gdazegod

 Tuesday Knight track features the team from CHINA SKY (Bobby Ingram etc). they were signed to the same label at the time.. Parc Records.
 

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 gdazegod

 Louise Goffin's '5th Of July' simply an exquisite track from her 1988 album 'This Is The Place'..
 

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 gdazegod

 Well I already knew about the Retrospect connection (thanks Aaron), but as Aaron says they are original pressings only at this stage. 'In Motion' has been much harder to source, I hope RR can get this one out soon as a 2 on 1.
 

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 gdazegod

 Electric Eels II review in the pipeline!
 

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 Eric

 I have this and related band Heaven Decoy. Good stuff, but need 'In Motion' so hurry up Retrospect!
 

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 Recordjnky

 Good news for Frontline fans -- Frontline will be doing some reunion shows in the very near future around the Bay Area including opening for Asia and also Foreigner at the Uptown Theater in Napa. I am so excited for these guys after a 14 year hiatus, Frontline are back!!
 

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 Recordjnky

 This CD and Electric Eels II are now available at Retrospectrecords.com!!
 

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 Recordjnky

 very few original FX cd's left at Retrospectrecords.com - get one while you still can!!
 

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 Recordjnky

 correct, Retrospect is selling off the last of FX's original pressings of their 2 releases (IN THE SKY and IN MOTION) and shortly be re-issuing them on our own label (remastered with possible bonus tracks). I agree George, this band is great which is why i just had to track them down. I will try and get you a copy of their full length album "IN MOTION" from 1987. Doug Morton is a super nice guy and currently does New Age style keyboard work.
 

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 machoman

 Hi George, actually you can find something on the net and much more easily than one might think as both albums can be bought on retrospect records. From what I saw, these are reisues by the band.
 

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 Eric

 Those early singles 'I'd Really Love To See You Tonight' and 'Nights Are Forever Without You' I always associate with late Summer nights, teenage love and happy very innocent times. Evergreen stuff no one remembers how to write anymore.

Classics.
 

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 alfine

 Yes George, a good one.
 

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 Eric

 I love these guys and as long as they keep putting out music-i'll buy.
 

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 gdazegod

 FX's 'I Think It's A Crime' is a new addition. This is World Trade like crossover prog/AOR. Features Warrior drummer Dave DuCey. Pretty cool track I reckon!
 

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 reyno-roxx

 Jeff Paris (aka Geoffrey Leib ) worked with Jay Gruska in the years leading up to this release.
 

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 reyno-roxx

 'Touch Me' was also covered by Love Affair on their Radio Records debut in the same year.
 

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 whiterook

 This is a Southern Rock masterpiece. "The Rambler" is one of the best ballads the genre ever produced. Should
have been a huge hit. BTW, Penthouse Pauper is a John
Fogerty song off CCR's "Bayou Country" album.
 

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 Eric

 Wow, a troubled but talented guy. Always liked his 'Life And Other Games' LP and Sky are tops in my book.
 

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 TheMurf

 A great album too be sure it deserves a CD release. Mainstreet USA however is Randy Bachman on vocals except on the "call & answer" portion closing out the song which features Fred.
TheMurf
 

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 Eric

 Apparently Yoko Ono wasn't happy with Carlos and Rick believing they had little talent or not enough stature and were riding on the coat tails of Lennon. This from a woman whose idea of art is wrapping herself in black trash bag...
 

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 reyno-roxx

 I seem to remember that German Vice album not being particularly great...

Only Child's record was the only album ever to receive an L rating in 'Kerrang!'............Geoff Barton reckoned it was worth more than 5K's and was one L of an album........
 

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 gdazegod

 Err, i have decided to discontinue the current version of the AOR Dictionary. The software used is totally inefficient. The more I tested it the more inefficient it became. It obviously hasn't been written that well. I will return to the Drawing Board..
 

