Bonded By Baloff

Bootleg was originally released on Volve Records in 2002. This Keltic version even notes on the back insert "Reissue limited to 300 copies" Tracks 1-10 are sourced straight from the "A Lesson In Violence" CD, just with the live tracks put first here. Tracks 1-7 are of course from the infamous "Ultimate Revenge" gig--one of the best live shows ever. Tracks 8-10 are studio demos of "Pleasures of the Flesh" songs recorded shortly before Baloff was ousted. They're a bit too rough to flat out beat the Souza versions--"Brain Dead" seems a bit weird because there's no chorus in this version, and "Seeds of Hate" has different lyrics. Still, they show some great potential and make you wish he had stayed in the band. The last 3 tracks are all from when Kirk Hammett was still in the band. The chorus part of "Die By His Hand" was later used for "Creeping Death." No location info is given for the 1983 live tracks. There's a break between them, but they weren't played consecutively during the show anyway. The bootlegger left in the beginning of Baloff's intro to "Child of Evil" at the end of track 11--kind of ironic, as you hear "this next one's an instrumental!" and then "Impaler" (obviously a song with lyrics) starts playing. Tracks 1-7 Studio 54, 1985 Tracks 8-10 Demo 1986 Tracks 11-12 Live 02/20/83 Track 13 Demo '81 Tracks 11-13 with Kirk Hammett