If there's still anyone out there dropping by, I just want to say that I will be back blogging soon. Not tomorrow, maybe not even this week, but soon anyway compared to the last time I wrote a word in here.
Sorry all, for not replying and commenting your great comments. It's a long story. Sort of.
I'll answer you all.
I hope some of you are still out there.
After some changes IRL situation, I haven't got quite the good sound in my rip from vinyl setup yet. But I'm working on it. Last time I managed quite well, but now I can't find out what's NOT right.
So my first blog, 'soon', will be rare found stuff or cd's from the vault.
Again, a BIG sorry for not being able to keep up my work here.
Keep rockin' !!
See ya...
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, December 24, 2007
Ho-ho-ho...
Hi again. This time I needed a 'rest' from the time absorbing process the ripping of vinyl really are to get them ready to blog (that said, I'm not VERY impressed by bloggers who don't even care renaming their files, just pour them out. Although well done and often appreciated, it means more work). So I dug out a few cd's for you to enjoy. Although I'm pretty sure most of you people might
have these already, or at least heard. Most of them. Can't say when my next blogging will appear, but I'll prepare a monsterblog for the Christmas to enjoy (I wrote this when I thought I had good time to get it done, well... I hadn't.). What's in it, even I don't know yet. If I manage to get my cassette
deck to play, it might even be a few really rare demos from earlier blogged artists, who knows. Wish you all rocking & happy pre-christmas days. A time of year where at least I more than often really need my escape into great & LOUD music, so CRANK IT UP, friends! See ya later.
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More Solli stuff. Great singer. I know, the second and last Sons of Angels album have been blogged & shared on the net earlier, not a very hard album to find. But what's 'new' here, it's that this version have both bonus tracks.
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Sons of Angels - Slumber With the Lions. 2001.
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Stoneflower - Crack a Little Smile. 2003.
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Norwegian Power Ballads. 1992
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Da Vinci - Great band, great guys.
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Ole Evenrud - Those happy & hairy days...
Tindrum - Here with MK2, frontman/singer/writer Dag Ingebrigtsen.
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It doesn't get much better than this. Period. An album that stunned me right on, from start to finish, way back when I bought it. And a release with quite a special history. For a start, it's a trio - the drummer Eric Valentine produced it (a project to sell his abilities as a future big time producer). The bass player Dan Arlie wrote all the songs. And the guitarist Jeff Tyson, don't do ONE solo on the songs on this album. Not the conventional way for sure. If you haven't heard it, it's not easy to describe. But it's not entirely wrong to say hair metal. But very wrong too. It's SO much more. It's huge, big, creative, adventurous, well arranged sound pastiches that often have a movie soundtrack feeling to it. Filled with awesome hooks, harmonies, and hard and often funky grooves. It's arranged & recorded as a trio to be able to play it live, although it's so much happening vocally & instrumentally that you never think 'it's a trio, and it made the band very busy in a live situation and not much spare moments for the show. It was recorded and produced in a garage studio they build them self while developing the entire product. And when the company wanted a known Led Zep producer to lift it further, they got it back with something like 'What do you want me to do with this? It's perfectly finished'. The tragic thing is that it didn't sell enough to get a release of their second & started album. I've heard it exist, how finished I don't know, but... I would gladly offer a spare body part to get my hands and ears on THAT! In fact, make that my christmas wish for the rest of my entire life! I won't even ask if there's anyone out there who got it. I don't believe in that amounts of luck. But I'll pray for a rerelease with as much bonus tracks as possible! Not very likely, though...
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T-Ride - T-Ride. 1992.
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And last...a BIG THANKS to mattias for supplying the links to 2 rare gems. Very cool and nice done. Really appreciated! Covers incl. in both.This australian female singers' album featuring an awesome bunch of interesting AOR names. Mick Ronson, Waddy Wachtel, Earl Slick, Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Steve Lukather, John Regan, and more. Enjoy it! And again, thanks to mattias.
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Lisa Bade - Suspicion. 1982
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have these already, or at least heard. Most of them. Can't say when my next blogging will appear, but I'll prepare a monsterblog for the Christmas to enjoy (I wrote this when I thought I had good time to get it done, well... I hadn't.). What's in it, even I don't know yet. If I manage to get my cassette
deck to play, it might even be a few really rare demos from earlier blogged artists, who knows. Wish you all rocking & happy pre-christmas days. A time of year where at least I more than often really need my escape into great & LOUD music, so CRANK IT UP, friends! See ya later.
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First out, a minor classic. Legendary Fergy Fredriksen (Trillion, Toto, LeRoux) & Ricky Philips (The Babys, Bad English, Angel!) awesome 1995 release, including co-pilots such as Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo, Bobby Blotzer, Tim Pierce, Pat Torpey, Robim MacAuley and more. Hell, even a great norwegian backing vocal on some tracks here, Aina Olsen! How 'bout that. Love it!
First out, a minor classic. Legendary Fergy Fredriksen (Trillion, Toto, LeRoux) & Ricky Philips (The Babys, Bad English, Angel!) awesome 1995 release, including co-pilots such as Neal Schon, Deen Castronovo, Bobby Blotzer, Tim Pierce, Pat Torpey, Robim MacAuley and more. Hell, even a great norwegian backing vocal on some tracks here, Aina Olsen! How 'bout that. Love it!
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.Frederiksen/Phillips. 1995.
Produced by Ricky Phillips.
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01 Shot Down (Ricky Phillips)
01 Shot Down (Ricky Phillips)
02 Oh Diane (Ricky Phillips)
03 How Much Longer (Phillips, Purdell, Frederiksen)
04 Name Of Love (Ricky Phillips)
05 You Must Be A Liar ('Cause You're Unbelieveable) (Phillips/Frederiksen)
06 Baby Blue (Phillips, Frederiksen, Punky Meadows!)
07 Captured (Phillips, Frederiksen, Giuffria!)
08 Queen Bee (Phillips, Nand)
09 Hopelessly Lost (Phillips, Gowdy)
10 Do You Love Her (Phillips, Frederiksen)
11 Long Way Around The World (Phillips, Frederiksen)
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.American Henry Lee Summer, another artist and release that are NOT far away from the album just blogged (Frederiksen/Phillips), this sounding quite Journey'ish too, great pop rock AOR tracks all over! I've never heard or seen his first 2 albums before this one, I actually believed for years this was his debut, but that was not correct. (Anyone out there got these!? They're on my wish list. The same are his Slamdunk, Live, Smoke and Mirrors albums!). This is a GREAT album, and I'll share his two next releases ('89 & '91) later.
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Musicians: Jimmy Rip, Anton Fig, Graham Maby, Mike Organ, Ed Roynesdal, Tony Aiello. His live band line-up at that moment, also consisted of Rick Benick & Mike Read (Roadmaster).
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Musicians: Jimmy Rip, Anton Fig, Graham Maby, Mike Organ, Ed Roynesdal, Tony Aiello. His live band line-up at that moment, also consisted of Rick Benick & Mike Read (Roadmaster).
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.Henry Lee Summer - St. 1988.
Produced by Michael Frondelli.
.01 I Wish I Had A Girl
02 Hands On The Radio
03 Darlin' Danielle Don't
04 I Know How You Feel
05 Just Another Day
06 Still Bein' Seventeen
07 Wing Tip Shoes
08 Lovin' Man
09 I'll Hurt For You
10 I Ain't Comin' Home
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Sweden next, a 'supergroup' including Kee Marcello (Europe, Easy Action), Tobbe Moen (OZ), Freddy Von Gerber (Voodoo X, Rat Bat Blue, Bam Bam Boys) and Thomas Persson (Alien). Rockin' & kinda pop'n'bluesy with an opener that makes me think of Van Halen's classic Ice Cream Man. Definately cool stuff. Enjoy it.
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.Red Fun - Red Fun. 1993.
Produced by Freddy Von Gerber.
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01 My Baby's Coming Back
01 My Baby's Coming Back
02 Dr Love
03 Could Have Been Love
04 Rock This Town
05 Midnight Stranger
06 My Babe
07 Bad Reputation
08 Don't Close Your Eyes
09 The Party
10 Red Hot n' Ready
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.More Solli stuff. Great singer. I know, the second and last Sons of Angels album have been blogged & shared on the net earlier, not a very hard album to find. But what's 'new' here, it's that this version have both bonus tracks.
