5xLPs by Accept Breaker Restless & Wild Balls to Wall Metal Heart Russian Japan

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What you might decide to bid on here are 5 Japanese Pressed Albums by German heavy metal band Accept, They all have Obi Strips and Inserts and two are still in their Original Shrink Wrap

Breaker
Third Studio Album - 1981

Restless & Wild
Fourth Studio Album - 1982

Balls To The Wall
Fifth Studio Album - 1983

Metal Heart
Sixth Studio Album - 1985

Russian Roulette
Seventh Studio Album - 1986

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Accept

Breaker

1981 – Japanese Release
25S-30
A 70mm Wide Obi Strip
Insert

Track Listing

All songs written and composed by Dirkchneider/Hoffmann/Fischer/Baltes/Kaufmann.

Side 1

1."Starlight" - 3:45
2."Breaker" - 3:31
3."Run If You Can" - 4:43
4."Can't Stand the Night" - 5:17
5."Son of a Bitch" - 3:43
(5 - on cover: "Son Of A Bitch" - on LP label "Born To Be Whipped")

Side 2

1."Burning" - 5:06
2."Feelings" - 4:42
3."Midnight Highway" - 3:54
4."Breaking Up Again" - 4:33
5."Down and Out" - 3:39

Accept is

Udo Dirkschneider: Lead Vocals
Wolf Hoffmann: Lead Guitar
Jörg Fischer: Lead Guitar
Peter Baltes: Bass Guitar/Vocals
Stefan Kaufmann: Drums/Vocals

Credits

Arranged by Dirk Steffens & Accept
Cover Design: Studio Icks & Accept
Cover Photography: Stefan Bôhle
Producer: Dirk Steffens
Sleeve Design: Accept
Photos: H.-G. Bieringer

Recorded and mixed by Michael "Overload" Wagener recorded at Delta Studio Wilster December '80 - January '81

Description & Condition

Title: Accept ; Breaker
Record Company: Brain Metronome / Polystar Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo Japan)
Catalogue Number: 25S-30
Matrix Information: Side 1 – 25S-30A (A-1-3 HG1) Side 2 – 25S-30B (A-1-3)
Release Date: 1981
Original Price: ¥2,500
Obi Strip: A 70mm Wide Obi Strip. This has a Mainly Light Purple background with White Writing. This has no tears, rips or seams coming undone, just a couple of light humidity spots. EX++
Cover: The Original Very Heavy Card Cover. This is has no tears, splits or coming undone at the seams, but it has 2 or 3 light dinks on the corners. The spine is also standing proud. EX+
Insert: One Original insert which is 1 Page 2 sides long. This has a track listing in English and Japanese, information in Japanese and the lyrics in English. This has no Rips, Tears or Creases and is in a wonderful condition.
Vinyl Condition: It feels like a heavy Vinyl when you handle it. The record has no scratches, scuffs or marks and shines like it’s still new and when played it sounds great. EX++
Bar Code: No Bar Code

Breaker is the third album released by the heavy metal band Accept. It was once again recorded at Delta-Studio in Wilster with Dirk Steffens producing, and was the first Accept album engineered by Michael Wagener. Bassist Peter Baltes sings lead vocal on "Breaking Up Again", and the bridge vocal on "Midnight Highway".
After the unsuccessful attempt at commercialism on I'm a Rebel, Accept decided not to allow any more outside people to influence the band. Pulling together in the midst of a very cold winter, the band members concentrated on making the album they themselves wanted to make. Udo Dirkschneider remembers: "Following our experiences with I'm A Rebel we made it our goal not to be influenced musically by anyone outside of the band this time." Udo believes Breaker is among Accept's best records and marks the beginning of the band's greatest era - the album title would later become the name of Udo's own record company, Breaker Records.
Wolf Hoffmann concurs: "Maybe we knew that the old approach from the record before didn't work very well. So we were saying 'ruck it, let's just do what we think is right. Let's not try to be somebody else, let's not try to have a radio hit anymore.'" The lone possible concession to commercial interests was the upbeat rocker "Midnight Highway", which Wolf described as "sort of a semi-commercial attempt" and "a little too happy for my tastes."
Much of the rest of the album is angry and defiant in tone, especially the profanity-laced "Son Of A Bitch". Udo describes that song's lyrics as "absolutely anti record company." Wolf explains why this particular song was the only one to not have its lyrics printed inside the album: "On the initial release WE thought it would be a good idea to just put "Censored" on the liner notes for the song to avoid any controversy. Well, it turns out it caused MORE controversy that way with everyone wanting to know who censored it." An alternate version titled "Born To Be Whipped" was recorded with tamer lyrics. Wolf explains: "We had to change it because the British were so uptight about this kind of stuff that you couldn't possibly release the record over there with a song called Son Of A Bitch."

