Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Boris's latest list

Three Magnum CDs on the list (had to make do)

    Once again, Boris's list has been revised, and so much has been acquired, added and deleted since the last one was made three years ago, so many artists are no longer needed (even if I find them too late). I received this before I put it here, and found one by a group who will remain nameless, then found an autographed CD by a recently departed member of a band of another era. Anyway, I need to find a few more before sending out another package by the festive period due to the complicated method and high cost of P&P.


 A.................................................................................................................




Amenophis: Amenophis

Anyones Daughter: Adonis

                   Anyones Daughter (1980)

                   In Blau

                   Piktors Verwandlungen

Alcatrazz: No Parole From Rock 'n' Roll

           Dangerous Games

Amorphis: Elegy

          Am Universum

Anaphema: Judgement

         Eternity

Ange: La Cimeterie

Anglagard: Hybris



B..................................................................................................................






Byron, David (Uriah Heep): Baby Faced Killer

Barclay James Harvest: Ring of Changes

Biglietto Per L'Inferno: same (1974)

Blind Guardian: Tales from the Twilight World

               Somewhere Far Beyond

               Imaginations from the Other Side   





C..........................................................................................




Carey, Tony (Rainbow/Planet P Project): Coldwar Kids

           I Won't Be Home Tonight

           Bedtime Story

           Boystown Tapes

Classix Nouveaux: La Verite

Califfi: Fiore di Metallo

Celtic Frost: Vanity/Nemesis

Chameleons UK: What Does Anything Mean?

              Script of the Bridge

Cardiacs: Songs for Ships and Irons

         On Land and in the Sea

Cornwell, Hugh (The Stranglers): Guilty (or Black Hair, Black Eyes, Black Suit US)

               Hi Fi

               Nosferatu (w/Robert Williams)

Cirith Ungol: King of the Dead

              Paradise Lost

Creatures (Siouxsie and the Banshees): Hai!

Camel: Rain Dances



D.................................................................................................................




Dschinghis Khan: same (1979)

Dax, Danielle: Blast The Human Flower

Dio: Strange Highways**

            

                    



E.......................................................................................................................



Eloy: Ra   

Electric Family: Ice Cream Phoenix

                 Royal Hunt

Earth & Fire: Song of the Marching Children

             Atlantis

             To the World of the Future

Escape with Romeo: Come Here White Light

                  Love Alchemy

                  Emotional Ice Age

                  




F..............................................................................................................



Fischer Z:World Salad

          Fish's Head

          Destination Paradise

          Kamikaze Shirt

Fruup: Prince of Heavens Eye

      Modern Masquerades

Giles, Giles and Fripp (King Crimson precursor): The League of Gentlemen

Fripp & Sylvian: Damage 

Flaming Lips: Oh My Gawd!!!

             Telepathic Surgery

Freedom Call: Stairway to Fairyland

             Crystal Empire

             Eternity

             Beyond


G..................................................................................................................




Gong: Time is the Key

Grobschnitt: Grobschnitt (1972)

             Ballerman

             Jumbo

             Rockpommels Land

             Solar Music. Parts I, II, III

(Ian) Gillan (Deep Purple): Mr Universe

Gamma Ray: Power Plant

            No World Order

            Empire Of The Undead

Goblin: Roller

Gryphon: Red Queen to Gryphon Three




H.............................................................................................................................



Hensley, Ken (Uriah Heep): Proud Words on the Dusty Shelf

            Free Spirit

            Faster

            Running Blind

            My Book of Answers

            Blood on the Highway

Helloween: Keeper Of The 7 Keys - III (The Legacy)

Heavens Gate: In Control

              Living in Hysteria

Hackett, Steve: At the Edge of Light**

Human League: Reproduction

Hammill, Peter (van der Graaf Generator): Nadirs Big Chance

              In Camera

              PH7

              A Black Box

Hypnos 69:Legacy


I.............................................................................................................................



Iron Savior: Iron Savior (1997)

            Unification

Impellitteri: Stand in Line

IQ: Are You Sitting Comfortably?**

   Ever**

    



J..............................................................................................................





Jane: Here We Are

      Lady

      Between Heaven and Hell

J.E.T.: Fede Speraza Carita

Japan: Adolescent Sex

       Obscure Alternatives



K.....................................................................................................................




King Diamond: Give Me Your Soul...Please 



L.....................................................................................................................



Lake of Tears: Ominous

               Forever Autumn

               The Neonai

               Black Brick Road

               Moons and Mushrooms

               Crimson Cosmos

Lacrimosa: Sehnsucht

           Revolution

           Hofnung

Le Orme: Uomo di Pezza

        Storia O Leggenda

        Florian

        Verita Nascoste


                               


M............................................................................................................



The Move: The Move (1968)

      Shazam

      Looking On

Mad Max: Rollin' Thunder

Manowar: Gods of War

         The Lord of Steel

         Into Glory Ride

         Hail to England

Magnum: Chase the Dragon**

       Sleepwalking**

       Brand New Morning**

       Into the Valley of Moonking**

       On the 13th Day**

        Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies**

        Lost on the Road to Eternity**

        The Serpent Rings**

       Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow**

       Kingdom of Madness**

Manfred Manns Earth Band: Masque

Metamorfosi: E Fu Il Sesto Giorno

Mamas Boys: Power and Passion

Michael Schenker Group: MSG (1981)



N..................................................................................................................