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.Sons of Angels - Slumber With the Lions. 2001.
Produced by Torstein & Lars K.
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01. Burning Childhood
01. Burning Childhood
02. No Sorrow
03. Fire
04. Slumber With The Lion
05. Hopeless Kind
06. Lazy Stacey
07. Love You Too Much
08. Gimme Lovin'
09. Talk About Girls
10. Stranded
11. Hunger For Love
12. Baby Wanna Ride (European Bonus)
13. Wallflower's Heart (Japanese Bonus)
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/73583953/SonsofAngels-Slumber.rar
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If smooth, well played & produced commercial rock are your cup of tea, you better put the kettle on, then! A good album, and I won't name drop all the obvious and hidden influences here. If you're into this stuff, you'll find out. Some of the opening track simply screams Toto at ya. When I say smooth, it doesn't mean there's no rockers here, because there are both rockin' and funky stuff here. Well done. The members have previously done work with bands such as Brød & Cirkus (another awesome & rare pop rock AOR gem, with norwegian lyrics, I might blog that later), Diezel, Tin Drum, Embee Normann, Alarm (norwegian band), Justin Case, Rondo.
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http://rapidshare.com/files/73583953/SonsofAngels-Slumber.rar
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If smooth, well played & produced commercial rock are your cup of tea, you better put the kettle on, then! A good album, and I won't name drop all the obvious and hidden influences here. If you're into this stuff, you'll find out. Some of the opening track simply screams Toto at ya. When I say smooth, it doesn't mean there's no rockers here, because there are both rockin' and funky stuff here. Well done. The members have previously done work with bands such as Brød & Cirkus (another awesome & rare pop rock AOR gem, with norwegian lyrics, I might blog that later), Diezel, Tin Drum, Embee Normann, Alarm (norwegian band), Justin Case, Rondo.
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Frode Henriksen - Vocals
Jon Johannessen - Guitars
Tom Sennerud - Guitars, Vocals
Svenn Huneide - Bass
Guests:
Steinar Krokstad (Stage Dolls, Vagabond) - Drums
Dag Bårdstu (Charm, Harline (N), Storm (N), Torpedoes )- Hammond, Keyboards
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.Stoneflower - Crack a Little Smile. 2003.
Produced by Tom Sennerud.
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01 Rock My Nation
01 Rock My Nation
02 Songs Of Love
03 If U Say
04 Whenever
05 Only U
06 Sign On
07 A Little Bit Of Money
08 Stop The Thunder
09 Winter
10 Torn To Pieces
11 Rat Razor
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/73617460/Stoneflower-CrackaLittleSmile.rar
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Another collection of norwegian 'power ballads'. Guess most of you have heard most bands here, but there might be a few surprises too. Mostly the safe & known songs by the obvious artists.
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http://rapidshare.com/files/73617460/Stoneflower-CrackaLittleSmile.rar
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Another collection of norwegian 'power ballads'. Guess most of you have heard most bands here, but there might be a few surprises too. Mostly the safe & known songs by the obvious artists.
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.Norwegian Power Ballads. 1992
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01 Tindrum - (She'll Be) Dancin'
01 Tindrum - (She'll Be) Dancin'
02 TNT - End of the Line
03 Evenrude - Broken Heart
04 Da Vinci - Tarquinia
05 Stage Dolls - Waitin' For You
06 Aina - Believe In Me
07 Return - Can You Forgive Me
08 Lava - Heartache
09 Slyboy - Tell Me
10 Dream Police - When The Sun Goes Down
11 TNT - Without Your Love
12 Thowsen - Black Rain
13 Da Vinci - Call Me a Liar
14 Stage Dolls - Sorry (Is All I Can Say)
15 Tindrum - The Show Must Go On
. Da Vinci - Great band, great guys..
Ole Evenrud - Those happy & hairy days....
Slyboy - They had it all. The songs, the looks, the help, the album. But never happened. Just sad.
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Tindrum - Here with MK2, frontman/singer/writer Dag Ingebrigtsen..
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It doesn't get much better than this. Period. An album that stunned me right on, from start to finish, way back when I bought it. And a release with quite a special history. For a start, it's a trio - the drummer Eric Valentine produced it (a project to sell his abilities as a future big time producer). The bass player Dan Arlie wrote all the songs. And the guitarist Jeff Tyson, don't do ONE solo on the songs on this album. Not the conventional way for sure. If you haven't heard it, it's not easy to describe. But it's not entirely wrong to say hair metal. But very wrong too. It's SO much more. It's huge, big, creative, adventurous, well arranged sound pastiches that often have a movie soundtrack feeling to it. Filled with awesome hooks, harmonies, and hard and often funky grooves. It's arranged & recorded as a trio to be able to play it live, although it's so much happening vocally & instrumentally that you never think 'it's a trio, and it made the band very busy in a live situation and not much spare moments for the show. It was recorded and produced in a garage studio they build them self while developing the entire product. And when the company wanted a known Led Zep producer to lift it further, they got it back with something like 'What do you want me to do with this? It's perfectly finished'. The tragic thing is that it didn't sell enough to get a release of their second & started album. I've heard it exist, how finished I don't know, but... I would gladly offer a spare body part to get my hands and ears on THAT! In fact, make that my christmas wish for the rest of my entire life! I won't even ask if there's anyone out there who got it. I don't believe in that amounts of luck. But I'll pray for a rerelease with as much bonus tracks as possible! Not very likely, though...
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Dan Arlie - Vocals / Bass
Dan Arlie - Vocals / Bass
Jeff Tyson - Guitar
Eric Valentine - Drums
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.T-Ride - T-Ride. 1992.
Produced by Eric Valentine.
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01 Zombies from Hell
01 Zombies from Hell
02 Back Door Romeo
03 Ride
04 You and Your Friend
05 I Hunger
06 Luxury Cruiser
07 Hit Squad
08 Bad Girls and Angels
09 Bone Down
10 Fire It Up
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And last...a BIG THANKS to mattias for supplying the links to 2 rare gems. Very cool and nice done. Really appreciated! Covers incl. in both.This australian female singers' album featuring an awesome bunch of interesting AOR names. Mick Ronson, Waddy Wachtel, Earl Slick, Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Steve Lukather, John Regan, and more. Enjoy it! And again, thanks to mattias.
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.Lisa Bade - Suspicion. 1982
Produced by David Kershenbaum.
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01 No Way To Treat A Lady
01 No Way To Treat A Lady
02 Then Things Go Wrong
03 Jersey Girl
04 Pile Up On The Highway
05 Shakin’ All Over
06 Suspicion
07 Murder At Midnight
08 You’re The Weight
09 Losin’ Feelin’
10 Willow
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. Beau Hill (ex. Airborne, Shanghai, later big time producer) producing, composing & playing on this album by his girlfriend at that time, an album & production more or less in the style of Shanghai. Feat. both Anton Fig & Amanda Blue, from the mentioned Shanghai. Thanks again, mattias!
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Sandy Stewart - Cat Dancer
Sandy Stewart - Cat Dancer
Produced by Beau Hill and Gordon Perry
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01 Cat Dancer
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01 Cat Dancer
02 Get My Way
03 Think Of Me
04 Living End
05 Saddest Victory
06 Not Like The Others
07 I Pretend
08 Mind Over Matter
09 Leave It All Behind
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I don't know when these last 2 links expire, but if there's interest, I might upload them later myself, if needed. As mentioned, don't know when my next blog will be ready, but then it's back to vinyls, more AOR and nwobhm & more mausoleum. Stay tuned.
Now, a time to eat and drink and... well, eat more and drink some more. And then drink.
I don't know when these last 2 links expire, but if there's interest, I might upload them later myself, if needed. As mentioned, don't know when my next blog will be ready, but then it's back to vinyls, more AOR and nwobhm & more mausoleum. Stay tuned.
Now, a time to eat and drink and... well, eat more and drink some more. And then drink.
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Have a nice one, all! ROCK! :)))
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Black Christmas...
