Various Artists
California Metal Volume 2
(Regency, 1988)

 
 
Producers: The Pakaderm Company
Executive Producers: Philip W. Little (track 1 only) and Bob Beeman

Known Formats
CS – catalog # 790-082-1937, lyrics included - yes
CD – catalog # 790-082-1945, lyrics included - yes

Featured Albums
Recon – Recon demo
Soldier – Babylon
???

Songs
1. Vision -- "Runaway" (4:59)
2. Emerald -- "Traitor" (2:40)
3. Recon -- "Light The Fire" (3:29)
4. Soldier -- "Borderline" (3:37)
5. Judea -- "Heart Of Stone" (4:34)
6. Mastedon -- "Get Up" (4:01)
7. Ranson -- "Sin Killer" (4:38)
8. Emerald -- "Born To Die" (4:17)
9. Judea -- "Knock" (4:28)
10. Soldier -- "Tears" (3:58)
11. Recon -- "Dreams" (5:01)

Total Time – 45:41
 

Comments: Vision was a band originally named Malachia, which had an album on Victoria Ltd. in 1987.  This track is much better than what's on that album, but Vision never got signed to a major label, and I'm not aware of any other songs on other compilations by them.  (I also have a listing in my discography by a Florida based band named 'Vision', with releases from 1984 to 1989, so I imagine there was a problem there too.)  Mastedon released their first album in 1989, with this track on it.  Ranson had a couple albums on Intense, but this song is not on either release.  I think it might be from a demo.  I'm not aware of any other compilations featuring Judea, and if they ever got signed, they must have changed their name.  Soldier released 2 independent albums/demos, but only track 4 comes from the Babylon album, and track 10 was unavailable elsewhere.  Emerald released a 6 song LP in 1986, but neither of these 2 songs were on it.  The Emerald, Soldier and Recon songs have recently been reissued on various M8 releases.