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The Collection: Ep. 68 – July 2025 Wrap-Up

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We are now into August, so 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 July 2025 and we have a little vinyl, a whole lot of CDs, and even a Blu-Ray. So much to go through including a couple new Rock Candy CDs in the collection, a new item for the Kiss collection and even a couple Box Set. 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 will be live tonight, August 4, 2025 at 7pm. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

And for those that can’t watch…here is everything…but please watch!!

The Collection: Ep. 43 – January 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 January 2025 and we have lots of vinyl, CDs, cassettes and a great start to the year.. So much to go through including more Voice of America Archive Albums as well as additions to the Rock Candy collection, the Kiss collection and Box Set collection. Lots of great albums to go though 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, February 3, 2025 at 8pm. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

And if you can’t watch the video…here is everything…

The Collection: Ep. 35 – September Wrap-Up 2024

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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 September 2024 and we have vinyl, CDs and a brand new 7″ Single. So much to go through including a Noble Record Exclusives and to top that off we have another addition to the Rock Candy, the Kiss collection and a Box Set collection. Lots of great albums to go though 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, September 30, 2024 at 8pm. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

The Collection: Ep. 25 – July 2024 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 July 2024 and we have vinyl, CDs, Cassettes and even some 7″ Singles I forgot to pull out last month. So much to go through including not one…not two…but three Noble Record Exclusives. And to top that off we have another addition to the Rock Candy and the Kiss collection. And my buddy Deke from The Distortion Den sent me a few CDs as well. So much to show for this month so I hope you enjoy the show!!

So go check it out as it will be live tonight right now, July 29, 2024 at 8pm. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

And here is everything in full…

January 2024 Purchases – Vinyl & CDs

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Welcome to the first Purchases wrap ip of 2024. And January was a big month for CDs, thanks in part to 2nd & Charles and their great sale of Buy 5, Get 5 Free! I always take full advantage of that sale and this time was no different. And instead of only buying 5 and getting 5, I found enough to Buy 10 and get 10 Free. Here are the 10 I bought…

And here are the 10 I got for Free (or could be the other way around, doesn’t matter)…

And then shortly after that, something I bought with my Christmas Gift Cards I received showed up. I have been wanting this vinyl for quite some time and I finally bought it. If that wasn’t enough, later in the month I was at an antique shop called ‘Sleepy Poets’ and I found the cassette for the same album. Had to buy it. Now, I have it on CD, vinyl and Cassette…

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My Sunday Song – “No Tattoos” by Andy Curran

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For My Sunday Song #376, we have another Deke’s choice and this time his good buddy Andy Curran and his song “No Tattoos”. He is of course Canadian as all songs this stretch are from Canadian artists. The song is off his 1990 debut album and was right towards the tail end of the hair metal era. Andy has reissued the album as a new box set and calling it ‘Whiskey & The Devil’. Andy is also bassist and co-lead vocalist for the band Coney Hatch, so check them out too.

“No Tattoos” is hard song to find info on. I don’t see any lyrics so I will do my best to describe the song. The song is simply about saying No to Tattoos. Okay, that wasn’t hard. You can tell by the chorus which says “No tattoos, gotta stay cool, my mama never raised no fool.” Clean skin baby!! Rockers love their tattoos so to come out and talk about not getting them is a brave thing. I’m surprised he wasn’t tied down and given one prison style!!

The song is a pure 80’s rocker, heavy guitars, heart pounding drums and anthemic sounding. Andy’s on vocals and he has a great rock & roll voice. Although that chorus is cheesy, It is still so much fun at the same time. And that guitar solo is great…it is short and sweet, but it really fits the song. Nothing earth shattering here, plain and simple, good time rock & roll and some times that is all you need!!

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Friday New Releases – August 11, 2023

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We have another week of Heavy Hitters with this Friday New Releases. First up for will be the new Coney Hatch live album ‘Postcards from Germany’ as it is the first time streaming and it has two new studio tracks. Other hitters you might like are The Hives, Liam Gallagher and even George Lynch & Jeff Pilson with Heavy Hitters 2, plus many, many more. I am sure there is something for you. Let me know what you want to hear this week and what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

  • 91YG6LCoekL._SX466_  Coney Hatch – Postcard From Germany – (Ex1 Records): finally on CD next week August 18th
  • 51tEb83fEoL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  The Hives – The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons – (Disques Hives)
  • A1EAn53uUTL._SX466_  Liam Gallagher – Knebworth 22 – (Warner Records)
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March 2023 Purchases – Vinyl & CDs

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We are already at the end of March and can’t believe three months in to the year already as well. Time does fly. But it doesn’t fly fast enough that we can’t do a monthly summary of purchases here at 2 Loud 2 Old Music. And this month was another good one even though the vinyl purchases were down and overall purchases were down as well. I didn’t actually get out to a real record store this month so I will try and make up for that in April.

The month started off with Frontiers Records updating their $5 CD sale and adding a bunch more albums to the list. I, of course, took advantage of that sale. I was able to pick up albums from Inglorious, Night Ranger and Jorn as well as a live Blu-Ray from Dokken. All great stuff.

And then my wife and daughter wanted to go to 2nd & Charles as they had a book sale where you buy 5 books, you get 5 free…Sadly, there was not a CD sale at the time, but it didn’t stop me from picking up some great music while I was there. I did get 5 CDs, but since the next 5 weren’t free, I stuck with only my 5. I picked up some Metallica, Tesla, Halestorm, Aldo Nova (which I had already on vinyl) and the last great Queensryche album in my book, ‘Promised Land’.

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The Original vs. The Cover – “Hey Operator”

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For the month’s The Original vs. The Cover, we have a Canadian Battle Royale!! We are going to look at the song “Hey Operator” which was originally recorded by Toronto’s own Coney Hatch and they are battling it out with Montreal’s own Aldo Nova. The song was written by Coney Hatch’s lead singer Carl Dixon and was on their 1982 debut self-titled album. It was released as a single and went to #19 on the Canadian charts. No real success in the U.S. though. Aldo Nova released the song in 1983 on his second album ‘Subject’. It was never released as a single, but for me was one of my favorite songs on his album. I had never heard of Coney Hatch back then, but I was a massive Aldo fan.

“Hey Operator” is a simple song about a guy wanting to call his girl long distance…or maybe it is just phone sex, who knows. There doesn’t seem to be any deep seeded meaning behind it, but that doesn’t make a great song no matter who sings it. As both versions are worth a listen. But let’s’s walk through both and see who has the best version.

CONEY HATCH

The Coney Hatch is more of a guitar and piano version and is a straight up rock track. Very radio friendly with a catchy chorus and I like how the piano gets louder during the chorus with some great riffing by Steve Shelski. His solo is also great, if not short and sweet. The rhythm section of Andy Curran and Dave Ketchum is the driving force behind the song though. But for me the real highlight is Carl’s vocals as they are quite fantastic. I love his tone and he just has a great rock & roll voice. How did these guys never make it in the U.S. is unknown as this is great, a kind of Foreigner vibe to it.

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