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The Collection: Ep. 84 – November 2025 Wrap-Up (including RSD Black Friday)

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November is done and we are now inching towards Christmas. First, it is time for the monthly wrap-up so lets see what 2 Loud 2 Old Music added to the collection this month. This is the November 2025 Wrap-Up and we have a bunch of vinyl and a whole lot of CDs to get through. This month I hit Noble Records & Repo Records as well as ordered from Discogs and Amazon. So much to go through including a handful of new Rock Candy CDs in the collection, Kiss and a Box Set rolled into one plus a selection of items from Black Friday Record Store Day. Lots of great new and old stuff to go through and show for this month so I hope you enjoy the show!!

So go check it out as it is live right now on YouTube. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

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Friday New Releases – November 28, 2025 (RSD – Black Friday)

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Happy Friday, we have a few releases for you today, but the bulk is coming from Record Store Day Black Friday. I wouldn’t mind the Creed live album, the Billy Idol 12″ or the Ratt 12″, but not sure I’m going to go wait in line. Take a look and let me know what you want to get out of this bunch. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

  • Dream Theater – Quarantieme: Live a Paris – (Ytse James / InsideOutMusic)
  • Alice Cooper – Welcome to My Nightmare: Live at the Forum, Los Angeles 6/17.75 – (Rhino / Warner Records)
  • Madonna – Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter – (Warner Records)
  • Jessie J – Don’t Tease Me With A Good Time – (D.A.P.)
  • Neil Young – Tonight’s The NIght (50th Anniversary) – (Warner Records)
  • Lynch Mob – Dancing With The Devil – (Rat Pack Records)
  • Equilibrium – Equinox – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Blut aus Nord – Ethereal Horizons – (Debemur Morti Productions)
  • Excide – Bastard Hymns – (Sharptone)
  • Avdagata – The Apocalyptic Aeon – (At Dawn Records)
  • Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter – Forever, I’ve Been Being Born – (Southern Land)
  • Will O’Dusk – The Long Lasting Dusk – (Will O’Dusk)
  • Brutus – Live in Brussels – (Hassle Records)
  • Treaty Oak Revival – West Texas Degenerate – (TOR Records)
  • Romeo Santos – New Album – (Sony Music / I Love Amiguta Inc.)

RECORD STORE DAY – BLACK FRIDAY 2025:

