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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Link:
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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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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.

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BAD HABITZ
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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)
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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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
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
Ziggy Holm - Guitar
Tom Meland - Drums
Bobby B. Lund - Bass
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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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Slyboy - Brownbaggin' In Funkyland.
Produced by Rune Nordal & Slyboy.
Own vinyl rip.
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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
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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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
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
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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
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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.'
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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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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
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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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)
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)
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
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)
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:
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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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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