The finished masters and packaged albums, ready for record company distribution, were lost in the studio-warehouse fire that destroyed United Recording.

In the glut of hard rock and heavy metal bands of the late '70s, their first albums got somewhat lost in the shuffle...

The completed album was lost in a studio disaster, forcing the band to completely re-record the album, which was finally released in August 2005.

At some point after "Family's" first issue, the final mixes for the album were lost.

Although the album has been lost, the players are known.

A studio error brought the backups to New Orleans in late August 2005 and the album was lost during the floods that followed Katrina.

Before the release of the album many were questioning if the album would become lost in the turmoil and tragedy of the label.

The reason for this is that their previous album, Blow Up, was not tolerated well by listeners and lost a lot of fans.

The album is partly based on John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost.

More shows followed and they continued recording Showered in Gold after a master tape containing half the finished album was somehow lost.