Wait for the Night

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Wait for the Night
Virgin Steele wait for the night US.jpg
EP by
ReleasedDecember, 1983
Genre Heavy metal
Length15:43
Label Mongol Horde, Music for Nations
Producer David DeFeis
Virgin Steele chronology
Guardians of the Flame
(1983)
Wait for the Night
(1983)
Noble Savage
(1986)
A Cry in the Night cover
Virgin steele wait for the night.jpg

Wait for the Night is an EP released in 1983 by the heavy metal band Virgin Steele promoting the album Guardians of the Flame . This EP was released in Europe by Music for Nations with a different cover, a different track listing and the name A Cry in the Night. It is the last release of the band with guitarist Jack Starr.

Contents

A compilation of songs from the EP and from Guardians of the Flame was published in Canada by Maze Music with the title Burn the Sun, in 1984.

The three original songs plus the interview from the European version were included as bonus material in the Guardians of the Flame CD remaster in 2002. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Say Goodbye (Tonight)" (remix) - 4:17
  2. "I Am the One" - 3:45
  3. "Go Down Fighting" - 3:27
  4. "Wait for the Night" - 4:14

European version

  1. "A Cry in the Night" (remix)
  2. "Go Down Fighting"
  3. "I Am the One"
  4. Interview (by Mark Snider)

Personnel

Band members

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References

  1. "Virgin Steele - Wait for the Night". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2010-04-06.