With just two singles to their name – but a vast amount of talent and an almost legendary reputation – ARC were another of the many NWOBHM acts who burned brightly but briefly, never really having the chance to achieve their full potential. Based in Worcestershire, and founded on the core of the three Whitbread brothers – Mike (guitar), Geoff (drums) and John (vocals) – ARC built up a solid fan base and from the very beginning played sets consisting of their own material, with just the odd cover thrown in to keep the audience on their toes.  With ten or so songs already under their belts they decided the time was right to release something, and the results of a session at The Old Smithy was the double A-side single ‘Tribute (To Mike Hailwood)’ c/w ‘For My Next Kick’, issued in 1980. The following year saw the release of a second single, ‘War Of The Ring’, backed by the oddly-titled ‘Ice Cream Theme’.

 

Aside from the two singles, the highlight of ‘Raiders Of The Lost ARC’ has to be a lengthy eleven-song set recorded at a rehearsal in December 1984 which shows just how good – and how truly original – ARC were.  

 

The CD version of ‘Raiders Of The Lost ARC’ also includes the album recorded by the Whitbread brothers and bassist Dave Towers under the name Red Hunter in 2001, together with a live, three-track session performed the same year.

MARKETING & PROMOTION / SELLING POINTS

• ARC were another of the many NWOBHM acts who burned brightly but briefly, never really having the chance to achieve their full potential. 

• Aside from the two singles, the highlight of ‘Raiders Of The Lost ARC’ has to be a lengthy eleven-song set recorded at a rehearsal in December 1984 which shows just how good – and how truly original – ARC were.  

• ARC built up a solid fan base and from the very beginning played sets consisting of their own material, with just the odd cover thrown in to keep the audience on their toes. 

• Double CD version also includes the album recorded by the Whitbread brothers and bassist Dave Towers under the name Red Hunter in 2001, together with a live, three-track session performed the same year. 

• Double transparent ultra-clear vinyl, 4-page insert, gatefold cover 

 

TRACKLIST

1. War of the Ring 

2. Ice Cream Theme 

3. Tribute (To Mike Hailwood) 

4. For My Next Kick 

5. Leviathan 

6. War of the Ring (Original V.) 

7. Arise 

8. Hades 

9. Turn On Your Love 

10. Now is the Hour

11. Illegitamus 

12. In the Corner of a Foreign Field 

13. Firebrand 

14. Cyborg (incl. Drum Solo) 

15. Spirit Rider

16. Climbing the Chain

17. Atlantis

18. You Really Got Me

19. H-Bomb Rock

CD Bonus tracks: (Red Hunter 2001)

20. Blue Skies

21. The Eyes of a Woman

22. It's All Up to You

23. New Millennium 

24. Never to Return

25. Shine On

26. Turn On Your Love

27. Obsession

28. Leviathan

29. Face to Face

30. Coming to You

31. Leviathan (LIVE)

32. Never to Return (LIVE)

33. Face to Face (LIVE)