TITLEARTISTLABELFORMATRELEASE TYPEQUANTITY
“In My Arms/Refuge”IlleniumRepublic Records7″ Picture DiscRSD Exclusive3000
Take on Me (40th Anniversary EPA-HaRhinoRSD Exclusive3000
Guidance / Sun/SonJhene AikoDef Jam7″ VinylRSD Exclusive1500
Hearts-50th AnniversaryAmericaFriday MusicLP‘RSD First’1500
Asking AlexandriaAsking AlexandriaSumerian Records2 x LP‘RSD First’1700
Europe 1964 (Box Set)Albert Ayler & Don CherryORG MUSIC4 x LP‘RSD First’1250
Wild PlanetThe B-52’sRhinoLP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive5000
Live at the Bayou: Washington D.C. July 14, 1980 / March 15, 1981Bad BrainsTime Traveler Recordings2 x LPRSD Exclusive2500
JerichoThe BandBFD2 x LP‘RSD First’1000
Chaos and The CalmJames BayMercury/Republic RecordsLPRSD Exclusive2000
Get Sunk At Union Chapel: LiveMatt BerningerConcord Records10″ EPRSD Exclusive1900
TogetherRay BarrettoCraft RecordingsLPRSD Exclusive1800
Sister SweetlyBig Head Todd and the MonstersReal Gone MusicLP‘RSD First’2400
Partie Traumatic (Deluxe Edition)Black KidsEcho BaseLPRSD Exclusive3000
Bluey the Album – 5th Birthday Zoetrope EditionBlueyDemon Records2 x LPRSD Exclusive4500
PulseBenson BooneWarner RecordsRSD Exclusive6000
The Real Janelle & The Peel SessionBratmobileKill Rock StarsLP‘RSD First’1100
CharmerBreather ResistJade TreeLP‘RSD First’950
The Very Best of Eric Burdon & WarEric Burdon & WarRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive2500
Live From The Vic In ChicagoCage The ElephantLegacy Recordings2 x LPRSD Exclusive4500
Rockology: The Liquid Vinyl Numbered EditionEric Carr from KISSCulture Factory USALPRSD Exclusive2000
Unfinished Business: The Liquid Vinyl Numbered EditionEric Carr from KISSCulture Factory USALPRSD Exclusive2000
12″ersPhil CollinsRhinoRSD Exclusive3500
Welcome To My Nightmare Live From the Forum 6/17/75Alice CooperRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive3500
Riviera ’76Larry Coryell & The Eleventh HouseCulture Factory USALPRSD Exclusive2000
Live In San Antonio (11/14/1999)CreedCraft Recordings2 x LPRSD Exclusive3000
Pilot Talk IICurren$yJet Life Recordings / Pilot TalkLP‘RSD First’2000
Written By Ronnie D’AddarioRonnie D’AddarioOmnivore RecordingsLP‘RSD First’1400
Live at the Plugged Nickel: December 23, 1965 – Second SetMiles DavisLegacy Recordings2 x LPRSD Exclusive5900
Big Lizard in My Backyard (40th Anniversary)The Dead MilkmenThe Giving Groove2 x LP‘RSD First’3000
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water (10th Anniversary Edition)John DebneyVarese SarabandeLP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive2000
The Very Best of Deee-LiteDeee-LiteRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive3000
Deltron 3030: 25th AnniversaryDeltron 3030Deltron Partners2 x LPRSD Exclusive3000
Deltron 3030: 25th AnniversaryDeltron 3030Deltron PartnersCassetteRSD Exclusive1200
Merry Something To YouDevoRhino12″ Picture DiscRSD Exclusive4000
“Under The Running Board”The Dillinger Escape PlanRelapse Records7″ VinylRSD Exclusive1600
The Singles, Vol. 2DisclosureCapitol Records‘RSD First’2500
The Last VoyageDoctor WhoDemon Records2 x LPRSD Exclusive1200
Live in Copenhagen, 1968The DoorsRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive5300
Compton (A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre) (Instrumental Edition)Dr. DreInterscope2 x LP‘RSD First’3500
“Into The Cesspool”Dying FetusRelapse RecordsRSD Exclusive1000
Masters Of War (Live in Alan Lomax’s Apartment)Bob DylanLegacy Recordings7″ 45RSD Exclusive3900
The Original Freewheelin’ Bob DylanBob DylanLegacy RecordingsLPRSD Exclusive13000
LiveBillie EilishInterscope10″ EP‘RSD First’20000