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 richardb

 Don't know why this album doesn't get the kudos it deserves as it's consistently excellent throughout. "Lady luck" is the standout for me - a superb piece of "Wimphem"

Richard B



Richard B
 

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 richardb

 A fine album, some scintillating stuff from Lukather. "Am I ever gonna find your love" and "Midnight ride" are minor AOR classics.

Richard B

 

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 Eric

 Lake/ Moore did a UK tour together around this time as well. Voyager opened the shows and Paul French told me it was a terrific pairing and a lot of fun. Lake did a short solo tour of the U.S. supporting the record and I believe there was a King B. CD released from the period a few years ago. Maybe?
 

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 richardb

 I always thought this album was rather bland even for my mellow tastes. Incidentally IMHO the version of "Nuclear attack" put out by "Gary Moore and Friends" knocks proverbial spots of Greg Lake's version.


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 rkbluez

 Agree with Nick and now the album has finally seen the light of day via Wounded Bird...who has been doing some real gems lately....Wildlife, Farrenheit, Fortress, Reckless, Trash.
 

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 Nick C

 I like MtH a lot, I remember when I was a kid thinking Overend Watts was the coolest person on the planet! He was!
 

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 Danielovich

 I agree, Blue Tears and Atlantic are IMHO the two most overrated acts in melodic rock. I never knew what was all the fuss about....
 

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 gdazegod

 Nick jameson track is from his 1986 solo album 'A Crowd Of One' (Tamla Motown). It's altogether a very pleasant brand of radio rock/AOR. Nick is better remembered from his FOGHAT days, plus he is now a actor, who had a regular spot on the hit show '24' playing the role of a Russian President.
 

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 reyno-roxx

 Wonder if the early stuff is going to be re-issued?
Flashback time: I remember Kelv being the only person ever in the UK to have the original Lips album.
Great live band. Saw them play their debut show at the Marquee.
 

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 gdazegod

 There will no doubt, be more Anvil reviews in the pipeline, kinda in tribute to the movie.
 

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 sabace

 the version released on metal blade was backed by the band .
 

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 sabace

 anvil first three lps are timeless hard rock / metal ,the
advent of thrash / death metal was the death knell for decent rock music (pantera aside )
 

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 Eric

 Oh my goodness...
 

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 gdazegod

 The cover from the other US band called VICE is much better..



She could've been Anna Nicole Smith for all we know.. HAWT!
 

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 Eric

 That Vice cover is soooo 80s.....
 

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 gdazegod

 There are a whole bunch of live YouTube clips of The Madcats. I think John Watson pointed them out a couple of months back Reyno. I wonder if some of those Fullerton Dam albums are worthwhile having a listen to..
 

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 Dag

 Agree Classic:The best Jon English cd his last real rock cd Some people also has its moments: Back to IN ROADS

It has power melody and the songs:
I Have it only on lp and cdr and don,t think its released on cd.
Hope somebody can remaster and reissue it on cd.

Anyway a must have
 

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 gdazegod

 At the moment, we have hit a technical hitch. By having so many entries in the DB, it rendered much of the remainder of the website inoperable this morning, so I have cleaned out all the table records so that the DB can be returned to normal resumption. I need to figure out what's causing it, plus also talk to the software developer who wrote the code.
 

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 gdazegod

 Oh, one other thing, when this resource gets a little larger and more useful, Members may be able to ask for the complete data in a spreadsheet or CSV file format for personal use.
 

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 gdazegod

 OK, a few updates here..

1) As mentioned in the Shoutbox, this facility is now called AOR Directory, and is visible to all Members of this site.

2) I already had an extensive DB of material away from GD. I have shaped the data into the required fields/formats, and imported it into the AOR Directory table, now there are close to 7000 entries.

3) Many of these 7000 entries will need to be edited, with historical information to be added.

4) At this stage, I am considering whether to allow Members to edit entries, as there are security aspects to consider. In the meantime, as Editor I will probably update the AOR Directory within my external MS Access database environment, and make regular imports to the AOR Directory table, say weekly or fortnightly.

