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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 21, 2025

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A whole lot of stuff coming your way as we draw closer to the Holidays. We have about 40 releases for you and by the look of it, you probably can’t guess what year we are in as we have items from Def Leppard, Kiss, Aerosmith, The Beatles, Stryper, Eric Clapton, Jethro Tull and Prince to name a few. I have a lot on pre-order today with Def Leppard, Kiss, Stryper and The Beatles. I’m skipping Aerosmith as I haven’t brought myself to listen to it yet with Yungblud. If I do give it a spin and like it, I’ll order it. What do you want to hear this week or what did we miss. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

  • Def Leppard – Diamond Star Heroes: Live From Sheffield – (Mercury Studios)
  • Kiss – Alive! 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition – (UMG Recordings)
  • Aerosmith & Yungblud – One More Time E.P. – (Capitol Records / Queen of Denial)
  • Stryper – The Greatest Gift Of All – (Frontiers Records)
  • The Beatles – Anthology Collection – (Calderstone Productions / Universal Music / Apple Corps Ltd)
  • The Beatles – Anthology 4 – (Calderstone Productions / Universal Music / Apple Corps Ltd)
  • Creed – The Best of Creed – (Craft Recordings): On Vinyl & CD
  • Eric Clapton – Journeyman: Deluxe Edition – (EPC Enterprises, LLP / Surfdog Records)
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The Collection: Ep 75 – September 2025 Wrap-Up

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September draws to a close, 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 the September 2025 Wrap-Up and we have a little vinyl, a whole lot of CDs and even a book. Plus, I visited a record store…twice, ordered from Discogs, ordered from another record store online and went thrifting. So much to go through including a couple new Rock Candy CDs in the collection, Kiss and a 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, September 29, 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!!

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!!

Retro Rock Reviews: Ep. 10 – Stryper ‘Against the Law’ (1990)

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This week we stay in the 90’s and we go with another Glam Metal / Hair Band but this album was a huge change on their image and messaging. It is Stryper’s ‘Against the Law’. It saw the band shed their Christian image from losing the Yellow and Black to dropping the Christian, God fearing lyrics. They don’t go all devil worshipping, the songs are still positive, just different. It was released August 21, 1990 and had three singles, but overall did not perform to where it should have. I think it is their best, even if Michael Sweet ranks it as the worst Stryper album. We will find out if this is worth your time or not so join me as I walk through the album song by song.

So go check it out as it is live now on October 10, 2024 at Noon. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

Friday New Releases – September 13, 2024

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Get ready for what might the longest list of the year. We have just under 70 choices for you this week. Crazy!! I am sure there will be something for everyone this week. I want to hear the new Stryper, Crobot and Miranda Lambert. I have the Velvet Revolver Deluxe Edition on Pre-Order so I hope it arrives today. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. With as many as we have this week, there will only be videos for the ones in the header above.

  • Stryper – When We Were Kings – (Frontiers Records)
  • Crobot – Obsidian – (Crobot)
  • Velvet Revolver – Contraband (Deluxe Edition) – (RCA / Sony Music)
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Friday New Releases – June 28, 2024

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Welcome back to Friday New Releases. We are already to the final week of June and although Summer is heating up, for me, the releases this week aren’t that hot. Nothing I have to have and actually, the Stryper ‘To Hell With the Amp’ is a reissue of what they released earlier this year exclusively on their site and it sold it fast (yes, I have a copy). And speaking of Michael Sweet, he also has Sunbomb which I’m not thrilled with, but will get eventually as I do with Michael’s stuff. A lot people might be in to Imagine Dragons and Camila Cabello as they have a new ones, not for me though. I might give The Fabulous Thunderbirds a listen as I didn’t realize they were still together. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