Big Top Pee-Wee (The Original Soundtrack Album)Danny ElfmanLegacy RecordingsLP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive4500
Born To SingEn VogueGet On DownLPRSD Exclusive1700
The Beat at The BBCThe English BeatRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive4000
Portraits At The Penthouse: Live in SeattleBill EvansResonance RecordsLPRSD Exclusive4000
Trail of FlowersSierra FerrellRounder RecordsLP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive2000
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – Live at the Zoo Amphitheatre, Oklahoma City, August 30, 2024The Flaming LipsRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive4000
Fleetwood Mac: Live 1975Fleetwood MacRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive5000
Took A While/Stay Strong Play LongNeil FrancesNettwerk2 x LP‘RSD First’1500
Actual Life Piano Live (20th November 2024) IRL003Fred AgainÂ…Atlantic RecordsLPRSD Exclusive2000
Actual Life 2 Piano Live (20th March, 2022) IRL004Fred AgainÂ…Atlantic RecordsLPRSD Exclusive2000
Actual Life 3 Piano Live (22nd December 2022) IRL005Fred again..Atlantic RecordsLPRSD Exclusive2000
Fortifiedghost-noteMixto RecordsLPRSD Exclusive1500
SkeletaGhostLoma Vista RecordingsLP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive5000
Ehhthang EhhthangGloRillaInterscope2 x LP‘RSD First’5000
Good Kid 1 2 3 4Good KidMany Hats Distribution2 x LP‘RSD First’1700
The Warfield, San Francisco, CA Oct 4 & 6, 1980Grateful DeadRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive6000
The Warfield, San Francisco, CA Oct 4 & 6, 1980Grateful DeadRhino2 x CDRSD Exclusive4500
On A Back Porch Vol 2Grateful DeadRhinoLPRSD Exclusive4300
A Charlie Brown Christmas (60th Anniversary) Pop-Up Gatefold LPVince Guaraldi TrioCraft RecordingsLPRSD Exclusive4000
Live At The Jazz Record MartCharlie HadenDelmark Records LLCLP‘RSD First’1000
Living In The Material WorldGeorge HarrisonDark Horse RecordsLPRSD Exclusive5500
Ghosts In The MachineryThe Head And The HeartVerve12″ Vinyl EPRSD Exclusive2500
Chill Out (30th Anniversary)John Lee HookerBMGLPRSD Exclusive1500
I Love It (Feat. Charli XCX)Icona PopRhinoEPRSD Exclusive4400
77Billy IdolBMG / Dark Horse Records12″ Picture DiscRSD Exclusive1500
Breathing Fire – In Flames Live 2024In FlamesNuclear BlastLP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive2250
Live From Royal Albert Hall, London, 1986INXSRhinoLPRSD Exclusive3000
Jazz Sabbath LiveJazz SabbathBlacklake‘RSD First’2750
Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up The Pieces)Jelly RollRepublic RecordsLPRSD Exclusive8000
Live From Long IslandBilly JoelLegacy Recordings3 x LPRSD Exclusive1500
David Johansen And The Harry SmithsDavid Johansen and the Harry SmithsChesky RecordsLPRSD Exclusive1500
David Johansen And The Harry SmithsDavid Johansen and the Harry SmithsChesky Records‘RSD First’1000
Who Believes In Angels? Live At The London PalladiumElton John & Brandi CarlileInterscope2 x LPRSD Exclusive4000
Life Is Beautiful (Chopped Not Slopped)Larry June, 2 Chainz & The AlchemistThe Freeminded Records / 2 Chainz / ALC / EMPIRELPRSD Exclusive1200
Been Gettin’ Money (The Get Money 30th Anniversary 12″)Junior M.A.F.I.A.RhinoRSD Exclusive3000
The Tick OSTDoug KatsarosTerror Vision2 x LPRSD Exclusive2000
Wabash AvenueJorma KaukonenCulture Factory USA2 x LPRSD Exclusive2000
Wabash AvenueJorma KaukonenCulture Factory USACDRSD Exclusive1000
Holiday RoadKeshaKesha Records7″ VinylRSD Exclusive1750
Broadcasting The Blues: Live From Germany and SwedenB.B. KingTime Traveler Recordings2 x LPRSD Exclusive2500
No Room For BlueMarcus KingRepublic RecordsRSD Exclusive3500
Live in 24′King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardHaving Fun‘RSD First’1500
Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village GateRahsaan Roland KirkResonance Records2 x LPRSD Exclusive1200
Seek & Listen: Live At The PenthouseRahsaan Roland KirkResonance Records2 x LPRSD Exclusive1200
Extra! Extra!La LuzSub PopRSD Exclusive1000
NightlifeLadytronNettwerk2 x LP‘RSD First’2500
Golden Flower: Live in SwedenYusef LateefElemental Music Records2 x LP‘RSD First’1750
“Trampled Under Foot”Led ZeppelinSwan Song7″ VinylRSD Exclusive6100
The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe – A Spirit Speaks (DELUXE EDITION)Bill LeeStrata-East RecordsLP‘RSD First’1500
The Minstrel Show: 20th Anniversary Deluxe EditionLittle BrotherImagine Nation Music2 x LPRSD Exclusive1500
The Complete Elektra AlbumsLoveRhino5 x LPRSD Exclusive2000
Ode to R.L. BoyceG. Love & Special SauceGL RecordsLP‘RSD First’4000
Hit ParadeMadnessThe state51 ConspiracyLPRSD Exclusive3000
Apache-Inca (Deluxe Box Set)Maitreya Kali (Craig Smith)Flatiron Recordings2 x LPRSD Limited Run / Regional Focus400
Long BedPost MaloneMercury/Republic RecordsLPRSD Exclusive5000
Briston Maroney – Live At Red RocksBriston MaroneyAtlantic Records2 x LPRSD Exclusive2500
It’s Better If You Don’t UnderstandBruno MarsAtlantic RecordsEPRSD Exclusive13000
Mad Season (Live 2001)Matchbox Twenty2 x LPRSD Exclusive3500
Curtis (Rhino Reserve)Curtis MayfieldRhinoLPRSD Exclusive2700
Dream A Little Dream of MeMister RomanticEternal Magic Recordings7″ VinylRSD Exclusive
Rolling Thunder RevueJoni MitchellRhinoLPRSD Exclusive5500
Live 1973-KSAN Radio SessionMontrose/Sammy HagarFriday MusicLP‘RSD First’1500
Home Sweet HomeMotley CrueBMG12″ Picture DiscRSD Exclusive2500
Live at Brixton ’87MotörheadBMGLPRSD Exclusive2500
We Will FallLarry Mullins & Mike WattORG MUSICLPRSD Limited Run / Regional Focus500
Massive AggressiveMunicipal WasteEarache RecordsLPRSD Exclusive1000
Tokyo Gore PoliceKoh NakagawaRecently DeceasedRSD Limited Run / Regional Focus900
Trouble in Paradise: DemosRandy NewmanRhinoLPRSD Exclusive3500
Xanadu – Live & RemixedOlivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John7″ Vinyl‘RSD First’2000
Live in Reims Cathedral, 1974NicoCulture Factory USALPRSD Exclusive2000
Big Poppa (Remix)The Notorious B.I.G.RhinoRSD Exclusive3500
Live From Madison Square GardenO.A.R.ATO Records3 x LPRSD Exclusive2000
Shimmy Shimmy Ya / Brooklyn ZooOl’ Dirty BastardRhino12″ SingleRSD Exclusive3000
Live at Sonoma State – 11/4/73Old & In The WayRound Records2 x LP‘RSD First’5500
Sweaty PoolOTTTOORG MUSICRSD Limited Run / Regional Focus500
Longineu ParsonsLongineu ParsonsUbiquity RecordsLPRSD Exclusive1500
The Father of Delta Blues: Selections from Paramount Recordings, Vol. 2Charley PattonORG MUSICLPRSD Exclusive1500
What We All Come To Need & EphemeralPelicanSouthern Lord3 x LPRSD Exclusive1600
In FlightLinda PerryKill Rock Stars‘RSD First’1100
Live Anthology Album Art TeeTom Petty & The HeartbreakersWarner RecordsRSD Limited Run / Regional Focus800
The Live Anthology – From The Vaults Vol. 1Tom Petty & The HeartbreakersWarner Records2 x LP‘RSD First’7500
Around The World in A DayPrince & The RevolutionLegacy RecordingsRSD Exclusive1985
Live at CBGB, 1977RamonesRhinoLPRSD Exclusive6000
Invasion of Your Privacy (40th Anniversary)RattBMGRSD Exclusive2000
You Must Ask The Heart (30th Anniversary Edition)Jonathan RichmanCraft RecordingsLPRSD Exclusive1600
The Subway/The GiverChappell RoanIsland7″ VinylRSD Exclusive30000
Filmworks: InsomniaRobbie RobertsonOmnivore RecordingsLP‘RSD First’1800
Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye)Role ModelInterscope2 x LPRSD Exclusive3000