Another blog based on my own vinyl rippings. I'd say the quality are good all over. A couple of quality requests from another blogsite, some black metal from the past, a treat for the Quo fans, and a new 'topic' - Mausoleum Records... you remember those in numbers in the
bargain bins around. I got my hands on quite some of those releases, but since I didn't listen a lot to that stuff back then, I don't know a lot 'bout them. So, I'll leave it for you to browse for the info yourself. To get this post up'n running today, I have to do it easy on the info. So, grab whatever you want, and have a good time!
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Sound Barrier - Born To Rock. Mini Album 1984.
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BLACK SHEEP
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Black Sheep - Trouble In The Streets. 1985.
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Mr. Big - Mr. Big. 1977.
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Mr. Big - Photographic Smile. 1976.
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BOB YOUNG
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Bob Young - In Quo Country. 1986.
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As I said, not a part of my collection, and I don't know much 'bout these bands/releases. And I don't know if you people are interested in some more vintage Mausoleum stuff. You tell me...
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Steelover - Glove Me.
bargain bins around. I got my hands on quite some of those releases, but since I didn't listen a lot to that stuff back then, I don't know a lot 'bout them. So, I'll leave it for you to browse for the info yourself. To get this post up'n running today, I have to do it easy on the info. So, grab whatever you want, and have a good time!
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SOUND BARRIER
SOUND BARRIER
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A couple of 'black metal' bands that I've not seen on the net yet.
So, about time...
A couple of 'black metal' bands that I've not seen on the net yet.
So, about time...
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.Sound Barrier - Total Control. 1983.
Produced by Skip Drinkwater.
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01 - Other Side
01 - Other Side
02 - Total Control
03 - Rock Without The Roll
04 - Mayday
05 - Second Thoughts
06 - Nobody Cares
07 - Don't Put Me On Hold
08 - Hey U
09 - Rock On The Wild Side
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.Sound Barrier - Born To Rock. Mini Album 1984.
Produced by Sound Barrier and Karot Faye
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01 - Conquer The World
01 - Conquer The World
02 - Born To Be Wild
03 - Raging Heart
04 - Born To Rock
05 - Do Or Die
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. I really don't know, but judging from this picture from a info sheet inside the cover, they used quite some years developing their next move & music. But, what do I know... not much.
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BLACK SHEEP
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.Black Sheep - Trouble In The Streets. 1985.
Produced, arranged and sung by Willie Basse.
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01 - I Will Survive
01 - I Will Survive
02 - Stop In The Name Of Love
03 - Love Is Not Enough
04 - What Can I Do 4 You
05 - The Day Of The Kids
06 - Stick! (To My Guns)
07 - Love Warrior
08 - Eyes On Love
09- Trouble In The Street
10- Stop Spinning Your Wheels
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MR. BIG
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Earlier I've blogged their awesome debut album, 'Sweet Silence'. More info in the archives. Jeff Dicken, my all time vocal, writer & player hero. His few albums by Mr.Big & Broken Home are ALL among my best moments as a fan of good performed & played music. Anyway, here's a chance for you to hear it too, if you haven't already. They released 2 albums, and this 'Photographic Smile' album release contains more or less the half tracks from both albums. The good thing here is that my copy of 'Photographic Smile' are in a mint condition. Their second, 'Mr. Big', are not. But good sound anyway, with some bad scratches at the start of Side B that I couldn't get rid of in a few hours. 'Vampire'. I might try later, when having more spare time doin' this stuff. Awesome anyway, don't let that scare you to not have a listen... most people can't help but love it. Indeed true gems for the connoisseurs out there... :)
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.Mr. Big - Mr. Big. 1977.
All songs by Dicken. Produced by Val Garay.
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01 - Photographic Smile
01 - Photographic Smile
02 - Romeo
03 - What Color Is The Wind
04 - Louisiana Street
05 - Feel Like Calling Home
06 - Goodbye World
07 - Vampire
08 - Hold Me
09 - Can We Live Angel Of My Life
10 - Easy
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.Mr. Big - Photographic Smile. 1976.
Produced by Val Garay and John Punter.
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01 - Photographic Smile
01 - Photographic Smile
02 - Wonderful Creation
03 - Louisiana Street
04 - What Color Is The Wind
05 - I Ain't Been A Man
06 - Sweet Silence
07 - Zambia
08 - Feel Like Calling Home
09 - Romeo
10 - Can We Live Angel Of My Life
11 - Easy
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BOB YOUNG
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Most good old boogie Quo classics, are the work of Rossi/Young or Parfitt/Young. Here's his versions of some of their collaboration tracks through the years. Not very rockin', but fun stuff to have if you're a fan of those brits. I'm a big fan of their classic rocking stuff.
Most good old boogie Quo classics, are the work of Rossi/Young or Parfitt/Young. Here's his versions of some of their collaboration tracks through the years. Not very rockin', but fun stuff to have if you're a fan of those brits. I'm a big fan of their classic rocking stuff.
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Vocals/harmonica: Bob Young
Guitars: Micky Moody, Albert Lee, Billy Bremner
Bass Guitars: John McKenzie, Mo Foster
Drums: Terry Stannard
Pedal Steel Guitars: B. J. Cole, Pete Wiltshire
Keyboards: Gavin Povey, Graham Preskett
Violin: Graham Preskett
Horns: The Pete Thoms Horns
Percussion: Frank Ricotti, Gus Campbell, Bill Glancy
Backing Vocals: Young and Moody, Kin Goody, Richard Parfitt, Ed Hamilton and Fastbuck
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. Bob Young - In Quo Country. 1986.
Produced by Micky Moody and Stuart Taylor.
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01 - Down, Down
01 - Down, Down
02 - Can't Give You More
03 - Claudie
04 - Caroline
05 - Mean Girl
06 - Shady Lady
07 - I Saw The Light
08 - Nightride
09 - Living On An Island
10 - Dirty Water
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.As I said, not a part of my collection, and I don't know much 'bout these bands/releases. And I don't know if you people are interested in some more vintage Mausoleum stuff. You tell me...
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STEELOVER
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.Steelover - Glove Me.
Mausoleum Records 1984.
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01 Forever
02 Give It Up
03 Rock Bottle
04 Hold Tight
05 Need The Heat
06 Struck Down
07 I've Got...
08 Oh Baby
09 Hey Tonight
10 Never Before
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.If you happen to appreciate some of this stuff, please say so. Leave a comment. It's of big importance with some feedbacks doing this stuff, y'know.
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More later. Rock on!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Some new waves...
Hi again, ppl! Not beeing able to blog as often as I once did. It doesn't mean I'm not blogging at all. Just takes a bit more time between the updates here. I appreciate all your comments, and I'm
looking forward to even more of those. Hopefully. A more or less clean vinyl rip blog this time, and I hope you appreciate it. It takes quite some time to rip, clean-up, tag & name them correctly, and add pix & some info. More later, but here is the load of today:
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looking forward to even more of those. Hopefully. A more or less clean vinyl rip blog this time, and I hope you appreciate it. It takes quite some time to rip, clean-up, tag & name them correctly, and add pix & some info. More later, but here is the load of today:
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NWOBHM Compilations
NWOBHM Compilations
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A small treat for you NWOBHM'ers out there. Some great stuff, some not so great stuff, but available here for you now. Trying to get a good sounding rip of some of these, ain't easy, due to the poor quality of some of the productions. Anyway, it's NWOHBM history. Google'em for more info if you want. Kerr-arrghh!
A small treat for you NWOBHM'ers out there. Some great stuff, some not so great stuff, but available here for you now. Trying to get a good sounding rip of some of these, ain't easy, due to the poor quality of some of the productions. Anyway, it's NWOHBM history. Google'em for more info if you want. Kerr-arrghh!
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.New Electric Warriors. 1980.
Own vinyl rip.
A budget priced heavy metal compilation released by Logo records
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01 Turbo - Running
01 Turbo - Running
02 Buffalo - Battle Torn Heroes
03 Streetfighter - She's No Angel
04 Stromtrooper - Grind'N'Heat
05 Tarot - Feel The Power
06 Bastille - Hard Man
07 Oxym - Hot Rain
08 Dawnwatcher - Firing On All Eight
09 Vardis - If I Were King
10 Silverwing - Rock & Roll Are Four Letter Words
11 Rhabstallion - Chain Reaction
12 Colossus - Holding Back Your Love
13 Jedediah Strut - Workin' Nights
14 Warrior - Still On The Outside
15 Kosh - The Hit
16 Race Against Time - Bedtime
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.Brute Force. 1980.
