Prime Cuts is a compilation album by progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Shadow Gallery

Shadow Gallery

Shadow Gallery is an American progressive metal band formed in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States, during the early 1980s, originally under the name Sorcerer. After changing their name to Shadow Gallery and recording a short 8-track demo, the band was signed to Magna Carta Records in 1991...

. This was the final release from the band on Magna Carta Records

Magna Carta Records

Magna Carta Records is an independent record label located in Rochester, New York. Magna Carta was formed in 1989 and is owned by Peter Morticelli and his partner Mike Varney. The label has a diverse line-up consisting of musicians from many different genres, but is best known for many of its...

. The band compiled the track listing which consisted of 9 original studio cuts, 2 edits and an original unreleased demo from the Carved In Stone sessions. This album contains no songs from the Room V

Room V

Room V is the fifth album by the progressive metal group Shadow Gallery, released in 2005 . It continues the story started in Tyranny, picking up after Tyranny's Act II....

 album as that was released on Inside Out Records. The album was pressed with an error, the track listing says track 1 is "Mystery" from the Tyranny album. But in fact, it is "Out Of Nowhere" also from the Tyranny album, which is heard.

Track listing

Personnel

• Kevin Soffera - Drums and Percussions
• Joe Nevolo - Drums and Percussions
• Ben Timely - Drums and Percussions (Ben Timely is a name that the band gave to the Alesis
  Alesis
  Alesis is a company based in Cumberland, Rhode Island, that designs and markets electronic musical instruments, digital audio processors, audio mixers, digital audio interfaces, recording equipment, drum machines, professional audio and electronic percussion products...
  
   HR-16 drum machine)
• Carl Cadden-James - Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Vocals, Flute
  Flute
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• Brendt Allman
  Brendt Allman
  Brendt Allman , is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a member of the progressive rock band Shadow Gallery.-Personal life:Brendt currently lives in Doylestown, PA with his wife Tonya...
  
   - Acoustic
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , Electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  s, Vocals
• Chris Ingles - Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
   and Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Gary Wehrkamp
  Gary Wehrkamp
  Gary Wehrkamp is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He is most notably a member of the American progressive rock band Shadow Gallery.-Personal life:...
  
   - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
• Mike Baker
  Mike Baker (Singer)
  Mike Baker was the lead vocalist for the American progressive metal band Shadow Gallery.-Biography:...
  
   - Lead Vocals