Friday, November 5, 2010

List updated 11-5-10

List as been updated to the H's, Huey Lewis the last I did today.
Date is 11/5/2010

Bootleg or unofficial release


4 NON BLONDES
Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

38 SPECIAL
Rockin Into The Night
Wild Eyed Southern Boys
Special Forces
Strength In Numbers
Rock And Roll Strategy
Resolution
Anthology
Drive Train

707
(Kevin Chalfant, Storm, Two Fires,Shadow's Fade,
Journey, Steel Breeze)
Mega Force
Anthology

AC/DC
Back In Black
The Collection; For Whom The Bell Tolls (7 cd set)
Black Ice
Black out
Black Ice Black Out (2cds)

AEROSMITH
Pumpin at The Hammersmith
Oh #@&#$ Another Aerosmith Collection


AIR SUPPLY
The Definitive Collection

ALDO NOVA
Aldo Nova
Subject Aldo Nova
KBFH
Twitch
A Portrait of Aldo Nova
Blood on the Bricks
Blood Demos
Nova's Dream
The Best Of Aldo Nova

AMY GRANT
Heart In Motion

ANDERSON BURFORD WAKEMAN HOWE
An Evening Of Yes Music

ANDY TAYLOR
(Duran Duran)
Dangerous
Reissued and Remodelled

ANN WILSON
(Heart/Love Mongers)
Hope and Glory

ARCADIA
(Duran Duran)
So Red The Rose (2cd special Edition)

ASIA
(Yes/GTR/John Wetton/Icon/GPS)
Asia
Alpha
Live at Budokan
Astra
Then And Now
Live in Moscow
Aqua
Osaka, Japan
Aria
Live in Germany
Arena
Archiva 1& 2
Aqua Demos and Outtakes
After UK
Anthology
Heat of the Moment; The Best Of Asia
Different Worlds (live)
Aura
Live in the USA
Anthologia
Vienna Live
Silent Nation
Reunion Tour
Live in Atlantic City
Fantasia Live Tokyo
Phoenix
Live in Scandinavia
Omega

AURAS
Next Generation

THE BABYS
(Bad English/Journey/Neal Schon/John Cain/John Waite/Styx)
Anthology

BACKSTREET BOYS
#1's

BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE
Gold

BAD COMPANY
(Brian Howe/Queen)
Holy Water
Live 1991
Here Comes Trouble
Company of Strangers
Feel Like Rocking Steady
Stories Told and Untold
The Original Bad Company Anthology
Best of

BAD ENGLISH
(Journey/Neal Schon/John Cain/Styx/Hardline/Soul Sirkus/
Santana/John Waite)

Bad English
When I See You Smile
The Restless Ones
The Pavilion

Backlash
The Lost Tapes
Greatest Hits


BEATLES
# 1

BEE GEES
One Night Only
Still Waters
Number Ones
The Ulitmate Bee Gees

BENJAMIN ORR
(the Cars)
Ben Orr
The Lace

BERNIE LEADON
(Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Flying Burrtio Brothers)
Natural Progression

BIG DADDY WEAVE
Fields of Grace

BILL CHAMPLIN
(Chicago, Son Of Champlin)
Runaway
Burn Down The Night
He Started To Sing
Mayday: Live
Throught It All
No Place Left To Fall

BILLY IDOL
Idolize Yourself; The Very Best Of

BILLY JOEL
The Stranger
52nd Street
Glass Houses
An Innocent Man
The Bridge
Storm Front
After The Flood
River of Dreams
Storytellers

2000 Years the Millennium Concert
My Lives

BILLY OCEAN
The Ulitmate Collection

BILLY SQUIER
Absoulte Hits

BRITLES, SHORROCK, GOBLE
(Little River Band)
Full Circle

BLONDIE
(Debbie Harry)
Blondie
NO Sharp Objects
Plastic Letters
Looks Good in Blue
Parallel Lines
The Paradise Ballroom
All The Children are Drunk
Live in Glasgow
Eat To The Beat
Live in Europe
Autoamerican
The Hunter
The Platinum Collection
No Exit
Live
The Heart Of Glass Project

The Curse of Blondie
Live By Request
Raptured....

BLUE OYSTER CULT
The Essential Blue Oyster Cult

BOB CARLISLE
Butterfly Kisses

BOB SEGER
The Hits

BOBBY KIMBALL
(Toto)
Rise Up
Classic Toto Hits
Back In Spades
Best Left Unsaid


BON JOVI
Slippery When Wet
Slippery Demos
New Jersey
Keep The Faith
An Evening With...
Crossroads
These Days
Destination Anywhere
Crush
One Wild Night
Bounce
The Left Feels Right
Have a Nice Day
Have a Nice Show
Japan 2006

100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong
Lost Highway
Lost Highway Promo Tour
The Circle

BONNIE TYLER
All My Best, With Love

BONRUD
Bonrud

BOSTON
(Delp/Goudreau, RTZ)
Boston
Live in Cleveland
Japan 79
Third Stage
Smokin
Oakland
Live in Ontario
Walk On
Fiddler's Green
Greatest Hits
Mansfield
Live in Portland
Mission Aborted

Corporate America
Stage-struck
Camden
Promo

Corporate Canada
Summer fest 04
Live in Music City
A Tribute to the Nicest Guy in Rock

Best of
Live Reboot

BRIAN HOWE
(Bad Company)
Tangled In Blue
Diversity
Circus Bar

BROTHER FIRETRIBE
Heart Full Of Fire

BRUCE HORNSBY
The Way It Is
Live At The Garden Arts Theater
Greatest Radio Hits
Live In Orlando
Intersections 1985-2005

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Greetings From Ashbury park, N.J.
The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle
Born To Run
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
The River
Nebraska
Born In The U.S.A.
Tunnel Of Love
Chimes Of Freedom
Human Touch
Lucky Town
In Concert/MTV Unplugged
Greatest Hits
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Tracks
18 Tracks
The Rising
The Essential Bruce Springsteen
Devils And Dust
We Shall Overcome
Magic
Working On A Dream
Odds and Ends

BRUCE TURGON
(Shadow King, Foreigner)
Outside Looking In

BRYAN ADAMS
Cuts Like A Knife
Reckless
Hollywood, Cal
Into The Fire
Waking Up The Neighbors
So Far So Good
18 Till I Die
Warwick Castle
Live Around the World
MTV Unplugged
On A Day Like Today
The Best Of Me
Room Service
A Night To Remember
The Very Best of


BRIAN SETZER
(Stray Cats)
Guitar Slinger
The Brian Setzer Collection 1981-1989
The Dirty Boogie
Vavoom
Ignition
Nitro Funny Daddy
The Ultimate Collection
Tribute To Sun Records
13
Live
Dig That Crazy Christmas
Christmas Comes Alive
Songs From Lonely Avenue

Buckingham/Nicks
(Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham)
Demos
Live in Alabama
Frozen


CARMEN
The Standard

CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Some Hearts
Carnival Ride
Play On
Sessions

the CARS
(Ben Orr, Ric Oceask)
The Cars (2cd special edtion)
Live in the Great White North
Live
Candy-0
Panorama
Shake It Up
Heartbeat City
Heartbeat in Texas
Door To Door
Live 1987
Strap Me in Live
It's Alive

Complete Hits
Just What I Needed
Sight and Sound
For Sale
New and Used



CASTING CROWNS
Casting Crowns
Lifesongs
The Altar and the Door

CELINE DION
All The Way A Decade of Song

CHARLIE DANIELS
Full Moon
Renegade
Simple Man
The Essential Charlie Daniels
Dueces
The Ultimate Essential Best Of
A Blue Grass Christmas