Their Satanic Majesties RequestThe Rolling StonesABKCO‘RSD First’6000
The Early YearsLinda RonstadtIconic Artists Group2 x LP‘RSD First’1000
A CapellaTodd RundgrenRhinoLPRSD Exclusive2500
Greatest HitsSeals & CroftsRhinoLPRSD Exclusive3000
In A Perfect WorldSeason To RiskSpartan RecordsLPRSD Exclusive1500
The Back To The Future TrilogyAlan SilvestriVarese SarabandeLPRSD Exclusive1900
TreatsSleigh BellsMom+PopLP‘RSD First’1500
Amusing The AmazingSlo BurnORG MUSICRSD Exclusive1500
Trace (30th Anniversary)Son VoltRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive3000
Ruby Vroom RemixesSoul CoughingRound HillLPRSD Exclusive1000
The End Continues [RSD Excl. Vinyl]Spinal TapInterscopeLPRSD Exclusive2000
Rattus Norvegicus (2025 Remaster)The StranglersRhinoLPRSD Exclusive2400
Copper Blue: The Singles CollectionSugarBMG4 x 12″ VinylRSD Exclusive1500
Forever, I’ve Been Being BornJesse Sykes & The Sweet HereafterSouthern LordLP‘RSD First’1300
Tentative Decisions: Demos & LiveTalking HeadsRhinoRSD Exclusive7500
Live at Place des Arts, Montreal – April 10, 1977Tangerine DreamCulture Factory USA3 x LPRSD Exclusive1500
Live From The Ash GroveSonny Terry and Brownie McGheeLiberation HallLPRSD Exclusive1200
Radio RetaliationThievery CorporationThievery Corporation2 x LPRSD Exclusive3000
Chasing Brightness: The Complete BBC Sessions 2011-2025Touche AmoreBMG2 x LPRSD Exclusive1800
T.R.U. REALigion (Anniversary Edition)2 Chainz2 Chainz2 x LP‘RSD First’1750
Flowers In the Afternoon: Late 1960’s SunshineVarious ArtistsCraft RecordingsLPRSD Exclusive1600
Jazz Dispensary: Green BulletsVarious ArtistsCraft RecordingsLPRSD Exclusive4100
Metal Machine Music: Power to Consume, Vol. 1Various ArtistsLegacy Recordings2 x LPRSD Exclusive2100
Punk Goes AcousticVarious ArtistsCraft RecordingsLPRSD Exclusive1700
Rent: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsRhino2 x LPRSD Exclusive4500
Rock The Plaza: Concert To Save The Historic Plaza Theatre In Palm SpringsVarious ArtistsOmnivore Recordings2 x LP‘RSD First’1200
What’s This World Coming To: Garage Rock From The Sun Records VaultVarious ArtistsSun Records‘RSD First’1500
Watchmen (Music From The Motion Picture)Various ArtistsRhinoLP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive3500
Wicked For Good: The SoundtrackVarious ArtistsRepublic Records2 x LP Picture DiscRSD Exclusive15000
Live at Wembley 1995Van HalenRhinoLPRSD Exclusive6000
Lost Machine – LiveVoivodLimited Run Vinyl/Brutal Planet Records2 x LPRSD Exclusive900
The Party Is Over (last call)Morgan WadeSony Music NashvilleLPRSD Exclusive1000
T-Bone Blues (Expanded)T-Bone WalkerRhinoRSD Exclusive3000
Shinola, Vol. 1WeenRhinoLPRSD Exclusive6000
If I Could Fly/Barbarella (Live)Scott WeilandScott Weiland7″ VinylRSD Exclusive2000
CR8005F-PW Pink Wicked Cruiser TurntableWickedCrosleyTurntableRSD Exclusive2500
CR8005F-EW Emerald Wicked Cruiser TurntableWickedCrosleyTurntableRSD Exclusive2500
dBpm 15Wilco/Jeff Tweedy/Daniel JohnstondBpmLPRSD Exclusive3400
Fool’s RideWitchNow-Again RecordsLP‘RSD First’1400
Live in LondonBobby WomackPrestige Elite2 x LPRSD Exclusive2000
Live in LondonBobby WomackPrestige Elite2 x CDRSD Limited Run / Regional Focus300
And Then I WroteÂ… The First Three Albums Of The ’90sDwight YoakamRhino4 x LPRSD Exclusive2745
LoftYoung Fresh FellowsYep Roc RecordsLPRSD Limited Run / Regional Focus750
Lester Leaps In: Live At Birdland 1951 – 1952Lester YoungLiberation HallLP‘RSD First’1500
Epilogue: Live At The Edmonton Folk Music FestivalWarren ZevonOmnivore Recordings2 x LPRSD Exclusive2200
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water (Music From The Animated Series)Jeremy ZuckermanRepublic Records2 x LPRSD Exclusive5000