New Trolls: Concerto Grosso #1

Novalis: Banished Bridge

         Novalis (1975)

         Brandung

         Augenblicke

Numan, Gary: Berserker

Nits: Alankomaat                     

Nazareth: The Catch

          Cinema

          

         

O..................................................................................................................





Osibisa: Woyaya

Osiris: Osiris (1981)

       Myths & Legends

OMD: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)

Oldfield, Mike: Man on the Rocks



P............................................................................................................




Phillips, Anthony: The Geese and the Ghost*

Pell Mell: Rhapsody

           Moldau

           Marburg

P.R.W.L.: Tales from Outer Space

         G-d Has Failed

                       


R.................................................................................................................



Rockets: Galaxy

        Atomic

Rhapsody: Rain of a Thousand Flames

         Power of the Dragonflame

         Dawn of Victory

         Symphony of Enchanted Lands, Part I

         Legendary Tales 

         From Chaos to Eternity

         Rebirth and Evolution

         Tales from Emerald World Sage

Rational Youth: Heredity

Ramses: La Leyla

       Eternity Rise

Rousseau: Flower in Asphalt

Running Wild: Brotherhood




S................................................................................................................




Sweet: Off the Record

       Waters Edge

Stratovarius: Elements, Part 2

             Episode

             Visions

             Infinite

Seventh Avenue: Southgate

                Between the Worlds

Sieges Even: Uneven

            Steps

            Sense of Change

Stranglers: Dreamtime (2001 edition)

Squier, Billy: The Tale of the Tape

Siouxsie & the Banshees: Juju

Space: Deliverance (latest edition)

Solar Project: Ghost Lights

               Five

Sparks: The Girl is Crying in Her Latte

       Hippopotamus

       Gratiutuous Sex & Senseless Violins

Semiramis: Dedicato A Frazz

Sad Lovers And Giants: Epic Garden Music

                      Feeling the Flame

Spear of Destiny: Outland

The Sound: From the Lions Mouth

           All Fall Down

Saunders, Lee: A Promise of Peace

Saga: Saga (1978)

Sisters of Mercy: Floodland

Stewart, Rod: Foolish Behaviour




T...............................................................................................................



10cc: Look Hear

      Ten Out of 10

      Windows in the Jungle

TV Smith:  Immortal Rich

           In the Arms of the Enemy

Toyah: Minx

       In the Court of the Crimson Queen

       Dreamchild

       Ophelias Shadow

       Mayhem

Trace: Birds

Twelfth of Never:  Blowing Bubbles Through Broken Windows

                   Things That Were


             






U..................................................................................................................




Ure Midge: Fragile

           Pure

           Move Me

Unheilig: Puppenspiel

         Von Mensch zu Mensch

         Gipfelsturmer

         Grosse Freiheit 

Ultravox: Brilliant

UFO: Obsession




V..................................................................................................................



Viva: Dealers of the Night

Virgin Steele: Invictus

               The House of Atreus (Act I & II)

               Visions of Eden

               Black Light Bacchanalia 

               Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation

van der Graaf Generator:Trisector

                        A Grounding in Numbers

                        Do Not Disturb




W...................................................................................................................




Wakeman, Rick: Living Tree (w. Jon Anderson)

              Out There

Wood, Roy: Mustard

Wallenstein: Blitzkrieg

             Cosmic Century

             Stories Songs & Symphonies

             Mother Universe

Watts, John: The Iceberg Model

            Quick Quick Slow

Wire: Chairs Missing

      154

      Send

      Object 47

Wuthering Heights: To Travel for Evermore

                   Far from the Madding Crowd

                   The Shadow Cabinet 

                   Salt

                   Within

Wintersun:Wintersun-04

          Time I



Y...........................................................................................................


n/a


* I would like this as well.

** I have this already.



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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Tickets, Touts, and Taylor

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David Gilmour at the Peter Green Tribute Concert, 25/2/20

 When oasis announced their reunion tour, fans made a mad rush for tickets, even though they were hundreds of pounds, and they were slated for it. Even worse, touts were already reselling them for even more, so the band are putting a stop to it by making the tickets exclusively for who bought them, just as Kate Bush had a decade ago for her rare residency at the Eventim Apollo (formerly Hammersmith Odeon). On the contrary, her old friend and mentor David Gilmour is about to have his own tour, and  when I looked at downstates dates coming after another event in the tri-state I would like to attend (story for another day, but I'd stay at the same hotel to save time, even if I'd be on the tube late at nights, or run into his former colleague), one was sold out, and the other a right fortune. Ironically, when I went to an article on Pearl Jam (who boycotted Ticketmaster in 1996) and there was a link to a third-party reseller, both dates were available and had seats at a remotely doable price and distant location in the arena. Last time I went there or the region was to see Paul McCartney. He and Peter Gabriel (you can connect the dots by now) were at Taylor Swifts concert in London a while ago (the old guard come to her). Swifties seem to spend less by going overseas than trying to see her in the US. I know it's too easy these days to write about missus, but even she's a scapegoat of the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopoly. I'm lucky to get to one name show this year, which is Duran Duran back Upstate at the casino, but I'd have to win the pools well before that since I need time to plan and pay for the lot. I also have to see what they're doing with the Fairfield County do the night of Durans own show at the Garden because it can be too much and they're not that close together since it's a big area. Like most people at this stage, essentials come first in this economy before even considering hols or big shows anywhere.