CHEAP TRICK
Greatest Hits
Latest And Greatest

CHER
If I Could Turn Back Time
Believe
LIVE 2002

CHICAGO
1
2
3
Live at Carnegie Hall
Japan
5
6
7
8
Greatest hits
10
11
Hot Streets
13
14
Gretest Hits 2
17
Alameda Coliseum
18
Live 1987
19
Live with the Beach Boys
Greatest Hits 82-89
21
Live 1993
Night & Day Special Concert

Night and Day Big Band
Stone Of Sisyphus [bootleg version]
The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997
The Heart of Chicago 2 1967-1998
25
Christmas Special
Live in Concert
Look Away
By Request
30
Live and Rare
Stone Of Sisyphus [studio release]
The Best of

CHICKENFOOT
(Sammy Hagar, Van Halen)
Chickenfoot

CHRIS DE BURG
Crusader
The Gateway
Into The Light
Flying Colours
The Lady in Red, the Very Best of...
The 20th Century Masters
The Story Teller
Moon Fleet and Other Stories

CHRIS ISSAK
Chris Isaak
San Fransico Days
Forever Blue
Live 1991
Baja Sessions
Always Got Tonight
Best of
Mr Lucky

CHRISTINE MCVIE
Christine McVie
In The Meantime

CINDERILLA
Once Upon A ....
Rocked, Wired, & Bluesed, The Best of

COBRA
(Survivor,Target,Jimi Jamesion)
Cobra
In the Studio

COLLECTIVE SOUL
Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid
Collective Soul
Disciplined Breakdown
Dosage
Blender
7 Year Itch
Youth
Afterwords
Home
Collective Soul

COREY HART
The Singles

COVERDALE PAGE
(Whitesnake, Jimmy Page)
Coverdale Page
Rehearsals 1993
Live 93

CREED
Human Clay
Weathered
Live
Greatest Hits
Full Circle


CROWN OF THROWNS
Breakthrough
Crown Of Thorns

CSYN
American Dream
Live on the Beach
Greatest Hits


DAMN YANKEES
(Styx, Tommy Shaw, Jack Blades, Night Ranger)
Damn Yankees
Electric Lady land
Don't Tread
Live Uprising
High Enough and Other Hits
Live Westwood One

DAUGHTRY
Daughtery
Leave This Town
Leave This Town; The B-sides

DAVID LEE ROTH
(Van Halen)
The Best
The Best 2
Who Threw That Bottle
Gone Crazy


DAVID GLEN EISLEY
(Giufrria)
Stranger From The Past

DEBROAH HARRY
(Blondie)
KooKoo
Rock Bird
Once More Into The Bleach
Necessary Evil
Two Times Blue the Remixes

DEEP PURPLE
(Rainbow, Whitesnake)
Knocking On Your Back Door
The Very Best Of Deep Purple
20th Century Masters


DEF LEPPARD
Pyromania
Hysteria
In The Round
Another Night In The Round

Adrenalize
The Circus Comes To Town
Shaved And Unplugged
The Vault
Slang
Slangin 97
Euphoria
Historia
B-sides
X
X Tour NYC
X Marks the Spot

Live In N.C.
Live In Holland 06
Rare Gems (7cd set)

Songs From The Sparkle Lounge

DELP AND GOUDREAU
(Boston, RTZ)
Delp And Goudreau

DENNIS DEYOUNG
(Styx)
Desert Moon
Back to the World
Boom Child
Once Upon A Dream
10 on Broadway
10 on Broadway Live
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ultimate Collection
Live in the Big Apple
A Love Foretold
The Grand Cayman Ballroom
WTKS-FM Orlando
Live in Chicago
Live in Syracuse NY
Appleton Live
Interviews and Vids

The Music of Styx
Return to the Big Apple
Rockline
Radio Dec 04
Radio Songs and Medley
When I Hear a Christmas Song
Rockin the Cable
One Hundred Years From Now (Import)
New Year's Eve Party 07
Live In Canada 2007
Live In Clearwater, FL 2008
One Hundred Years From Now
Live and Rare

DEVO
Greatest Hits
Something For Everybody

the DILLS
The Dills

DIO
(Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell)
Holy Diver
Live On The BBC
The Last In Line
We Rock Live
Dream Evil

Lock Up The Wolves
Strange Highways
Live 1993
Ludwigsburg live
The Dragon Is Loose
The Very Beast Of Dio
Master Of The Moon
Evil Or Devine
First to Last in Line
Heaven and Hell live
Dio Live And Rare


DOKKEN
Greatest Hits

DON HENLEY
(Eagles)
I Can't Stand Still
Building the Perfect Beast
The End of the Innocence
All She Want to Do Is Dance
Live in Japan
Save Walden Woods Concert

Actual Miles
Storytellers
Inside Job
Inside Outtakes
The Very Best Of..

the DOOBIE BROTHERS
All The Best

DREAM THEATER
Images And Words
Live At The MArquee
Awake
A Change Of Seasons
Falling Into Infinity
Train Of Thought
Live At Budokan
Octavarium
Systematic Choas
Chaos In Motion
Black Clouds and Sliver Linings
Greatest Hit Plus 21
Once In A Livetime
Wither

DURAN DURAN
Live 89
Strange Behavior
Greatest Hits
Singles (10 cds)

THE EAGLES
(Don Henley, Glen Frey, Joe Walsh, Timmothy Schmit, Bernie Leadon,
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Flying Burrrito Brothers, James Gang)
Wanted
Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
Hotel California
Flying Again
Live
Greatest Hits Vol 2
MTV Pre-show
Hell Freezes Over
Hell Freezes Over (Alternate)
Selected Works
That's The Eagles
Rockin in Knoxville
The Boys of Summer Live in the Summer
Romancing and Dancing

The Boys of Summer
BBC
The Very Best of...
Farewell

Long Road Out of Eden
Illegal Eagles

EARTH WIND & FIRE
The Best of Vol 1 & 2

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
All The World and More, ELO At It's Best

ELLIOT EASTON
(the Cars)
Change No Change

ELTON JOHN
21 At 33
Jump Up
Too Low For Zero
Breaking Hearts
Ice On Fire
Leather Jackets
Live in Australia
Reg Strikes Back
Sleeping With The Past
To Be Continued....
The One
Made In England
Live At The Gardens
Big Picture
One Night Only
Songs From The West Coast
Peachtree Road

ENUFF Z' NUFF
Greatest Hits

ERIC CLAPTON
Unplugged
Complete Clapton

EUROPE
Europe
Always The Pretender
Final Countdown
Out of This World
Live
Prisoners In Paradise
1982-1992
Sweden Rock Festival
Live 05

Secret Society
Always The Pretender
Super Hits
Live in Japan
Almost Unplugged

EURYTHMICS
Ultimate Collection

EXTREME
Accidential Collisions Of Atoms; Best Of

FAITH HILL
Faith
Breath
The Hits

FIREHOUSE
Firehouse
Hold Your Fire
3
Dallas 93 Live
Good Acoustics
Good Acoustic Night
Bring em Out Live
Prime Time
Ultimate Collection

the FIXX
The Fixx Fix, The Best of

FLEETWOOD MAC
(Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks)
Fleetwood Mac
Mac Nashville 1977
Rumors
Rumors 2, Alternate
Tusk
Tusk Demos
Mirage
Tango In The Night
Behind The Mask
25 Years The Chain
Time
The Dance
Landslide
Say You Will
Don't Stop Playing
Say You Will Promos
Say You Will Demos
Unleashed Tour 2009

the FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS
(Eagles)
Hot Burrito's; The Best Of

FOERIGNER
(Lou Gramm, Lou Gramm Band,
Shadow King, Bruce Turgon)
Foreigner
Live 1977
Double Vision
Live 1979
Head Games
4
BBC Show
The Night Life in Paris
Agent Provocateur
Live in 85
Inside Information
Out In the Green
Blue Morning in the Land of the Rising Sun
Unusual Heat
Live Heat
BBC Show