Accept

Restless & Wild

1982 – Japanese Release
SP25-5049
A 70mm Wide Obi Strip
Insert

Track Listing

Side 1

1."Fast as a Shark" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 3:49
2."Restless and Wild" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 4:09
3."Ahead of the Pack" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 3:22
4."Shake Your Heads" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 4:18
5."Neon Nights" (Deaffy, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 6:02

Side 2

1."Get Ready" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 3:41
2."Demon's Night" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 4:28
3."Flash Rockin' Man" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes) – 4:28
4."Don't Go Stealin' My Soul Away" (Hoffmann, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 3:13
5."Princess of the Dawn" (Deaffy, Robert A. Smith-Diesel + Accept) – 6:17

Accept is

Udo Dirkschneider - Vocals
Wolf Hoffmann - Guitar
Stefan Kaufmann - Drums
Peter Baltes - Bass
Herman Frank - Guitar (credited, but didn't actually perform)

Credits

Mixed By– Michael Hagener
Produced– Accept
Recorded and Mixed By– Michael Hagener
Management– Gaby Hawke
Photography By (Cover Photos)– Erhard Schulz
Photography By (Portraits)– Didi Zill

Recorded February/March and June 1982 at Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany.

Description & Condition

Title: Accept ; Restless & Wild
Record Company: Sounds Marketing System, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Catalogue Number: SP25-5049
Matrix Information: Side 1 – SP25-5049A (111 F V) Side 2 – SP25-5049B (111)
Release Date: 1982
Original Price: ¥2,500
Obi Strip: A 60mm Wide Obi Strip. This has a Mainly Yellow and Green background with Green and White Writing. This has no tears, rips or seams coming undone, again a couple of small humidity spots. EX++
Cover: The Original Heavy Card Cover. This is has no tears, splits or coming undone at the seams. The spine is also standing proud. Mint-
Insert: One Original insert which is 1 Page 2 sides long. This has a track listing in English and Japanese, information in Japanese and the lyrics in English. This has no Rips, Tears or Creases and is in a wonderful condition.
Vinyl Condition: It feels like a heavy Vinyl when you handle it. The record has no scratches, scuffs or marks and shines like it’s still new and when played it sounds great. EX++
Bar Code: No Bar Code

Restless and Wild is the fourth album by the German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1982 in Continental Europe and in 1983 in the US and UK. It was the first Accept album to not be recorded at Delta-Studio, the band moving to Dieter Dierks' studio in Stommeln. It is also the first Accept album in which Udo Dirkschneider sings every track, as well as the first in which manager Gaby Hauke ("Deaffy") gains credits for songwriting. Michael Wagener took engineering and mixing duties once again.
Jan Koemmet joined the band briefly before the release of this album, but did not participate in the recording. The guitar on the finished product is done by Wolf Hoffmann alone, although Herman Frank had joined the band by the time the album was released, and is credited on the album cover.
The album is best known for the opening track, "Fast as a Shark", considered among the first speed metal songs.
Another well-known track is album closer "Princess Of The Dawn", a tense song that Udo describes as "a Cinderella story" and "like a Lord of the Rings fantasy" with no deep meaning. Wolf Hoffmann achieved the haunting mandolin-like effect by recording the guitar at half-speed, then having it played back at normal speed. He describes the sudden ending as "an idea that didn't work so well."
Udo agrees with the general assessment of Restless and Wild as a landmark heavy metal record, calling it "surely the most important Accept album". Wolf's praise is more reserved, calling it "just another record" and adding, "Looking back maybe we think Fast As A Shark was the first speed metal song ever, but at the time we sorta just had fun and we didn't think it was anything dramatically new. Obviously, maybe what was so cool about this time was that we weren't thinking so much. We were just ballsy and tried to do things without having much to lose."
Versions of the album released outside Germany were issued with a different cover, replacing the picture of burning guitars with a shot of the band live in concert. American Death Metal band Cannibal Corpse has made a cover of the song "Demon's Night". It can be found on their EP Worm Infested.
On January 25, 2011, the album was performed in its entirety at a special show in Switzerland.

