The Petra Zone

I'm not talking about styles just production quality and hands down Rez has a higher quality of production sound over Petra(this includes Dream Team era) WUC, PP2, and JAH are probably the only ones I would put in league with Rez in terms of production quality. I suspect what you're doing here is s...

What I'm trying to say and I think Rex is trying to say the same is the production quality and sound Petra was doing from 81-83 the secular artists that Petra was mostly compared too were doing the same in the mid to late 70's and these artists and market had already moved on from it. Can you be mo...

I still have no idea what you're on about. Can you, as objectively as possible, explain what you're hearing that makes you criticize early Petra as being sub-par in terms of production quality? For instance, the only real difference I hear between Journey's Escape and Petra's More Power To Ya is tha...

Perhaps you could explain exactly why you think it's poor quality. When I listen to classic Petra, I hear a clean, clear recording with wonderful definition of the instruments and vocals and a nice, wide sound stage with depth and presence and a beautifully balanced mix that blends together perfectl...

I don't really like WUC but it doesn't sound cheap or second rate in the slightest. I listen to the early albums and it sounds kinda weak. I recently purchased some Rez from the same time (early 80's) and was surprised to hear what, IMO, sounded like a much better produced album. If you say so. I d...

I don't really like WUC but it doesn't sound cheap or second rate in the slightest. I listen to the early albums and it sounds kinda weak. I recently purchased some Rez from the same time (early 80's) and was surprised to hear what, IMO, sounded like a much better produced album. If you say so. I d...

I don't really like WUC but it doesn't sound cheap or second rate in the slightest. I listen to the early albums and it sounds kinda weak. I recently purchased some Rez from the same time (early 80's) and was surprised to hear what, IMO, sounded like a much better produced album. If you say so. I d...

You guys are begging the question. Just because you personally don't like it doesn't make it a quality control issue.

I would consider that a stylistic choice and not a lack of production quality.

The early records don't sound so hot to me. If you have to make an excuse for how they turned out, like budget or what not then they just don't sound the same as other bands of the time. Nobody is making excuses. I think the JDB albums sound great and are comparable to any other album released at t...

executioner wrote:I would have loved to hear BB do 80's production for Petra.

That's basically what Wake Up Call is, a return to the glory days of real musicians playing real instruments in a real studio.

Early Petra records just don't sound so great, especially when compared to music of the day. I'm not sure what other stuff you're comparing it to, but the Johnathan David Brown records have a great sound to them. I wish they still mixed albums that way as opposed to the modern trend of "Make everyt...

Sell an obscure and unplayable format and claim that it's some rare lost master recording. Sounds like the perfect scam.

It amuses me when bands do a "farewell" project and then never actually retire. Of course some bands do it simply to give themselves another boost in interest and sales, but I think in Petra's case they genuinely misjudged their own popularity. Perhaps they were hearing too much industry chatter tel...

Wow, I never heard about the master tapes showing up on eBay. That's pretty nuts.