The Very Best of and Beyond
Classic Hits Live
Live in the USA
Mr. Moonlight
House of Blues
Deer Creek
King Biscuit Flower Hour
Anthology
25th Anniversary tour
Melody 2005
Profiled
Tilburg
Revisions

Westwood 1
Can't Slow Down

FRONTIERS
Recaptured
Live

GEDDY LEE
My Favorite Headache

GENESIS
(Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics)
In The Beginning
From Genesis To Revelations
Trespass
Nursery Cryme
Foxtrot
Selling England By The Pound
A Trick Of The Tail
Wind & Wuthering
And Then There Were Three
Duke
Abacab
Three Sides Live
Genesis
The Mama Tour
Invisible Touch
The Domino Tour
We Can't Dance
The Way We Walk 1 The Shorts
The Way We Walk 2 The Longs
Calling All Stations
Station to Station
Live On An Alien Shore
Turn It On Again, The Hits
Torn It On Again, The Tour Edition
Archives Volume 2 1976-1992
BBC 2007
I Know What I Like Live

GIANT
Last Of The Runways
Time To Burn
Song
Promised Land

GIUFFRIA
(House Of Lords)
Giuffria
Live in 85
Detroit Rocks
Japan

GLASS TIGER
No Turning Back 1985 to 2005

Glen Burtnick
(Styx)
Heroes and Zeroes
Slaves of New Burswick
Retrospectacle
Palookaville
Welcome to Hollywood
Demos
Hits and Misses


GLENN FREY
(Eagles)
No Fun Aloud
The All-nighter
Live in the 80's
Soul Searchin
Strange Weather
I've got Dublin
Live
Solo Collection
I've Got Mine; The Best of Glen Frey

GOLDEN EARRING
The Continuing Story Of Radar Love

GOTTHARD
Human Zoo
Lipservice (reloaded)
Lift U Up
Made In Switzerland
Anywhere Anytime Tour Ep
Domino Effect
The Call

GOWAN
(Styx)
Gowan
Strange Animal
Great Dirty World
The Good Catches Up
Solo Live, No Kilt Tonight
Homefield
Best Of
Solo Live; Au Quebec

GPS
(Asia, John Payne)
GPS

the GRAND DESIGN
Time Evalation

GREAT WHITE
Once Bitten
Twice Shy
Sail Away
Stage
Great Zepplin (tribute to Led Zepplin)
Can't Get There From Here
The Essential Collection
Latest And Greatest
Greatest Hits
Hooked on the Hits

GREGG ROLIE
Live
Live 2
Live at Waterfest
Live in 05

GTR
(Asia, Yes)
GTR
King Biscuit Flower Hour
UNR

HARDLINE
(Neal Schon, Journey)
Double Eclipse
Exposed
Eclipsed
2
Leaving The Back Door Open


HALESTORM
Halestorm

HALL AND OATES
I Can Go For That, The Hits
Live in Birmingham
Live By Request


HEART
(Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Lovemongers)
Heart
Mud Island
Bad Animals
Animal Instinct
Brigade
Rock This House Live

Desire Walks on
Unplugged in the USA
The Road Home
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits

House of Blues
Greatest Hits 1985-1995
Live in Seattle
Jupiter's Darling
You Must Get High

Love Songs
WTFEP
Red Velvet Car
Live In PA 2010

the HONEYDRIPPERS
The Honeydrippers Vol 1

HONEYMOON SUITE
Big Prize

Racing After Midnight

HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH
Cracked Rearview Mirror
The Best Of Hootie and The Blowfish

HOUSE OF LORDS
(Giuffria)
Power and The Myth
World Upside Down
Come To My Kingdom
Anthology
Cartesian Dreams

HOWARD JONES
The Best Of

HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
Sports
Fore
Live 1988
36 All Time Greatest Hits
Time Flies; The Best of...
Live At 25
Greatest Hits
Soulsville

HUGO
Hugo
Time on Earth
Fire In the Night
Evolution

JACK BLADES
(Night Ranger/Damn Yankees/Shaw Blades)
Jack Blades
The Best of..

JAMES "JY" YOUNG
(Styx)
City Slicker
Out on A Day Pass
Raised By Wolves
Best of JY

JARS OF CLAY
Jars of Clay

Jason Scheff
(Chicago)
Rarities
Chancy
The Very Best of

JEFF SCOTT SOTO (JSS)
Here and There
Love Parade
Prism
Ballads
Lost in the Translation
Tailsman 7
**Demos

JERRY LEE LEWIS
The Hits

JIM PETERIK
World Stage
Rock America
Above the Storm
Best of
Demos

JIMI JAMISON

(Survivor)
Target
Captured
When Love Comes Down
Demos
Live at the Biebob
Have Mercy Demos
Empires

JK NORTHRUP
JK Northrup

JOE WALSH

(Eagles)
Westwood one

JOHN FARNHAM

(Little River Band)
Whispering Jack
Age of Reason
Full House

JOHNNY CASH
Best of...

JONATHAN CAIN

(Journey, Bad English)
Back to the Innocence
Piano With a View
Body Language
Bare Bones

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
American Fool
Live and Outtakes 91-92
Live, Love, and Happiness
Live in Chicago
Summer fest
The Best That I Could Do
John Mellencamp
Rough Harvest
Cuttin Heads
Trouble No More
Freedom's Road
Live on Freedom's Road

JOHN WAITE

(Bad English)
Live in London
Essential
Temple Bar
Galaxy Theater
Falling Backwards
When You Were Mine
The Very Best of
Arrow Rock

JOSEPH WILLIAMS

(Toto)
Joseph Williams
I'm Alive
3
Demos

JOSHUA KADISON
Painted Desert Serenade


JOURNEY

(Neal Schon, Jonathain Cain, The Jonathain Cain BAnd, Bad English, The Vu, Hardline, Steve Perry, Steve Augeri, Tall Stories, Tyketto)
Before the Journey
Journey
Look Into the Future
Next
Misty Mountain Romp
Infinity
Before the Rise
Next Karma
Infinity Live
Infinity Demos
In Tails; Super Jam 2

Evolution
Live in the City of the Broncos
City By the Lake
Mile High
Evolution Tour Chicago
Shibuya

Departure
Live in Japan
Demos
Huston, we are Clear for Take off

Dream After Dream
Captured
Escape
Escape from Japan
Keep On Running to East Troy
Blue Sky Party
Live in LA

Frontiers
A Chain Reaction in Japan
Live In Philly
Faithfully Live
Frontiers Tour
Live at JFK
Hometown Reunion
Raised on Radio
Live 1986
I'll Be Alright in New Jersey
Raised On Radio Tour
Unidentified Flying Objects
Any Night in Any Town
Live on New Year's Eve
Raised on Radio Documentary
Happy New Year With Journey
Cain Bolton Demos
Journey Demos with Bolton
AOR Provider

Bill Graham Tribute Concert
Time 3
Flashback
Trail By Fire
The Covers
Remember Me Live
Vacations Over Tour
Trail By Battle
Retrofitted

Greatest Hits Live
Live on the City By the Bay
Vacation is over in FT Lauderdale
Live In Japan
Journey to the Beach
Live From New York...
Live in Concord
Live 1999

Arrival
Devils and Angels
Arrival
Signs of Life
Far East Arrival
**Red Rocks
In The Heartland
The Essential Journey
To Be Live Again
Finding Our Faith

RED 13
Under the Radar Tour
Live in Japan 2002
Journey Rama
Warfield
Showdown in the Value City
Live at Hartford Meadows
Red 13 Live
Arrow fest 03
Main Event
Live 2004
Live at the Wolf Trap
Tokyo On Edge
Generations
Generations Opening Night
Generations Tour 05

