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A long time contributor of this blog asked for BOSTON albums best sounding CD reissues. Boston’s third album “Third Stage” is a superb piece of work but one which suffered from a flat sonic transfer to CD back in the day. It’s has been a busy afternoon comparing 4 different releases of Boston’s “Third Stage“, and finally we have the...
Titled “More Than A Feeling”, it has been released this BOSTON performance captured at their first tour ever in 1976, taken from the FM WMMS radio station broadcast. This recording was allegedly taken from the WMMS radio station vaults by a disgruntled employee and sold to a rabid Boston fan. That is the ‘story’, whether it’s true or not I...
A long time contributor of this blog asked for BOSTON albums, best sounding CD reissues. Let’s go now with “Don’t Look Back”, the second, excellent album from the band.We have been busy comparing several releases of Boston’s “Don’t Look Back”, and finally we have the verdict. We have listened to CD-only releases, and the best of all is this Japanese...
A long time contributor of this blog asked for BOSTON albums, best sounding CD reissues. We promised a surprise, and here it is: Boston’s fourth album “Walk On”, in its fresh 2016 remaster only released in Japan, a Limited Edition pressed on high quality SHM-CD. “Walk On” was previously remastered in 2006, and it’s a fine job. But this new...
A long time contributor of this blog asked for BOSTON albums, best sounding CD reissues. We have a surprise with one of them, but better let’s start with their first, self tiled classic “Boston“.It’s has been a busy afternoon comparing 4 different releases / remasters of “Boston”, and finally we have the verdict. First of all we must make clear...
Guitarist Barry Goudreau, former member of legendary band Boston, is alive and kickin’ with his band BARRY GOUDREAU’s ENGINE ROOM releasing a new album titled “Full Steam Ahead“.The heavy bluesy classic rock outfit includes his former RTZ bandmates Brian Maes on lead vocals & keyboards and Tim Archibald on bass, rounded out with Tony Depietro on drums, a tight combo...
the REAL one Now it’s time to feature here one of my favorite albums from the last twenty-five years; RTZ “Return To Zero“, brilliantly remastered by Rock Candy Records. This record, simply put, it’s a Melodic Rock Heaven. There is no question that Boston, the band, pretty much re-wrote the rule book when it came to defining the sound...
After the recent post about the excellent Orion The Hunter album featuring ex-Boston BARRY GOUDREAU, one of you asked for his self-titled solo album “Barry Goudreau” remastered by Rock Candy. There’s no getting away from the fact that the debut Boston album was one of the greatest, and of course most successful, recordings in the history of rock music. It...
Considered one of the greatest first half of the Eighties AOR albums, ORION THE HUNTER self-titled album received the Rock Candy Records superb 24-bit remastering from original source tapes, something this classic largely deserved. Boston debut album album is not only regarded as one of the greatest rock albums of all time but it is also one of the biggest...
Iconic American Classic Rock giants BOSTON returned with the first studio album in over a decade; “Life, Love & Hope“, released at the end of last year. On occasion of the recent Japan tour, Avalon / Marquee Records has put out a “Special Tour Version” including various bonus tracks, a Backstage Pass replica and pressed on a high quality SHM-CD...
* Iconic American Classic Rock giants BOSTON returned with the first studio album in over a decade; “Life, Love & Hope“, released at the end of last year. On occasion of the recent Japan tour, Avalon / Marquee Records has put out a “Special Tour Version” including various bonus tracks, a Backstage Pass replica and pressed on a high quality...
* the real one Iconic American Classic Rock giants BOSTON are back with the first studio album in over a decade; “Life, Love & Hope”, to be released in USA on Frontiers Records next December 3rd (Dec. 6 in Europe and Dec. 9 in the UK).We all know that Boston leader Tom Scholz is a perfectionist and therefore far from...