The Collection: Ep. 66 – Billy Idol’s ‘Dream Into It’ – Album Review

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This week on the Collection, we are going to show off the new CD and Vinyl for Billy Idol’s new album, ‘Dream Into It’. And why we are it, we will throw in an album review. I know I’ve already posted an album review of this on the site, but this is the YouTube show and it is a slightly different audience. I felt it needed to be in both places. It has been 11 years since we’ve had a full length studio album from Billy Idol. His last one was 2014 with ‘Kings And Queens of the Underground’. He has had a couple of 4 song E.P.’s since then, but no full album of new music. Now, the time is upon us. After he did those two E.P.’s, he realized the press on those was as much as a full length album so why not simply do a full album and we are glad he did. Let’s get to it!

So go check it out as it will be live tonight right now, July 21, 2025 at 7pm. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

Billy Idol – ‘Dream Into It’ (2025) – Album Review (The Billy Idol Series)

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It has been 11 years since we’ve had a full length studio album from Billy Idol. His last one was 2014 with ‘Kings And Queens of the Underground’. He has had a couple of 4 song E.P.’s since then, but no full album of new music. Now, the time is upon us. After he did those two E.P.’s, he realized the press on those was as much as a full length album so why not simply do a full album and we are glad he did. The album was released on April 25, 2025 and it went to #79 in the U.K., but Switzerland saw it go to #3 and Germany it was #2. How did it fare in the U.S.? Well, it was Billy’s first ever Top 10 album as it went to #7. Not bad Billy…not bad at all!

The interesting about this release is that it is a concept album and it is broken down in to two parts. Part 1 is called “Dying to Love” and is Side One on the vinyl. This side is focused on the past and sees Billy being nostalgic and focusing on his early years. Part 2 is called, “I’m Reborn” and is Side Two of the album. The focus here is more forward looking on his life now which sees him now as Grandpa and in love with a great family. Cool to see someone that almost died from his drug use and rock & roll lifestyle to be an older rocker and simply loving life. He seems to be in a good place.

I ended up buying both the CD and the vinyl simply because I collect everything Billy so had to have both versions. We get 9 songs, but really only 8 new ones as one of the song is a remake of the song “John Wayne” which was on hit 2008 greatest hits album called The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself. This time around it is a duet and we will get to that later. A little disappointing that we didn’t get 10 new songs. I was worried he was going to re-use some of the songs from his last two E.P.’s, but thankfully that was not the case. But we do a good some good stuff and some okay stuff, so let’s get to the music.

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The Collection: Ep. 55 – April 2025 Wrap-Up

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As we end another month, it is time to go back and see what 2 Loud 2 Old Music added to the collection. This is April 2025 and we have lots of vinyl, CDs and even some 8-Tracks. So much to go through including a new Rock Candy collection, new items for the Kiss collection and a couple Box Set collections. Lots of great new albums and old ones to go through and show for this month so I hope you enjoy the show!!

So go check it out as it will be live tonight right now, May 5, 2025 at 7pm. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

And here it all is if you can’t watch…but please watch!!

Friday New Releases – April 25, 2025

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We have around 50 albums for you this week. It is insane. How insane? Well, I have the first 7 on the list on pre-order!! The most I’ve ever had in one week. Thankfully, it was a slow month for new releases for me up to this point so average out over a month, not too bad…I keep telling myself that. What are you wanting to hear or get this week or what did we miss? Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

