Retrospect Records / Time Warp / Evil Eye / Strikeforce

Strikeforce was the label.  The band's name was Fast Forward.  If you like classic 80's metal, you need this CD.

Sorry for the name mistake.
Yep, I like 80's metal.

I will try to find a few more of the artists I bought and share them.  You've already heard Du Beel and Fast Forward.  I'll try to find Majesty and some of the other bands I have purchased so you can decide if you want to get them, too.

alldatndensum wrote:

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I'm of the opinion that the stuff you guys are getting will NEVER get any more love than what your getting right now... and in 5-10 years it will be gone period....  The biz is in such a state of change...  I say this because how many secular bands have just plain disappeared.... What I mean is that their stuff never sold to begin with so no one is bothering to put it out again... so with our smaller demographic chances are nearly nonexistant that this stuff get another hearing....

That's why I jumped on this because some of these titles were never on anything more than a cassette release from an indie band with no label.  They were never on CD and probably never will be.  This is the only way to get some of these titles without grabbing an illegal download that may be filled with viruses.

would if I could.... maybe some under the table downloading for me.... 

Ok, I'm a little late on this train (as I am on everything in life) - I want to buy
BATTLECRY 'Red, White & Blue' 1985 CHRISTIAN AOR / MELODIC ROCK
REALLY bad !! Love that album ! But how did you guys order ? Just send them an email ?

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

Ok, I'm a little late on this train (as I am on everything in life) - I want to buy
BATTLECRY 'Red, White & Blue' 1985 CHRISTIAN AOR / MELODIC ROCK
REALLY bad !! Love that album ! But how did you guys order ? Just send them an email ?

You send a list of what you want to the email on the site and he sends you the instructions and amount after making sure he has them

awesome ! thanks a lot !
Gonna do that Friday when I get paid

I hope you can find Armor - Get Armed.
About all the 70's and 80's bands, you really can hear it is older music, but it still rocks.

If you want to try out some of the titles from Retrospect, now is the time.  Here's what the owner posted on Facebook about an hour ago:

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ONE DAY ONLY: I'm gonna offer 50% off any cd in the Retrospect catalog. No limit on how many you buy. 50% refund comes after purchase. PLEASE COME BUY AT LEAST ONE CD and support Retrospect Records. There's a ton of cd's to choose from. That is half off the listed price!

www.retrospectrecords.com

That sale goes until tonight.  However, it does not work on Timewarp titles listed on the page first shared in this thread.

I'll probaby peruse their wares come October.

The link to Retrospect's "Time Warp" is no longer active: "under [perpetual] construction" (as they used to say).  A search of Retrospect's main site did not reveal that it still had 7th Angels' EP.  But, that's all I searched for, and, maybe, it and the others above are there . . . somewhere.

Right now, they are not selling those titles.  I don't know if the shop owner finally got hit with a lawsuit or what.  I just know that if you email Retrospect about them that they will tell you that they are coming back soon.  That has been over a year now.

It may have been that they were big enough sellers so they decided to hold off until they get enough attention.

I don't know if they were meant to be big sellars.  Think about it.  These were mostly bootleg copies of obscure albums.  I think they just wanted to move titles quick so they created this series with minimalist inserts and disc printing.  I don't think that they ever thought that they would sell thousands of copies.

I am betting that they either got into some legal hot water, or maybe they just pulled these titles while they make new ones.  To keep customers, they are going to have to add some new stuff.