Savatage ~ Streets: A Rock Opera. Narrated Version + Video CD + DVD 2013 ••NEW••

Description: SAVATAGE Streets A Rock Opera Narrated Version + The Video Collection CD + DVD BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED EAR Music Edel Germany 0208912ERE UPC | 4029759089124 Original Issue (1991) 2013 Apparently there has been some discrepancy about whether or not the video portion of the product (Disc 2) is compatible with U.S. DVD players. We tested a copy here at SeventySevenMusicStreet U.S.A. and it played flawlessly. TRACK LISTING DISC 1 CD: Streets, Narrated Version 01. Streets 02. Narration To Jesus Saves 03. Jesus Saves 04. Narration To Tonight He Grins Again 05. Tonight He Grins Again 06. Narration To Strange Reality 07. Strange Reality 08. Narration To A Little To Far 09. A Little To Far 10. Narration To You're Alive 11. You're Alive 12. Narration To Sammy And Tex 13. Sammy And Tex 14. Narration To St. Patrick's 15. St. Patrick's 16. Narration To Can You Hear Me Now 17. Can You Hear Me Now 18. Narration To New York City Don't Mean Nothing 19. New York City Don't Mean Nothing 20. Narration To Ghost In The Ruins 21. Ghost In The Ruins 22. Narration To If I Go Away 23. If I Go Away 24. Narration To Agony And Ecstasy 25. Agony And Ecstasy 26. Narration To Heal My Soul 27. Heal My Soul 28. Narration To Somewhere In Time 29. Somewhere In Time 30. Believe Bonus Track 31. Larry Elbows (Previously Unreleashed) DISC 2 DVD: The Video Collection 01. Hall Of The Mountain King 02. 24 Hrs. Ago 03. Gutter Ballet 04. When The Crowds Are Gone 05. Jesus Saves 06. Edge Of Thorns 07. Sleep 08. Handful Of Rain 09. One Child Bonus Audio Tracks on DVD 01. Sleep (Piano Version Recorded By Jon Oliva In 2011) 02. Stare Into The Sun (Live In Japan) 03. Conversation Piece (Live In Japan) 04. Voyage (Al Pitrelli Acoustic Instrumental) 05. Shotgun Innovence 06. Forever After (For The First Time On DVD) Digitally re-mastered narrated edition of this 1991 album from the veteran Heavy Metal band. Streets: A Rock Opera, a concept album, was the last Savatage album founder Jon Oliva performed lead vocals on but he remained active with the band as a composer and keyboard player. This re-mastered edition features the album as it was originally planned. Streets is a landmark album in Savatage's career. They had already produced two albums with Paul O'Neill (Hall of the Mountain King and Gutter Ballet), and Streets became their first concept album, based on a novel that Paul had written. The story tells of a young musician who pays the bills as a drug dealer. He becomes known as Downtown Jesus (DT Jesus for short) as all the junkies saw him as their savior. Utilizing the nickname as a stage name, DT started playing in a band and became a huge rock star. He became addicted to his own drugs however, and ended up destroying his own career. DT cleaned himself up and prepared for a comeback, when a figure from his past swept in and murdered his closest friend. Grief-stricken and lost, DT wandered the streets of New York, looking for answers, though no one could help him. He finds his answer though as he comforts a dying old homeless man in his last moments and witnesses the spirit of the man finally pass on to the next hereafter in peace. It's a very powerful story, and particularly struck a chord with Jon Oliva, lead singer, pianist, and founding member. At the time Jon read the book, he himself was going through a period of wild drug abuse and had recently been released from the Betty Ford Clinic. It would turn out to be eerily prophetic two years later when his brother, Criss Oliva was killed in a car accident. Though one does not need to hear this backstory to enjoy the album, it does add another dimension to the powerful message. The album itself was not only a landmark for being the band's first concept album, but also because of the diversity of the songwriting. There's no shortage of roof-raising anthems that power metal specializes in so well, but also mixed in are plaintive and heartfelt piano-driven ballads. This strikes up a balance to the listener between Criss' intense fret-board gymnastics and Jon's emotive piano work. This makes for a delightfully diverse album that will satisfy most any metal fan. From the atmospheric and chaotic opening track of Streets all the way to the final, delicate whisper in Believe, Streets: A Rock Opera stands as an under-appreciated classic of American metal, nay, of metal overall. I am the way, I am the light I am the dark inside the night I hear your hopes, I feel your dreams And in the dark I hear your screams Don't turn away, just take my hand And when you make your final stand I'll be right there, I'll never leave And all I ask of you is believe Believe... 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