5) If members want to contribute making entries, then drop me a PM, giving the artist/act name (if it isn't in the AOR Directory already), and a couple of sentences or paragraphs as a description. Personnel and any album releases (with year and record label) would be appreciated too.

Any queries, drop me a PM.
 

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 kim_hp

 Very good album with some amazing tracks like "You Might Need Somebody" and "I've Been In Love Before". An undiscovered classic indeed!
 

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 gdazegod

 Lisa Bevill I used to own on CD. This is a beautiful track, Lisa's voice is classy. I'd love to see her do an AOR record, rather than CCM.
 

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 gdazegod

 Jakata sounds so much like 'Runaway' era Dakota, throw in a little Frank Stallone and you've got it in one!
 

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 rkbluez

 I actually like "Drive On" & "Shouting & Pointing" better than the Hunter stuff...great hard rock with a quirky sense of fun...but boy could they rock...and Ray Majors Mick Ralphs replacement could rip up a storm and was an excellent lead player.
 

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 gdazegod

 Is it me, but the bird on the cover jacket behind Joe looks like she's sitting on the toilet! lol!
 

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 TheMurf

 Actually Tim Henman is related to David & Ritchie Henman. He's their cousin.
TheMurf
 

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 englandashes

 Muscle Museum, very much a firm favourite, great song, when I originally saw the video, I thought they were an American group, how wrong could I get!
 

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 Eric

 Wonderful to see this here. Mott The Hoople are one of my favorite bands. I was turned on to them by a friend in High School in 1975 who used to play all their stuff during art class. He was a huge fan and even saw Mott with Queen at the Uris Theater in NY and taped/ booted both shows although most of the Queen show was lost due to his taping over for the sake of Mott. I remember he said Queen were good, but of course Mott were better lol.

'Mott' from 1973 and 'The Hoople' from '74 are their best imo.
 

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 chewie

 Only three songs work for me on this album: Lights(which for some reason reminds me of Camel... maybe the Nude album?), Boat On The River and Love In The Midnight.
 

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 chewie

 Mother Dear is one of my favorite Styx songs... Everything just came together on this album IMO. There are no lame rock&roll songs(like Right Away, You Better Ask, 23 Years or Rock n Roll Feeling), JY's voice doesn't get on the nerves, more DDY singing is probably why, harmonies are great and the production is the icing on the cake.
 

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 Harvey Mettle

 SWB split in the early 80's. A couple of members formed SEARGEANT, they then reformed as SWB later.
 

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 Harvey Mettle

 The first Aviator LP was 1979 not 1978 wasn't it?
 

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 Eric

 Wounded Bird have reissued this with 14 bonus tracks!
 

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 Harvey Mettle

 They released a four track EP in 1980 which is a bit more AC/DC in style too. And for some reason the Power & Glory Lp was reissued in the USA in 1987!
 

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 DEMONAOR

 Watching FIRST SIGNAL - VIDEO DEBUT FOR "THIS CITY" and i like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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 DEMONAOR

 Great music and someone should put em out on CD asap.
 

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 DEMONAOR

 Good music indeed.
 

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 chewie

 I think that this is a good decision. I have always used a combination of this one another for current releases. Thanks to this site, though, I have found stuff I never would have otherwise...........(especially ones that fall through the prog cracks) from the past.
 

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 englandashes

 I hadn't listened to a U2, for at least 20 years, then brought No Line On The Horizon recently and I thought it was great, played it alot, even thought about a possible review.
 

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 rkbluez

 Yeah I've been telling him that for years...cover art is a part of the total package.
 

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 Swazi

 LOL ! Better album art this time ... ! :-) True, though, as his own "creations" are rather questionable !
 

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 rkbluez

 Phil's no dummy...and he has friends that are lawyers...LOL...I'm sure things will work out for him and wish him the best of luck...better album art this time.
 

