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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

Jeff Scott Soto, Gary Schutt, Michael Voss, Neal Grusky – ’24th of June: Alive ‘N Kissing’ (1995) – Album Review (The Jeff Scott Soto Series)

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Back on June 24th, of probably 1995 (I think) at a place called Kühners Landhaus in Kissing, Germany, a group of musicians and friends gathered together for a small promotional show. Those four friends were Jeff Scott Soto, Gary Schutt, Michael Voss and Neal Grusky. That short little show was released as Promo and limited to only 500 copies by Long Island Records and released sometime in 1995. I’ve been wanting this one for quite a long time and finally bit the bullet and bought it as it wasn’t too expensive, but is on the pricier side of things.

It is a very relaxed show and the guys have a lot of fun with it but when the music plays, it is all business and all perfection. They are in front of a very polite and yet receptive crowd and they whip through 6 tracks with Jeff on vocals for 5 and Michael Voss on 1 track. They are joined by Mike Foerster to help out on acoustic guitar as this is an all acoustic set. No drums, simply guitars and vocals. An intimate setting and the guys doing what they do best.

The CD opens with Gary Schutt calling for Jeff to come to the stage so they can start the show. When Jeff does finally arrive, they kick in to a beautiful rendition of Jeff’s band Takara’s song “Restless Heart”. The original version is a power ballad with some great keyboards and a big chorus. Here, it is stripped down to its bare essence with Jeff giving such a stellar rendition. There is no explosive moments like in the regular version, it is reserved and even more emotive than the original. Jeff sounds amazing and sounds as good or even better than the studio version. Simply stunning.

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Friday New Releases – October 27, 2023

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Halloween is almost upon us and we’ve scared up over 80 releases for you this week. No tricks, only treats!! There are so many bands, so many genres and so many great things to hear there should be something for everyone. I’ve got a few I want to hear with James Blunt, Duran Duran, Dokken and probably Black Pumas as well. Let me know what you want to hear this week and/or what we may have missed as well so everyone knows. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a scary good weekend!!

  • James Blunt – Who We Used to Be – (Atlantic Records / Warner Music)
  • Duran Duran – Danse Macabre – (Tape Modern / BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • Dokken – Heaven Comes Down – (Silver Lining Music)
  • Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil (40th Anniversary) – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • A19s4Jx1ArL._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_  Mark Tremonti – Mark Tremonti Christmas Classics New & Old – (Mark Tremonti Music)
  • Black Pumas – Chronicles of a Diamond – (ATO Records)
  • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – The Silver Cord – (KGLW)
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You Pick It! – What Album to Review in January?

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You, my reader, are going to pick an album for me to review each month.  It is really simple…first, I will give you 5 albums to choose from and second, you will tell me which one of those you would like to see reviewed on the site.  See…simple! Now, if you want to cast more than one vote, comment on the Twitter and Facebook post and you could get up to 3 votes on your favorite pick.

There are no longer rules for my selections, maybe themes.  I’m just picking albums in my collection and this time they are all from my favorite era of music…The 80’s. We’ve done one with the 80’s rock scene now let’s go to the 80’s Pop scene and what was riding the charts. What are the 5 albums you ask?  I have them right here…

   U2 – ‘The Joshua Tree’

   Prince – ‘Purple Rain’

   Genesis – ‘Invisible Touch’

   The Cars – ‘Heartbeat City’

   Bryan Adams – ‘Reckless’

Let me know which one you would like to see and sometime in January, I will post a review of the album that gets the most votes. You have one week to decide and from there I will start listening to the album and do a review.

Thanks for participating!!

Jeff Scott Soto – ‘Holding On’ E.P. (2002) – Album Review (The Jeff Scott Soto Series)

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Jeff Scott Soto was ready to call it quits with The Boogie Nights as doing some solo work was starting to appeal to him as it had been years since his debut solo album. He thought about signing with Z-Records, but due to the problems with his band Humanimal, that was quickly nixed. He wound up with an Italian label called Frontiers Records. The deal included re-releasing his debut solo album ‘Love Parade’ as well as new material which was already in the works and would be released in late 2002.

I am not sure the actual release date of this E.P., but I am guessing it is prior to the album. The E.P. consists of the first single from his upcoming solo album ‘Prism’ called “Holding On”. It also includes a previously unreleased track and 2 live songs plus a re-release of a song from his debut solo album ‘Love Parade’. It is a great E.P. to have.

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Friday New Releases – July 30, 2021

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We are at the end of July already and dang the releases are still heating up and this week is a scorcher!! There is a battle going on in my house as one of my favorite bands is releasing and album and one of kids favorite artists is as well so it will be a fight on who plays what in the car. The girls will win because they have me wrapped around every finger!! I will go ahead and admit defeat. My choices this week are in Blue and I am sure there will be something for you as well as there are around 40 releases to choose. Let me know what you want to hear and what I may have missed so everyone knows it as well. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

  • 81hSQL7GTfS._SS500_  Needtobreathe – Into the Mystery – (Elektra Records): If you follow this site at all then you know Needtobreathe is one of my favorite bands of all time!! While in Quarantine in 2020, they couldn’t tour so they made a new album…hell, why not!! Can’t wait to see where their heads were on this one and glad we got one so much sooner than we probably would have. I guess Covid was good for something!!
  • 91L7BkHtcsS._SL1500_  Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever – (Darkroom / Interscope Records): Unless you’ve been under a rock the last few years, you know Billie Eilish is like the Big Cheese!! My kids love her and I will admit she has some great songs and teamed up with her brother who writes a lot of it, they are a pretty dynamic duo right now. I did really enjoy the single “Therefore I Am” so hoping the rest is as good.
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You Pick It! – Which Album to Review in November?

