GaryT

Greenway- Serious Business...last time I saw this, it was going for $90 on ebay. No chance I'd pay that much for any cd. Hoping Wounded Bird or someone else will reissue it sooner or later

My favorite of all time right after UFO!!!

 

 

4- Urgent, Girl on the Moon, Woman in Black

 

Head Games- Head Games, Rev on the Red Line, Blinded By Science

 

Double Vision- Love Has Taken It's Toll, Tramontane, Blue Morning, Blue Day

 

Agent Provocateur- A Love in Vain, That Was Yesterday, Down on Love

 

Foreigner- At War With the World, I Need You, Headknocker

 

Inside Information- Can't Wait, Say You Will, Inside Information

 

Mr. Moonlight- Under the Gun, Big Dog, White Lie

 

Unusual Heat- Ready for the Rain, Flesh Wound, I'll Fight for You

 

Very nice picks Gary, your favourite after UFO, is that classic Schenker era or up to date?

Mostly the classic Schenker era...that's the stuff I first got into first. Also really like the Paul Chapman albums, and even Misdemeanor with Atomik Tommy M. Can't say that the albums with Vinnie Moore do too much for me though. I guess I still think of him as one of those Shrapnel guys from the 80's.

My favorite of all time right after UFO!!!

4- Urgent, Girl on the Moon, Woman in Black

Head Games- Head Games, Rev on the Red Line, Blinded By Science

Double Vision- Love Has Taken It's Toll, Tramontane, Blue Morning, Blue Day

Agent Provocateur- A Love in Vain, That Was Yesterday, Down on Love

Foreigner- At War With the World, I Need You, Headknocker

Inside Information- Can't Wait, Say You Will, Inside Information

Mr. Moonlight- Under the Gun, Big Dog, White Lie

Unusual Heat- Ready for the Rain, Flesh Wound, I'll Fight for You

A little off topic, but one time I bought UFO's Phenomenon cd at a local store....sealed. When I opened it there was no cd in the case. I wasn't to sure if they would believe me when I asked for a replacement. but they did without any questions so no bidg deal.

One other time I got a cd from the same store that had a blue ink spot on it and it wouldn't play.

Never got any cracked ones though.

A buddy of mine got me into Riot when Fire Down Under came out. I still think that was their best, but have liked all of their line ups. One I haven't seen mentioned here is Restless Breed with the great Rhett Forrester. A little more "bluesy" but some great songs and raw energy.

I would also rate Privilege of Power and Brethern of the Long House very highly. I would also like to say that I think Riot were one of the few bands that were able to change singers/styles over the years and still release high quality music. They never seemed like they were jumping on bandwagons or trying to be something they were not. Mark Reale has got to be one of the most underrated guitarists around.

Van Halen - Diver Down...little more than cover songs, joke songs, and a few instrumental bits. What an absolutely lazy record after the first four mighty albums. I think this was the beginning of the end for Roth and the others. Happy Trails, Big Bad Bill, etc...you could see his Vegas lounge act already starting to creep into the band.

Agree with everyone who also mentioned VH-III. Considering Cherone's work on the early Extreme albums, this should have been a match made in heaven and I was really looking forward to it. Complete disaster IMO.

Def Leppard- Hysteria. I loved Pyromania. Almost cried when I saw the video for Women on MTV. I still can't understand why that album's so revered. It has some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard and the most ridiculous song titles ....Pour Some Sugar, Armaggedon It, Don't Shoot Shotgun, etc...what a complete joke. And the whole thing sounds like it was recorded by computers instead of real people.

Of course there are millions who disagreed with me, so there ya go.

"Ice Cream Man" on Van Halen's debut. A kick ass album ruined with a stupid joke song tacked onto the end... It would have fit perfectly on Diver Down however.

"Carrie" on Europe's Final Countdown. I hate this song with a passion...one of the worst 80's power ballads ever stuck right in the middle of an otherwise fine album.

Anybody catch the New Years Eve coverage of Robbie Knievel in Las Vegas last night. As he's walking through one of the casinos, there's a guy following him with a Retrospect Records t-shirt on. Nice bit of advertising.

This one's easy for me- Maiden. Other than one Icon album I don't own anything by any of the other bands.

Europe, followed by Edguy or the Eagles.

One cover album I always liked was Baltimore's ULTIMATE TRIBUTE. It had some unusual choices for songs like MSG's SAMURAI and Grin's BEGGAR'S DAY, to name a couple.

Otherwise, not a big fan of these types of albums.

Another good seller that's no longer around is Buccaneer Records. I believe they were located in Maryland, and always had an ad in Goldmine Magazine. Very friendly people. Always received my order within a week.

Another good online store I've used is CDConnection. You can get a lot of back catalogue items cheap there. I've never had any problems and have ordered dozens of cds from them

In the last couple weeks:

The Cult - Born Into This (Savage Edition)

Alter Bridge- Blackbird

Sergeant- s/t & Streetwise (Stormspell reissues)

Sacred Rite- Rites of Passage Vols. 1 & 2

HIM- Venus Doom

A.N.D.- Madmens Overture

Steve Morse Band- Stressfest

Sam Adams Boston Ale

Red Hook Late Harvest Autumn Ale

Old Speckled Hen

Black Coffee - the next morning after any of the above

The most amazing thing about this show and all reality shows is that there are people willing to spend their hard earned free time watching them....

Agree 100%. Can't stand any of these shows. My wife watches as many as possible-Survivor, Next Top Model, etc, etc.........I have to leave the room when they come on. Everytime I hear the word "alliance" I just want to puncture my eardrums

Denis from Sentinel Steel is the man... he's got the good stuff...

 

I second that! Absolute top-notch all over!

Just received my first order from Sentinel Steel. What fantastic service---placed the order on a Thursday and received it the next Monday. They were the 2 Sacred Rite cds from their own label. Great packaging, plus he threw in mini posters of the album artwork.

All vendors, ebayers, etc... should take a lesson from Sentinel Steel about customer service.

I bought the "Time Warp" release of Lionheart's "Hot Tonight" off ebay a couple years ago.

Mine was shipped from someone in Rhode Island also.

Luckily I've since managed to find the official Japanese release.

If you were a true fan you would be happy and bow down and be grateful that someone is making the effort and the self-sacrifice to take the time to make this music available to the masses. You're nothing but a "detractor".

 

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No one believes the hogwash that Sam/Retrospect isn't the party behind all of the Time Warp/Rock-It "reissues". Unfirtunately, the reality is that at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter how much evidence you have, because unless an aggrieved party with deep pockets or the Federal authorities (unlikely) press the matter, he's free to do what he wants. Folks bringing up the illegal bootlegging here are just spitting into the wind.

 

*shrug*

 

-Dan

 

P.S. Just because it was a CDR does *NOT* mean that some enterprising soul *cough* hasn't had a couple hundred silver pressed, in which case customers will never be the wiser...

 

Exactly. We all know the scam being pulled here. Whats weird is when I recieved my "Time Warp" DRIVER CD from VegasCD's (I knew I was getting a bootleg but was real curious about the quality) it came from someone in RHODE ISLAND.