Terry K. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just posted on y-tube. This is just the song w/o > the vid,and starts near the vocal verse but > extends to an incredible prog workout for the last > 5 minutes. Jaw dropping stuff! This album will be > HUGE.. T > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCN17v7ORyA Oh Hell yeah, this is grea
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Ken Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just came across this Metal School episode on > Queensryche and he has pretty good takes on all > the QR studio albums. If you have 90 minutes and > nothing else to do. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS4kFso114w > Interesting YouTube video. Overall, I agree with his assessment and rankin
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The original 1992 release was mastered by Bob Ludwig and still sounds great today. Bob was (and still is) one of the preeminent CD mastering engineers.
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looksthatkill Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bad Reputation has some great new releases coming > out: > > Kingdom Come - Hands of time > Darby Mills - Flying solo + Live (Double disc) > Hurricane - Over the edge + Take what you want > (Double disc) > > https://badreputation.fr/ Thanks but that Kingdom Come is pretty bad,
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Well ... it's a Record Store Day deal on vinyl and only eight songs for $30. I'll wait for reviews and CD.
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Very confusing about what or how this "tour" is and will be presented. I'll pass on this "tour" and leave my memories intact for the Never Surrender and Thunder Seven tours.
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At least it's better picks than his first term with Rush Limbaugh. This time all of them are uniters or at least they avoid causing division like Limbaugh.
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adguy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Huge Planet P / solo Tony Carey fan. Carey's Blue > Highway was #19 and Planet P's Pink World was #56 > on my Top 100 list. Have most of his solo and > Planet P records. While the first Planet P record > is good, Pink World is by significantly better. > > To me, his earlier recordings are the stro
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pjs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having read through this thread, I decided to have > a look at its availability on Amazon UK. > > This astounded me: > > CD - £25.51 > Vinyl - £24.21 > > And for comparison, I've just ordered the new > Spock's Beard CD from them for delivery tomorrow - > £13.99...... > >
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I'd like Just Getting Started more if it wasn't mastered so loud. The songs don't have any room to breath. Nice to hear a song from Big Ones. Those three new tracks were pretty good. Sadly the CD has a flat mix but the iTunes version sounds much better. I'm guessing the vinyl sounds good based on this review. I also agree there are some good to great songs in their later catalog including t
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This would be the fourth Joel Hoekstra's 13 album and the second with Girish on lead vocals: Dying To Live (2015) with JSS and Russel Allen on lead vocals Running Games (2021) with Russell Allen on lead vocals and JSS on backing vocals Crash Of Life (2023) with Girish Pradhan on lead vocals and JSS on backing vocals See information at https://www.discogs.com/artist/4651928-Joel-Ho
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steele Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- as > well as two more complete and unreleased concerts > from July 1975 — from Davenport, Iowa’s RKO > Orpheum Theater and Wildwood, New Jersey’s > Convention Hall — plus a rehearsal from the Iowa > gig and some live recordings from a Cleveland > Music Hall gig in June 1975. OMG, we get to
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> If they have time to do another covers album > (which I know is quicker than writing and > recording another full-length album), then I just > don't know why we cannot get more focus on > recording newer material. > > I am not sure covers albums are still the way to > go, especially when the band has already done two > prior. > > Thoughts? Many le
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While I agree, his music (especially in the early years) was commercial and glitzy, don't forget some of his music had more meaning. These Days is a great album that didn't have massive commercial appeal but some heartfelt and serious lyrics. Also don't forget the philanthropy he's done over the years from rehabilitating homes to the JBJ Soul Kitchens. As well as Oprah’s Angel Network that
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I haven't listen to it in years. But I remember it being brickwalled (too loud for the CD and highly compressed) in the production. Very common then and now. Anyway, I'll have to listen to it again. I am still finding that some albums had their best CD mastering in the late 80s and through the 90s. Before the age of brickwalling, labelled remastered by many labels. Back then, at least am
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Black Sabbath Born Again with Ian Gillan. Still hoping to see a remix of this album.
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RNRPREACHER1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The two shit Blackfoot albums with Ken Hensley - > 'Siogo' & 'Vertical Smiles' - both horrendous IMO. IMO, Siogo was pretty good. It least it retained the hard rock. Vertical Smiles, on the other hand, was a big disappointment. But I still like a few songs on it like Morning Dew.
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I've seen Treat a couple of times and both times, they were good. Like many bands, I am sure they use some backing tracks for vocals. One of the exceptions is Y&T. With Dave and boys, what you hear is what they play and sing.
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Shows how many musicians are needed to truly perform it live. The closest I saw was Queen Extravaganza, the official tribute band with multiple singers, including Jeff Scott Soto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Extravaganza#Tour_band
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Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dumb I heard both so many times growing up that I hate them. And neither was very good to begin with.
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What a mess the orange one is causing. https://apnews.com/article/us-tariffs-goods-services-suspension-85c7b36b9e92c0e640dfe2ac418cd907
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rocknut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone else watching this? What are your > thoughts? > > I’m pleasantly surprised at how good it is. I > wasn’t expecting much to be honest, but it’s > really worth watching if you’re undecided or > hadn’t heard about it. > > The end credits metal songs are also superb. I >
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Upcoming new album, "Songs No One Will Hear" and his first solo album, "Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy" (released as Anthony), remastered with 31 bonus tracks Info about both at https://youtu.be/AcjZhYlCidQ?si=MWTmhhiXq9Q8XG9A Videos for Songs No One Will Hear: https://youtu.be/YA3T4BI48MA?si=NrAvIoIHhNm_g0pj https://youtu.be/B2appym7cCE?si=zn5hVXAHCbMc1Ye-
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Definitely channeling Rainbow, or maybe I should say, Dio. Not bad. https://youtu.be/5G5v5zyXJTc?si=K7ds6C6lUCvzRMdN
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I too pulled out my Rock Candy version of Axe - Offerings and I don't hear any flaws or "clicking noises" on those songs. I suggest using another player as well as checking for any obvious physical CD flaws like scratches or dirt/fingerprints/smudges.
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Terry K. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've never heard it.....isn't it just outakes and > unreleased 'cutting room floor'stuff they decided > to release after the fact? Didn't sound too > interesting,tbh... T It did start with some leftover pieces from The Wall but evolved into an original album. It was the last album with Gilmour and Water
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Have you listened to The Final Cut?
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Yeah Tom Scholz is such a perfectionist that he would never approve of an official live album. However there are some surprisingly good bootlegs that were professionally recorded for radio broadcast and even one with good professional camera work. The following are NOT audience recorded concerts: Long Beach 1977 - excellent King Biscuit Flower Hour shows. An early and late show which are eac
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The S/T has decent songs but the glossy production is very dated and difficult to enjoy due to the amped up reverb, compression and treble. You are right, they are trying to sound like Whitesnake 1987 ... which has the same issues of good songs but compressed and thin production. So I much prefer Demons Down and Sahara. To my ears, Demons Down is an excellent dynamic album in it's original
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Axe Killer and Bad Reputation are related. You won't find any Axe Killer after about 2010 and then Bad Reputation starts appearing. Occasionally Bad Reputation they will reissue an old Axe Killer release. My only problem with Bad Reputation is they tend to highly compress (brickwall) their mastering.
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