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Looking good!  I've got a potential seller addition in Heaven and Hell Records whom I've bought from before.  Some of the artists on their roster that are also on HH are Salem, Platinum, Guy Mann Dude, Four Large Men, and High Voltage.  I've personally only purchased through their Bandcamp page but they also have a standalone website as well:

https://www.heavenandhellrecords.com/

https://heavenandhellrecords.bandcamp.com/

Mr. Big - Bump Ahead (Japanese)

Mr. Big - Hey Man (Japanese Limited Edition)

Armageddon - The Album

On 8/31/2022 at 10:01 AM, CureTheSane said:

Anyone who got into Faster Pussycat or Great White after their bigger albums, and went back to their debuts, hated them, and then grew to like them?

This is kind of the case for me with Faster Pussycat.  I got their debut (recently, maybe two years ago) at the same time as Dangerous Toys' debut, played it maybe twice and decided I didn't really like it, and then jammed to Dangerous Toys for the rest of the week!  The difference is that I, uh... still haven't listened to any of their other stuff.  My opinion changed when I saw them live for the first time with L.A. Guns and Tom Keifer, I expected to like them the least and walked away from that show wishing they had a longer set! 

I loved the energy from the Guns and especially Keifer, but something about seeing Faster live just clicked in my brain, I now return to and enjoy their debut often and you better believe that I'd see them again if I ever get the chance.  And don't get me wrong, Wake Me When It's Over has been on my purchase list for a LOOONG time, for whatever reason I've just not yet made the jump.

Like most have said, I could pick any year from 1988-1992 at random and be mostly satisfied, although I would definitely miss some of my favorites.  Damn you fictional technocrat overlords for imposing such a cruel future

On 8/3/2022 at 6:27 AM, lettard said:

Wow...just wow 

On 8/3/2022 at 8:27 AM, auslander said:

I find that hard to believe. Well, you are in for a real treat!

Oh God I just noticed your favorite band in your bio, please don't kill me!!!

Recently grabbed Pyromania and Diamond Star Halos!

Believe it or not, I still haven't listened to Pyromania all the way through, can't wait to finally give it a proper spin!

On 6/25/2022 at 10:11 AM, lettard said:

Top Notch - Mean & Smooth

Jones Street - Out Of The Gutter

Charlotte - s/t

Nice! One of these days I'll get around to picking up Charlotte and Jones Street, as for right now I got:

Top Notch - Mean & Smooth

Jesse Harte - Solo Demos

New Haven - S/T

Tom Keifer Band - Rise

Just received this in the mail this past week and I really enjoyed it!  The audio quality gets a little dodgy for tracks 7, 8, and 9, but overall these are some great tunes!  I've got to agree with Geoff, Make Me Believe is my favorite track followed closely by Doing Something Right and She's Hot.  Was pretty disappointed by the booklet though, or lack thereof.  It just was a couple more band pictures and the bio that AlphaMale posted above from the press release, not even a formal list of the band members (who are mentioned in said bio to be at least a little fair)

58 minutes ago, lettard said:

Received the Southgang - Tainted Angel 2cd today from Eric over at Bad Reputation...the bonus live disc comes as a seperate slip case from the jewel cased album.

That's a little... interesting.  I'm not sure how I feel about that

1 hour ago, Geoff said:

Bon Jovi actually have six, from s/t to These Days. That's pretty impressive. 

I was going to bring that up!  All of them are at the very least solid albums on their own in my opinion, and you get to hear a really nice progression in their sound when you put them together!

42 minutes ago, lettard said:

Yeah I have no complaints with any of the one's I've bought, just picked up Sleeze Beez & Beau Nasty , I have the originals too but the remastered sound is what I'm after now.

Same here, absolutely no complaints although I'm usually on the lookout for bonus material

I'll keep my eye out for a bass player named George or something similar next time I check out old magazines

Big Bang Babies - Black Market

Sister Whiskey - Liquor & Poker

Bon Jovi - This House is Not For Sale (Walmart Exclusive Ver.)

Stikkitty - ...In This Age Without Heroes

On 3/17/2022 at 8:48 PM, the game said:

Four Large Men - FLM 

Nice one!  I've been meaning to pick this one up for a while!

21 minutes ago, Doggy said:

Looks like they have drop " Shake It " on the CD.

 

That must just be a mistake on the press release, "Shake It" is still listed as the first track on the order page

His death blindsided me today, no idea he had cancer!  Summer Song was a permanent addition to my playlists as soon as I heard it, and I will always enjoy all of his music.  RIP Joey!

Here's a great recent hard rock band from Michigan called Frame 42, they are fronted by duel-female lead vocalists a la Heart.  Checkout these two songs from their debut EP:

On 3/1/2022 at 12:25 AM, Geoff said:

Finished my YT viewing for the day but I've queued a video in my watch list and will check it out tomorrow. 

I envy your strength, I may as well be addicted at this point!

Love his channel though, I've been watching him for a while!  I love the variety in his different video types

58 minutes ago, auslander said:

Has anyone bought from Bad Reputation label? Are they good quality? There are a couple of their reissues I am interested in. I notice they are a French label. The albums I think look interesting are the Great White and China reissues that both come with a bonus live cd.

I'm probably not the best one to answer this question but here goes...

I haven't ordered directly from the label yet, but I did pick up the Firehouse and Kik Tracee reissues through Amazon.  If you want to know more about the mixes I can't really help you because I don't have originals to compare them too, so all I can say is they sound great to me.  From my experience they come in a standard 2CD jewel case, all four of the discs were silver pressed, and the booklets were of nice quality and substantial.  The Firehouse reissue for instance has all of the lyrics, band credits and pictures, etc with some background art.  It was the same for Kik Tracee except it didn't have lyrics for the bonus EP disc. 

Overall I would recommend, I've been surprised by both of mine and I don't see why their other reissues would be any different!  If you haven't checked already, the discogs page for the Great White reissue has scans of the booklet if you want to get a general read on what you'll be getting if you decide to purchase.

52 minutes ago, Doggy said:

I apologize , just seen Eonian Records done a release last year

Nah, it's cool!  First time hearing this album regardless and I'm enjoying it so far!

3 hours ago, Doggy said:

Twenty 4 Seven

I should of clarified, I got the reissue on which they are listed as Twenty Four 7

Julliet - S/T

Twenty Four 7 - Destination Everywhere

Skin & Bones - Speak Easy

28 minutes ago, CureTheSane said:

Why can't a band have a Best Of after 7 albums?
Tuff have had like 5 Best Of albums, and they only had 2 albums.

The funny thing is that despite having at least three compilations, I don't think any of them have any songs from their first two albums!  They mostly just contain archival demos and stuff like that, so in that sense they don't really have a Best Of at all

Here's a great party rock band from the US, Adam and the Metal Hawks with their newest single Backwards:

Really catchy chorus!

I'm all in on that Mr. Big!  Favorite tracks would have to be I Won't Get In My Way and the heart-wrenching ballad All The Way Up!