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Tape Media: Cassette Album

Artist: Vortex [Netherlands] Title: “Open The Gate” The Lost Tapes Vol. 1 Format: Cassette Album Label:   Postmortem Apocalypse Country: USA Catalogue: PA-1006 Date: 2018 Genre: Heavy Metal Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Wants Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
01	Vortex [Netherlands]	Open The Gate	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
02	Vortex [Netherlands]	Soul Killer	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
03	Vortex [Netherlands]	Bastards	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
04	Vortex [Netherlands]	Horrible Dolls	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
05	Vortex [Netherlands]	Growing Power	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
06	Vortex [Netherlands]	Massgrave	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
07	Vortex [Netherlands]	The Beauty And The Teeth	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
08	Vortex [Netherlands]	Glory Gone	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
09	Vortex [Netherlands]	Get Out	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate
10	Vortex [Netherlands]	The Breath Down In His Neck	Music By: M. Brongers, Lyrics By: J.L.J. Tichelaar	Rate

Notes

Limited Edition of 110 copies only.
Deluxe tapes, made in America, 6-panel foldout J card with story of this recording, 5 live photos and 1 non-live band photo. Red tapes silver on shell print.
Tracks 1 to 5: Side A.
Tracks 6 to 10: Side B.

These are the long forgotten Recordings for Open the Gate, recorded in 1985.
The entire "Open The Gate" album recorded in a different studio than the released version, plus 1 song not on the LP - all recorded in 1985.

Martjo Brongers.
Jurjen Tichelaar.
Jan Klemens.
Berend Stegeman.
John Roffel.

Vortex - The Lost Tapes Vol. 1.
(The 1985 Open The Gate alternate live demo version).
We are talking the year of 1985 when Vortex released the first EP: “Metal Bats”. By that year the band is busy writing new songs for the first full length album: “Open The Gate”. In the middle of the writing process the drummer unexpectedly disappears, while the studio has already been booked in early 1986. Soon the band finds a drummer: John B. Roffel. With all songs written, the band decides to do a pre-recording to see if the songs meet expectations.
All songs are recorded, including the extra tune “The Breath Down In His Neck” (in case a song would be turned down after the recordings).

After the recording session this tape was put on the shelf and only reappeared here this year when digitizing all Vortex tapes. Recorded at Popbureau Studio, Groningen - 25-11-1985.
Produced by Jannes de Vries.

(R.I.P. John B. Roffel: 29/09/1963 - 31/10/2017).

Credits:
Bass – Jan Klemens
Drums – John Roffel
Guitar – Berend Stegeman, Martjo Brongers
Lyrics By – J.L.J. Tichelaar
Music By – M. Brongers
Producer – Harry De Winter
Vocals – Jurjen Tichelaar

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