Generations
Gone Crazy at Casino Rauia
Better Together on Jones Beach
Tinsel town USA
A Place in your Heart
A Better Live in The Big Apple
Beyond the Seas
The Light Brigade
Monster's of Rock 06
Return to the Netherlands
Live at Jones Beach
Changing of the Guard
I'll be alright Without You
Soto Throws Down
Raised On Stage
Hollywood Bowl
Arrow Rock 06
Reno 06
Return to Manchester
Birmingham 2007
Live and Rare
Live and Rare 2
Live and Rare 3
Live and Rare 4
Live in Chile
Rockline

Texas Jam 08




KANSAS
Kansas
Vinyl Demos
Breaking Ground
Live Power
Leftovers

Live at the Whisky
The Ultimate Kansas
Freaks of Nature
Khymera
Always Never the Same
Somewhere to Elsewhere
Canadian Jam
Live in Cooper Town
On the Self

KELLY KEAGY
Time Passes
I'm Alive
The Best of

KENNY LOGGINS
Outside from the Redwoods
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

KEVIN CHALFANT
Phoenix Rising
Running With The Wind
Back to Square One
Christmas With All My Friends
Shadow's Fade
Live at Waterfest
Fly to Freedom
Freedom Flight

LAWRENCE GOWAN
Lost Brotherhood

LED ZEPPLIN
How The West Was Won
The Best of
Live 2007


LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM

(Fleetwood Mac)
The Gift of Screws
Live San Juan
Live and Rare
Live

LIONEL RICHIE
Back to Front


LITTLE RIVER BAND
Playing to Win
No Reigns
Monsoon
Get Lucky
Reminiscing
Full Circle
Where We Started
One Night In Mississippi

LONESTAR
Lonestar
Crazy Nights
Lonely Grill
I'm Already There
From There To Here
Let's Be US Again
Coming Home

LOU GRAMM
Ready or Not
Live Midnight Blue
Long Hard Look
I Wish Today Was Yesterday
LIVE 2003
Arrow fest 03
**Bloomingdale

LYNYRD SKYNYRD
The Best of...
Edge of Forever


MEATLOAF
Bat out of Hell
Bat out of Hell 2, Back into Hell
Live out of Hell
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Live Around the World
The Very Best of...
The Definitive Collection
Bat out of Hell with Orchestra
VH1 Storytellers
Couldn't Have Said it Better
Bat Out of Hell 3, The Monster is Loose

MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Melissa Etheridge
Brave and Crazy
ME
Chicago Nights
Yes I Am
Your Little Secret
Live And Alone
Unplugged
Breakdown
Live
The Road Less Traveled, Greatest Hits

MELODIC ROCK
V 3

MERCY ME
Almost There
Undone



MICHAEL BOLTON
Greatest Hits
Demos



MICHEAL JACKSON
Best of

MICHAEL W SMITH
Healing Rain
The Best of

MIKE AND THE MECHANICS
Mike and the Mechanics
The Living Years
Live in Philly
KBFH

Word Of Mouth
Beggar on a Beach of Gold
Unplugged

MIKE BURKE
I Need Your Power

MIKE ELDRED
Me

MS FUNK
Platform Shoes

NANCY WILSON
Live at McCabe's Guitar shop


NEAL SCHON
Derek & Domino's tryout
Untold Passion
Neal Schon and Friends
Late Nite
Late Bammies
Schon/Rodgers
Beyond the Thunder
Electric World
Voice
I on U
After Show Gig
Schon and Friends 2


NIGHT RANGER
Dawn Patrol

Midnight Madness
You Can Still Rock in America
7 Wishes
Big Life
Man in Motion
Greatest Hits
Live in Japan
Feeding off the Mojo
Neverland
Rock In Japan
Seven
A HArd Day's Night in Atlanta
Hits, Acoustic and Rarities
Hole in the Sun
New Years Night Ranger

OPEN SKYZ
Open Skyz

ORION THE HUNTER
Orion the Hunter


PAT BENATAR
Live in New Haven
Live in Portland
All Fired up
NYC Electric Ladyland 1993
Heartbreaker, 16 Classic Performances
Inamorata
Synchronistic Wanderings
Summer Vacation Tour Soundtrack
Crossroads
Live At the Chumash Casino Resort


PATTY SMYTH
Greatest Hits

PETER CETERA
One More Story
World Falling Down
One Clear Voice
Your the Inspiration, a Collection
Another Perfect World
Live

PETER GABRIEL
Shaking the Tree; The Hits


PHIL COLLINS
Face Value
Hello, I Must Be Going
Live in 82
No Jacket Required
12 inchers
...But Seriously
Live in Germany
Serious Hits Live
Dance Into the Light
Tarzan
Hits
A Hot Night
Testify

PHILLIPS, CRAIG, DEAN
Let my Words Be Few

THE POLICE
Every Breath You Take
Live 2007

PRINCE
The Best of the Artist once Know as....Prince

PRIDE OF LIONS
Pride of Lions
Live
The Destiny Stone
The Roaring of Dreams

QUEEN
Classics
Greatest Hits
Return of the Champions

RAMOS
Living in the Light

RED RIDER
Best of

REO SPEEDWAGON
Ridin the Storm out
R.E.O.
You Get What You Play For
You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
Nine Lives
I Speak No Dutch...
A Decade of Rock-n-Roll
Hi Infidelity
Speed of Sound
Live HI FI
Boston Tea Party
Good Trouble
Shakin It Loose in LA
Live in the Stillness of the Night
Good Trouble Tour
Wheels are Turning
New Year Countdown
Live at Kemper Arena
Life as We Know It
The Hits
The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog, & a Chicken
Live it Up, Live
Go For Broke
A Second Decade of Rock and Roll
Back on the Road Again
Believe in Rock and Roll
When I Get Home....
Building the Bridge
The Ballads
Live and on the Run
Live in St Louie
Live Plus
The Essential
Dealin in Vegas
Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live
XM Artist Confidential
Find Your Own Way Home
Live in Thackerville
Live in Sweden
Finding My Way Home
Live in 2008

RIC OCASEK
Beatitude
This Side of Paradise
Fireball Zone
Quick Change World
Troublizing
Nexter Day

RIK EMMETT
Absolutely Live

RICHARD MARX
Richard Marx
Repeat Offender
Rush Street
Paid Vacation
Live Vacation
To The Bone
Flesh and Bone
Live
Unplugged
Greatest Hits
My Own Best Enemy
Days in Avalon
Rare Gems

ROBERT PLANT
Big Log Tour
Sixty + six
Live in 88
Live in Nashville

ROD STEWART
Storyteller
Live Dynamite
Vega bound Heart
Unplugged and Seated
If We Fall in Love Tonight
When We Were the New Boys
Human
The Great American Songbook



ROY ORBINSON
36 All Time Favorites
Live in Texas
Mystery Girl
King of Hearts

RTZ
Return to Zero
All You Got Live
Lost

RUSH
Rush
First Time
2112
All The World's a Stage
A Farewell to kings
In The Beginning
Pink Pop
Permanent Waves
La Villa Strabgiato
Allentown's Freewill
Moving Pictures
Stage Right
Exit Stage Left
Signals
Grace Under Pressure
Afterimage Live
Cool Under Pressure
Live Under Pressure
Power Windows
Power Demos
Tinted Windows
Hold Your Fire
A Show of Hands
Presto
Hand Over Fist
Chronicles
Roll The Bones
Live in Texas
Rush -N- Roulette
Big Ben Big
Mirrors
Counterparts in the Studio
Counterparts
Counterparts Rehearsals
Rush for the Roses
Critical Mass
Animated

Test For Echo
Retrospective 1
Retrospective 2
Different Stages
Vapor Trails
One Big Victory
Rush in Rio
Feedback
Live in the Heart of Country
R30
Snakes and Arrows
Live 07
Live in Atlanta
Overnight Delivery
Red Rocks Rush Redux


