Revival - Whitecross + Guardian NEW Split EP (Pledgemusic Campaign)

Snert I wrote:

MikeInFla wrote:Any sound samples floating around?

amazon now has snippets of the album. It's called "The Great Whitecross & Guardian - Revival".

Cool, will check it out.

Snert I wrote:

MikeInFla wrote:Any sound samples floating around?

amazon now has snippets of the album. It's called "The Great Whitecross & Guardian - Revival".

Not seeing anything there.

I had a hard time finding them too.

https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Great-Whitecross-Guardian/dp/B075FLC6S2/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1505235319&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=whitecross+guardian+revial

I only cared for about 2 of the songs. Might download those 2.

Thanks, sounds really good.

It totally worth buying it, in my opinion

I pledged for the vinyl. I never received the vinyl. Now I get a message in my email today from Boone's Overstock that they will release the CD and vinyl of this in 2018 as they "bought all the remaining copies after the supporters receive their product!"

Well, I never received my product. So how can Boone do this?

Hmmm that's odd, I would first contact whoever held the pledge and then contact Boone and both of them know you never received it.

I commented on the campaign yesterday, no reply yet

Well, i just pledged a cd and I got it.

I am pissed off as it looks like no tour or even a single concert is coming out of it. At least is what looks like from the following interview:
http://www.classicchristianrockzine.com/2017/11/interview-with-michael-feighan-drummer.html?m=1

New Creation wrote:I pledged for the vinyl. I never received the vinyl. Now I get a message in my email today from Boone's Overstock that they will release the CD and vinyl of this in 2018 as they "bought all the remaining copies after the supporters receive their product!"

Well, I never received my product. So how can Boone do this?

MikeInFla wrote:Hmmm that's odd, I would first contact whoever held the pledge and then contact Boone and both of them know you never received it.

New Creation wrote:I commented on the campaign yesterday, no reply yet

Good news! David Bach had this to write on 01/16:

We just got notice! We are supposed to finally get the Vinyl next week. Any orders that have vinyl will then ship asap. Sorry for the delays but this has been something we could not control or forecast. Thanks all for your patience!

Great keep us posted! Would like to know how it sounds on vinyl.

Hopefully better than the CD.  After months of owning this, I am completely underwhelmed by it and go back to the original band recordings instead of this if I want to hear the Whitecross or Guardian songs.  These guys need a life of their own with new tunes.

As I said before, the only purpose of this release was to help them to play concerts out there As Guardian Whitecross revival.

So, the only mandatory thing was to release it properly wth good sound quality. and they've nailed it. With this in mind, I am very pleased with the final result of it.
But of course, every fan in the world of one of these bands would rather see new material from them.

Thiago-Brazil wrote:As I said before, the only purpose of this release was to help them to play concerts out there As Guardian Whitecross revival.

But have they played a single concert

No, but certainly due to the lack of interest from promoters. It is sad to say, but it looks like it didn't work out as they expected.

If you take a look at the videos and website you will see that all they talk about is to go out and play.

I was a little pessimistic about this project so I didn't participate in the crowd funding. I'm an old school guy, loved both bands and had the opportunity to see both bands live back in the day. But after reading some of these comments and hearing the snippets on Amazon, it sounds pretty good to me. Enough is Enough was one of my favorite Ratt..err, I mean Whitecross songs back in the day. It sounds really good with Jamie singing on it. Will make the purchase on Google Play since it is only $6.93 and I have this Google gift card I've been saving for something like this. In the Kingdom sounds pretty good too, even though I didn't really care for that song when it came out. Reminded me of "We are the World" too much.

The new version of In the Kingdom is a little better than the original IMO. To prove I'm old school, here's a pic of me with a Whitecross "In the Kingdom" shirt on (got at their show in Houston a few months before this), with Doug Pinnick(King's X) at a Bloodgood show in Houston around 1992. Doug was just there chilling watching Bloodgood before I rudely interrupted him for a pic!

I finally got the record and cd in the mail.  I had given up on these ever arriving.  I have had the download version for a long time.

I just finished listening to the entire project.  Gotta say, I'm glad I didn't fund this one. ...I know I'm in the minority here, but this just didn't do it for me.....I really wanted to dig it too....

When is the release date? I hear the album on you tube and it's pretty good. It's on pre-order at boonesoverstock.

rtz wrote:I just finished listening to the entire project.  Gotta say, I'm glad I didn't fund this one. ...I know I'm in the minority here, but this just didn't do it for me.....I really wanted to dig it too....

I agree. The mix is incredibly muddy, the guitars sound buried and too thin at times, and the vocals sound strained from time to time (even noticeably off key here and there). Then when the background vocals kick in... ugh. Too high in the mix and just don't sound right.

Spun this the other day...it isn’t aging well. I can’t imagine ever pulling it out again. When I want these songs, I’ll go to the original Guardian or Whitecross albums.

Just picked this up from the Roxx Labor Day sale (yeah I'm late to the party).

This record reminds me of the "Yellow And Black Attack Is Back" cover album that Guardian did years ago. As as one-off tribute to Guardian and Whitecross songs it kind of works. As a launching pad for them to record new material, not so much.

I like Enough Is Enough and Top Of the World. Jamie's vocals really kind of fit on those songs. And I really like the acoustic version of In The Kingdom.

Not sure this will end up in regular rotation for me, but it's an enjoyable listen.