Styx - The Serpent Is Rising FLAC

Styx Hard Rock Prog Rock 1973 Canada

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Heads
A1	Witch Wolf Written-By – Young, Brandle	3:57
A2	The Grove Of Eglantine Written-By – DeYoung*	5:00
A3	Young Man Written-By – J. Young, R. Young	4:45
A4	As Bad As This Written-By – Curulewski*	6:10
Tails
B1	Winner Take All Written-By – Lofrano, DeYoung	3:10
B2	22 Years Written-By – Curulewski*	3:39
B3	Jonas Psalter Written-By – DeYoung*	4:41
B4	The Serpent Is Rising Written-By – Lofrano, Curulewski	4:55
B5	Krakatoa Written-By – Krause, Curulewski, Beaver*	1:36
B6	Hallelujah Chorus (From Handel's "Messiah") Written-By [Uncredited] – Händel*	2:14

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Paragon Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Manufactured By – RCA
Distributed By – RCA
Published By – Wooden Nickel Music
Published By – Parathon, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Wooden Nickel Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – RCA Records

Credits

Arranged By – Styx (tracks: A1 to A4, B 3 to B6)
Art Direction – Joseph Stelmach*
Bass, Vocals – Chuck Panozzo
Concept By [Serpent] – Chuck Lofrano*
Drums, Steel Drums, Xylophone, Vocals – John Panozzo
Electric Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals – John Curulewski
Engineer [Recording] – Barry Mraz
Guitar, Vocals – James Young
Illustration – Tim Clark
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Dennis DeYoung
Producer – Barry Mraz, Styx
Saxophone – Bill Traut (tracks: B2)

Notes

℗ 1973 Wooden Nickel Records, Inc. © 1973 RCA Records, New York, N.Y.
All songs © 1973 Wooden Nickel Music (ASCAP)

Recorded at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago

A1 to B4, B6 Published by Wooden Nickel Music (ASCAP);
B5 - Wooden Nickel Music and Parathon, Inc. (ASCAP)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch, except "I", Sterling & "A2" stamps): BXL 1-0287 A-5 I STERLING A2
Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch, except "I", Sterling & "A3" stamps): BXL 10287 B -2 I STERLING A3
Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BXL1 0287	Styx	The Serpent Is Rising ‎(LP, Album)	Wooden Nickel Records	BXL1 0287	Canada	1973
FL 13112	Styx	The Serpent Is Rising ‎(LP, Album, RE)	RCA Victor	FL 13112	Germany	1979
ND90594	Styx	The Serpent Is Rising ‎(CD, Album, RM, Unofficial)	RCA	ND90594	Russia	Unknown
BXL1-0287	Styx	The Serpent Is Rising ‎(LP, Album, RE)	RCA Victor, Wooden Nickel Records	BXL1-0287	Canada	1973
RPL-6009	Styx	The Serpent Is Rising ‎(LP, Album, RE)	RCA	RPL-6009	Japan	1981

Watikalate

I suppose not many people are into this album, because I have not found much in-depth discussion about it on the internet. I found it to be quite good taking into consideration the time period when it was recorded. A hidden gem for fans. I have listened to it several times over. There are many good hard rocking songs on this album. Now to the vinyl pressings: I ended up with 2 different Wooden Nickel pressings of this album. I am no expert by far, but from my observances, BXL 1-0287 may be a second pressing. I also have BWL 1-0287. Both albums are Sterling pressed vinyl. In the dead wax area, the BXL copy has BWL 1-0287 with the "W" scratched through and an "X" added above it. Other differences noted: BWL has what seems to be a more correct label orientation having the Buffalo Nickel Indian head printed with "Heads" and the Buffalo side with "Tails", whereas BXL is the opposite ("Tails" is written on the Indian Head print side of the label). One other difference was, on the rear of the album cover, the BXL version has a Wooden Nickel crest on the upper right hand corner and "RE2" on the lower left hand corner.