Accept

Balls To The Wall

1983 – Japanese Release
25 •3P-498
Still in Shrink Wrap
A 65mm Wide Obi Strip
Insert

Track Listing

All titles composed by Accept
All lyrics written by Accept + Deaffy

Side A

1."Balls to the Wall" - 5:45
2."London Leatherboys" - 3:57
3."Fight It Back" - 3:30
4."Head Over Heels" - 4:19
5."Losing More Than You've Ever Had" - 5:04

Side B

1."Love Child" - 3:35
2."Turn Me On" - 5:12
3."Losers and Winners" - 4:19
4."Guardian of the Night" - 4:25
5."Winter Dreams" - 4:45

Accept is

Bass– Peter Baltes
Drums– Stefan Kaufmann
Guitar– Herman Frank
Guitar– Wolf Hoffmann
Vocals– Udo Dirkschneider

Credits

Engineer– Louis Austin
Mixed By– Michael Wagener
Produced By– Accept
Management– Gaby Hauke
Design– Jean Lessenich
Photos– Dieter Eikelpoth
Cover Idea– Deaffy

Recorded and mixed at Dierks Studios, Cologne West Germany, July/August, 1983.

Description & Condition

Title: Accept ; Balls To The Wall
Record Company: Portrait - CBS BREEZE Music Gmbh, Germany - EPIC/Sony Inc Tokyo Japan
Catalogue Number: 25 •3P-498
Matrix Information: Side A – 25-3P-498A1 (CS 1 A 1) Side B – 25-3P-498B1 (1 A 2)
Release Date: 1983
Original Price: ¥2,500
Obi Strip: A 65mm Wide Obi Strip. This has a Mainly Black background with Red and White Writing. This has no tears, rips or seams coming undone as its still in its original shrink wrap. Mint
Cover: The Original Heavy Card Cover. This is has no tears, splits or coming undone at the seams as it still in the original shrink wrap. The spine is also standing proud. Mint-
Insert: One Original insert which is 2 Pages 4 sides long in gatefold fashion and this has the song lyrics and track listing in English and Japanese and information in Japanese. Also there are some band pictures on the insert. This has no Rips, Tears or Creases and is in a wonderful condition.
Vinyl Condition: It feels like a heavy Vinyl when you handle it. The record has no scratches, scuffs or marks and shines like it’s still new and when played it sounds great. Mint-
Bar Code: No Bar Code

Balls to the Wall is the fifth album by the German metal band Accept. European label Lark Records released the album in December 1983, but its US release was delayed until a month later as to not compete with the band's then-current album Restless and Wild, which had arrived in the US in early 1983, and is Accept's only record to attain Gold certification in America. The album's lead single, "Balls to the Wall", became Accept's signature tune and remains a metal anthem and trademark in the genre.
Some of the album's success can no doubt be attributed to the publicity generated from the minor "gay metal" controversy that broke out upon its American release, due to the record's title and front cover being deemed by some as homoerotic, as well as the lyrics to "London Leatherboys" and "Love Child" appearing to concern homosexuals. Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was dismissive of the controversy, saying years later that "You Americans are so uptight about this. In Europe it was never a big deal...we just wanted to be controversial and different and touch on these touchy subjects, because it gave us good press and it worked fabulously, you know". Drummer Stefan Kaufmann explained that many of the themes on the album were about oppressed minorities in general. "London Leatherboys" was really about bikers, for example: "They're normal people, they just look different and they behave different. But they're normal people, another minority. And 'Love Child' was about gays, true, but it's basically about people who are suppressed." Concerning the homosexuality issues themselves, Kauffmann said in an interview with French magazine Enfer (n°7, 1983):“It’s a phenomenon that should be taken into consideration. Because it exists on a wide scale and should be demystified. In fact, this is a phenomenon of society that needs to be taken as such. For a long time gay people have been considered as sick or insane. And yet, it’s time to respect these people, open our minds which are often closed."
Hoffman's wife and lyricist Gaby Hauke also denied these controversies and accusations concerning the gay issue: "Let me answer this and (the next) question in one, ok? I have been very rebellious and by no means I would have written anything "normal"! Never! The sexual question about the context of certain lyrics are mind games and pure interpretation from outsiders. This is a band who has as individuals -so little to do with controversy and absolutely nothing in particular with anything but being VERY straight"
Critic Martin Popoff has declared Balls to the Wall the greatest metal album of the 1980s, praising the combination of smooth production, powerful guitar riffs and strong melodies that are found throughout the record. Professional wrestler Chris Jericho's band, Fozzy, did their own cover of the song Balls to the Wall, as well. Amon Amarth also covered the song as a bonus track for their 2011 album: Surtur Rising.