MCA Records.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 Diamond Head - It's Electric
01 Diamond Head - It's Electric
02 Fist - Brain Damage:
03 Raven - Let It Rip
04 Prowler - Gotta Get Back To You
05 Sledgehammer - Fantasia
06 Colin Towns - Breakdown
07 Mick Underwood - Earthquake At The Savoy
08 White Spirit - Back To The Grind
09 Quartz - Can't Say No To You
10 Xero - Hold On
11 Cryer - Day To Day
12 May West - Black Queen
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Metal Explosion. 1980.
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The Best of British (a Rock Collection). 1985.
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Rage - Out Of Control. 1981.
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Juice Newton - Can't Wait All Night. 1984.
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.Metal Explosion. 1980.
BBC Records.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 Samson - Take It Like A Man
01 Samson - Take It Like A Man
02 Praying Mantis - Johnny Cool
03 Trespass - Visionary
04 Taurus - Paper Chaser
05 More - Soldier
06 Money - Leo The Jester
07 Gillan - If You Believe Me
08 Angel Witch - Extermination Day
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.The Best of British (a Rock Collection). 1985.
Zebra Records.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 Persian Risk - Too Different
01 Persian Risk - Too Different
02 Marseille - Walking On A High Wire
03 Stratus - Top Of The Mountain
04 Warfare - Burn The Kings Road
05 Jaguar - (Nights Of) Long Shadows
06 Emerson - Maybe Someday
07 Dianno - Antigua
08 Limelight - White Fire
09 Savage - We Got The Edge
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RAGE
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Some requests for this one. Sadly the original vinyl ain't in my collection any more. Sold & gave away too many. But I have this old rip lying around, and I've cleaned it up a lot. Removed some
hiss & clicks, and it's a much better one now. Great album. Try it.
hiss & clicks, and it's a much better one now. Great album. Try it.
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David Lloyd - Vocals
David Lloyd - Vocals
Mick Devenport - Guitars
Terry Steers - Guitars (Tawntaw)
Keith Mulholland - Bass (Demon)
John Mylett- Drums (R.I.P) (Nightwing (UK)
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.Rage - Out Of Control. 1981.
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1. Out Of Control
1. Out Of Control
2. What Have I Done Wrong
3. She's On Fire
4. Roll The Dice
5. Fallen Idol
6. Money
7. I Didn't Want To Leave
8. Rage
9. Thank That Woman
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JUICE NEWTON
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JUICE NEWTON
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As promised earlier, Juice Newtons' most and only rockin' album. With writing by Van Stephenson, Adams/Wallace & Kelly/Steinberg. And Dan Huff on guitar, among others. Overseeing the terrible
Let's Dance, it's a good album. Even a good version of the I-Ten track 'Easy Way Out' here.
Let's Dance, it's a good album. Even a good version of the I-Ten track 'Easy Way Out' here.
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Vocals - Juice Newton
Vocals - Juice Newton
Drums - Mike Baird
Bass - Dennis Belfield
Guitars - George Doering, Dan Huff, Fred Tackett, Kevin Dukes
Keyboards - Alan Pasqua, George Doering, Reed Nielsen, Richard Gibbs, Jim Lang
Sax - Joel Peskin
Percussion - Otha Young, Richard Landis
Backgrounds vocals - Tom Kelly, Tom Funderburk, Bill Champlin, Andrew Gold, Kenny Edwards, Greg Prestopino, Gary Durrett, Maxine Anderson, Linda McCrary, Lisa Roberts, Howard Smith, Phyllis St. James, Jon Joyce
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Produced by Richard Landis
Produced by Richard Landis
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.Juice Newton - Can't Wait All Night. 1984.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 A Little Love
01 A Little Love
(Todd Sharp, Danny Douma, Richard Feldman)
02 (You Don't Hear) The One That Gets You
(Van Stephenson, Jan Buckingham)
03 Can't Wait All Night
(Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance)
04 Restless Heart
(Van Stephenson, Tim DuBois, Dave Robbins)
05 Easy Way Out
(Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg)
06 Let's Dance
(Jim Lee)
07 He's Gone
(Reed Nielsen)
08 You Don't Know Me
(Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold)
09 Eye Of A Hurricane
(Otha Young, Reed Nielsen)
10 Waiting For The Sun
(Otha Young, Tim James)
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RETURN
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Some might miss this release in their collection. Their live from year 2000. Tracklist in files and pic seen here.
Some might miss this release in their collection. Their live from year 2000. Tracklist in files and pic seen here.
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That's all for now. More vinyls later, more canadian rock, more AOR, more rare stuff. Keep the comments coming. Rock on!
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Monsterbloggin'...
Hi again. Been some time since my last blog. So it's about time for some more goodies. I think there's something here for most of you frequently visiting this site. Some more scandinavian stuff, some rock'n'roll, some NWOBHM, some punk and even some Country! Have fun. And don't forget to comment. That's the fuel for more to come.
While the majority of TNT played in the Vagabond project, they also made this great live in the studio album. First a Japan release only, then later released in Norway. Great live band too! Seen them live with different singers, the original Børge Pedersen, Jorn Lande, Bjorn Boge (Streel Legal). Years later, I saw Bad Habitz with guest Brian Robertson, and it was AWESOME! Enjoy it.
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Ronni Le Tekro - Right Guitars, Vocals
Jimmy Iversen - Left Guitars, Vocals
Børge Pedersen - Lead Vocals
Willy Bendiksen - Drums
Morty Black - Bass, Vocals
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Guest - Dag Stokke, Keyboards
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Recorded live at Studio Studio, Norway
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SUE SAAD
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Sue Saad and the Next - ST. 1980.
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SLYBOY
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Slyboy - Brownbaggin' In Funkyland.
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MVP - The Best of MVP '94.
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Master Volume Projekt - The Best of MVP '94.
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Tarot - To Live Again. 1994.
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NASTY IDOLS
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Nasty Idols - Cruel Intention. 1991.
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WITHOUT WARNING
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Without Warning - Believe. 1995.
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Tuff Darts - Tuff Darts. 1978.
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That's all for now. A monster. Hope you'll find anything here. And as always, if you do, remember to leave a comment. That don't take a lot of time. But it adds fun to doing this stuff. Good night, have fun, rock on.
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BAD HABITZ
.BAD HABITZ
While the majority of TNT played in the Vagabond project, they also made this great live in the studio album. First a Japan release only, then later released in Norway. Great live band too! Seen them live with different singers, the original Børge Pedersen, Jorn Lande, Bjorn Boge (Streel Legal). Years later, I saw Bad Habitz with guest Brian Robertson, and it was AWESOME! Enjoy it.
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Ronni Le Tekro - Right Guitars, Vocals
Jimmy Iversen - Left Guitars, Vocals
Børge Pedersen - Lead Vocals
Willy Bendiksen - Drums
Morty Black - Bass, Vocals
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Guest - Dag Stokke, Keyboards
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Recorded live at Studio Studio, Norway
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.Bad Habitz - Dedicated to Phil Lynott. 1993 & 1996.
Produced by Le Tekro, Morty Black & Dag Stokke
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1. The Boys Are Back In Town / Do Anything You Want To (Medley)
1. The Boys Are Back In Town / Do Anything You Want To (Medley)
2. Waiting For An Alibi
3. Jailbreak
4. Are You Ready
5. Bad Reputation
6. Don't Believe A Word / Chinatown / Suicide (Medley)
7. Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)
8. Emerald
9. Rosalie / Cowboy Song (Medley)
10. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
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SUE SAAD
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Sue Saad - Vocals
James Lance - Drums & Vocals
Tony Riparetti - Guitar & Vocals
Bill Anstatt - Guitar
Bobby Manzer - Bass
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Bought this back then, nothing I ever had heart of, the cover made me curious, I liked the colors, and by those days standard, they looked like they rocked. Classic Power Pop. A bit new wave'ish, pop rock with some GREAT songs! The original of the wonderful 'Prisoner'. Also great on Uriah Heep's album Abominog. Love it.This album was hard to get on the net for quite some years. I know it's possible to find it now, on WinMX as separate tracks, and blogged. Anyway, I just made this rip from my old vinyl. I think it's a good one. If you haven't heard this album, here's your chance. Recommended.