SAMMY HAGAR
Standing Hampton
Through the Fire
VOA
VOA Tour
Sammy Hagar
The Best of
Unboxed
Anthology
Marching to Mars
The Red Rocker at Red Rocks
Red Voodoo
Live in Las Vegas
Ten 13
Live Voodoo
Not 4 Sale
Hallelujah
The Other Half
The Red Collection
Livin it Up
Pacific Cooler
Live with Mad Anthony Express

SAVAGE GARDEN
Savage Garden

SHADOW KING
Shadow King

SHANAIA TWAIN
The Woman in Me
Come on Over
Come on Over International version
Kickin in Dallas
Twain
Wild and Wicked

SHAW BLADES
Hallucination
Extra Cuts
Influence
Wild horse Live

SHERL CROW
Tuesday Night Music Club
The Unreleased album
This is Not A Gig
Live at the Shine


SHOOTING STAR
Circles

SHY
Sunset and Vine

SLAUGHTER
The Best of Slaughter

SONIC FLOOD
Sonic Flood

SOUL SIRKUS
World Play
World Play
Opening Nite
Live in Holland
One Night to Go

STARSHIP
Greatest Hits (Ten Years and change 79-91)

STEVE PERRY
Street Talk
For the Love of Strange Medicine
Live at the Beacon
Missing You Toronto
Listen to Your Heart
Live at the Pyramid
Stand Up and Sing
Lovin and Touchin Minneapolis
Greatest Hits
Alien Project
Holding On, Demos and other songs
Missing You Writng Session

STEVIE NICKS
Red Rocks
Black Gold
New York, New York
Time Space
Street Angel
Live on the Street
Westwood 1 Live House of Blues
Trouble in Shangri-la
Storytellers
Abbey Mixes
Mystical Moments
Shangri-La Outtakes
Enchanted Eagle
Ahi Benefit
Real to Reel

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
Double Trouble Greatest Hits

THE STORM
The Storm
The Storm Live
Live on the Road
Eye of the Storm
The Very Best of...
Live At Waterfest 03
Live

STYX
Styx
Styx 2
The Serpent is Rising
Man of Miracles
Lady
Equinox
HBFR
HBFR (alternate version)
Equinox Tour
Crystal Ball
Crystal Ball Tour
The Grand Illusion
Live in Chicago
Angry Young Men
Pieces of Eight
Main Event Live
Cornerstone
Live at Wembley
Best of Styx
Paradise Theater
Live 81
Rockin in Tokyo
Kilroy Was Here
Radio Broadcast
Sunset in Paradise
Live in Paradise
Caught in the Act
Classics
Edge of the Century
LA on Edge
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits part 2
Live in Camden
Symphonic Paradise
**Live at the Starplex
Paradise Nevada
IN the Studio-The Grand Illusion
Return to Paradise
Live at the Konocti Resort
The Singles Collection
Welcome to the Grand Illusion
Lady, The Encore Collection
Pieces of Eight on the Studio
The Last Illusion
Brave New World
Best of Styx with DeYoung
Perspective
**Live at the Hammerstein
JY's Birthday PArty
Return to Kelseyville
Rare
Arch Allies
Live in Japan
Extended Versions
Styx
Yesterday and Today
Styxworld
Sliver Legacy
Volunteers for America
Blue Collar World
At the River's Edge
The Millennium Collection
Promo
Live at Caesars Tahoe
Live 2003
Live in Green Bay
Cyclorama
Live at the Cricket Pavilion
Party at Glenn's
Live on the PA
Rockers
In the Studio Rockers
Live in Atlantic City
Unplugged live
Live in Concord
21st Century Live
Sunset Station
Come Sail Away the Anthology
The Compete Wooden Nickel Recordings
Big Bang Theory
I tunes plus
Big Bang in Manchester
All Hail Styx
**Live at Sunset Station
Classic Rock Christmas
One With Everything
One With Everything
One With Everything Live
Blue Collar Man-Mimed
Rare Cuts 07
Styx Bits
Styx Bits 2
Live at Billy Bobs
Live in Fort Worth
Live at the Bud and BBQ Fest
At the Show Place Theatre
Live in 08

SUPERTRAMP
Classics
Live 83
Some Things Never Change
**One More From The Road
**Super Golden Radio Show
Roger Hodgson Live

SURVIVOR
Caught in the Game
Eye of the Tiger
Vital Signs
Live in Indianapolis
Live in Japan
When Seconds Count
Too Hot To Sleep
Greatest Hits
LA Grange, IL
Highland
Live in 1994
Rock Hard in Paducah
Mohegan Sun
Fire Makes Steel
Extended Versions
Ultimate Survivor
Reach
Live in KC

TALL STORIES
Tall Stories
Live in New York City


TAYLOR HICKS
Do I Make You Proud

THIRD DAY
Wire
Wherever You Are

THUNDER
BBC

TINA TURNER
Simply the Best

TRIUMPH
Stages
The Sport of Kings
Classics
Surveillance

TOM KOLB
Tom Kolb


TOM PETTY and the HEARTBREAKERS
Southern Accents
Live 85
Pack up the Plantation
Full Moon Fever
Into the Great Wide Open
Hits Live
Wildflower weekend
Wildflowers
Playback
High Grass Dogs
Echo
The Last DJ
Live at the Olympic
Hanborc

TOMMY FUNDERBURK
TF

TOMMY SHAW
Girls With Guns
Live in Montgomery, Alabama
What if
Live in Japan
Ambition
Live Ambition
7 Deadly Zens
Border Shows

TOTO
Toto
Hydra
IV
Japan
Isolation
Fahrenheit
VII
Live in Paris in 87
Past to Present
Kingdom of Desire
Absolutely Live
Tambu
Rock etc
Holland/Sweden
3.3.96
Sedul
Sweden
Live in Africa
XX
Holland
Minefields
Reunion tour
Dreamfields
Live Minefields
Return to Sequel
European Tour
Sofia
Simi Valley
25th Anniversary Live in Amsterdam
Gampel
Live 04
Unplugged
Tribute
Falling in Between
Hooked in Tin Tokyo
Belgrade
Rare

TWO FIRES
Two Fires
Live at the Gods
Ignition

TUBE
Tube

TYKETTO
Shine
Reunion
Underworld

U2
The Best of 1980 - 1990

VALENTINE
Valentine

VAN HALEN
The Beginning
Van Halen
Women and Children First
1984
Live in 1984
Die Laughing
5150
Live Without a Net
OU812
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Live in the Pleasure Dome
Live Right Here, Right Now
Balance
Loud and Balanced
Volume 1
3
3 Live
VH
Unreleased
Van Hagar reunion
Someboby Get Me A Dr., Van Halen is back...
Van Halen Unchained

VERTIGO
Vertigo

WALL FLOWERS
Wallflowers

WHITESNAKE
Whitesnake
Live
Unplugged
Donnington
Greatest Hits
GOLD
Good To Be Bad

YES
90125
Union
Talk
Open Your Eyes
The Ladder

ZZ TOP
Greatest Hits
The Very Best Of






Thursday, November 12, 2009

Night Ranger



Dawn Patrol-1982 (C)





Night Ranger's first cd, and one of my least liked cd by the band. Everything is here that is in the following cds, two guitars, two singers, and songs about young love and life. But for some reason it just doesn't come together yet. Don't Tell Me You Love Me was there only top 40 hit from this cd, and is the best song on it. Sing Me Away, Call My Name, Eddie's Coming Out Tonight and Young Girl In Love are all worthy mentions. But rest of the cd is just flat.


Midnight Madness-1983 (A-)


My second favorite Night Ranger cd. All my favorite hits too, Sister Christian, (You Can Still) Rock In America, Rumors In The Air, When You Close Your Eyes, and Let Him Run. plus rest of the songs are all good, with Touch Of Madness being one kick butt rocker. All the songs are done with a passion and the power of youth. Plus with a song titled like Rock In America, you would expect pure cheesey song, but the song rocks without the cornyness you would expect.