17 CRASH – Hit The Prey (2018)
"Hit The Prey" is the name of the new CD from Italian hard rockers 17 CRASH coming out next March 30th through rock label Volcano Records. Formed in 2011, according… Read more…
VOODOO SIX – Songs To Invade Countries To (2013)
UK hard rockers VOODOO SIX were presented in this blog two years ago with their very good 2011's EP but the group have been rocking the scene for more than… Read more…
VOODOO SIX – Make Way For The King (2017)
Today September 8th 2017 sees the release of "Make Way For The King", the brand new studio album from London based VOODOO SIX. Featuring new lead vocalist Nik Taylor-Stoakes, it… Read more…
JOE LYNN TURNER – Michael Men Project, Made In Moscow (2019) *EXCLUSIVE*
The Michael Men Project was an album project overseen by professional musician and then Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Mikhail Men (a.k.a. Michael Men). Michael Men acquired the services of veteran… Read more…
JAKKS – Fire [English version]
It has been said many times at this site; Melodic Hard Rock has no boundaries. JAKKS from Argentina is one of the few bands from South America carrying the flag… Read more…
THE UNITY – Rise [Japanese Edition +3] (2018)
Only about a year and a half after the arrival of its self-titled debut album, German-Italian melodic metal act THE UNITY is ready to strike again: September 14 will see… Read more…
Next May 5th new project THE UNITY unleashes their self-titled debut album "The Unity" via Steamhammer Records. The main men are Gamma Ray members Michael Ehré (drums) and Henjo Richter… Read more…
GOTTHARD – Silver [Deluxe Digipak +2] (2017)
"Silver" is the new album by Swiss hard rock institution GOTTHARD to be released tomorrow January 13th produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Helloween) and founder / guitarist Leo Leoni. 25 years… Read more…
WISHING WELL (feat Graham Bonnet) – Chasing Rainbows (2016)
Finnish hard rockers WISHING WELL are presenting their debut album “Chasing Rainbows”, a true mixture of genres ranging from the melodic hard rock of the title track to classic Seventies… Read more…
WISHING WELL – Rat Race (2018)
We were very pleased at this blog with Finland's WISHING WELL debut album. Now the band are back with a new CD titled "Rat Race" (released today) and some line-up… Read more…
OZZY OSBOURNE – Ordinary Man +2 [BSCD2 Japan Edition] (2020)
Legend OZZY OSBOURNE will release his new album "Ordinary Man" next Feb. 21, the Prince Of Darkness first solo album in almost a decade. "There’s a line in ‘Ordinary Man’… Read more…
HEART & Friends – Home For The Holidays (2014)
Last December, HEART’s Ann and Nancy Wilson returned to their hometown of Seattle to stage a celebration of the season, gathering a few of their friends to join them in… Read more…
1974 – 1974 & The Death Of The Herald (2013)
1974 is five piece band from Connecticut, USA that conjures up the memories and sounds of classic stadium rock acts from the seventies / eighties such as Kansas, Rush, Yes,… Read more…
INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT IV – Sorcery Inside (2019) *EXCLUSIVE*
Bulgarian composer Milen Vrabevski and drumming ace Simon Phillips assemble an A-list team for the fourth outing under INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT IV, titled "Sorcery Inside". The vocalists taking part include… Read more…
TRIUMPH – Diamond Collection [Ltd. Edition 10-CD Box Set remastered] Re-post
TRIUMPH is one of Canada's greatest hard rock bands in history. With 10 classic albums released between 1976 and 1987, they have left an indelible mark on the history of… Read more…
PRETTY MAIDS – A Blast From The Past [Deleted 12 CD Boxset] (2019) *EXCLUSIVE*
For many years, there has been a growing demand to reissue PRETTY MAIDS albums from the Nineties and onward. A lot of these haven’t been accessible for years - out of print / deleted - so Frontiers Music decided to rollout these catalog reissues for Pretty Maids fans, both old and new, in the form of this mammoth "A Blast From The Past [12 CD Boxset]".
While released only few months ago, due the hing demand world-wide the Box is already out of print. Now it's only available as digital download, but doesn't include de bonus tracks present on these physical CD's. Read more…
