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Post by Lee on Nov 10, 2007 19:25:39 GMT
yo Lee is that the bloke who's name is pronounced Boob - Lay? I don't really like his stuff, but theirs no denying he's got a great voice. Woody Yep, that's the dude. He certainly has. Shame Westlife have butchered one of his songs on their new cd Winger - Down Incognito - Winger Live 2007
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Post by Lee on Nov 10, 2007 21:06:40 GMT
Los Angeles - Measure Of Man
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Post by Richard & Amanda In Cornwall on Nov 14, 2007 12:26:26 GMT
NIGHT RANGER-Big Life
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Post by Lee on Nov 17, 2007 17:32:11 GMT
This week I've been listening to...........
Pagan's Mind - Gods Equation The Codex - S/T Winger - Live Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden Signal - Loud And Clear
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Post by Lindsay on Nov 18, 2007 15:14:14 GMT
Big Krush - Again (2007) Recieved this today, and i have to say, this album is fantastic. Here's a review for it that i found from glory-daze GLORY-DAZE www.glory-daze.com George Thatcher Editor BIG KRUSH - Bob F Acquaviva - guitars, vocals; Vince Cavo-vocals; Jerry Crimmins - vocals; Jose M. Lopez - vocals; Tim Mish - keyboards; Joe Restifo - bass, vocals; Lenny Milano - drums, percussion. Background: Here's a band from upstate New York that might tickle the fancy of may readers here. They are the seven-piece outfit Big Krush. These guys operate out off the East Coast but their music is influenced from the other side of the continent. L.A. styled west coast music is their game, with a nod to the likes of Toto, Chicago and Player. Big Krush is the mastermind of Bob Acquaviva, the band being in existance now for five years. Bob is also a producer and eng: by day at his acclaimed Acqrok Studios in Utica, NY. Trainspotters may know that Bob was also the Track Engineer on Boston's most recent release 'Corporate America'. The Songs: The music of Big Krush has a very 'live' and spontaneous feel to it, and they groove in much the way a club house band would. It also means that their live instincts come to the fore in the delivery of these songs . The band will do some local touring to coincide with the release. In the meantime, fans of West Coast (or East Coast for that matter!) should hop on over to the Big Krush website, and investigate for yourself. Review By: George Thatcher So if you like your westcoast AOR i would advise you to check this out pronto Here's another review i found, Out of nowhere comes BIG KRUSH, an American band with a very strong calm AOR/Westcoast release like a mix between PABLO CRUISE/LITTLE RIVER BAND (the close-harmonyvocals), early 80s SANTANA, TOTO (the guitar work and song structures) and KING OF HEARTS (the light sound). Actually this CD is the most pure Westcoast release I have heard in ages. It is similar in style to the AOR project of Frederic Slama, ALLIANCE 1982 so I think you now know what to expect, namely a song based album with very melodic clean lead vocals in the TOTO/FRANKE AND THE KNOCKOUTS style and songs a la DAVID ROBERTS, JAY GRUSKA and PLAYER, so the insiders then will understand we have something really interesting here. If anyone had told me this was a Japanese re-issue from a 1982 record I would have instantly believed it. In fact, after sitting with this album for a week I finally found out the absolute best comparison, which is not DAVID ROBERTS, but good ole JOHN O'BANION, so if anyone out there likes his 1980s records, well then you're gonna love this BIG KRUSH for sure. This New York based band is without a doubt a must-have for the Westcoast/AOR fans!----------------
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Post by Lindsay on Nov 18, 2007 17:05:32 GMT
Big Guns - Stick'Em Up (2007) Recieved this about an hour ago and have been listening to it ever since. Gr8 AOR/Melodic Rock released on Suncity Records, here's what Suncity have to say about it. Next to join the Suncity Records family is the very classy U.K. band Big Guns. This time we will be releasing their unreleased follow up album entitled "Stick'em Up!". No to be confused with the U.S. band that released a CDR called "Bustin' Out" at the end of 2006. To me, Big Guns are U.K.'s answer to the legendary hard rockers Danger Danger. Many may know that Danger Danger are one of my all-time favorite bands so I don't make such comparison easily. Big Guns hit the scene in the early 90's when they were signed to Japanese hard rock label giant "Zero Records". In 1994 the band made