7 Wishes-1985 (A)



Never have understood the title name to this cd, it is only the 3rd, and the song and cd could have been 3 wishes, couldn't see any rhyming concerns to change to 7. On top of that aren't most wishes in groups of 3? oh well. This is my favorite cd by the band. While Jack maybe the main song writer of the band, it is Kelly that brings power to this cd. Vocally he rips through the songs with such intensity and passion. Faces and I Need A Woman are prime examples of this. Sentimental Street is the best song on the cd, again great vocals from Kelly. Interstate Love Affair is the best rocker on the cd, with Jack's This Boy Needs To Rock a close second. Goodbye puts a perfect ending on the cd, some great guitar work on the solo of this song and through out the cd.






Big Life-1987 (B+)



First thing I noticed when I originally put the cd on was the upgrade in production on the cd (but since they all have been remastered and tinkered with over the years, they all sound better) The title track to the cd is a great rock song, with some great vocals from Jack. Big Life the song, is one of my top 5 favorite songs by the band. The Secret Of My Success is another great song from the cd, with some of the best keyboard work (if not the best) by the Alan of the band. Jack and Kelly trade off vocals though out the song, which is nothing new for them, but it just adds to the over all effect of this song. But other than those two songs, there is nothing that really grabs you. The cd is good, no bad songs on the cd, but musically it is lacking. Rain Comes Crashing Down and Hearts Away are to other above average songs on this cd.


Man In Motion-1988 (D+)




Why is the man in motion? Why is he walking on a hill? Why is the sun setting on him? Is he late? What is he late too? I don't know the answer to the questions, but I do know that this is my least favorite cd by the band. Production bites the big one on this cd. The playing comes across uninspired. Even when the rock out on a song it is like going thru the motions. So maybe the man in motion is the band going thru the motions? Or is it because the production is so bad the songs seem lame? The first 3 songs seem like good songs, Man In Motion, Reason To Be, and Don't Start Thinking (I'm Alone Tonight) but they are lifeless. Rest of the cd, just about aw full. Shame too Jack and the band had a good run up to this cd. So maybe the sun that is setting on the man in motion, is the the sun or the big life setting on the band.

Greatest Hits-1989 (A)







A good hits cd for the band, does nice work of covering all the radio top 100. There is something from all the cds released up to this time. Just wished that could have added some AOR or MSR hits form the cds to this package. But it does show what made the band big, and its wasn't the hair. it was good solid song writing, to good singers with Jack and Kelly and great keyboardist with Alan and two very good guitarist with Jeff and Brad.


Live in Japan-1990 (B+)





The cd was recorded just before the band broke up on the Man In Motion tour. Never saw the tour, but the cd they were supporting at the time was awful. But thankfully this concert from that tour was good. It is so good it actually breaths new life into the hits and even it the songs from Man In Motion. Man In Motion, Don't Start Thinking, Reason To Be and Halfway To The Sun actually sound good and worthy to be on a cd with the rest of Night Rangers songs. Like I said above, the production on Man was bad so maybe that is what hurt the songs. Anyway the cd sounds great for a live cd (don't know how much post-production work was done). Let Him Run, Goodbye, and Reason To Be make for outstanding music as the songs are back to back with some great acoustics.

Feeding Off The Mojo-1995 (B-)






There are a few things different about this cd,


1) Jack Blades is gone in Damn Yankees, and the band is down from a 5 man unit to a 3 man unit


2) Since Jack was the main song writer the band credits the songs being written by Night Ranger plus what ever outside help.


3) The band brings in outside song writers, not to just help with the songs, but to write songs for them.

4) the band actually sing other artist's songs. Case in point they do a good cover to Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like I Do and the Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows.


With these changes, which were needed after the bad Man In Motion cd, the bad pulls off a good comeback. With Jack off in Damn Yankees, instead of sitting idle the band moved ahead. There are surprisingly some good songs on the cd. Mojo, Last Chance, Precious Time, The Night Has A Way, plus to two remakes above. But rest of the cd misses the mark and ends up pulling the overall quality down. But this new line up first and only cd was good enough I would have bought another outing by them.



Neverland-1997 (A-)




Jack Blades returns along with the rest band on a very solid cd. The lead off song was not I was expecteing, but Forever All Over Again is a masterpiece when it comes to Night Ranger ballads. The title track Neverland cranks the rock up the cd. Jack plays a mean bass line through it. As Always I Remain has Kelly singing a mid tempo rocker. Kelly's vocals are as strong as ever. The chours really makes the song. Someday I Will another mid tempo song that really shows the band in top notch. My Elusive Mind is another rocker, showing signs of youth still in the music, but mixed with a little more maturity than before. That is something that the whole cd has shown, signs of growth in the writing and playing. New York Time starts out good, but lags a little before an awesome guitar solo. I Don't Call This Love, Anything For You are two great songs that close out a remarkable comeback by the band. Really Sunday Morning is the only song I don't like on this cd. The slow parts of the song are painful to listen to, but once it picks up, it improves.



Seven-1998 (B)








A good solid cd from the band, but nothing really stands out other than Sign Of The Times, Don't Ask Me Why, and Soul Survivor. It is worthy of other Night Ranger cds and has all the classic elements, except for the big production. The production is good, but lean, I guess it was a sign of the times for that era.







Rock In Japan; Greatest Hits Live-1999 (B+)









Another good live cd from the band, good production all the hits, plus some good selections off the then new cd Neverland. You like live cds (like I do), this worth pickin up.





Hits, Acoustic & Rarities-2005 (A-)





This is not just another hits package, yeah the hits are here, but they have been rerecorded. Sister Christain he has a rerecord and acoustic version, both of which are swesome. Don't Tell Me You Love Me is live and rerecorded. Only complaint, nothing from Big Life like the Secret Of My Success, or fropm Man In Motion, which could have used the updates production (better).



A very good cd.




Hole In The Sun-2007 (B+)


This is Night Ranger's hardest rockin cd and one a lot of fun to crank up and listen to. The opening track Tell Your Vision kicks the cd into gear, and it just keeps rolling along song after song. Not to say their aren't some slower songs, Their Is Life and Fool In Me are two songs of the better. Songs that really stand out on the cd are the ones already mentioned plus, Rock Star, What Ever Happened, and Being. No complaints from me on the production, band sounds good with some much needed life brought back to the music. A great return.


Saturday, August 29, 2009

Styx-

Crystal Ball-1976 (C-)



Crystal Ball, the title track off of Tommy Shaw's debut with Styx. The title track is a classic. But the rest of the CD doesn't hold up as near as well. Put Me On, is an interesting rocker, sung by JY, and a good song to start the CD off with. Mademoiselle has good harmony with a good guitar lick played through it. Jennifer and This Old Man by DeYoung are nowhere near his best work. The former has some interesting sound effects in the song, but nothing that helps the song out. While Jennifer is almost unlistenable . Tommy's other song, Shooz, tries to rock hard. but to me it is stale. For the most part this whole CD is pretty stale. Who would know,that this would be the superstar line, by listening to this CD?


The Grand Illusion-1977 (A+)


This is it, the greatest Styx cd, and one of the best cds in rock history. Not a bad or weak song on this disk. And it shows Styx at their best, as a group, and this is a group effort, from the opening title track, to the last. The first track, The Grand Illusion, is a heavy metal anthem on the illusions of life, for the rich or poor, the common man or the superstar. Come Sail Away, is the best track, about looking back on life, about your dreams. This is my favorite song period!! As it slowly builds from its piano opening, to its rocking ending, this song as you singing along with. Dennis also has two other songs on this disk, the mystical, and haunting Castle Walls (love the keyboard work in the middle of the song, have it for one of my ring tones), and the Grand Finale, which brings this great CD to a close. Tommy, also has some his best work, Man in the Wilderness, has a great guitar solo in the middle, and Fooling Yourself, with acoustic guitar and keyboards, makes for an interesting get up off your butt and sing along song. Superstar, is the only song that really doesn't hold up to rest, but it's still good. JY's one song, the rocking Miss America, is his best work, and the song that he is best know for. Blazing guitars, a sea of keyboards, and a wall of harmonies, all hidden behind lyrics about life, this makes for a awesome concept album. The songs, all fantastic, listened to by their selves, or on the radio, cannot do the album the justice, of sitting down and cranking it up, from start to finish. MY Favorite CD by Styx or anyone....


