Recordjnky

We are going to have a button on each new release page that will say DEMAND IT and when there is enough people who have "demanded" a cd issue, we will definitely move forward with the physical release. I hope everyone understands what we are trying to do.

 

 

Damn....I will be hitting the Demand button for the cd...talked to Darin of Nemesis...and he was under the impression a cd would be released...and also is a supporter in cd's over digital.

on premium releases there will no doubt be a CD release. Nemesis, Crystal Project, Jillson, and others will all definitely have a CD release as i am confident of their success. But others are crapshoots. I pressed up 500 copies of a few titles several years ago and i still have plenty leftover -- for whatever reason - some titles just don't "take off". I believe in them, but others judt don't gravitate to them like i did. An example of this would be the Naked City and Trexel releases which i thought were really good, but have not sold very well. Not sure why, but i understand that everyone has different tastes. I just want to be sure i am investing in the right release before i sink a bunch of money into pressing CD's. I hope this helps to clear things up. We are days away from a huge launch on Retrospect!! Thanks to everyone who continues to support our artists and our vision of preserving great 80s music!

Aaron

hey peeps , i would like to share a few songs from our new releases online here, pre-JULY if possible to give you all a taster of whats coming. What would be the best way to do that - Divshare.com?? Is it easy to share a track here on HH?

thanks and excuse my ignorance

Aaron

yep, all original artwork on the JILLSON disc.

hey guys,

yep CD's will still be released of all material, we are just doing a big digital download push of all our releases on July 4th (wait til you see the release list....).

We are very interested to see the ratio of how many are downloading and how many are still buying the CD.

I hope that clears things up for you!

PEACE!

Aaron

ok i thought i could wait - but i can't keep it in any longer! Some GREAT news from the Retrospect camp!!

Amongst an unprecedented amount of NEW releases on July 4th as Retrospect makes the switch to digital downloads, I am very proud to announce the signing of JILLSON!! Thats right, the highly touted mega indie release will FINALLY get a long awaited re-issue and will be available first as a download (with remastered audio and 3 unreleased bonus tracks!!!)

And for all you Jillson / Britny Fox / Tommy Paris fans -- we will also be releasing "Divine Judgement" - a post-Britny Fox band featuring Tommy Paris and Jillson drummer Jamie Borden with a collection of stunning unreleased hard rock songs!! Wait til you hear this folks!

We will also be carrying "UNCLE EDNA" -- Tommy's post Britny Fox EP with former bandmate Johnny Dee!!

AND THATS NOT ALL!! A few years ago, Tommy and Jamie did ANOTHER fantastic full length hard rock album with ex-Aerosmith guitarist Jimmy Crespo that has never been released!! The project was dubbed "J.J.T." (Jamie, Jimmy, Tommy). And once again, the music is just unbelievable!!

As some of you may know, for the last 2 years i have been playing in a band with Jamie Borden and Tommy Paris called PHOENIX and they both feel that now is a great time to finally get this music out there and to re-issue one of the greatest American indie hard rock releases of all time JILLSON (with 3 killer bonus tracks!!).

So stay tuned everybody and wait til you see and hear what Retrospect will have in store for you on JULY 4TH!!

Keep rockin!

Aaron

www.retrospectrecords.com

The Retrospect Revolution -- JULY 4TH

is this massive Revolution is a huge discounted price ? gonna love it

amongst other things - there will be some discounts on certain releases!!

Just wanted to give all you Journey, Nightranger, Hugo, Valentine, and quality 80's AOR fans a heads up to an AWESOME band from New York that we signed recently. Check out their video -- we will be releasing 2 discs worth of their top notch 80's AOR on JULY 4th (along with MANY others). Formerly known as Crystal Pistol, but due to confusion with the more recent Canadian band of the same name, we will now be releasing the material under the name "Crystal Project". I can't speak highly enough about this incredible band -- just wait til you hear more tracks -- dare i say this will be one of Retrospect's top 5 releases of all time.

Would love to get some feedback from folks here on the song i posted. thanks alot and rock on!!

Aaron

Retrospect Records

JULY 4TH -- a massive Retrospect Revolution is coming......

hi harmonizers - i am doing a video interview with MPG's Steve Carey tomorrow and was wondering if you might have any questions you'd like me to ask him in the interview.

Post them here and i should have the video posted on various sites within a week or 2.

thanks alot!

Aaron

Retrospect Records

Anyone here going to the killer Little America reunion show in Las Vegas , Feb 26 at the Fortune Club casino. The fun starts at 8 and this is the first time these AORsters have played together in 22 years!!