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You, my reader, are going to pick an album for me to review each month.  It is really simple…first, I will give you 5 albums to choose from and second, you will tell me which one of those you would like to see reviewed on the site.  See…simple!

There are a few simple rules I have put in to place in my selections.  They are…

  • One has to be a new release (within the last month)
  • One has to be one I have never heard before (new releases don’t count for this one)
  • One has to be from a genre I don’t normally listen to at all or very often
  • And the last two are choices from my collection that I haven’t reviewed before

What are the 5 albums you ask?  Funny you should ask because I have those right here…

  New Release – The Struts – ‘Strange Days’

  Never Heard Before – Patti Smith – ‘Horses”

Not My Normal Genre – Lauryn Hill – ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’

  From My Collection – Prince & the Revolution – ‘Purple Rain’

  From My Collection – The Police ‘Synchronicity’

Let me know which one you would like to see and sometime in November, I will post a review of the album that gets the most votes. You have one week to decide and from there I will start listening to the album and do a review.

Thanks for participating!!

Friday New Releases – May 29th

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FINALLY!!  A Massive Week of new releases.  I mean this is the biggest week since this whole Corona outbreak started and thank goodness.  We need this!!  There a lot on my list this week…a whole lot.  They are highlighted in Blue as usual.  What interests you, what did I miss, what what what???  Please let me know.  I hope you have a great weekend and you know what I’ll be doing!!!  Thanks for stopping by.

  • 81Pgg8+JYdL._SS500_  Def Leppard – Hits Vegas (Live) – (Bludgeon Riffola Ltd):  Def Leppard has two out this week…that is right…TWO!!  You can also get it as one BluRay or DVD set that has both albums on CD and in Video format which I have the BluRay version coming to me.  This is the disc I am more excited about, the Vegas Residency Show as they tend to play a lot of DEEP DEEP CUTS and that is what the collector in me wants.

  • 81l398mT5qL._SS500_  Def Leppard – Hysteria at the O2 (Live) – Bludgeon Riffola Ltd):  Release #2 is for the London gig where they played the Hysteria album in its entirety which I already have from the Viva! Hysteria Vegas show years back, but the completist in me has to have this one too.

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My Sunday Song – “Them Blues” by Collective Soul

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For My Sunday Song #177, we are discussing a new song from Collective Soul called “Them Blues” from the 2019 album ‘Blood’.  The album finds the band still hitting on all cylinders even after over 25 years together.  “Them Blues” is a mature band with serious topics still showing they can pull brilliance out when most bands are passed their prime.

Musically, the song was inspired by Prince’s album “Purple Rain” as Ed Roland loved the chord progression and when he was tinkering around with it on the piano while listening to that song,  “Them Blues” developed from there. Lyrically, the theme is about life and what was going on in his families life as his wife was going through some hard times.  The song was for her and to let her know that this too shall pass and though it is hard now, it will get better.  A rather touching song.

The song turned into a piano-based song that is very blues influenced and takes a more serious tone.  I love the slow opening piano notes and then a really cool and short guitar riff.  Ed’s (or E as he likes to be called…WTF??) vocals are great, the style switch is a nice change of pace and it seems to take the band into a more serious realm as they captured the emotions nicely.  The best part is the super long guitar solo by Jesse Triplett to end the album…it is killer.  It lifts the song when it needing lifting and it made you feel all was going to be right with the world.  It is a time where lyrically and musically, everything that they wanted you to take away from the song comes across loud and clear.

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Friday New Releases – November 15th

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As were are starting to get closer the Holidays, the new releases become fewer and fewer.  There might be one more big week, sadly this is not one of them.  I barely have enough to fill the 6 panels of pictures above.  My choices are limited so I apologize, but maybe there is something for you.  We have Country, R&B, Emo, Classic Rock, 50’s Rock and Pop…that’s it…one for each.  My choices are highlighted in Blue.  Let me know what you want to hear or if there is something I missed that you want to mention.  Thanks for stopping by and have a Great Weekend!!

  • 919hw6IaWZL._SX522_.jpg  Lady Antebellum – Ocean – (Big Machine):  I diss Country a lot, but there a few artists/groups I like and this is one of them.  They are band my wife and I enjoy together and I love when we have someone we both like.  They have been around awhile and usually they deliver and I expect nothing less this time.  It is usually a softer side of Country, but man these guys/gals can sing.

  • 81SKw7E7vlL._AC_UL115_.jpg  Prince – 1999 (Super Deluxe Edition) – (Warner Records):  Prince’s estate is emptying the vaults at an alarmingly fast rate and now 1999 is getting the Super Deluxe Edition. The album was unbelievable the way it was, but having all this bonus material is going to be a blast going through.  I could spend a lot of time with this one.

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