Nick C

Work last night so playlist :-

Montrose - Mean

Aerosmith - Draw the Line

The Godz - s/t

Gowan - Lost Brotherhood

Redd Kross - Third Eye

Been a quiet few weeks but on the way:

Foxy Shazam - The Heart Behead You

pre ordered

Al Stewart - The Admiralty Lights  box set.

Aerosmith - Nine Lives

Kix - but it was by far their weakest album.

Tesla - Bust a Nut

Hardline 

Kings X - Then probably Queensryche

Tesla - then Pearl Jam 

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses - it really surprised me when it came out - a glorious amalgamation of goth/prog and metal

Tesla - Mechanical Resonance then Queensryrche - Rage for Order

13 hours ago, auslander said:

I keep seeing recommendations for this band from prog sites. I must check them out at some stage.

Yeah - an odd ball bunch - for years and years I had only Solar Music Live on vinyl - I must have got it in '79 as I bought Queen - Live Killers the same day and that had just come out. Then about 10 years back I got both that again and Rockpommel's Land on CD. I just liked them, but never got around to getting any of their other stuff for one reason or another. 

Solar Music is supposedly their masterpiece and it is good but I sometimes think that Rockpommel's Land is the easier to get into for someone starting out. So I'm catching up and I think between them those two releases are all the Grobschnitt I'll ever need.

Have this on pre-order - how long to wait still  and I preordered it before Christmas

I'm somehow staying away from listening to the pre released track as I don't want any preconceptions when I stick that disc in the player and sit back and press play. 

On 7/19/2021 at 2:52 PM, auslander said:

I recently got Ideola "Tribal Opera" from a seller on ebay in Australia. It is a very rare Christian new wave cd. I had a search going for 6 years and not one hit. Got it for $30. Couldn't believe my luck. Not sure it is my rarest cd, but it is my most recent glory find. 

I find a lot of the cds I have now I couldn't replace for even double what I paid. It's sad but I think my hobby will be too expensive due to fewer sellers in the near future. Seeing rare releases re-released as digital only is really pathetic and I don't get into it. 

Also, what is ironic are all these artists now claiming vinyl is eco-friendly and cds are "bad for the environment". Seriously, what do they think vinyl is made from? The only reason they push vinyl is it costs the consumer 3x more and is more profitable at the inflated price. 

I agree with the vinyl comment and it probably relates to some of the threads you have put up detailing the revival of CD. I mean kids don't have that much disposable income (like I didn't when younger)  and what are you gonna do spend £30 on the new Adele (aaaahahahah - no seriously - that's probably their mums and dads - lets say Drake) on vinyl or pick up the CD for a tenner, or the charity shop one  week later for £2 haha! 

Kix - Blow My Fuse 

close 2nd 

Queensryche - Oppy Mindcrime

Grobschnitt - 79:10 box (17CD)

Grobschnitt - Solar Movie (2CD / DVD/ 2LP)

Aerosmith - then Savatage

Doesn't look like a good year for me -

I suppose Queensryche - but after the E.P. I felt a bit let down with the album.

then maybe Foreigner.

Kix

then Accept, Black n Blue then Armoured Saint.

Aerosmith - Pump 

then

Tesla - Great Radio Controversy

Billy Squier, then Riot then Journey

Metallica - Kill 'em All closely followed by Accept - Balls to the Wall

Kill 'em All is the only Metallica album I like and although Accept are by  far my preferred band of the two  I thought BttW was a bit of a backwards step at the time.

I remember when I used to go to my regular rock club in the centre of Manchester there was only me and this other guy who used to get up to Metallica. I think his name was Nigel and he was a school teacher, he was a really nice guy he wore glasses and used tape to hold them on while headbanging.  I even bought the t-shirt from the flyer that came inside the album.

15 hours ago, Jez said:

Me too...coming tomorrow I hope  

Tip top - it's pretty good - you can tell the difference the remix / remaster of The Rods Arista album made to the songs originally on this release, I think I prefer the Arista versions but that might be because I'm used to them. Deffo worth having though. High Roller have done a nice job package wise.

The Rods - Rock Hard

I listened to this earlier on Youtube - it kind of reminded me of Casualties of Cool.

1 hour ago, nyoilers said:

That had to cost a pretty penny.

Nah not too bad - £37 plus postage - total about £41.