their break through with their critically acclaimed debut release entitled "On Dangerous Ground". An ultra rare collectable to this day, what many people believe was that the only thing that kept "On Dangerous Ground" from being a classic AOR release was the less than par production. Knowing the fact about the poor production, Big Guns were adamant to right the wrong when recording their second album and proving to themselves that they were an AOR powerhouse. Putting it all on the line to record the classic AOR album, Big Guns decided to self fund their next album on their very own. Coughing up $US30,000 for the recording process which was a hell of a lot of money back in those days. Unfortunately $US30,000 at the recording quality that the band was after was only enough for six tracks of AOR magic. Due to the music climate at the time, no record label was willing to give Big Guns a chance at rock stardom. Those six previously unreleased tracks will be the content of Suncity Records's Big Guns - Stick'em Up! album which is released in 2007. I absolutely love this mini album, 6 awesome tracks by this U.K band, i'll send Steve a couple of tracks and fingers crossed he'll play them so you can here for yourself how good this is. Awesome stuff IMO anyway
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Post by Richard & Amanda In Cornwall on Nov 19, 2007 13:16:08 GMT
FM-Closer To Heaven,Japanese only album
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Post by Paul B on Nov 22, 2007 16:27:16 GMT
AYREON, 01011001 (honest), new album from Arjen Anthony Lucassen and friends. ;D Superb 'space rock opera' with a dash of prog and metal thrown into the mix. Fans of Ayreon think Electric Castle and Human Equation and times by 10... ;D Simply Marvelous. ;D Prog Paul
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Post by Liz from Cheshire on Nov 22, 2007 19:37:18 GMT
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand Its a little bit country, its a little bit rock n roll. The first track - Rich Woman sounds like a re-working of Boogie With Stu IMHO The entire CD is quite charming in a hippy- dippy sort of way Reminds me of a soundtrack album for a 1930's black and white movie
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Post by Woody on Nov 23, 2007 18:22:45 GMT
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Post by hazychris on Nov 24, 2007 19:25:17 GMT
This week:
HELLOWEEN - Keeper of the 7 keys - The Legacy, forgot how good this double cd is.
QUARTERBACK - Trampled Under Foot - Limited classic aor re-issue, get it while you can.
THE VISION BLEAK - The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey - Excellent cd, lots of black waistjackets and white frilly shirts, in a horror film setting!
RAM JAM - Portrait of the Artist - Surprising 70's re-issue, stills sound really fresh.
HELLVETO - Mirrors From The Past
& p.s
What's the difference between the England Football team & Lewis Hamilton???
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Lewis still has a Mclaren!!
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Post by Lindsay on Nov 24, 2007 19:52:18 GMT
QUARTERBACK - Trampled Under Foot - Limited classic aor re-issue, get it while you can. Yep, have to agree awesome AOR album, the first track Tumblin' Down is a killer track
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Post by hazychris on Nov 24, 2007 21:47:06 GMT
Too right, mate!! QUARTERBACK - Trampled Under Foot - Limited classic aor re-issue, get it while you can. Yep, have to agree awesome AOR album, the first track Tumblin' Down is a killer track ;)
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Post by Lee on Nov 25, 2007 18:21:14 GMT
Today, we've been listening to............. The Velcro Pygmies - American Muscle What a superb cd this is. Easily make my top 5 cd's of the year. Good time hard rock with touches of Def Lepp, Kiss, AC/DC and even some elements of Harem Scarem thrown in for good measure. Top playing and top production make this a must have cd, in my opinion, anyway
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Post by Lindsay on Nov 25, 2007 18:39:29 GMT
Today, we've been listening to............. The Velcro Pygmies - American Muscle What a superb cd this is. Easily make my top 5 cd's of the year. Good time hard rock with touches of Def Lepp, Kiss, AC/DC and even some elements of Harem Scarem thrown in for good measure. Top playing and top production make this a must have cd, in my opinion, anyway Have to agree Lee, one of the best cd's i've heard this year, and it was released last year aswell, AWESOME stuff
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