cheers George! Yeah, they felt like a band that really did have the talent and just didn't catch a break :(
Killer band. Well said.
Cheers Peter!
Nick from Persian Risk is a good friend of mine
Oh that's cool Alun! Cheers!
Good one Alan! Do you have this nwobhm book " denim and leather" by bazillion points?
Thanks Peter! Yes, I got that book earlier this year. A good read.
Speaking of Motorhead, I have been reading Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motorhead by Martin Popoff. Two chapters in and it's pacing toward 3.5 Crystal Pepsi's out of 5. Nothing monumental but a solid read. We'll see how it shakes out.
LOL love that grading scale Hattori. I'll keep an eye out for it. I read a couple of Martin's early books and wasn't a big fan of his writing style, but that was 20+ years ago. I enjoy listening to him on streams and podcasts.
Thanks for featuring Persian Risk. I've got a compilation or two with Ridin High on it and always thought that was a killer track! That being said I never really got to far beyond that. It would be cool to get a full anthology. Also I don't mind the Rise Up sound . But that cover is horrible!
LOL it is a rough cover. Someone else mentioned that PR should be getting an anthology released in 2024; I think they said High Roller was releasing it \m/
Great band. You look a little light on the Christmas ornaments. There latest 2 releases are on Amazon. I’m going to give it a shot and purchase it. The singers voice is top notch.
Let me know what you think of the new stuff. And yeah, we stuck to the 'fun' Christmas ornaments this year so it's not as decked out as it could be.
Carl is great in Nazareth, wizzö did great in motörhead.
I need to check out more of Nazareth's catalog. I only know a couple of their main albums