  • Billy Idol – Dream Into It – (Dark Horse Records)
  • H.E.A.T. – Welcome to the Future – (earMusic)
  • Ghost – Skeleta – (Loma Vista Recordings)
  • Harem Scarem – Chasing Euphoria – (Frontiers Records)
  • Whitesnake – Access All Areas: Live – (Rhino Records)
  • Will Hoge – Blackbird On A Lonely Wire (Will’s Version) – (Will Hoge)
  • Frehley’s Comet – Live +1: The Expanded Version) – (Friday Music Two)
  • Samantha Fish – Paper Doll – (Rounder Records / Concord)
  • Willie Nelson – Oh What A Beautiful World – (Legacy Recordings)
  • Sting – Sting 3.0 Live – (A&M Records)
  • The Sex Pistols – Live in the U.S.A. 1978 – (Ume)
  • Stereophonics – Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Cry, Make ‘Em Wait – (EMI / Universal Music)
  • Yngwie Malmsteen – Tokyo Live – (Music Theories)
  • Simple Minds – Live in the City of Diamonds – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Coco Jones – Why Not More? – (High Standardz / Def Jam / UMG)
  • Smokey Robinson – What The World Needs Now – (Gaither Music Group)
  • Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra – Still Blooming – (Decca Records / Universal Music)
  • Robin Trower – Come And Find Me – (Artone Label Group / Provogue)
  • Machine Head – Unatoned – (Nuclear Blast X Imperium Recordings)
  • Wednesday 13 – Mid Death Crisis – (Napalm Records)
  • Art Nation – The Ascendance – (Frontiers Records)
  • Russ Ballard – Songs From the Warehouse/The Hits Rewired – (Frontiers Records)
  • James And The Cold Gun – Face In The Mirror – (Loosegroove Records)
  • Eyes – Spinner – (Prosthetic Records)
  • Sunflower Bean – Mortal Primetime – (Lucky Number)
  • Eluveitie – Anv – (Nuclear Blast)
  • Landmvrks – The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been – (Arising Empire)
  • Conan – Violence Dimension – (Heavy Psych Sounds)
  • Caliban – Back From Hell – (Century Media Records)
  • Coffin Feeder – Big Trouble – (Coffin Feeder)
  • Ancient Bards – Artifex – (Limb Music Publishing)
  • Game Over – Face The End – (Scarlet Records)
  • Cancer – Inverted World – (Peaceville)
  • Trick or Treat – Ghosted – (Scarlet Records)
  • Employed to Serve – Fallen Star – (Spinefarm Music Group)
  • Cosmic Cathedral – Deep Water – (InsideOutMusic)
  • Oak – The Third Sleep – (Karisma Records)
  • Rodeo Boys – Junior – (Don Giovanni Records)
  • Jawdropped – Just Fantasy E.P. – (Fire Talk)
  • Cloth – Pink Silence – (Rock Action Records)
  • Viagra Boys – Viagr Aboys – (Shrimptech Enterprises)
  • Fib – Heavy Lifting – (Julia’s War Recordings)
  • d4vd – Withered – (Darkroom / Interscope Records)
  • William Tyler – Time Indefinite – (Psychic Hotline)
  • Samia – Bloodless – (Grand Jury Music)
  • WesGhost – Am I Dreaming? – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • Uwade – Florilegium – (Ehiose Records / Thirty Tigers)
  • Hannah Rose Platt – Fragile Creatures – (Xtra Mile Recordings)
  • Stephen Stanley – Trustfall – (Sparrow Records / Capitol CMG)
  • Tucker Wetmore – What Not To – (Back Blocks Music)

The Collection: Ep. 52 – What’s In The Box? (55 CDs including Journey, Dokken, Sammy Hagar and more)

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My buddy, Mike Ladano, at Grab a Stack of Rock had a friend named Len Labelle who was selling his CD collection. Mike sent pictures out and I was so in on buying as so many pieces that I needed. Len & Mike are in Canada and shipping was going to be expensive to the States, so I made sure to buy enough to make it worth it…and it so was. 55 CDs later and we have a ton of great stuff to add to the collection. If you like Journey, Dokken, Sammy Hagar, Tesla, Slaughter and more…you’ll like this.

So go check it out as it will be live tonight at 7pm, April 14, 2025 on YouTube. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

Generation X – ‘Anthology’ (2003) – Album Review (The Billy Idol Series)

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Record companies like to release compilations long after a band has broken up as it keeps the band relevant and another opportunity to grab some cash. Unlike most greatest hits compilation, this one has some meat on the bone. EMI records released ‘Anthology’ on February 25, 2003 and it isn’t a one disc type of compilation. No! You get 3 CDs of goodness. The booklet gives us a nice biography of the band plus credits for all the songs on the 3 discs. And it also gives 51 tracks from the Generation X catalog.