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Bought this back then, nothing I ever had heart of, the cover made me curious, I liked the colors, and by those days standard, they looked like they rocked. Classic Power Pop. A bit new wave'ish, pop rock with some GREAT songs! The original of the wonderful 'Prisoner'. Also great on Uriah Heep's album Abominog. Love it.This album was hard to get on the net for quite some years. I know it's possible to find it now, on WinMX as separate tracks, and blogged. Anyway, I just made this rip from my old vinyl. I think it's a good one. If you haven't heard this album, here's your chance. Recommended.
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.Sue Saad and the Next - ST. 1980.
Produced by Richard Perry and James Lance
Own vinyl rip
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01 Gimme Love / Gimme Pain
01 Gimme Love / Gimme Pain
02 It's Gotcha
03 Prisoner
04 Young Girl
05 I I Me Me
06 Your Lips-Hands-Kiss-Love
07 I Want Him
08 Cold Night Rain
09 Won't Give It Up
10 Danger Love
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.SLYBOY
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A well produced happy rocking funky glam pop rock outfit's only album, and that's a sad fact, several great tracks here! Sometimes a bit Dan Reed Network & sometimes some Electric Boys (not quite up there, but..). A real good live band too! Enjoy it!
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Luffen Valle - Vocal
Luffen Valle - Vocal
Ziggy Holm - Guitar
Tom Meland - Drums
Bobby B. Lund - Bass
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Keyboards - Ketil Bjerkestrand, Bård Svendsen
Keyboards - Ketil Bjerkestrand, Bård Svendsen
Add. programming - Paul West & Dag Stokke (TNT)
Harmony Vocals - Johnny Nordset, Luffen, Ziggy & Bobby
Digitally recorded in Nidaros Studios Trondheim, Norway by Rune Nordal, except * Recorded at Studio Nova, Spydeberg, by Robert Opsahl Engen
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Digitally recorded in Nidaros Studios Trondheim, Norway by Rune Nordal, except * Recorded at Studio Nova, Spydeberg, by Robert Opsahl Engen
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.Slyboy - Brownbaggin' In Funkyland.
Produced by Rune Nordal & Slyboy.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 My Girlfriend's Out
01 My Girlfriend's Out
02 Call Me Up
03 Get Up
04 Tell Me
05 Sweet Lies
06 Sunshine Radio
07 Runaway Train *
08 Young & Restless
09 Lovetrap
10 Lovers Do *
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.MVP - The Best of MVP '94.
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Another Zero collection from Japan.
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.Master Volume Projekt - The Best of MVP '94.
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01 - Baltimoore - Full Speed Ahead
02 - 1st Avenue - Help Me Out
03 - Masquerade - State Of Grace
04 - Fates Warning - Shelter Me
05 - Savatage - Chance
06 - Talisman - Humananimal
07 - Fortune - Trail Blazer
08 - Jackal - Up The Aisle
09 - Sleeze Beez - Tell It To The Judge
10 - Raven - Victim
11 - Steven Anderson - The Child Within
12 - Zero - No Time For Lyin'
13 - Siam - The Search
14 - Glenn Hughes - Stormbringer
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TAROT
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The fourth album by these earier blogged metal act from Finland. A bit more info in the archives.
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.Tarot - To Live Again. 1994.
Produced by Tarot.
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1. Children Of The Grave
1. Children Of The Grave
2. Live Hard, Die Hard
3. Iron Stars
4. No Return
5. Tears Of Steel
6. Breathing Fire
7. Midwinter Nights
8. Wings Of Darkness
9. Rose On The Grave
10. Things That Crawl At Night
11. Dancing On The Wire
12. Lady Deceiver
13. The Colour Of Your Blood
14. The Chosen
15. Kill The King
16. Do You Wanna Live Forever
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.NASTY IDOLS
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Malmö, Sweden. Punk turned to sleazy rockin' glam. Their second album of 3.
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Malmö, Sweden. Punk turned to sleazy rockin' glam. Their second album of 3.
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.Nasty Idols - Cruel Intention. 1991.
Produced by Berno Paulsson & Andy Pierce.
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1. Way Ya Walk
2. Cool Way Of Living
3. American Nights
4. Don't Tear It Down
5. Alive n' Kickin'
6. House Of Rock n' Roll
7. B.I.T.C.H.
8. Can't Get Ya Off My Mind
9. Devil In Disguize
10. Westcoast City Rockers
11. Trashed And Dirty
12. Can't Get Ya Off My Mind (2)
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.WITHOUT WARNING
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The legendary Eddie Kramer produced their first album. This is not it, but their second of 3 albums. Progressive USA Metal.
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.Without Warning - Believe. 1995.
Pruduced by Alex Perialas
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1. Deepest Dreams
1. Deepest Dreams
2. What
3. In My Name
4. In My Name
5. Who Can You Blame
6. Believe In Me
7. Envisioned
8. Eye On The World
9. Evil Needs
10. Believe
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TUFF DARTS
TUFF DARTS
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A kind of Sleazy powerpop rock with a punky approach, some great fun lyrics and tracks here! I've always liked this album a lot! I'm glad I finally got it ripped. Find more info on the band here
http://www.tuffjeffsalen.com/about_tuffdarts.html
A kind of Sleazy powerpop rock with a punky approach, some great fun lyrics and tracks here! I've always liked this album a lot! I'm glad I finally got it ripped. Find more info on the band here
http://www.tuffjeffsalen.com/about_tuffdarts.html
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trouserpress.com:
trouserpress.com:
'New York's Tuff Darts will probably be best remembered (if at all) as a résumé item for Robert Gordon, who was the glam-punk band's original singer in 1976. Although he did record as a Dart on the Live at CBGB's compilation, Gordon was long gone by the time the band made an album of its own two years later. (The band was on hold for part of that time while guitarist/leader
Jeff Salen played with Sparks.) The Darts — a junior-league rock band with a penchant for angster clothes — had a total of two good songs, both of which are included on the LP. Otherwise, the record ranges from simply bad to truly wretched, as on the moronic "(Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste.'
Jeff Salen played with Sparks.) The Darts — a junior-league rock band with a penchant for angster clothes — had a total of two good songs, both of which are included on the LP. Otherwise, the record ranges from simply bad to truly wretched, as on the moronic "(Your Love Is Like) Nuclear Waste.'
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'A total of two good songs'!? I wouldn't bet on that. Great album full of classic rockers with touches of New York Dolls, Good Rats, Rolling Stones, just a lot more fun!
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'A total of two good songs'!? I wouldn't bet on that. Great album full of classic rockers with touches of New York Dolls, Good Rats, Rolling Stones, just a lot more fun!
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.Tuff Darts - Tuff Darts. 1978.
Produced by Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn and Bob Clearmountain.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 Rats
02 Who's Been Sleeping Here?
03 Here Comes Trouble
04 She's Dead
05 Phone Booth Man (P.B.M.)
06 Nuclear Waste, (Your Love Is Like)
07 My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms
08 Love And Trouble
09 Head Over Heels
10 Slash
11 Fun City
12 All For The Love Of Rock N' Roll
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/62332358/TuffDarts-TuffDarts.rar
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RESTLESS HEART
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Restless Heart - Restless Heart. 1985.
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Juice Newton. Single, 1984.
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TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
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Toad The Wet Sprocket. Single, 1980.
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BLAZER BLAZER
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Blazer Blazer - Cecil B. Devine. Single, 1979.
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SPLIT KNEE LOONS
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The Split Knee Loons - Special Collectors E.P. 1981.
http://rapidshare.com/files/62332358/TuffDarts-TuffDarts.rar
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.RESTLESS HEART
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I know, I know, this is Country!! I'm not a big lover of Country myself, if it's not treated by artists as Jason & the Scorcers, the Beatfarmers or Del Lords, but really, there's some great songs on this good production! And some of the best one's are written by the hugely talented Van Stephenson (R.I.P.). I love the opener 'Let The Heartache Ride'. If you haven't heard this, and you like Van Stephenson, The Eagles or REO Speedwagon. Have a try! Rockin' Country Rock with tearjerkin' ballads.
