{"id":1653,"date":"2014-03-21T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2014-03-21T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T14:18:06","slug":"raff-offcial-self-titled-album-to-be-released-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/raff-offcial-self-titled-album-to-be-released-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"RAFF &#8211; Official Self titled album to be released soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1654\" style=\"border: 3px solid black; margin: 5px;\" title=\"RAFF_web\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RAFF_web-319x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RAFF_web-319x500.jpg 319w, https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RAFF_web-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/RAFF_web.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC &amp; RAFF<\/strong> are extremely proud to present the record that Italian metalheads have been waiting for 30 years\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RAFF<\/strong> are historical stalwarts of 1980s Italian heavy metal, \u00a0finally writing the most important chapter in their troubled musical career by publishing this first LP. Remember that<strong> RAFF<\/strong> were a special band: capable of touring with a very young <strong>Iron Maiden during their 1981 Italian tour<\/strong>, they played with the likes of superstars such as <strong>Gillan , Ramones and Uriah Heep, <\/strong>and are most famous for having rejected a contract with EMI to stay pure to their own underground rules, without having to bow to the absurd demands of any major label.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coming in a LP version limited to 500 copies (150 ultra- limited in golden vinyl), it has been masterfully recorded \u00a0by <strong>Fabio Lanciotti<\/strong> at the &#8220;<strong>Bottega del Suono<\/strong>&#8220;, and presents<strong> RAFF<\/strong> as loud as never before\u2026 finally free to leave their mark into Italian heavy rock history. This album collects their most famous songs, from &#8220;Rafforce Commandos&#8221; \u00a0to &#8220;Rocker&#8221;, spanning through &#8220;Live It Loud&#8221; and &#8220;I Trust&#8221;\u2026 \u00a0total hymns for at least two generations of Italian metalheads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This much needed vinyl release, \u00a0besides having the historic <strong>RAFF<\/strong> logo embossed on the cover, also includes the &#8220;cursed&#8221; story of the band as told by long time fan Giovanni Loria, topped off by tons of original and unpublished photos from the era collected in a beautiful 8-page booklet. \u00a0A download code to get the tracks in digital format for your MP3 players is also included.<br \/>\n&#8220;RAFF&#8221; will be also available on compact disc , and released by <strong>My Graveyard Productions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The official release scheduled for May 2, 2014\u2026 be on the lookout for this gem from the past of Italian heavy metal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC &amp; RAFF are extremely proud to present the record that Italian metalheads have been waiting for 30 years\u2026 RAFF are historical stalwarts of 1980s Italian heavy metal, \u00a0finally writing the most important chapter in their troubled musical career by publishing this first LP. 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