The Petra Zone

What was the last Petra album released on Vinyl?

Good question. I'm not sure. I know "On Fire" was released on vinyl, but don't know if any were after that.

I think it might be Unseen Power. Once CDs came on to the market in the Christian Music industry LPs dropped pretty fast. CDs were out there for a few years before the Christian Music industry started selling them. Some artists like Jars of Clay released special edition LPs. I have "Much Afraid" on LP I never opend it.

Petraspective lists Unseen Power being released as a Vinyl

http://www.petrafiles.com/petraspective ... power.html

I just paid through the nose to get "On Fire." It must've been the last one. I know Christian music was phasing out records at that point. I did an internet search for "Unseen Power" on vinyl and got nothing. Would have been nice to have it as well as "Beyond Belief." I hope I can tlk my dad out of "Captured in Time and Space."

Just checked the link: It was a Brazilian Vinyl release. I'll never find that!

Much Afraid came out in vinyl only because at that time records were starting to become popular again. The Much Afraid album I believe is limited edition. I have two copies of John Elefante Defying Gravity as an lp. They were never sold they were given to music buyers at the time that is how I got a couple.

cndfogie wrote:Much Afraid came out in vinyl only because at that time records were starting to become popular again. The Much Afraid album I believe is limited edition. I have two copies of John Elefante Defying Gravity as an lp. They were never sold they were given to music buyers at the time that is how I got a couple.

Yeah I think I said that "Much Afraid" was limited edition, they sold it for 10.98 there were only a limited amount for each major Christian Store and I got the 2nd to last copy at Berean Christian Store here in Bakersfield. Much Afraid came out in 1997 so it was a number of years after Christian Record companies stopped selling LPs.

I never got the John Elefante Defying Gravity LP if they were free then that's how come I never got one, guess I didn't make it to the store in time.

The last album that has been released on vinyl in the US is On Fire. It's not extremely rare though. There are some vinyl releases of the later albums in other parts of the world. As Bakes pointed out, Unseen Power has been released on vinyl in Brazil. I have European vinyl releases of The Rock Cries Out, Beyond Belief, Petra Means Rock and two different Brazilian releases of Unseen Power (one from 1992 and one from 1994). I know Beyond Belief has also been released on vinyl in Brazil and in Australia. The Brazilian vinyl releases in general are of extremely bad quality (I also have a BTS vinyl from Brazil.).

I have heard of an Australian vinyl release of War And Remembrance. If ever someone comes across that one, I'm willing to pay $$.

Of course all details can be found on Petraspective.

I've got "Never Say Die" "Not of this World" and "More Power to Ya" all on vinyl with the inserts and signed by Bob Hartman. I would be interested in parting with them.......


Anybody?????????

ENOSH!!!!!!!!! Email me bro. And yes hit me up on those LPs.

Beyond Belief on LP is not extremely rare, but it remains hard to find. At this moment I can't find it anywhere either, but it's bound to pop up once every couple of months. Just keep a close eye on eBay (make sure your search is set to worldwide).

Jars Of Clay has also released s/t on double vinyl on October 5th of this year. Also their 2009 album The Long Fall Back To Earth has been available on double vinyl. Very hard to find nowadays. Apparently there are some people who believe that a vinyl rip of these albums will sound better than the CD. I find that hard to believe.

Kevin Max has just released Cotes D'Armor on vinyl as well, but it's a very limited edition of only 100 copies.

I also have a European vinyl release of Volz' No Room In The Middle and of Lawry's Media Alert. Both are extremely hard to find.

If you check eBay, you can easily find all albums on vinyl for not more than $5-10 each. It regularly happens that there's a lot of 5-6 different albums for sale. In fact, there's one right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/6-PETRA-LP-ALBUMS-A ... 2a0bec1a58

Apparently there are some people who believe that a vinyl rip of these albums will sound better than the CD

If the LP is pressed from the master then yes it would. However it may not make any difference if the master is from a digital source. You really can't beat 2" Analog Masters mixed to 1/4" stero masters and pressed on Vinyl. The old Analog just has so much better quality to it than that of the digital world.

My dad found Never say die on vinyl at a yard sale a few years ago for 10 cents. Never opened....... and never will be. I also have it on 8 track. Now there's a topic for another post. Petra 8 tracks.

jeremywg wrote:Now there's a topic for another post. Petra 8 tracks.

The first five albums have been released on 8-track. I have WWT and CAJU. Still looking for s/t, NSD, MPTY.

WWT has also been released on reel to reel. Maybe some of the other albums as well, but I've never found confirmation.

I also have it on 8 track. Now there's a topic for another post. Petra 8 tracks.

I would love to have some 8 tracks on Petra, I have a few 8 tracks, one of them is Imperials One More Song.
I own "one more song" on 8track, LP,CD and the Songbook. I let the Cassette go a few years ago, I'm going to have to find one though.

WWT has also been released on reel to reel. Maybe some of the other albums as well, but I've never found confirmation.

I own a Buddy Rich album on Reel to Reel. It might be better to pull those two missing songs off of WWT from the Reel to Reel instead of the Vinyl. What do you think?