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Larry Stewart - Lead Vocals & Keyboard
Larry Stewart - Lead Vocals & Keyboard
Greg Jennings - Guitar & Vocals
Paul Gregg - Bass Guitar & Vocals
John Dittrich - Drums & Vocals
David Innis - Keyboards & Vocals
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Add. musicians: Michael Rhodes, Dennis Holt & Verlon Thompson
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Add. musicians: Michael Rhodes, Dennis Holt & Verlon Thompson
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.Restless Heart - Restless Heart. 1985.
Produced by Tim DuBois, Scott Hendricks & Restless Heart.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 Let The Heartache Ride (Tim DuBois, Dave Robbinson, Van Stephenson)
01 Let The Heartache Ride (Tim DuBois, Dave Robbinson, Van Stephenson)
02 I Want Everyone To Cry (Wood Newton, Michael Noble)
03 (Back to the) Heartbreak Kid (Tim DuBois, Van Stephenson)
04 Restless Heart (Tim DuBois, Van Stephenson, Dave Robbins)
05 She's Coming Home (Randy Sharp, Donny Lowery)
06 Til I Loved You (Van Stephenson, Jeff Silbar, Dave Robbins)
07 Shakin' The Night Away (Gary Burr)
08 She Danced Her Way (Into My Heart) (Van Stephenson, Jeff Silbar, Sam Lorber)
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Hell, I'll even throw in a few singles this time too...
JUICE NEWTON
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Van Stephensons' (R.I.P.) involvement on the Restless Heart album made me think of another artist who did benefit of his great work. ere's Juice Newtons Bryan Adams/Van Stephenson penned single from 1984, from her most rockin' album 'Can't Wait All Night'. I might blog the full album later, if wanted. Fans of female fronted AOR pop will love this. GREAT single! The B-side, are also the title track on the album by Restless Heart, blogged today too.
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.Juice Newton. Single, 1984.
Produced by Richard Landis.
Own vinyl rip.
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1 Can't Wait All Night (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Eric Kagna)
1 Can't Wait All Night (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Eric Kagna)
02 Restless Heart (Van Stephenson, Tim DuBois, Dave Robbins)
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.TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
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The mystery band from the first Metal For Muthas album. Never sounded very Heavy Metal to me, and a mystery why they appeared on that album, but I always loved that track, 'Blues in A'. Here's a single they released, and it's sounding way more trad NWOBHM, not very unlike Quartz, Dedringer etc.
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.Toad The Wet Sprocket. Single, 1980.
Own vinyl rip.
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01 Reaching For The Sky
01 Reaching For The Sky
02 One Glass Of Whisky
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.BLAZER BLAZER
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Found & bought this 7" back then. Looked interesting, and the fact that it had 'Produced by Tom Allom' on the sleeve, just shouted Buy me!. Always loved this track! I don't know the story here, and I don't know what hapened, but the album never came. Waited for a long time for more from this very promising band. Anyone with more info?
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.Blazer Blazer - Cecil B. Devine. Single, 1979.
Produced by Tom Allom.
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1 Cecil B. Devine (Play Loud)
1 Cecil B. Devine (Play Loud)
02 Warsaw (Play Louder)
03 Six O'Clock In The Morning
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.SPLIT KNEE LOONS
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A weird one. Really. I didn't split these files into seperate tracks, only as 'Side A' & 'Side B'. And I'll leave it to you to find out who's participating in this stunt. I hope you can read the scanning of the back side. Maybe not a single to play often or even appreciate. But if you're into older Gillan & Samson stuff, you might find some fun here. I'm sure the musicians did. May I guess a LOT of alcohol was consumed?
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.The Split Knee Loons - Special Collectors E.P. 1981.
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Side A:
Side A:
01 Mr & Mrs Get Down T'foot of our Stairs
02 Ranaway / (She was a real) Egg Timer
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Side B:
03 Saluteto the Vikings
04 Let's dance in Dub / M.I.T.P.F.A.T. (Mutually Insured Third Party, Fire and Theft)
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Link:
.That's all for now. A monster. Hope you'll find anything here. And as always, if you do, remember to leave a comment. That don't take a lot of time. But it adds fun to doing this stuff. Good night, have fun, rock on.
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
What can I say... a new blog.
Hi again. A mixed blog today. Starting with a couple of vinyls, two promised ones, and more of the rare japanese releases of both scandinavian and other acts. My guess is that no one already got ALL these albums. Am I right? Anyway, hope you like it. And once again; If you do happen to appreciate something here, please tell me. Leave a comment. That's the fuel doin' this blog stuff. Nearly 500 download's and 6 comments in the last post, frankly ain't that impressive. More later, when I find the time.
RANDY BISHOP
An often used songwriter & musician. Here's his solo album from 1985. Including some interesting names. And good songs. Not very hard rockin', but if you're into the Danny Spanos stuff, the softer side of rock with good songs, you'll like this one.
Randy Bishop - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Earl Slick - Guitar
Gerrard Mule - Guitar
Frankie Banali - Drums
Jim Johnson - Bass
Phil Kenzie - Saxophone
Pat Regan - Synthesizers
Spencer Proffer, the producer, a name from several album covers in your collection. I won't even try to tell which ones, but if you're interested, read more about his bio here:
http://www.morlingmanor.com/pasha/mixmag.html
and an old interview here:
http://www.morlingmanor.com/pasha/rep.html
Randy Bishop - Underdog. 1985.
Vinyl rip.
Produced by Spencer Proffer
Engineered by Duane Baron
01 - Underdog
02 - Two Hearts On The Loose
03 - If I Was A Fool
04 - Take The Love And Run
05 - Calm Becomes The Storm
06 - Two Shades Of Blue
07 - Dangerous
08 - Infatuation
09 - Desiree
10 - Kissed By The Wind
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/59029223/RandyBishop-Underdog.rar
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As promised way back, my third album by No Dice. Vinyl rip. I love this band. Great songs. Great performance, great classic old skool hard rock. Exactly what's the case here, I don't know, but this album share half the tracks of one of their other releases. Great anyway.
Roger Ferris - Singer
Dave Martin - Guitar
Gary Strange - Bass
Chris Wyles - Drums
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No Dice - No Dice. 1977.
Vinyl rip.
Produced by *Steve Smith, **Robert Wace & Phill Brown, ***Steve Smith & Robert Wace
01 - Why Sugar*
02 - Happy In The Skoolyard*
03 - You Can't Help Yourself*
04 - People That Make The Music***
05 - Fooling**
06 - So Why I*
07 - Murder In The Rain*
08 - Silly Girl**
09 - Counting On A Good Sign*
10 - Down And Dry**
11 - Shadows*
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/59034428/NoDice-NoDice1977.rar
FORTUNE
More from the swedish melodic rockers. Their first album recently blogged here, and here's their second. You might like this.
Benny Söderberg - Sings
Fortune - Calling Spirits. 1994.
1. Calling Spirits
Some sleaze for ya, from Malmö, Sweden. Former punk outfit turned hairy & sleazy, and might
be your cup of tea. Not bad.
Andy Pierce - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
Nasty Idols - Vicious. 1993.
1. Heads Down (Tinseltown)
JOHN WEST
John West - All Vocals, Lead Guitar on 'Hands In The Fire'
John West's - Mind Journey. 1997.
1. Eastern Horizon
MASTER VOLUME PROJECT
MVP - Compilation Series Vol. 1. 1993.
01 - Masquerade - Gimme All Your Love
Talkin' bout a rare one. A hard to get shining pearl here. I guess the norwegian pop rock duo brought in Mick Ronson to benefit from his involvement and success with Dalbello. This album might be described as close to Dalbello, but also a bit Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, good pop rock songs. Mr. Ronson didn't just produce, but are highly involved on most tracks here, on guitar, organ, backing vocals, synth, even tambourine. Definately one for the fans of his work, and the collectors. Enjoy!
Kjersti Bergesen - Vocal & Backing Vocals
All songs by Kåre Kalvenes, all lyrics by Kjersti Bergesen.
Musicians:
Secret Mission - Strange Afternoon. 1991.