Pieces Of Eight-1978 (A-)


Pieces of Eight, is the hard rocking follow up to their 1977 heavy metal, prog rock cd, The Grand Illusion. And what a follow up it is. Like their previous cd, their is not a bad song on this outing. Most bands, now a days,would crack under the pressure, of having to record a follow up, to a highly successful cd. Plus the pressure of doing this in just over a year of their last release. Pieces starts off rockin, with The Great White Hope, a song written and sung by JY. This song deals with the success that the band was going thru, and how one minute your on top of the world, and the pressure you are under to stay on top. I'm Okay, is a brilliant song by Dennis, with a great organ solo in the middle, love the way the song starts too. But every one of us at one time or another has felt the way this song is singing about, am I really different, is it okay to be this way? Sing For the Day, a Tommy Shaw song, is very good and is one of four songs of his on this cd. Even though this cd is named after a Dennis song, Tommy is the hero on this outing, this is some of his best work, with Renegade, and Blue Collar Man, being two his greatest songs. Aku-Aku, is the ending song, and the weakest on this set. Queen of Spades, is a rocker, with a good beat. The title track is a haunting number, with a good piano part. The Message a keyboard instrumental, leads into the Lord of the Rings. JY handles vocals on Lords, this is a good song, with good guitar work in it, but JY's vocals are little too nasal in it. A great cd, from a great band, and one their last albums that seemed like a group effort, instead of individual efforts.


Cornerstone-1979 (A-)




A new CD, and a new direction, for STYX. Not only did this CD contain the #1 smash Babe, but it contained, some of the finest writing to date for the group. Borrowed Time, and Lights, were both co-written by Dennis and Tommy. And both are good songs, with the first having a great opening, but the lyrics, are a little dated today, (talking about here comes the 90's). Babe is the ultimate power ballad, before the term power ballad game into being. This song changed STYX and their musical direction. The First Time, another slow song, contains stringed instruments, and I'm not talking guitars. Why Me, a song dealing with, why does everything go wrong with me. It is also one of the first, if not the first Styx song to feature horns for the band. Yes, a new direction. Boat on the River, by Tommy, is simply beautiful, a peaceful song, that, if you close you eyes, you can imagine, that you are on a river bank, on a spring night ( I know that sounds corny, but hey..) Eddie, is your typical JY rocker, this seems to be the typical type of song for JY on each CD, and it getting a little old... Eddie rocks, but never really goes anywhere. Never Say Never Again, a mid tempo song, is the weak song on this outing. Love in the Midnight, with it's three part harmonies, and rockin interlude, brings this disk to a close.This CD is good, very good, but, it's the beginning of the end for STYX. Even though it has two songs co-written by Dennis and Tommy, it seems to be a Dennis CD, which there is nothing wrong with that, but STYX is a group. And has a group, it needs to be a group effort, or each member needs to take turns, being in charge of the direction of the album. Dennis was in charge of this disk, and the next two, Paradise, and Kilroy. Personally, Dennis, in my opinion, was the mastermind behind most of the hits, and is a brilliant keyboardist, an outstanding vocalist, and an underrated songwriter. But, STYX is a group, and Tommy and JY are excellent singers and songwriters too. I hope Tommy remembers this has STYX heads into the future with its new line up. But for this year that this CD was released, STYX was on top of he world, with their third straight smash CD.


Best Of Styx 1971 to 1975 -1980 (B)


When this album was released in 79, the line up that appeared on it had already changed. John C. had been replaced with Tommy. Plus the group was well on their way to superstar status by then. So wooden nickel released a best of record, from the four albums that STYX had recorded with them, before changing over to A&M records. This album contains the top ten hit Lady, and that's the only hit that is on this release. But that should not rule it out as a good cd, since it does a good job picking the better songs from that era of the band. Witch wolf, Man of Miracles, Southern Woman, Rock and Roll Feeling, and Lady are some of the songs on the cd. As a eleven track CD, it could have included a few more songs, but back when this was released, there were no Cd's, and album space was limited. So some better songs, by JY were left off, like Young Man. And not even represented, are JC's songs like A Day, The Serpent is Rising, or As Bad as This. But, this a good CD to start you the Wood Nickel years with.



Paradise Theater-1980 (A)

Paradise Theater is a work of art, a labor of love, from vocalist, keyboardist, Dennis Deyoung. From the opening piano note, of A.D. 1928, to the closing note of A.D. 1958, Paradise will hold you in awe. Not since the Grand Illusion, has STYX made an album this good. It all starts with A.D. 1928, which goes into Rockin the Paradise, and that is what this CD does, ROCKS. It's not the heavy metal / prog rock, of Grand Illusion, or the hard rock of Pieces of Eight, but it comes over strong, even on the slow songs. With the fist pumping anthems of Rockin the Paradise, a song about America needing to stand up and be counted, to Half Penny; Two Penny, which deals with the decay of the American dream. The Best of Times, and the disco-rock flavored Too Much Time on my Hands, have sing-a-long choruses, that has you humming along with them all day. Snowblind, is a rock radio classic, written by Dennis and JY, and sung by JY and Tommy. This song deals with substance drug abuse, and JY's singing on the beginning of it, is very haunting. The song was also accused of having backward satanic messages on it. My question who sits and plays a record backwards anyway. The lesser known songs on this disk, Nothing Ever Goes as Planned, and She Cares, are both very good, and deserve repeated listening, as does this whole CD. This is the last "true" Styx classic, with the line up of Dennis, Tommy, JY, John, and Chuck. There would be other STYX Cd's with this line-up, and different line-ups, but no other CD this great, has come out since.


Kilroy Was Here -1983 (B)





I remember buying this cd the day it came out, I don't remember making it past Mr. Roboto, the first day. The next day at high school, I was singing the song, all day, to anyone who would, or wouldn't listen. Later, I played the rest of the CD. I thought it was good, very good. Now as I listen to the cd, Kilroy, I find that it really doesn't really stand up to the test of time, or even other Styx Cd's. Mr Roboto, is still awesome, but its one of those songs that you crank up at home, but in public, you turn it down, and hope that no one hears you, but thanks to the Volkswagen commercial, a few years back, its now hip again to crank this song up in public. Don't Let End, is you typical Dennis Deyoung song, your typical good Dennis Deyoung song. The sing along chorus, and catchy beat of this song will, having you singing it all day. Cold War, suffers alot over time, seems very dated now, but the keyboard work in this song is very good. And the live version, of this song (see Caught in the Act video), really rocks. Tommy's other two songs , Haven't We Been Here Before, and Just Get Thru This Night, are both very good, with the latter, being very textured, a very pleasing song to listen, and relax to. Dennis' other song, High Time, is not a good song, its tied into the Kilroy concept, and that seems to bring it down. Even though Dennis ties a good beat to this song, it wobbles as bad as a Roboto. JY's two songs, are Double Life, and Heavy Metal Poisoning. Double Life, is a good song, and a little on the slow side for JY, one of the things that makes it an even better song. Heavy Metal Poisoning, is the most disappointing song on the CD. Just the name of the song promises, a get down, head banging, in your face song, but .... it's a song from the point of view of, Dr Righteous, the "bad guy" of the concept CD. So instead of this great hand pumping get down song, we get this slowed down song that sags under its own overblown weight. And JY's singing on it, is boring beyond tears. But I have to say JY does a great job of tying the song it with the Kilroy concept. The CD closes with Don't Let it End (reprise), a waste of space, it's an attempt to bring the concept to a close. It tries to tie a couple songs together, like the Grand Finale did for the Grand Illusion, but it never gets off the ground. If you don't take this CD serious,for the concept it is suppose to be, and you just sit back and listen to it, you'll find some good songs. But what this CD really needs is rocking song or two added to it..