Accept

Metal Heart

1985 – Japanese Release
28 •3P-596
A 65mm Wide Obi Strip
Insert

Track Listing

Side A

1."Metal Heart" – 5:19
2."Midnight Mover" – 3:05
3."Up to the Limit" – 3:47
4."Wrong Is Right" – 3:08
5."Screaming for a Love-Bite" – 4:06

Side B

1."Too High to Get It Right" – 3:47
2."Dogs on Leads" – 4:23
3."Teach Us to Survive" – 3:32
4."Living for Tonite" – 3:33
5."Bound to Fail" – 4:58

Accept is

Bass– Peter Baltes
Drums– Stefan Kaufmann
Guitar– Jörg Fischer, Wolf Hoffmann
Producer– Dieter Dierks
Vocals– Udo Dirkschneider

Credits

Engineer: Gerd Rautenbach
Assistants: Mike Kashnitz, Peter Brandt
Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Master Disc, New York
Cover Idea & Concept: Deaffy
Realization: Dirksen & Sohn Modellwerkstâtten,Stahl,Werbefotografie
Recorded and mixed October–December 1984 at Dierks Studios, Cologne

Description & Condition

Title: Accept ; Metal Heart
Record Company: Portrait / CBS Inc - Epic/Sony Inc. (Tokyo Japan)
Catalogue Number: 28 •3P-596
Matrix Information: Side A – 28-3P-596A1 (1 A 1) Side B – 28-3P-596B1 (CS 1 A 1)
Release Date: 1985
Original Price: ¥2,800
Obi Strip: A 65mm Wide Obi Strip. This has a Mainly White background with Red Writing. This has no tears, rips or seams coming undone. Mint-
Cover: The Original Heavy Card Cover. This is has no tears, splits or coming undone at the seams. The spine is also standing proud. Mint-
Insert: One Original insert which is 2 Pages 4 sides long in gatefold fashion and this has the song lyrics and track listing in English and Japanese and information in Japanese. This has no Rips, Tears or Creases and is in a wonderful condition.
Vinyl Condition: It feels like a heavy Vinyl when you handle it. The record has no scratches, scuffs or marks and shines like it’s still new and when played it sounds great. Mint-
Bar Code: No Bar Code

Metal Heart is a 1985 release by German heavy metal band Accept. Although the group had recorded before at Dierks-Studios, this was the first album produced by Dieter Dierks himself. This album was a cautious attempt to crack the lucrative American market with more accessible songcraft and emphasis on hooks and melodies. Although critically panned at the time, today Metal Heart is often considered by fans as one of the band's best records.
It contains several of their classic songs such as "Metal Heart" and "Living for Tonite". The band also makes a detour into jazz territory with the unusual song "Teach Us to Survive".
Wolf Hoffmann explained the concept behind the album: "We had read an article that someone was working on an artificial heart and that one day everybody is going to have a computerized heart. It talked, in general terms, about how more and more of humanity gets sucked out of the daily life and more and more replaced by machine. It's not a new thing now, but then it was new. Humans versus machine, was the general vibe of the record." The original cover concept was for a hologram metal heart image, until budget considerations resulted in a traditional cover. But fittingly for the futuristic theme of the album, Metal Heart was the first Accept album to be digitally recorded.
Wolf recalls Dieter Dierks as a very demanding producer: "We would do some pieces several dozen times trying to capture what he had in his mind for a specific section," adding: "Each song we tried different combinations of guitars, mic'ing and even strings!"
The song "Metal Heart" is well known for containing the cover of two famous classical themes: Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March (in the intro) and Beethoven's Für Elise in the main riff and solo. This song was covered in 1998 by Norwegian Black Metal band Dimmu Borgir. "I had no idea it would become as popular as it did," Wolf remembers of his contribution to the song.
"Midnight Mover", about a drug dealer, is one of the more commercial songs on the album and was selected for a memorable music video that anticipates the bullet time filming technique by a full decade. "Just ahead of our time again!" jests Wolf.
Despite the more commercially appealing sound of the album, it fell short of the sales figures of its predecessor Balls to the Wall in America. Udo remembers the Breaker through Metal Heart era as the time when the band got along best together. Thus this would turn out to be the last album of Accept's golden era, as cracks were soon to appear in the band's solidarity.