01 - Strange Afternoon
ÖIEN
Trond Ôien - Lead Vocals, Electric & acoustic Guitars, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Produced & Mixed by Hallgeir RustanProgramming by Ronni WikmarkRecorded & mixed at Stargate StudiosAdditional recordings, Nidaros StudioMastered at Polar Studios, Sweden
Öien - Better Than The Real Thing. 1997.
01 - Better Than The Real Thing
That's all for now. Hope you find anything of interest. Once again: IF you do, please leave a comment. Without any comments, there's no need spending lots of time blogging rare stuff.
RANDY BISHOP
An often used songwriter & musician. Here's his solo album from 1985. Including some interesting names. And good songs. Not very hard rockin', but if you're into the Danny Spanos stuff, the softer side of rock with good songs, you'll like this one.
Randy Bishop - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Earl Slick - Guitar
Gerrard Mule - Guitar
Frankie Banali - Drums
Jim Johnson - Bass
Phil Kenzie - Saxophone
Pat Regan - Synthesizers
Spencer Proffer, the producer, a name from several album covers in your collection. I won't even try to tell which ones, but if you're interested, read more about his bio here:
http://www.morlingmanor.com/pasha/mixmag.html
and an old interview here:
http://www.morlingmanor.com/pasha/rep.html
Randy Bishop - Underdog. 1985.
Vinyl rip.
Produced by Spencer Proffer
Engineered by Duane Baron
01 - Underdog
02 - Two Hearts On The Loose
03 - If I Was A Fool
04 - Take The Love And Run
05 - Calm Becomes The Storm
06 - Two Shades Of Blue
07 - Dangerous
08 - Infatuation
09 - Desiree
10 - Kissed By The Wind
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/59029223/RandyBishop-Underdog.rar
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NO DICE
.As promised way back, my third album by No Dice. Vinyl rip. I love this band. Great songs. Great performance, great classic old skool hard rock. Exactly what's the case here, I don't know, but this album share half the tracks of one of their other releases. Great anyway.
Roger Ferris - Singer
Dave Martin - Guitar
Gary Strange - Bass
Chris Wyles - Drums
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No Dice - No Dice. 1977.
Vinyl rip.
Produced by *Steve Smith, **Robert Wace & Phill Brown, ***Steve Smith & Robert Wace
01 - Why Sugar*
02 - Happy In The Skoolyard*
03 - You Can't Help Yourself*
04 - People That Make The Music***
05 - Fooling**
06 - So Why I*
07 - Murder In The Rain*
08 - Silly Girl**
09 - Counting On A Good Sign*
10 - Down And Dry**
11 - Shadows*
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/59034428/NoDice-NoDice1977.rar
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Those Jap..inavians... part 3
FORTUNE
More from the swedish melodic rockers. Their first album recently blogged here, and here's their second. You might like this.
Benny Söderberg - Sings
Henrik Bergqvist - Guitars
Janne Lund - Bass
Sebastian Sippola - Drums
Backing vocals - Benny Söderberg, Göran Edman and 'The Fortune Cookies'
Backing vocals - Benny Söderberg, Göran Edman and 'The Fortune Cookies'
Keyboards - Bruce Gowdy, Benny Söderberg, Janne Lund
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Fortune - Calling Spirits. 1994.
Produced by Bruce Gowdy
1. Calling Spirits
2. Preacher Man
3. Freedom
4. Be My Lover
5. Not For An Answer
6. Stay
7. Desperado
8. Shakespeare's Nightmare
9. Trail Blazer
10. Shoot!
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NASTY IDOLS
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NASTY IDOLS
Some sleaze for ya, from Malmö, Sweden. Former punk outfit turned hairy & sleazy, and might
be your cup of tea. Not bad.
Andy Pierce - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals
Dick Qwarfort - Bassguitar, Backing Vocals
Peter Espinoza - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Stanley - Drums, Backing Vocals
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Nasty Idols - Vicious. 1993.
Produced by Berno Paulson and Andy Pierce
1. Heads Down (Tinseltown)
2. Hellhouse
3. Dance Of The Wicked
4. Ain't Got Nothin'
5. R.I.P.
6. Pretty Cut Wild
7. Blackshot
8. No Time
9. Killing Stuff
10. Do Ya' Want Another
11. Hellout Shakeout
12. Electric Wonderland
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Link:
JOHN WEST
From the hometown of the more known Ronnie James Dio, here's John West's (Badlands, Artension, Michael Lee Firkins Band, Royal Hunt) debut album, released on Shrapnel Records and produced by Mike Varney. And with help from members of Mogg/Way, Rage and Savatage.
Might be something for some of you.
Might be something for some of you.
John West - All Vocals, Lead Guitar on 'Hands In The Fire'
George Bellas - Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars
Barry Sparks - 6 strings Bass
Mike Terrana - Drums & Percussion
Matt Guillory - Keyboards
Special guests:
Lonnie Park - Keyboards, Hammond B3, All backing vocals on 'Hands In The Fire'
James Murphy - Final Guitar Solo on 'Lady Ice'
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John West's - Mind Journey. 1997.
Produced by Mike Varney & John West.
1. Eastern Horizon
2. Lady Ice
3. Fair Trade
4. One Way
5. Mind Journey
6. The Castle Is Haunted
7. Veil Of The Blind
8. Dragon's Eye
9. Hands In The Fire
10. Lost In Time
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Link:
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MASTER VOLUME PROJECT
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A compilation cd, with some of the bands recently blogged here, and others on the same
labels. Got more of these, if anyone's interested.
labels. Got more of these, if anyone's interested.
MVP - Compilation Series Vol. 1. 1993.
01 - Masquerade - Gimme All Your Love
02 - Yeah Bop Station - Blue Moon
03 - Baltimore - My Kind Of Woman
04 - Sheer Greed - Hollywood Tease
05 - John Hahn - Deadly Spell
06 - Renegade - Hold Back The Night
07 - Talisman - Brake Your Chains
08 - Talisman - Comin' Home
09 - Jackal - Vague Visions
10 - China Rain - Last Forever
11 - Fortune - Renegade
12 - Reactor - MTI's
13 - Nasty Idols - Head's Down (In Tinseltown)
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Link:
SECRET MISSION
Talkin' bout a rare one. A hard to get shining pearl here. I guess the norwegian pop rock duo brought in Mick Ronson to benefit from his involvement and success with Dalbello. This album might be described as close to Dalbello, but also a bit Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, good pop rock songs. Mr. Ronson didn't just produce, but are highly involved on most tracks here, on guitar, organ, backing vocals, synth, even tambourine. Definately one for the fans of his work, and the collectors. Enjoy!
Kjersti Bergesen - Vocal & Backing Vocals
Kåre Kalvenes - Synth, Percussion, Bass, Guitar
All songs by Kåre Kalvenes, all lyrics by Kjersti Bergesen.
('Call Out Her Name' Music by Kalvenes/Ronson)
Musicians:
Drums - Ole Hamre, Stein Inge Brækhus
Guitar - Mick Ronson, Kato Ådland, Svein Hovland
Bass - Kjetil Torgersen, Frank Hovland, Ole Amund Gjersvik
Organ/Synth - Mick Ronson, Jon Terje Rovedal, Harald Dahlstrøm
Backing Vocals - Yngve Sætre, Mick Ronson, Frank Hovland
Add. fills: String arr. Harald Dahlstrøm (01), Mute Trumpet - Per Jørgensen (03), Percussion
- Arne Moe Vindedal (04), Megafon Vocal - Svein Hovland (04), Percussion - Erling Lund (08),
Citar - Per Jørgensen (09).
- Arne Moe Vindedal (04), Megafon Vocal - Svein Hovland (04), Percussion - Erling Lund (08),
Citar - Per Jørgensen (09).
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Secret Mission - Strange Afternoon. 1991.
Produced by Mick Ronson, Kåre Kalvenes, Svein Hovland, Yngve Sætre.
01 - Strange Afternoon
02 - You Can Run
03 - Walking On Glass
04 - Silent Spring
05 - Stay On
06 - Call Out Her Name
07 - Glasshouse
08 - Runaway Machine
09 - Follow Me
10 - Stay By My Side
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Link:
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ÖIEN
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Norwegian multi talented musician & songwriter. Formerly of Tindrum, Diezel and more. A great melodic, pop rockin' & funky album that never saw another release than this japanese one. Too bad. I really think this album deserved a lot more. But, it's a cruel world out there, and now you can make up your own mind. Is it great or what!? Any album with the backing singer services from Jorn Lande & Solli, is worth a listen, if you ask me.