Sam and I will both be there to watch this historic event.

Anyone else?

Rockin it Retrospect style,

Aaron

www.retrospectrecords.com

just to add to (and correct) some of Sam's post:

Its not James Neal but his replacement Mark Weitz that is featured on several tracks on one of the Americade releases. Mark also sang with Malmsteen and is VERY reminiscent of Jeff Scott Soto.

Sam also forgot to mention ORPHANN "Up For Adoption" -- classic melodic rock with pomp and AOR overtones from 1977 is due out shortly.

Also THUNDERBOX will be out at the same time. This is superb pomp rock / AOR that features David Mikael of MPG and DAVID.

New releases (on my end) for the new year will include:

ILLUSTRATOR -- III: Effect Of The Boomerang -- featuring 15 fantastic songs from the final and unreleased album from this superb Christian Westcoast AOR band. Some of these songs are surprisingly heavier than whats on their previous albums.

CRYSTAL PROJECT -- also known as CRYSTAL PISTOL but changed their name due to confusion with the Canadian band. This will be a 2 CD set of all their material recorded in the late 80's / early 90's. This New York based band are simply unreal. One of the best AOR releases on Retrospect to date. Wait til you hear this one!!

KABLAMACHUNK -- this strangely named band from New York just gave me all their material to release as a double-disc set. Recorded in the late 80's / early 90's. Produced in part by Blue Oyster Cult's Albert Bouchard -- this band mixes elements of AOR, melodic rock, prog rock and powerpop with superb results.

TRACER FOX -- Yes, its been in the works for a while now but the drummer keeps finding more and more material!!

We'll probably end up with 2 Tracer Fox releases - one being produced by John and Dino Elefante -- but this IS secular music, not Christian. Most of these songs have never seen the light of day (including the Elefante produced material). Killer 80's classic metal / melodic hard rock!

Other releases I am working my ass off to get out early 2011 include:

GENOCIDE (early 80's metal)

HENDRICKSON (solo project from Genocide's lead singer/lead guitarist)

18 NAMES "Armed and Ready" (featuring Karla Goldman -- with bonus tracks and live DVD)

SURRENDER -- all 3 releases to be reissued "No Boundaries", "Ship With No Sails" , "Full Circle"

ONE EIGHTY "Turning Point" -- Christian California AOR band

PARAGON -- featuring ALL the material recorded by this killer California based AOR / melodic rock band.

plus all the releases that revered New York guitarist ROY COSTON was a part of throughout the 80's and 90's including:

BANDIT, FLM, ARDENT, DC STRUT, LOVEBONE

I am probably missing a few but that should keep you going! LOL!

your comments are appreciated!

ROCK ON!

Aaron

and don't forget to check out all my vinyl LP records and cd's i am selling on EBAY!!

EBAY

oh and i forgot to mention the band with the strangest name on our roster:

KABLAMACHUNK

New York based band from the late 80's / early 90's. With some unreleased tracks produced by Albert Bouchard. Coincidentally, the drummer from this band went on to work with Albert's BRAIN SURGEONS project.

ROCK ON!

Aaron

yep, should be in out next batch of releases in JULY, which will include:

MPG (with bonus tracks)

THUNDERBOX (featuring David Mikael of MPG)

FORTNOX (with bonus tracks)

IRONCLAD (post PYRAMID band)

AMERICADE (3 releases total - most of which has never been released before -- KILLER stuff!!)

TRACER FOX

CRYSTAL PISTOL

TOBY MYERS (solo album from Roadmaster's bass player -- featuring members of Roadmaster and John Mellencamp's band)

GENOCIDE (Gary Hendrickson's first band)

HENDRICKSON (Gary's solo project)

DZ STANZ (2 on 1 re-issue)

also a sneak peek into new signings and new releases in the works for 2010:

BACKSEAT SALLY (with bonus tracks)

SAILON (featuring Rick Sailon who played for many years with Laura Branigan)

IAN MCCORKLE (former drummer/songwriter for Canadian band LYNX, with some tracks produced by Lindsay Buckingham, and featuring members of SAGA)

PARAGON

TOPAZ (an additional CD to the one we just released with approximately 30 unreleased songs!!)

plus many more still to come....stay tuned!!

Any word on the TRACER FOX CD??????

YES! I forgot to mention that one too. Yes the audio is all done , just waiting on the artwork to be finished up and this will be pressed!! What a killer release this one will be!!

thanks!!

