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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees CHICAGO got a new “Greatest Hits Live” album out, recorded at Chicago’s historic WTTW-TV studios in November of 2017.Greatest Hits Live features a career-spanning collection of hits, including “Beginnings,” “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day,” and “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” to the later chart topping “If You Leave Me Now,” “Hard...
This is another request, the Japanese remaster of PETER CETERA‘s third album “One More Story“, released as part of the Forever Young Series now out of print. “One More Story” is another great record from the former CHICAGO bassist & vocalist, with that glossy Eighties sound and featuring exquisite session musicians. Indeed you find the cream from the LA Session...
One of you asked for the Japanese remaster of PETER CETERA‘s “Solitude / Solitaire“, released as part of the Forever Young Series now out of print. Perhaps the best solo album from the former CHICAGO bassist & vocalist, with a typically Eighties sound (1986) and featuring exquisite session musicians like guitar master Dann Huff and TOTO’s Jeff Porcaro. This is...
This one was requested many times, quite hard to find.Toto singer Joseph Williams and exquisite Swedish guitarist Peter Friestedt released together a wonderful studio album ,and while presenting the record the idea for a tour arise. Then joined forces with former Chicago voice Bill Champlin for an European Tour with an All Star Band: Bill’s wife Tamara Champlin on vocals,...
One of the many requests taken on this blog (you can place yours in any comment) is CHICAGO‘s “Twenty 1“, remastered, featuring a bonus track, and pressed on SHM-CD / Limited Release Mini-LP replica in Japan. “Twenty 1” was Chicago’s first album of the ’90s, and their first commercial flop. Well, that’s relative, because the record spent eleven weeks on...
During the ’80s CHICAGO created a string of really successful albums with their sound morphing to mainstream AOR / Adult Contemporary, something first time followers of the band disliked. But for AOR / West Coast fans like me, these records are pure gold.Appeared in 1988, “Chicago 19” deepens even more into the Eighties blistering AOR sound thanks to masterful Ron...
During the ’80s CHICAGO created a string of really successful albums with their sound morphing to mainstream AOR / Adult Contemporary, something first time followers of the band disliked. But for AOR / West Coast fans like me, these records are pure gold.“Chicago 18” originally relased in 1986 captures like few the classic mid-80s FM sound, and this Japanese reissue...
* Toto singer Joseph Williams teams up with former Chicago singer Bill Champlin and Swedish guitarist/producer Peter Friestedt for a new remarkable AOR release following the success with the ‘Live In Concert’ (featured on the blog) CD / DVD appeared some time ago. To be released next October 23 through AOR Heaven Records, the album is entitled “CWF” ; CHAMPLIN,...
* Specialized Westcoast AOR Record label Contante & Sonante may not be very productive, but their releases are always top notch. On the blog already featured Tom Snow Original Demos some days ago, now we are presenting “CONTANTE & SONANTE – Highlights And Rarities“.“Highlights And Rarities” is a special album that showcases a collection of songs from the label past...
* Rightly considered as a classic in the AOR genre, it’s great to see that the excellent German label AOR Heaven has decided to re-issue PLANET 3 “Music From The Planet” within the framework of their more than interesting ‘AOR Heaven Classix‘ series. Planet 3 gathered the talents of top guitarist / composer Jay Graydon, stellar vocalist Clif Magness, and...
* The magical Swedish duo STATE COWS delighted us three years ago with their selftitled debut. Now Stephan Olofsson & Daniel Andersson have again assembled a wonderful band and cast for “The Second One”, another delicious opus of velvety early ’80s Westcoast AOR tunes. The CD has just been released in Japan including 4 bonus tracks. As on the excellent...
* Toto singer Joseph Williams and exquisite Swedish guitarist Peter Friestedt released together a wonderful album two years ago. Then last year joined forces with former Chicago voice Bill Champlin for an European Tour with an All Star Band: Bill’s wife Tamara Champlin on vocals, Herman Matthews (Kenny Loggins Band) on drums, Norwegian top-notch bassist Per Mathisen (Bill Bruford Group)...
VINCE DiCOLA – Angry Birds Transformers [Extended Edition Soundtrack] (2017)
Today here's one for '80s movie soundtracks and synth-based music: VINCE DiCOLA's "Angry Birds Transformers [Extended Edition Soundtrack]". Vincent Louis "Vince" DiCola is an American keyboardist and arranger who composed… Read more…
BLIND DATE – Can You Feel It [written 89-91 / re-released]
There were a lot of great bands that just fell through the cracks in the late ‘80s and especially the early ‘90s due to the musical climate change. BLIND DATE… Read more…
BLACK SABBATH – The End [Live In Birmingham] (2017)
"The End" is a celebration of BLACK SABBATH's final hometown concert at Birmingham's Genting Arena on February 4, 2017. This unforgettable farewell show from one of the biggest bands in… Read more…
BLACK STONE CHERRY – Black To Blues (2017)
It may be a little bit before we get a full new BLACK STONE CHERRY album of original material, but the band has something to tide fans over that might… Read more…
METALITE – Heroes In Time (2017)
"Heroes In Time" is the debut album by METALITE, a new Swedish female fronted combo which as their name suggest, musically is melodic metal oriented but with a 'lite' approach,… Read more…
SWEET & LYNCH – Only To Rise [Japanese Edition +1]
One of you asked for a revamp on SWEET & LYNCH's "Only To Rise" really good debut record "Only To Rise", this time in its Japanese Edition including a bonus… Read more…
SWEET & LYNCH – Unified [Japan Edition +1] (2017)
One of you asked for the Japanese version of SWEET & LYNCH new album "Unified", including an exclusive bonus track. SWEET & LYNCH — the super-band featuring guitarist / vocalist… Read more…
GRETA VAN FLEET – From The Fires (2017)
Michigan upstarts GRETA VAN FLEET are releasing today "From The Fires", their first full length album featuring tracks recorded few months ago plus the songs from their 4-track debut EP,… Read more…
AERODYNE – Breaking Free (2017)
"Breaking Free" is the first full-length of Swedish hard rockers AERODYNE, set for release tomorrow December 15, 2017 via Street Symphonies Records. Formed back in January 2016 the Scandinavian combo… Read more…
WESTPOINT – Face To The Sea [digitally remastered] (2016)
New reissue label Preservation Records is doing a great job remastering lost gems from the '80s Norwegian AOR scene. They started with a superb Lava album (featured here on the… Read more…
Mr. RIOT – My Life, My Road (2017)
"My Life, My Road" is the new album from Italian melodic hard rockers MR. RIOT, and the craziest thing about it is that the band already call its day before… Read more…
What do you get when you combine a skilled session vocalist and member of the current Alan Parsons Project with the ex drummer of Staind, and a bass player extraordinaire?… Read more…
