Category: PETRA

Girder Music and Word/Curb Records presents an exciting collaboration, for the first time a remastered CD of iconic PETRA album “Beyond Belief”. Meticulously remastered by esteemed audio engineer Rob Colwell, the release is accompanied by a limited edition collector card.
The sound quality obtained is awesome: the original 1990 production was excellent, which helped to bring a potent, crisp sonic output to die for.
Produced by melodic rock magicians Dino & John Elefante, “Beyond Belief” has all that 1989-1990 bombastic, glossy, huge production we all love, and musically, this is one of Petra’s best albums ever. We find all here; killer hooks, big choruses, synth splashes and great harmonies, all supported by very good songwriting & arrangements.
This is a Limited Edition remaster. If you think think the CD will be around for some time and you can pick these up later, better grab this asap as it’s already almost sold out.
A must in your 80s/ early 90s American melodic hard rock collection…

PETRA left an indelible mark on rock fans all over the world throughout the 80s. Founder Bob Hartman, Greg X. Volz and the band dropped 6 elite albums from 1979-1986 which not only defined the Christian music from era but also secular mainstream metal-related acts. In the mid-Eighties Petra recorded their first live album “Captured In Time & Space“, which also worked as some kind of Greatest Hits as the band included their best cuts into the set.
Usually live albums are not favorites among fans, but on “Captured In Time & Space” Petra were at the top of their game with stupendous musicianship, fully melodic into a bombastic AOR sound & style, and the album is considered an ’80s classic.
Now “Captured In Time & Space” has been reissued in its full form, and it’s another proof that a live album really can be improved with modern remastering. The sound quality is amazing, with some song versions are even better than the original studio takes.
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Girder Records has just reissued three iconic PETRA albums. These limited run melodic hard rock classics are back in remastered deluxe editions on both vinyl and CD so fans can rediscover just what made these albums so pivotal in the history of CCM, as well as introduce them to those who may have missed these iconic releases the first time around.
”This Means War!” dropped in 1987, ushering in a new era, vocalist John Schlitt (formerly of the rock band Head East) now in his prime and firing on all cylinders in his sophomore project with the band. The band knew that a hard rock/arena rock record was what everyone wanted and that’s exactly what producers John and Dino Elefante could deliver and did they ever.
Although this album was reissued not so long ago, it lacked the punch, low-end, and definition this 2021 remastering now affords, leaving fans wanting more. But now in the hands of Rob Colwell it sounds new, fresh and relevant again. It’s a killer US melodic hard rock record.
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Girder Records has just reissued three iconic PETRA albums. These limited run melodic hard rock classics are back in remastered deluxe editions on both vinyl and CD so fans can rediscover just what made these albums so pivotal in the history of CCM, as well as introduce them to those who may have missed these iconic releases the first time around.
Petra’s Grammy nominated 1985 album, ”Beat The System” (being remastered for the first time here) is certainly one of Petra’s most transitional works. It is also one that, despite being thoroughly a product of its time, manages to sound surprisingly relevant today.
Due to the departure of keyboardist John Slick, the preponderance of the album’s mountain of synthesizer tracks were actually performed by studio musicians Carl Marsh & Rhett Lawrence, a young producer and musician who, in future years, would produce albums and write songs for major artists.
When Lawrence was working on ”Beat The System” he was also working as synth programmer for Michael Jackson and Van Halen, which gave the album a polished, mainstream sound…
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Girder Records has just reissued three iconic PETRA albums. These limited run melodic hard rock classics are back in remastered deluxe editions on both vinyl and CD so fans can rediscover just what made these albums so pivotal in the history of CCM, as well as introduce them to those who may have missed these iconic releases the first time around.
Petra got its start in 1972 as one of the pioneers of Christian Rock, even Stryper fans would never enter into a debate on who the greatest Christian Rock Band of all time is.
1982’s ”More Power to Ya” was Petra’s fifth album and the one that changed everything. Previously sounding classic rock with some bluesy vibes, Petra had been working out the bugs to perfect a polished melodic rock / AOR progressive-rock sound.
On ”More Power to Ya” they finally crafted a style that could easily lock horns with anything on the industry charts and stand toe to toe with bands like Styx, Boston, and Journey. Heck, even Toto’s Steve Porcaro play here.
This is a new 2021 remaster which blows out of the water the previous.
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Two classic recordings by PETRA, one of Christian rock’s most awarded and influential bands throughout the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, were reissued some time ago by Star Song Music as special Anniversary Editions, fully digital remastered including bonus tracks. Requested here on the blog, both truly deserve a place in your Melodic Hard / AOR collection. Let’s start with the...