Aaron

 

AND LOTS MORE including Bandit, Lovebone, Ardent, DC Strut, Orphann, The Heritage, FLM, Thunderbox, Groundstar, Nowhere Dreamer, Crystal Pistol, Ian McCorkle, Hendrickson, Genocide, Nemesis, Sailon, and 18 Names.

Thanks everyone!

Aaron

 

Is this the current sleazy Crystal Pistol from Canada, which has been supposed to release a new album for quite a long time now?

 

Thanks for the update Aaron!

This is the melodic hard rock / AOR band Crystal Pistol from New York / Connecticut from the early 90's.

HEY!

well we have a multitude of releases getting pressed right now and should be available within 2 weeks. On my roster, i am releasing:

My first releases on RETROCROSS, the Christian subsidiary:

Illustrator (2 on 1) "Illustrator / Somewhere in the World"

AND

Lost & Found - "Welcome to the Real World" with 2 bonus tracks.

PLUS:

Perennial - "You're The Ones...In My Dreams" (ALL of their recordings including previously unreleased tracks!)

Kinki Stunt - Self Titled (includes several kickass bonus tracks previously unreleased)

Electric Eels - "I" and "II" - "I" is the first time this cult metal record has ever been issued on CD (remastered from the original masters) and "II' is a previously unreleased album plus many bonus live tracks (19 songs total on this CD!!)

Silver Shadow - Self Titled -- Super rare mid 80's picture-disc only EP from this female fronted California AOR band finally gets a CD release!! Killer stuff!!

Keith Gorden - "A Place In Time" -- WESTCOAST AOR fans are gonna love this one! Keith Gorden is a Peter Cetera-like singer and this CD features members of Stan Bush's band and 3 songs written, produced and performed in part by VINCE DiCOLA!! A few of these songs were written for the ROCKY IV soundtrack and just didn't make the cut. SUPERB material!!

Ruff Justice - "No Justice No Peace" -- Reissue of this melodic hard rock gem from the mid-90's. Awesome Dallas,TX based band!!

Topaz - "World Of Secrets" - Reissue of another mega melodic rock / AOR gem from 1990 that went super rare in recent years!!

FINALLY:

Roadmaster - One For The Road: Live DVD. A superb professionally shot live concert from this legendary AOR/pomp rock band's reunion in 1994. Superb audio and camera work.

ALSO IN COMING WEEKS EXPECT TO SEE:

MPG - Self titled (with unreleased bonus tracks)

AMERICADE -- awesome legendary melodic hard rock band have given us 3 albums worth of material to release!!

AND LOTS MORE including Bandit, Lovebone, Ardent, DC Strut, Orphann, The Heritage, FLM, Thunderbox, Groundstar, Nowhere Dreamer, Crystal Pistol, Ian McCorkle, Hendrickson, Genocide, Nemesis, Sailon, and 18 Names.

Thanks everyone!

Aaron

hey peeps,

I have some new releases (and a few old ones) that sometimes i feel a bit "close" to and need a good balanced and comprehensive review from an outside source. Most of the releases in question are melodic rock/aor and Westcoast lighter AOR styles. So as long as you have a passion and a pretty extensive knowledge of this kind of music and feel that you could write a fair review of these releases, (and you have some time on your hands!) with good band comparisons, then please get in touch with me and i will send you a bunch of free CD's to review!!

PM me. If all goes well , you can join us on the Retrospect team -- with lots of perks!

thanks for your time and rock on!

Aaron

Retrospect Records

p.s. examples of the type of reviews i am looking for would be at like GloryDazeMusic.com or Strutterzine...

They just came in along with about 10 other releases - they will be up on the site very soon.

 

New release post will be up soon too. Thanks!

 

 

I order my copy of the Mata Hari 2 CD set and looking fporward to it.....great job releasing this one Sam.

 

Looking forward to the killer Megaton Blond and Masqurade cd's.

 

Any word or update on the release of the highly anticipated Leather Toyz, Nemisis and Tracer Fox CD's??????

Hey Game!

Thanks for ordering the Mata Hari double CD - would love to get your opinion on how it turned out. I worked my butt off on the audio to try and get it to sound as best as possible (considering the sources i had to work from). Nemesis -- i am just waiting for the master tapes.

Tracer Fox -- Artwork is in progress and working on mastering the audio now as well as getting a hold of some bonus tracks to add!! Thanks for your interest!

Aaron

www.retrospectrecords.com

Hey melodic rock fans!!

For all of you in the Ohio area, i just wanted to plug a very special reunion concert happening in Springfield Ohio coming up November 27th. These guys haven't played together since like 1980!! You can hear sound samples of Scram at

www.retrospectrecords.com or at

www.myspace.com/scramrocks

as you can see, its all for a good cause!!

thanks alot and hope to see you there!

