Rock Heavies: Lucifer's Friend

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Rock Heavies: Lucifer's Friend
Compilation album by Lucifer's Friend
Released	1980
Recorded	1970-1976
Genre	Heavy metal progressive rock
Length	37:05
Label	Vertigo
Lucifer's Friend chronology
Good Time Warrior (1978) Rock Heavies: Lucifer's Friend (1980) Sneak Me In (1980)

Rock Heavies: Lucifer's Friend is the second of two compilation albums by Lucifer's Friend. This compilation collects some of Lucifer's Friend's best songs from their first album, Lucifer's Friend (1970), third album I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer (1973), and fifth album Mind Exploding (1976). This compilation was released by Vertigo Records in 1980. This compilation is not as extensive as the Fontana Records release, The Devil's Touch (1976), in that it only includes three songs from Lucifer's Friend, one song from I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer, and four songs from Mind Exploding.

Track listing[]

1. Ride the Sky - 2:55
2. In the Time of Job when Mammon Was a Yippie - 4:04
3. Free Hooker - 7:17
4. Fugitive - 4:55
5. Moonshine Rider - 4:47
6. Natural Born Mover - 4:24
7. Lucifer's Friend - 6:12
8. Born on the Run - 3:51

Personnel[]

• John Lawton – lead vocals
• Peter Hesslein – lead guitars, vocals
• Peter Hecht – keyboards
• Dieter Horns – bass, vocals
• Joachim Reitenbach – drums (tracks 1, 2, 7 and 8)
• Curt Cress – drums (tracks 3–6)
• Herbert Bornholdt – percussion, vocals (tracks 3–6 and 8)