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PETRA - “NOT OF THIS WORLD TOUR” LIVE AT PALMER H.S. AUD., COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; NOV. 4, 1983

To help celebrate Petra’s 50th Anniversary, this is the first in a series of 3 live concert recordings taken chronologically from points within the “Not of This World Tour” in 1983-‘84. Building on the record-breaking success of the “More Power To Ya Tour,” which set over a hundred attendance records in markets all over North America or attendance at a Christian rock concert, the band embarked on the most ambitious tour of their career. They had recorded “Not of This World” in the summer of ’83, and preparations had been underway for months to have the entire schedule booked so that it could be promoted in advance via inserts inside the vinyl and cassette versions of the album. This proved quite successful, as many promoters sold out their concerts quite quickly once the album was released in October of ’83. We kicked-off the initial fall leg of the tour with two sold-out shows at the 1,200 seat Massey Auditorium at Belmont University in Nashville, then shot up through the Des Moines and Sioux City, IA for two sold out nights, before hitting the Twin Cities for two sold out shows with 4,000 total attendance. Then it was across the border for a run of 7 shows in western Canada, before heading back into the Pacific Northwest for wild packed shows in front of 2,000 and 3,200 respectively in Portland & Seattle, as well as other hyped crowds in Salem, Yakima, and Boise. That led the band to Colorado Springs, where they had played a year previously in front of 425 people. Promoter Robbie Marshall of Road Home Productions put them in downtown’s Palmer H.S. Auditorium, for this date, and the 1,400 seats sold out in advance. The kinetic anticipation from the energetic throng is evident from the moment the strains of “The 1812 Overture” can be heard when the house lights were dimmed. Moments later, on the opening power chords of “Stand Up,” the audience was blinded by dozens of white beams cutting though the haze representing spiritual warfare. It was blast-off from that point on through the rest of the concert, and that it sounds more like a packed arena than an auditorium. From there, that first leg continued with two sellouts at Denver’s historic Paramount Theater, then on to packed houses in North Platte and Lincoln, NE, Kansas City, and 2,800 at the 2,500 capacity Maryville University Arena in St. Louis. All in all, they played before over 40,000 in those first 22 cities, with 20 new attendance records being set for a Christian rock band. This recording is accompanied with images of my concert photos, press clippings, tour memorabilia, and other rarities from the “Not of This World” era. I hope they help bring to this concert a joyous glimpse of the hard work by the band and the Petrafied Productions crew as you listen to these previously unreleased shows. Petra was Greg X. Volz on lead vocal/rhythm guitar; Bob Hartman on electric/acoustic guitar and backing vocal; John Slick on keys and backing vocal; Mark Kelly on bass and backing vocal; and Louie Weaver on drums. Steve Rendall was the tour manager, Kim Hartman (Bob’s wife) was the sound engineer; Marc Wozniak was the stage manager; Roger Boor was lighting director; Mark Price was guitar/keys tech; Judy Slick was in charge of merchandise; Karl Mednis was the truck driver and assisted in lighting; Dale Burton was the bus driver and assistant with merchandising. This video and audio were edited by Mark Hollingsworth and Joanie Kemper. 0:00 William Tell Overture 2:38 Stand Up 5:55 Let Everything That Hath Breath 11:08 Occupy 15:05 Not of This World 21:27 Judas Kiss 27:32 Bema Seat 32:39 Mellow Medley: More Power To Ya 34:12 Mellow Medley: Coloring Song 35:19 Mellow Medley: Road To Zion 36:36 Mellow Medley: Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows (break for Compassion International presentation and intermission) 39:34 Walk By Faith 43:26 Grave Robber (For Annie not recorded) 47:56 Rock Medley: Chameleon 49:56 Rock Medley: Angel of Light 52:06 Rock Medley: Second Wind 53:55 Rock Medley: Disciple 55:13 Rock Medley: Bob Hartman’s guitar solo 57:34 Rock Medley: God Gave Rock ’n’ Roll to You 1:00:40 Rock Medley: Louie Weaver’s drum solo 1:02:40 Rock Medley: God Gave Rock ’n’ Roll To You Reprise 1:06:36 Praise Ye the Lord 1:11:26 Without Him We Can Do Nothing 1:19:01 Ask Him In (portion)