But before we get in to the music. Who is Generation X? Well, if you didn’t follow my Billy Idol series, then I will let you know who they are (but go back and read all the reviews in the Series after you are done with this one). Generation X were a punk band out of England that ran from 1976 until 1981 and consisted of Tony James, Bob “Derwood” Andrews, Mark Laff and of course, Billy Idol. That is how discovered them is digging through Billy Idol’s musical history and I am so glad I did. They had 3 albums and went from Generation X to Gen X when there was a line-up change. But I liked most of what I heard so this was easy decision to grab this one…okay…now on to the music included in this set.

DISC ONE:

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What to Expect in Music in 2025?

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2025 is upon us and it is always fun anticipating what new albums will come out in the year. Since today would normally be a Friday New Release post, let’s look at the new releases coming our way in 2025. There are quite a few we already know about, but some haven’t been officially announced or even a date set yet.

Last year, there were a few artist I was hoping would release an album that might have or might not have released one.  It is always fun to hope for new music from these bands, but sometimes there are disappointments.  Here are the ones I was hoping to get new albums from last year and what actually happened…

  • Def Leppard – It is time for The Collection Vol. 4!! Come on boys, give it to us!! Or a new album…whichever you want. Well – we didn’t get a new album, but we got a new live album ‘One Night Only: Live at the Leadmill’ which was pretty great.  
  • Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!  Time to start up more Soundboard LPs or another box set…give us something! Still nothing!! No new album, no more Soundboards LPs and not even a release of The Final Show from MSG…come on guys (or label) and hurry it up. Give us something other than Anniversary Editions with nothing new.
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album! – Still nothing…no new albums…more tour announcements. Honestly, I don’t really care anymore so what.
  • Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set for over 3 years and still nothing much, but will he get around to releasing the full Life & Times of Eddie Gage? I hope so. – Nothing at all from him in 2024 but live shows.  Dude!! Where is the new music???
  • Bon Jovi – A new album WITH RICHIE SAMBORA!!! – No, no Richie album, but we got a new album with ‘Forever’ and it wasn’t half bad.  Still waiting on that 40th Anniversary Box Set!!
  • Robbie Williams – Hey Robbie, time for a new pop album…no more Trance please!! – No new album but at the end of the year he released a Biopic with his character as a monkey. Movie will get a wide release in 2025 and a soundtrack…which is on order.

Okay, are there albums I want to see this year from some of my favorite bands that haven’t been announced or in some cases even rumored?  Of course there are.  These are the bands I want new albums from this year…but it might not happen.

  • Def Leppard – It is time for The Collection Vol. 4!! Come on boys, give it to us!! Or a new album…whichever you want.
  • Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!  Time to start up more Soundboard LPs or another box set…give us something! Even give us the Blu Ray of the final Kiss show that I was at, that would be awesome too!!
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album! Do we even care anymore? Not really, but I’ll keep on the list.
  • Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set for over 3 years and still nothing much, but will he get around to releasing the full Life & Times of Eddie Gage? I hope so.
  • Billy Idol – There are rumors of a new album and even Steve Stevens showed a test pressing..could it be??!!
  • Paul Laine – In 2024, there were rumors of a solo album and a full Jet City Junkies release…please…please…Give us both!!!
  • Creed – They had a massively successful tour in 2024 and it will continue in 2025…will there be new music? Oh, please say it will be so!

From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2025 or are rumored, but no dates announced yet. The ones I would give a try will be highlighted in Blue. The ones with Dates Announced are at the bottom of this post. The list is building up nicely!!

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The Collection: Ep. 40 – My Favorite Things In 2024

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As we close out 2024, what were the things I liked the most that I obtained in the collection? That is a very good question that we will answer in this week’s video. We will talk new releases, live albums, reissues and the coolest stuff I think I found this year to add in to the collection. A whole bunch of stuff so check it out!!