Aaron

check it out here:

SCRAM reunion

Hello Sam,

 

what happened to the RATHSKELLER re-issue that you announced in September last year ? Did it die ??

 

Please tell me this is not so .... !

hi Swazi,

in answer to this - there were some issues with a few members of the band that could not be resolved so we won't be releasing Rathskeller at this time. Hopefully, one day we can because its a killer album!! But for now, it stays a high priced collectors record...

hey here is a new name for this schmuck

EBAY USER ID: charlottj681

here was his email to me a week after the auction ended:

Hello....I am afraid that I have to request more time to pay for the 4 cd's...my paypal account was hacked and several unauthorized transactions were made by someone,which has resulted in my paypal account being placed on "hold" status until they can complete an investigation....I spoke to them on the phone yesterday, and they told me that usage should be restored by August 1 through 3rd.....please let me know if you are able to wait until this time frame for payment,or if you wish to relist....if you decide to relist, I would appreciate if you would file a mutual agreement to not complete the transaction,as it would get you your fees back,and not compromise my ebay account by receiving a strike for something I could not help....please advise/confirm...thanks

how many times have you guys heard this one??

This thread is just to keep a running collection of names that James Arwine has used on eBay.

 

This list will help when we notify eBay of his actions and of past names.

 

Please stick to only this topic in this thread to avoid threadjacking. These are the names I've been able to fine so far within the HH Threads. Please add to it if you have more:

 

Updated 05-27-08

 

 

Names and Addresses

 

James Arwine

68 North Main Street

Apt. # 2

Red Lion, PA 17356

 

J Michael Arwine

68 North Main Street

Apt. # 2

Red Lion, PA 17356

 

 

OR

 

Dennise Peresolak

68 North Main Street

Apt. # 2

Red Lion, PA 17356

 

Charlotte Jackson

68 North Main Street

Apt. # 2

Red Lion, PA 17356

 

***OR***

 

Same names with:

 

P.O. Box 34

Red Lion, PA 17356

 

 

 

 

Past Usernames NLARU'd by eBay:

 

cdcllctr

musicfan045

almar356

rockerherc

hrdrckr356

aln908

arw17356

prouddad044

maintguy044

metallvr044

fentynja

rabidmadman

pttsbrgh2005

musiccllctr2259

shftr2nd46

jma17356

musicclctr356

cdhound859

amj65371

vrossino

bmetalfan

mtlrckr17356

rl82259

hrdrckr2nd

msccllctr

rfpntr47

mntmn1st

rvthd59

thrshr46

prssrwshr

mnmnt1st

lckstmnalv

rtnpfr74

bckonscnd

incinpntr

ncrrl

rlgy46

rlgy47

rlguy46

apt2rl

michaels1princess

prncssrl

abvlyrs

pc53rl

mntmn1959

blndgalnpa

tallblndgal

hotpablnd

blndvagrl

parbrrnin

emfabmn

crzychkva

va1953ce

nvrwkagn

Any date of release? Or is it too early?

well, its a bit early but i am shooting for 8 weeks max.

 

Thanks! Final question. What about the Mata Hari comp? When will be out?

8 weeks tops -- probably closer to 4 weeks.

Any date of release? Or is it too early?

well, its a bit early but i am shooting for 8 weeks max.

Hey Aaron is it truth that you're going to rerelease Ruff Justice's - No Justice No Peace ?

hi, yes its true, we will be releasing that Ruff Justice CD.

thanks!

Aaron

in response to a few questions,

 

PERENNIAL -- i am currently remastering their tracks and putting artwork together. Should be released in 6 to 8 weeks.

 

THE PRESS & GASTINEAU - I will have the masters for these next week - absolutely killer 80's AOR!! So i anticipate a 6 to 8 week release.

 

MPG -- This one will be out by the end of summer at the very latest - with 4 additional unreleased bonus tracks!!

 

ESSENCE -- A fantastic pomp / AOR recording! Just looking to piece together artwork and a track listing and this one will be out soon!

 

ALSO -- Some NEW interesting signings on my end include:

 

ILLUSTRATOR - Not only are we re-issuing both Illustrator albums on 1 disc but we are also releasing a 3rd album - recorded in 1993 and never before released!! This is great Christian westcoast AOR featuring guitarist Dann Huff. This will also mark the birth and first releases of another subsidiary of Retrospect called "RetroCross" Records -- focusing on Christian AOR re-issues.

