The Petra Zone

Well, that's your opinion and you know mine. Awesome. If what you're saying is true, then you'll have no problem with buying the CD and ripping it to FLAC so that I can have the media I'd prefer. It is true. FLAC and CD audio are identical. And you seem to have misunderstood me. I'm not against a p...

I've always loved the sword logo. It along with the guitar ship album covers was Petra's visual identity in the early 1980s.

I have a high quality digital audio player, and I love being able to carry literally my entire music collection in one hand, or being able to instantly find any album I wish to listen to in seconds on my computer. I still buy the occasional CD, but I never listen to them directly. They get ripped to...

pmal wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:49 am

It might be cheaper but a CD is much better IMO.

"Much better" in what way? In terms of sound quality, which is all I care about, there's zero difference between CD audio and lossless FLAC.

He used to sell them on his website, but it doesn't look like he has any at the moment.

You could always try emailing him.

Petrapraise wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:30 pm

From what I heard, they are still looking for a studio or distributer for a CD. Many are not willing to pick them up, maybe for a lack of total sales. A video will likely be easier from all the concert footage taken.

Forget about a CD. They should do a digital only release. Much cheaper.

Did we ever get an update on this topic, or is their Fifty anniversary album the "new material?" I hope a compilation is not all we get, but honestly, I'm going to assume new material is not happening until we hear something concrete, like Bob or John saying, "We are in the studio, right now, recor...

To be honest, lyrics in popular music, secular or Christian, are rarely great, so I don't pay much attention to them, but I think music is greater than the sum of its parts, so I can still enjoy it even if some of the individual pieces may be mediocre. That said, two lyricist I particularly enjoy a...

To be honest, lyrics in popular music, secular or Christian, are rarely great, so I don't pay much attention to them, but I think music is greater than the sum of its parts, so I can still enjoy it even if some of the individual pieces may be mediocre. That said, two lyricist I particularly enjoy a...

To be honest, lyrics in popular music, secular or Christian, are rarely great, so I don't pay much attention to them, but I think music is greater than the sum of its parts, so I can still enjoy it even if some of the individual pieces may be mediocre. That said, two lyricist I particularly enjoy ar...

Give Discogs.com a look. But understand that vinyl is considered "collectible" these days and people are asking stupid money for used records.

Great list! I agree with all ten picks.

This stuff is golden. I would love to see recordings like this properly mastered and released officially. There's a lot that can be done with modern software to clean up these recordings and make a really great sounding live album. Check out Girder Records. I believe they have re-released the Captu...

We've already had essentially AI singers for decades thanks to AutoTune. And then everything is locked to the beat in ProTools which completely removes the human element from music. Rick Beato on YouTube took some current pop songs and randomly moved stuff around in ProTools, and it still sounded fi...

This stuff is golden. I would love to see recordings like this properly mastered and released officially. There's a lot that can be done with modern software to clean up these recordings and make a really great sounding live album.