Trond Ôien - Lead Vocals, Electric & acoustic Guitars, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Additional musicians:
Ronny Wikmark - Keyboards
Aslak Johnsen - Bass (11)
Sigbjørn Holmslett - Guitar solo (12)
Jan Ivar Andresen - Guitar (9), additional guitars (3, 4 & 5)
Knut Solvang - Additional guitar (7)
Mikkel Eriksen - Vocoder (3)
Backing Vocals - Jörn Lande, Hans Olav Solli, Tina & Merete Brandal, Jorunn Erdahl
Additional backing vocals - Frode Henriksen, Frank Hellum, Kenneth Lyng
Produced & Mixed by Hallgeir RustanProgramming by Ronni WikmarkRecorded & mixed at Stargate StudiosAdditional recordings, Nidaros StudioMastered at Polar Studios, Sweden
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Öien - Better Than The Real Thing. 1997.
Produced & Mixed by Hallgeir Rustan
01 - Better Than The Real Thing
02 - If I Could I Would Give U Heaven
03 - Slide
04 - Be My Religion
05 - Push
06 - Around The World
07 - I Wanna Be Your President
08 - Time & Devotion
09 - Somebody's Angel
10 - It's A Ritual
11 - Love Is Ice
12 - Opportunity Rocks
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Link:
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That's all for now. Hope you find anything of interest. Once again: IF you do, please leave a comment. Without any comments, there's no need spending lots of time blogging rare stuff.
See ya around - ROCK ON!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Something old, something.. well, a new blog.
HAYWIRE
Great album by a great band. It's always something special for me to read the cover info on this one. As most of you may have noticed, how could you NOT, I'm a sucker for canadian hard rock from the 70's & 80's, and to see the familiar & local names of the norwegian producer, engineer & studio where I've been several times, and at the same time see the classic Attic Records logo on the same product are really cool. I'm a big admirer of the mighty Bjoern Nessjoe & Rune Nordal's work through the years, and their incredible work on stuff like the early TNT albums & Stage Dolls have impressed a lot of people around the world. I've heard that this production didn't go without some minor disagreement between band/producer, though. Anyway it's a great album, filled with great sounding & rocking tracks! You can't miss this.
Marvin Birt - Guitars/Vocals
David Rashed - Keyboards/Vocals
Paul MacAusland - Vocals
Sean Kilbride - Drums
Ron Switzer - Bass
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.Haywire - Nuthouse. 1990.
Produced by Bjoern Nessjoe and Haywire.
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1. Operator Central
2. Short End Of A Wishbone
3. Livin' It Up
4. Gettin' The Groove
5. Wild, Wild
6. Strange One
7. She Drives
8. Well Oiled Machine
9. Tremble In Line
10. Push n' Shove (That's The Way)
11. Taken The Pain
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/55860230/Haywire-Nuthouse.rar
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ROADMASTER
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If you, just like me, loved their 70's albums, here's a treat for you. A LIVE release from 1989.
I guess more info aren't needed here. Enjoy!
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Rick Benick - Guitars, Vocals
Bobby Johns - Drums and such
Steve McNally - Lead Vocals
Toby Myers - Bass, Vocals
Michael Read - Keyboards, Vocals
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Roadmaster - Live + 5. 1989.
Produced by Michael Read.
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1. Doesn't Mean A Thing
2. Higher, Higher
3. Ride The Wind Away
4. Circle Of Love
5. Say You Wanna Be With Me
6. Hey World
7. Sweet Music
8. Cry Just A Little
9. Here I Am
10. Indecision
11. The Girl Most Likely
12. Let Your Love Go
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Tracks 1-7 recorded live at The Vogue, July 28, 1989.
Tracks 8-12 recorded live at TRC Studios, September 3, 1989.
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/55856061/Roadmaster-Live_5.rar
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EMBEE NORMANN's WONDERLAND
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A pearl!! I'll never get tired of this great album. A product of love & the awesome work of all people involved. NOT hard rock in any way, but a floating musical experience of stunning quality. The very talented Gjøvik (Norway) born singer, songwriter May Britt Normann invites us in her world of thoughts and colors. Sit back in your most comfy chair and close your eyes and just fly... Too bad it didn't sell much. An album that's as good as impossible to find, even in Norway. More than half of the band TNT are deeply involved here, and so are Jørn Lande in a duet & backing vocals. And that's definately not a bad thing in my book.
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Embee Normann - Vocals, backup vocals, guitar
Dag Stokke - All keyboards, programming, backup vocals
Ronni Le Tekro - Electric Fender guitars, 6 & 12 strings acoustic, add. bass guitar and
backup vocals & add. vocal on 'Stormy Weather'
Morty Black - Bass guitar
Kim Ofstad - Drums & cymbalwork
Jørn Fodnestøl - Electric guitar & fretless bass
Jan Øvland - Acoustic guitar
Sigurd Køhn - Saxophone (R.I.P.)
Jørn Lande - Backup vocals & add. vocal on 'Dead Country'
Widar Karlsen - Blues guitar
Guro Moe - Violin
Isak T. Andersen - Cello
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Embee Normann's Wonderland. 1993.
Produced by Ronni Le Tekro & Dag Stokke.
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1. Fight For Your Country
2. As A Child
3. Wild Horses
4. Easy To Love
5. Night Is Gold
6. Stormy Weather
7. Three Birds
8. Lost Sapphire
9. Dead Country
10. One Minute Prayer
11. Amongst These Old Trees
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/55864289/EmbeeNormann-Wonderland.rar
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And 'Those Jap..inavians... part 2' continues here.
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FORTUNE
Apparently 1 of the 2 melodic rock bands named Fortune from Sweden. Some info might be found
on the net, I'm blank. I think they've released 3 albums, this was their first.
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Henrik Bergqvist - Guitars
Benny Söderberg - Lead & Backing Vocals, Keyboard, Jew's Harp
Janne Lund - Bass, Acoustic Guitar
Thomas Hauk - Drums
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Fortune - Making Gold.1992.
Produced by Benny Söderberg and Janne Lund.
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1. Eyes Of Ice
2. Anonymous Lover
3. Lucky Star
4. Renegade
5. Life Goes On
6. Stormy Roads
7. Trouble In Paradise
8. Mindreader
9. Sundowner
10. Make A Move
11. Fools Gold
Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/55852107/Fortune-MakingGold.rar
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JESTER
JESTER
Don't know much 'bout these, either. Not bad, not top notch. A bit pomp, a bit prog, a bit
Saga/Zon sounding, but more hard rockin' all over. Judging by the info read in the cover, I think they're canadian. Again, not sure.
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Paul Beresford - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
T.J. Knight - Vocals, Guitars
Pat Bray - Bass, Vocals
Rick Styles - Drums, Vocals
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Jester - It's Time. 1994.
Produced by Steve Szajna and Rich Walker.
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1. Silent Tears
2. Falling Faster
3. I Want To Believe
4. Stranger In Your Eyes
5. It's Time
6. Lonely
7. Breakaway
8. The Truth
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Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/55848685/Jester-It_sTime.rar
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TAROT
.The last blog had their first release from '86, here's their second, released in 1988. If you liked the first, you'll like this.
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Marco Hietala - Vocals & Bass
Zachery Hietala - Lead Guitar
Mako H - Guitar
Pecu Cinnari - Drums
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Tarot - Follow Me Into Madness. 1988.
Produced by Tarot.
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1. Descendants Of Power
2. Rose On The Grave
3. Lady Deceiver
4. Follow Me Into Madness
5. Blood Runs Cold - Happy End
6. No Return
7. I Don't Care Anymore
8. Breathing Fire
9. I Spit Venom
10. Shadow In My Heart
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Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/55846426/Tarot-FollowMeIntoMadness.rar
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.I know, I know... I promised a vinyl blog this time. But that takes a lot of time preparing, so I came up with this in the meantime. A quick & good one. I think you'll find interesting things here. I know you will. Rock on!
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