Caught In The Act-1984 (B-)

Caught in the Act came out in 1984, just after the breakup of STYX. At the time it was the only live cd by the group. The disk is 14 songs, one of them is a new studio track, Music Time. Music Time is a fun light hearted song, not to be taken too seriously, and not to be mistaken as a good Styx song. It's not one of their best by far, but not near their worst. The live songs, are a mixed treat. Some songs come across flat, and boring, Babe, and Don't Let it End, Mr Roboto, all very good studio songs, are missing something on the live tracks, Fooling Yourself, tries very hard to rock, and almost does, but it misses the mark. Crystal Ball, seems uninspired. The Best of Times, holds its own, as does Come Sail Away. Blue Collar Man, Snowblind, And Rockin the Paradise, do just that Rock. Too Much Time on My Hands, is a pleasant surprise, no longer does it sound like a rocked up disco song, but a good rock and roller, with more guitar, and a more lively beat, plus the song ends better. But the true star of this cd is JY's Miss America. This song kicks some serious [...]. On the studio version, it's a great song, on a great cd, The Grand Illusion. On this cd, it sticks out, above and beyond the rest. As far as this cd goes, compared to their other live cds, it's the weak one. But still it's good.
Oh, I did I mention no Lady or Renegade on the cd!!!


CLASSICS-1987 (A-)







Classics came out in 1987 and as all the basic hit Styx songs. Missing is Lady (recorded on a different label)







Edge Of The Century-1990 (B)

Glen Burtnik, steps into Tommy Shaw's place on this cd. And does a fine job, better than Tommy did on his first Styx cd, Crystal Ball. From the opening track, Love is the Ritual, you know that STYX is in capable hands with Glen. Two of his other songs, Edge of the Century , and World Tonite, are both great rockers, but he misses the mark, with the ballad, All in a Days Work. Dennis, is still Dennis, turning out slow songs, like the moving Show Me the Way, Carrie-Ann, and Love at First Sight. Good instrumental on Back to Chicago, and a good song, but it doesn't feel like a STYX song, more like one of his solo songs. And the rocker Not Dead Yet, shows that Dennis can still sing a rock song, even if he doesn't write them any more. JY's one song is Homewrecker, a standard JY song, good keyboard playing in it, but it still feels like songs by the numbers. Over all not a bad start, for the new line up. Glen proved he could write for STYX, and after seeing him in concert with STYX, that he could sing Tommy's songs. The group proved they were not dead yet.


Greatest Hits, import,-1992 (A)


Good selection over CLASSICS above and more up to date. Includes songs from Classics and from Edge of the Century which wasn't out, when Classics was released. Love is the Ritual a song by Glen Burtnick is a nice welcome, since this is the only hits cd it is on, or that Glen sings lead on period. Since this is an Import Lady is included, but mastering is off and you have to turn the volume up on the song to make it as loud as the others. Another minus, Babe, Blue Collar MAn,Mr. Roboto are edited to make all the songs fit on one cd.


Greatest Hits- 1995 (A)





Greatest Hits 1995 included all the songs from Classics, minus Light Up, Added instead is Lorelei. Plus a newly recorded Lady, with Tommy Shaw playing on the song. This is the best of the hits cds




Greatest Hits part 2-1996 (A-)





Has all the other hits not on the above cds. These songs didn't really score on the charts, but did get radio airplay and are concert favorites. Plus two new songs, "It Takes Love" and "Little Suzie" Both are Glen Burtnick songs and both are pretty good. Suzie is a good rocker with Tommy singing lead . On Love Dennis has lead and the song has a snappy beat to it. Both songs while good do not quite hold up to the classic Styx songs.

The Best Of Times; The Best Of Styx-1997 (A)



The Best of Times; The Best of Styx 1997 is an import that combines the songs off of the 95 and 96 cds, plus the new songs. The only bad point is that it is one cd, so a lot of the songs are not on here, that were hits in America. It takes the hits from across the seas.








Return To Paradise-1997 (B+)

RETURN TO PARADISE, features three new studio recordings, plus two classic songs sung live, that were not on CAUGHT..., Renegade, and Lady. For the most part, the songs are equal to, the original studio versions, and way better than their last live versions. The only song that comes up short on this outing, when compared to its last live recording, is Miss America. It's a good recording on this disk, but on CAUGHT, it is awesome. Grand Illusion, is the big winner on this disk, the way they have reworked the song is great, it was a rocker before, but now it blows the original one away. Snowblind, and Too Much Time on My Hands, which were good last time, still rock. Dennis also does better on this CD, his song Babe, which was stale last time, comes across fresh. Crystal Ball which last time, was uninspired, now seems to be robust. Suite Madame Blue, Lady, Regenade, Rocking the Paradise, Blue Collar Man, Fooling Yourself, Come Sail Away, all rock, equal too or better than the original. Lorelei even comes on stronger. Show Me the Way, Best of Times, and Boat on the River, are good but are the weakest of the set. The new songs are good, but don't rank up there with the STYX classics. Paradise, is another Dennis ballad. Tommy's On My Way, is a rocker that could easily been on Cornerstone, or one of their Cd's from that time. Dear John, is a moving tribute to their drummer John Panozzo, who died a year earlier.RETURN TO PARADISE, is better than CAUGHT IN THE ACT, and the following live cds released up to 2001. So start here, for a great live CD.


Lady -1998 (C-)





This is the Best of Styx 1971 to 1975 minus one song. And also the tracking is off stops one song in the middle and starts another.






Brave New World-1999 (C)



When the word was out that STYX was recording a new CD, I was ready. My favorite rock group, was back, after recording some new songs on two greatest hits cds, and a live CD. But upon hearing it I was disappointed. What we got was a STYX cd without Dennis, and we got a Dennis solo CD. Both good, in their own right, but both a MAJOR let down, when put together. As a STYX CD, it rocks, really rocks. JY and Tommy both put out some good songs on this CD. Where Dennis is I don't know. He isn't heard on background vocals, and his keyboards are almost non-existent. I Will be Your Witness, sounds like a classic STYX song. Brave New World, also, could belong on any 70's STYX CD. Everything is Cool, is the best STYX song on this CD, this is the song that should have started the CD off. Heavy Water is one of STYX' hardest rockin songs in years. JY also does good on What Have They Done to You. Number One tries hard to rock, but falls short. And on the STYX part of the CD, Just Fell In, should have JUST BEEN LEFT OFF, it's the worst song on the CD, sounds like Tommy, doing CHEAP TRICK, doing Elvis. On the Dennis solo part, his songs sound like they could have come off any of his 80 cds (DESSERT MOON, BACK TO THE WORLD, and BOOMCHILD). All three good to great cds. Goodbye Roseland, is his best song in many years, it's a touching and moving song. High Crimes and Misdemeanors, is a jab at both government officials, and rappers. While There's Still Time, is good, but a standard Dennis ballad, and you can hear Tommy in the vocals, just enough to let you know, that this is a STYX CD and not a solo. Fallen Angels, is a look at being in the lime light, and that we shouldn't look to "stars" to be a guide in our lives. Great Expectations, is a clunker, even though the message is good. All songs on the Dennis part are ballads, or slow tempo songs, sure wish Dennis would rock again. Another thing that hurt was the order of the songs. Not having the same producer for the two different parts didn't help either. Must say I like Dennis's production better. But lean toward the STYX part more. Over all a very very disappointing Styx cd!!!!