Pick Up Review
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Live In The 70sMountainAMAZING LIVE SHOWS...
here we get 3 discs of parts of 3 different mountain unofficial shows from the early 1970s when mountain where in there heyday!!! this is a nice japan edition, these are audience recordings that came out very good, these are not offical live albums!!! these live shows have been authorized by the late leslie west for release and have been being released in europe now for over 15 years....i have many of these releases. if you are a fan of loud heavy 1970s guitar hard rock THEN CHECK OUT ANY OF MOUNTAINS ALBUMS FROM 1969 THROUGH 1974!!!! if it was not for leslie west THE SCHENKER BROTHERS may have went in a whole other direction!!, this is a very nice set, the label that has put THIS OUT and many other mountain titles in europe is called VOICEPRINT...
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Asia [Hi-Res CD (MQA x UHQCD)] [Limited Release] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]AsiaALMOST PERFECT SOUND..
this japan only mini lp replica cd has the best remastering i have ever heard on the cd format!!!, the hi res MQA UHQCD sounds amazing and even better then the shm remastering that to is only available in japan. of coarse the jacket has perfect replication as per the original japan lp, ASIA are a great band but it was THIS ALBUM and there follow up back in 1983 that they never topped... cant believe it has been 40 years since this came out now!!
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Alpha [Hi-Res CD (MQA x UHQCD)] [Limited Release] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]AsiaGREAT SOUND!!
this was the second and last great asia record i felt!!! as with the debut i just reviewed the japan only HI RES MQA-UHQCD sound is the best i have ever heard this release on the cd format!!! the sound here is a bit superior to the japan only shm remastering that was done years ago...the mini lp replication as per the original japan release of this original lp almost 40 years ago is perfect.....
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Hot Rocks [SHM-CD] [Limited Release] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]The Rolling StonesCLASSIC STONES SELECTIONS...
this is a great shm remastered japan only 2 cd set that replicates the original 1971 double lp release of this album, i think if i am correct this was one of the biggest selling stones records back in the 70s here in the us so it is nice to have this in this japan only upgraded format!!!! i must say THIS IS THE BEST SOUNDING VERSION & REMASTERING i have ever heard this 2 cd sound. this comes with a lot of original inserts as per the japan lp release but based on the obi strip and what i found out on the stones website this did not become available in japan back in 1971, this was a us only release in 1971 BUT in later years did get released in other markets........ anyway another fantastic japanese stones product here, im hearing stuff on these discs i never heard before....
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KatharsisPraying MantisGREAT BRITISH HARD ROCK
like i say every few years when i get a new praying mantis disc they all kind of leave off from where the last one did, this is another great slab of british hard rock!!!! great stuff here, nice melodic and as always the troy brothers deliver!!!! this great japan edition adds a bonus track, glad this great band is still going after 43 years!!!!
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Rajaz [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] [SHM-CD]CamelMy music
Rajaz is the thirteenth studio album by Camel, released in 1999. The album's songs have been composed on the camel's walking metre and is considered by many fans to be a return to the band's musical roots of the 1970s.
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Catapilla [SHM-CD] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]CatapillaMy music.
Very good. Great music, great album. Not many people make this kind of music these days. British progressive rock band in the late sixties and early 1970s.
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Changes [SHM-CD] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]CatapillaMy music
Very good. Great music, great album. Not many people make this kind of music these days. British progressive rock band in the late sixties and early 1970s
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Lunacy [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]Fluance feat.Duncan MackayMy music
Lunacy is an album of melodic Prog Rock reminiscent of Pink Floyd. It features Duncan Mackay on keyboards and is written by Philip Lane and Jane Lane known as Lane & Lane.
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Between Flesh and Divine [SHM-CD] [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)]Asia MinorMy music
Founded in Paris, France in 1973 - Disbanded in 1982 - Reformed in 2014 One of the many fantastic, obscure European progressive bands to be unearthed and made available to the prog-buying public is ASIA MINOR, who only released two very small-time albums in the late '70s. This band took a more unusual twist on the genre popularised by CAMEL, with a mostly instrumental rock (what lyrics there are, are sung in a strangely accented English), with folk and ethnic influences, featuring much flute, guitar and keyboards.
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Blood On BloodRunning Wildgood effort for 2021
i felt this running wild effort from last year was a bit better but running wild still do not pack the punch they had in the 80s & 90s i still feel, this is a great sounding japan cd, also this is the best running wild cd in a couple of decades i must say, love the classic guitar work here, its very typical running wild if you have been a fan for decades like i have, hard to belive i have been a fan now for almost 39 years..........STILL DRUM MACHINE used here..
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Voyage (Standard Edition) [SHM-CD] [Regular Edition]ABBAAn astounding comeback
A beautiful album after a 40-year break - still hard to believe. There's not a bad song on this album which sounds even better in SHM!
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Rock Believer [SHM-CD] [Japan Bonus Track]ScorpionsBEST SCORPIONS ALBUM IN 40 YEARS
this japan edition of the new scorpions album is the best edition in the cd format to get as it does have a japan only bonus track and this comes in a nice digi pack cd set and all tracks are on ONE CD with great japan mastering, this album is the heaviest album since blackout/love at first sting without a doubt. sounds a lot like early 80s scorpions totally, this is the best value for your money as the us has a 2 cd deluxe edition without the japan only bonus track!!! again i have been fan of the scorpions since 1980 and i did not think they still had it in them to make a record THIS GREAT!!!!!
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Avril LavigneAvril LavigneAvril - My rock princess forever!
I am so blessed that I can hear her music from first album till now, will never missed out any album that Avril Lavigne releases!
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Good Bye, Lullaby [Regular Edition]Avril LavigneAvril - My rock princess forever!
I am so blessed that I can hear her music from first album till now, will never missed out any album that Avril Lavigne releases!
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Essential MixAvril LavigneAvril - My rock princess forever!
I am so blessed that I can hear her music from first album till now, will never missed out any album that Avril Lavigne releases!
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In The Lonely HourSam SmithSam Smith has the loneliest song!
Stay with me easily became the loneliest love song in the world! So hauntingly beautiful and I am definitely can relate to it!
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+ [Regular-Priced Edition]Ed SheeranEd Sheeran - Artist of the decade!
I am blessed that I noticed him with this first album of him, and went to his tour in Asia. Ed is always in my heart~
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= (Equals)Ed SheeranExcellent CD
This is my first cd by Ed Sheeran. I heard the song Visiting Hours. Very touching song about his friend. Bought the cd and it is fantastic. The songs are beautiful and well presented. The packaging is excellent too. ED, you have a new fan. I'm older , but enjoy good music no matter what artist puts it out.
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The Very Best Of The Doors [SHM-CD]The DoorsThe Doors The Very Best Of
An excellent compilation and one of the best in recording quality, I was pleasantly surprised, I advise all audiophiles!