 

TRACER FOX -- An amazing Hair Metal band from Vegas who frequented the Sunset Strip in the 80's and early 90's -- we will be issuing their previously unreleased recordings, produced by John and Dino Elefante, on CD for the first time ever.

 

NOWHERE DREAMER -- Awesome 80's / early 90's melodic hard rock band from Phoenix. We will be re-issuing their Lifetimes CD along with a slew of unreleased tracks, some of which are alot heavier than the ones on Lifetimes!! Superb stuff!

 

FRONTLINE -- This fantastic westcoast AOR band from San Francisco were very active between 1983 and 1993 and recorded some of the finest music i have ever heard - most of which was never released. We are currently putting together all of their 24 tracks recorded during that time period for an impressive 2 disc package!! One to look out for!

 

MATA HARI -- We are wrapping up this Double CD set (a studio and a live side) for release very soon. Killer melodic metal with a progressive flair featuring guitar virtuoso Greg Millikan!!

 

Watch for releases and/or re-issues in the coming weeks and months from:

 

SOLDIER, ONTRAY, TOY, INNER STRENGTH, FASCINATION, MONTREAL, POWERGLIDE, LION, SAVVY, KAOS, ZIGGURAT, FORTNOX, ELECTRIC EELS, DC STRUT, BANDIT, IRONCLAD, ARDENT, F.L.M., LOVEBONE, RUFF JUSTICE, THE DONNER PARTY, NO REASON, THE HERITAGE, GROUNDSTAR, TWO WAY STREET, REWIND, NATIONAL DUST, D.Z. STANZ, HOLY RIGHT.......and i'm sure i missed a few....

 

Rock on peeps!!

Aaron McCaslin

www.Retrospectrecords.com

 

Retro-Cross? sounds interesting. What else will be on this?

Well, i know the Holy Right CD will be on RetroCross (80's Christian metal band) and i am currently on the lookout for more 80's or 80's style Christian AOR / rock / metal to re-issue. There are certainly plenty of gems from the 80's that are in need of a CD issue!!

Peace!

Aaron

in response to a few questions,

PERENNIAL -- i am currently remastering their tracks and putting artwork together. Should be released in 6 to 8 weeks.

THE PRESS & GASTINEAU - I will have the masters for these next week - absolutely killer 80's AOR!! So i anticipate a 6 to 8 week release.

MPG -- This one will be out by the end of summer at the very latest - with 4 additional unreleased bonus tracks!!

ESSENCE -- A fantastic pomp / AOR recording! Just looking to piece together artwork and a track listing and this one will be out soon!

ALSO -- Some NEW interesting signings on my end include:

ILLUSTRATOR - Not only are we re-issuing both Illustrator albums on 1 disc but we are also releasing a 3rd album - recorded in 1993 and never before released!! This is great Christian westcoast AOR featuring guitarist Dann Huff. This will also mark the birth and first releases of another subsidiary of Retrospect called "RetroCross" Records -- focusing on Christian AOR re-issues.

TRACER FOX -- An amazing Hair Metal band from Vegas who frequented the Sunset Strip in the 80's and early 90's -- we will be issuing their previously unreleased recordings, produced by John and Dino Elefante, on CD for the first time ever.

NOWHERE DREAMER -- Awesome 80's / early 90's melodic hard rock band from Phoenix. We will be re-issuing their Lifetimes CD along with a slew of unreleased tracks, some of which are alot heavier than the ones on Lifetimes!! Superb stuff!

FRONTLINE -- This fantastic westcoast AOR band from San Francisco were very active between 1983 and 1993 and recorded some of the finest music i have ever heard - most of which was never released. We are currently putting together all of their 24 tracks recorded during that time period for an impressive 2 disc package!! One to look out for!

MATA HARI -- We are wrapping up this Double CD set (a studio and a live side) for release very soon. Killer melodic metal with a progressive flair featuring guitar virtuoso Greg Millikan!!

Watch for releases and/or re-issues in the coming weeks and months from:

SOLDIER, ONTRAY, TOY, INNER STRENGTH, FASCINATION, MONTREAL, POWERGLIDE, LION, SAVVY, KAOS, ZIGGURAT, FORTNOX, ELECTRIC EELS, DC STRUT, BANDIT, IRONCLAD, ARDENT, F.L.M., LOVEBONE, RUFF JUSTICE, THE DONNER PARTY, NO REASON, THE HERITAGE, GROUNDSTAR, TWO WAY STREET, REWIND, NATIONAL DUST, D.Z. STANZ, HOLY RIGHT.......and i'm sure i missed a few....

Rock on peeps!!

Aaron McCaslin

www.Retrospectrecords.com