Accept

Russian Roulette

1986 – Japanese Pressing
Stiil in Original Shrink Wrap
28•3P-738
A 65mm Wide Obi Strip
Insert

Track Listing

Music and Words by Accept & Deaffy

Side A

1."T.V. War" – 3:27
2."Monsterman" – 3:25
3."Russian Roulette" – 5:22
4."It's Hard to Find a Way" – 4:19
5."Aiming High" – 4:26

Side B

1."Heaven Is Hell" – 7:12
2."Another Second to Be" – 3:19
3."Walking in the Shadow" – 4:27
4."Man Enough to Cry" – 3:14
5."Stand Tight" – 4:05

Credits

Udo Dirkschneider: Vocals
Wolf Hoffmann: Guitars
Jörg Fischer: Guitars
Peter Baltes: Bass Guitar
Stefan Kaufmann: Drums
Produced and Arranged by Accept for BREEZE Music Gmbh
Recorded by Michael Wagener
Mix Produced by Mark Dodson
Mastering: Bob Ludwig at Master Disc, New York
Cover Idea & Concept & Realization: Deaffy
Cover Photo: Didi Zill BRAVO

Description & Condition

Title: Accept ; Russian Roulette
Record Company: 1984 CBS BREEZE Music Gmbh, Germany - EPIC/Sony Inc Tokyo Japan
Catalogue Number: 28•3P-738
Matrix Information: Side A – 28-3P-738-A1 (CS 1 A4) Side B – 28-3P-738-B1 (1 A 3)
Release Date: April 1986
Original Price: ¥2,800
Obi Strip: A 65mm Wide Obi Strip. This is mainly a Red Background with Red and Black writing. This has no Splits, Tears or seams coming undone as its still in the Original Shrink Wrap. Mint
Cover: The Original Heavy Card Cover. This is has no tears, splits or coming undone at the seams as it still in the original shrink wrap. The spine is also standing proud. Mint-
Insert: One Original insert which is 2 pages 4 sides long in gatefold fashion and has the song lyrics and track listing in Japanese and English and information in Japanese, this in a very good condition with no rips, tears or splits.
Vinyl Condition: This feels like a heavy Vinyl when you handle it. This has one or two extremely light surface scratches on Side B, but it has no effect on the quality of the vinyl, as it sounds great when played. EX++
Bar Code: T4988 010 20881 3

Russian Roulette is a 1986 release by German heavy metal band Accept. It was again recorded at Dierks-Studios, but the band chose to self-produce rather than bring back Dieter Dierks as producer. It would be the last Accept album to feature Udo Dirkschneider as lead vocalist until the 1993 reunion album Objection Overruled.
The album returns Accept to the darker, heavier sound of releases prior to the more commercial-sounding predecessor Metal Heart. Wolf Hoffmann explained the band's decision: "Maybe we were trying sort of go back to our natural and not polished Accept sound with that record. We weren't really all that happy with the polished and clean-sounding Metal Heart. I was sort of very happy with my guitar playing on that record and very happy with my parts, but I remember the whole vibe of the band was at the time that we don't want to go through this again with Dieter Dierks who had produced Metal Heart."
Peter Baltes explained the album's title and front cover as an expression of the strong anti-war themes throughout the record, showing war as a game of russian roulette: "It means - go and play the game y’know, what a silly game it is. One will die definitely."

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