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 jeffrey343

 Judging by the review and comments, I must be one of the few that thinks this one is actually even better than the debut. I don't mind that it may sound a bit "formulatic"; the songs are catchy and not "samey", and the production is great. I don't think it is quite up there with the new Treat, but I expect this to be a strong contender for #2 for the year and definitely in my top 5 (if not, then this will have been an extraordinary year).

I hope the band is able to continue without Leckremo. I wouldn't put him in the absolute top echelon of vocalists, but he is definitely very good, and I doubt it would be easy to find someone who can step in and be at least as good. I've heard a fair amount of this type of music where the one thing holding it back was the vocals. I sure hope that doesn't end up being the case with H.E.A.T.
 

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 gdazegod

 For those that aren't aware, Benson Reid is a Canadian artist from Toronto, who released his one off album 'You Get What You Give' on BEI Records (MCA subsidiary) back in 1992. He sounds a lot like Garnett Ford. I've just picked this up on CD, review soon..
 

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 Eric

 Yes, the only thing I've liked from U2 is the tune 'Beautiful Day' which is more recent but has a great riff. Other than that not much interest.
 

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 gdazegod

 I can gather what this CD sounds like by the review. I was quite partial to Simple Minds back then, have a couple of their albums too. Less so U2.
 

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 TheMurf

 Actually Mel Shaw was the Stampeders manager. Speaking of Stampeders - they had a ton of albums worth reviewing.
The Murf
 

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 rkbluez

 I wore out all of the Nantucket albums...these guys were good...very good...Your Face Of Mine" is my favorite...another band that should of been bigger news.
 

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 AORboyo

 Very much looking forward to this dittie, especially given the 'Rock Candy' re-issue treatment, should be another fantastic sounding album from the 'RC' catalogue.
 

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 gdazegod

 Now officially reissued.. CANDY078, see above..
 

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 gdazegod

 Just updating this article. I guess according to the advice of Sandy Lawson, we should change the year to 1980 and not 1978.
 

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 rkbluez

 This band had the talent to go all the way...Paul DiBartolo certainly had the chops and attitude to be the next guitar God...check out the blistering solo in Scratch Like A Cat...it's a shame they didn't get the breaks and wound up on MCA which could of been their biggest downfall as it was for many bands signed to that label.
 

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 gdazegod

 I too would also question Phil's judgment going with Z Records. Surely there must've been some other contenders? In saying that, Mike Shotton continues an arrangement with Z for Von Groove.. wonders never cease.
 

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 AORboyo

 If this is a decent release......What the hell is it doing being released on that shitty label Z???........Oh, wait... it may never see the light of day then.
 

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 englandashes

 One of the first and best from MTM, underrated classic, in an era of infrequent aor releases.
 

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 jeffrey343

 This is the one album that all my friends and I had back in high school. Can't say I've played it a lot since then, although I always crank "Centerfold" when it comes on the radio. And really I should listen to the whole thing more frequently, as it is really a very good album and brings back lots of memories. I also love their older tracks "Love Stinks", "Come Back", and "One Last Kiss". Maybe I should listen to some of their older stuff too.
 

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 Nick C

 Good album that has a real "bounce" to it, Flamethrower just makes you wanna kick the chairs out of any room and get groovy haha!
 

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 Eric

 We used to listen to 'Sanctuary' and 'Love Stinks' all the time in College- great records. On the other hand their early stuff does nothing for me. Too R&B/ Blues/ Good time rock for my tastes, but they toured constantly back in the day- a very hard working band. Peter Wolf was married to actress Faye Dunaway in the late 70's if I remember right.
 

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 gdazegod

 Lauren's single 'You Read Me Wrong' was co-written by Ali Thomson, who is featured as a solo artist here at GD. 'Rain' is a Lennon/McCartney tune. The album was produced by Tony Peluso, who just this week passed away. R.I.P Tony.
 

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 gdazegod

 I quite like 1998's 'Top Secrecy'. I think I feel a review coming on..
 

