Hard Volume

Hard Volume is the second album by the Rollins Band. It was released in 1989 and reissued with new tracks in 1999. The original CD release contained a 32 minute jam on the Velvet Underground outtake "Move Right In" entitled "Joy Riding With Frank." The track was recorded live in Linz, Austria during the 1988 tour. The 1999 remastered edition replaced this track with six studio tracks: three from the album session at Echo Sound in Los Angeles December 1988 and three from a demo session recorded in July 1988 at Graphic Studios in New Jersey.

Track listing

Original release

1. Hard – 4:06
2. What Have I Got – 4:58
3. I Feel Like This – 4:26
4. Planet Joe – 4:18
5. Love Song – 6:22
6. Turned Inside Out – 6:24
7. Down and Away – 8:20
8. Joy Riding with Frank - 32:04

Remastered version (1999)

1. "Hard" – 4:06
2. "What Have I Got" – 4:58
3. "I Feel Like This" – 4:26
4. "Planet Joe" – 4:18
5. "Love Song" – 6:22
6. "Turned Inside Out" – 6:24
7. "Down and Away" – 8:20

Session Outtakes

1. "Tearing" – 4:58 *
2. "You Didn't Need" – 5:11 *
3. "Ghost Rider" (Martin Rev, Alan Vega) – 7:23 *

Demo July 1988

1. "What Have I Got" – 4:33 *
2. "Thin Air" – 8:21 *
3. "Down and Away" – 7:14 *

All tracks composed by The Rollins Band except where indicated

Personnel

• Jeff Aguila - Design
• Sim Cain - Percussion, Drums
• Rae DiLeo - Mixing
• Chris Haskett - Guitar
• George Marino - Mastering (1999 release)
• Wally Traugott - Mastering (1989 original release)
• Henry Rollins - Vocals
• Theo Van Rock - Producer, Mixing
• Andrew Weiss - Bass