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
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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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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
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
(Italy/Belgium)
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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!
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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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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!
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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
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
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.
BBC Records.
Own vinyl rip.
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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
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.
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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
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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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.
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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
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Juice Newton - Can't Wait All Night. 1984.
Own vinyl rip.
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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.
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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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