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 rkbluez

 This has long been a favorite of mine since the vinyl release. One of the best hard melodic rocking Canadian disc's ever recorded IMO...as Jez mentioned this is right up there with Coney Hatch, Triumph and Wireless.

I like the songs Jez mention but my favorite is Mystical Eyes with the rippin' middle section riff...timeless and Winter Freeze rocks like hell also.

Thankfully Alpha Brunette did a Santers box set containing the 3 original albums + the 4th never released before they went under... of them all this one is the one to buy or die.
 

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 Eric

 Terrific band, but the peace sign thing is getting a bit redundant isn't it? So Jellyfish, Black Crowes, World Party, Prince, late 80's/ 90-91 eh?
 

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 gdazegod

 Got the audio going for this one. the first of many. May fluff around with the theme colours a bit first. Not sure about the turquoise blue. While I'm at it - for those who have heard this album, don't they sound like a doppleganger of TOUCH?
 

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 gdazegod

 Good news, I have found a solution. It will involve working with mediahoster divshare DOT com, who also have integrated media players for audio and flash video, which can then be embedded as links on our review articles. Very cool. More on this as I find the time to get it underway, but at the moment, time is a precious commodity for me.. So many things to do, so little time to do them all..
 

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 gdazegod

 Been listening to this, plus 'Paint A Picture' the last few days. Very nice. Also getting into old Barclay James Harvest plus Maestoso, which is an offshoot band of BJH.
 

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 Eric

 We're woefully lacking in our Silverhead coverage..need to fix that soon..
 

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 dangerzone

 Bit of a letdown after the first two albums.
 

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 gdazegod

 That LP 'Paint A Picture' seems like an interesting album. Looks like I have to track that one down. Interesting to see Geoff Whitehorn (Crawler, Procol Harum) playing on this. I really like his guitar style. Thanks for the lead Eric.
 

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 gdazegod

 Very nice album cover. Talking of Swedish copy-cat clones, BULLET must be due a new album soon Alun. That will be worth looking forward to!
 

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 gdazegod

 I won't preclude other writers from writing about new/current stuff. That's fine, anyone can write up new stuff. But personally, I find the older stuff much more interesting.
 

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 jeffrey343

 Say it isn't so! But I understand - there are a lot of good albums from years past that have yet to be reviewed. Still, this is where I hear about most of the new stuff out there.

I would like someone to get a list of other sites that review the newer stuff and that have the same sensibilities as we do here. I can Google an album and find several reviews, but most of them are nowhere near the quality of the ones here. I'll do my own research too, but I figure some of you know other places to keep abreast of the current scene.
 

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 jeffrey343

 I agree with George on the comparison to the Laos album.
 

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 jefflynnefan

 I forgot about that song "Runner" until recently. Then was suprised that it was Manfred Mann singing it!
 

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 jefflynnefan

 Thanks George! I know where a copy is so I'm going to grab it. Been listening to some female rockers for a couple of weeks now- Laos, Femme Fatale, Witness, etc...
 

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 rkbluez

 Love Tobruk...they're like the missing link between UFO and Bon Jovi...this album rocks hard but is still super melodic...still wonder how an album this good didn't sell in droves.
 

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 rkbluez

 Love this album and band...they have a sound all their own...and they just flat out rock & produce some great music that's just fun to listen to...if you like retro rock then chances are you'll like this band also...I have all their albums (CD's) and like them all...this is one of their best though.
 

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 gdazegod

 Compared with Laos, on a par, perhaps a touch heavier in places. Not as consistent though. Some tracks on this CD are very very good. Pity her 1993 follow up is rubbish.
 

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 Nick C

 A little point of interest - I've just kinda got into this band and it seems they have reformed somewhat over the last couple of years and have since released a further couple of albums and a DVD.
They can be found at
http://www.wallym...

Also if you search the site there's mention of a potential new live album from an April 2010 performance.
 

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