  • Imagine Dragons – Loom – (KidInACorner./ Interscope Records)
  • Sunbomb – Light Up The Sky – (Frontiers Records)
  • Stryper – To Hell With The Amp – (Stryper Recording) – Reissue of exclusive website only CD
  • Megan Thee Stallion – Megan – (Hot Girl Productions)
  • The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Struck Down – (RHM-Linus / Stony Plain Records)
  • Johnny Cash – Songwriter – (Mercury Nashville / UMe)
  • Can – Live in Aston 1977 – (Mute Music)
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – South of Here – (Stax Records / Concord)
  • Camila Cabello – C,XOXO – (Geffen / Interscope Records)
  • Jxdn – When the Music Stops – (DTA Records / Elektra Records)
  • The Warning – Keep Me Fed – (Republic Records / UMG / Lava Music)
  • Lupe Fiasco – Samurai – (1st And 15th Too / Thirty Tigers)
  • Neil Young with Crazy Horse – Early Daze – (Reprise Records)
  • Yes – Fragile (Super Deluxe Edition) – (Rhino Entertainment / Warner Music Group)
  • Guided By Voices – Strut of Kings – (GBV Inc.)
  • Robert Jon & The Wreck – Red Moon Rising – (Journeyman Records)
  • Anvil – One and Only – (AFM Records / Soulfood Music Distribution)
  • Nothing More – Carnal – (Better Noise Music)
  • Neaera – All Is Dust – (Metal Blade Records)
  • The Eternal – Skinwalker – (Reigning Phoenix Music)
  • 200 Stab Wounds – Manual Manic Procedures – (Metal Blade Records)
  • Wraith – Fueled by Fear – (Prosthetic Records)
  • Islander – Grammy Nominated – (Islander / Blood Blast Distribution)
  • Gerry Beckley – Gerry Beckley – (Blue Elan)
  • White Stones – Memoria Viva – (Reigning Phoenix Music)
  • Hiatus Kaiyote – Love Heart Cheat Code – (Brainfeeder)
  • Still Woozy – Love Seat – (Insterscope Records)
  • Aaron Frazer – Into the Blue – (Dead Oceans)
  • Scene Queen – Hot Singles In Your Area – (Hopeless Records)
  • Omar Apollo – God Said No – (Warner Records)
  • Silverada – Silverada – (Prairie Rose Records)
  • Washed Out – Notes from a Quiet Life – (Sub Pop Records)
  • Yellow House – Psalms of Yellow House – (Foreign Family Collective)
  • Lucky Daye – Algorithm – (Keep Cool / RCA Records)
  • Keke Wyatt – Certified – (Shanachie Ent. Group)
  • Marsha Ambrosius – Casablanco – (Aftermath Records / Interscope Records)
  • Sour Widows – Revival of Friends – (Exploding in Sound Records)
  • Lorrie Morgan – Dead Girl Walking – (Cleopatra Records)
  • Austin Snell – Still Bleeding – (River House Artists / Warners Music Nashville)
  • Adam Doleac – About: Time – (Mom & Daddy’s Money)
  • Kaitlin Butts – Roadrunner! – (Soundly Music)
  • Redd Kross – Redd Kross – (In the Red)

The Collection: Episode 2 – February 2024 Wrap-Up

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We are doing something different this time around and going to do the wrap-up in video form. So, if you want to see everything and hear a little more discussion on the items, go check out the video. It will air tonight at 7pm on Youtube.

You’ll get some of the usual suspects like Kiss, Aerosmith, Needtobreathe, AC/DC and so much more. And I think I hit almost every format this month with vinyl, CD, Cassettes and even an 8-Track. No reel-to-reels though so not every format.

Ok, I won’t leave you empty handed in…here is everything in one shot…almost everything as the big box of Needtobreathe collectibles I bought we covered in Episode 1 so didn’t want to repeat anything…

Please check out the shot at 7pm tonight, Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Thanks for stopping by!!

What to Expect in New Music for 2024?

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2024 is upon us and it is always fun anticipating what new albums will come out in the year. Since today would normaly be a Friday New Release post, let’s look at the new releases coming our way in 2024. 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 – Too soon for a new album, but give us The Collection Vol. 4!!  We still didn’t get The Collection Vol. 4, but we got a new album…sort of. We got ‘Drastic Symphonies’ which was a compilation with a symphony orchestra added and no, not good.
  • Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!  At least give us another Soundboard LP.  We did get a new Soundboard LP, but only one this year and for the Poughkeepsie show in 1984 with Mark St. John and that is really cool!!
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album!  Nope, but some singles…nothing yet.
  • 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.  And again, more talk but no 2 CD album for The Life & Times of Eddie Gage…when Aldo?  When?  But he did start touring again.
  • Ace Frehley – It is time for a new album…no Origins, Vol 3…a new album!!  No new album, but one was announced and will be here in early 2024!! YEAH!!
  • Bon Jovi – A new album WITH RICHIE SAMBORA!!!  Nope, still nothing. A lot of talk about a Reunion, but no new album. Something’s brewing though as their 40th Anniversary gets ready to roll around.

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!
  • Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!  Will we ever get a new album!
  • 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.
  • Bon Jovi – A new album WITH RICHIE SAMBORA!!!
  • Robbie Williams – Hey Robbie, time for a new pop album…no more Trance please!!

From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2024 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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You Pick It! – Which Album to Review in February?

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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 the 90’s. I’m not a huge fan of the 90’s so my collection is limited and don’t expect grunge. What are the 5 albums you ask?  I have them right here…

   Saigon Kick – ‘The Lizard’ (1992)

   Queensryche – ‘Hear in the Now Frontier’ (1997)

   Stryper – ‘Against the Law’ (1990) – Apparently I’ve reviewed this so don’t pick it. My memory sucks!!

   Arcade – ‘Arcade’ (1993)

   Collective Soul – ‘Collective Soul’ (1995)

Let me know which one you would like to see and sometime in February, 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!!