lavcd.ru

Screenshot of banner from Wayback Machine

 It appears that lavcd.ru has gone offline. I even tried the online detector to see if it was just on my end or if it had server issues. The detector claimed that it was business as usual, but I couldn't put down that it wasn't. This is where Boris has been getting most of the pirate CDs for me. Because there has been little to go on from either end lately, as well as events of the past several years, we're lucky to do this once a year now. Even though some new releases have come up that I know are in there, it's just finding enough older material to maximise the cost of P&P, especially because I have to go through a third-party service via the post or FedEx, which is a bit more expensive, along with finding all of these rare CDs in person, trying to avoid getting them all online, despite even the simplest things becoming harder to find at brick and mortar stores these days since they can't all compete with the internet. I wonder if the site is blocked outside of Russia or if the authorities even took it off, which wouldn't surprise me at all. Also having to go back to the site each week and downloading each file just became too much, and I have a life and schedule now. I hate to see this come to an end, yet I would rather get more official CDs locally in person, but not even the better known artists are on every corner, let alone ones who hardly if ever touched the US or any chart for that matter. I'm just not aware of other resources there one can turn to now. I will have to look into this some more when I have the time. It could just be either technical difficulties or they are no more. More as I can find anything, but until then, it's just indefinite hiatus.

UPDATE (25/8/26): The site is up and running again. I think they were just down for a period.

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. The list has changed even more as a dozen or so more titles have been deleted as they were no longer needed, which is a relief since they are rare in the US. A few more were thrown in. We can't send anything to each other right now because of financial difficulties as well as changing events in both of our countries. UPDATE (12/8/25): Boris truncated the list yet again, culling many titles that I'd just never would find anyway, while tossing in a few more. Still going to be another right wild goose chase, even with artists that I know. I did find some that he could send me, but having fewer to reciprocate by the day and learning that the last package that I sent took two months' time, making a carrier pigeon look like Concorde, makes our methods more unrealistic every year between current events and economic shifts. Found sod all since. I really hope to have something in the post once more by years end.

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

Amenophis: Amenophis (1983)

Anyones Daughter: Adonis

Alcatrazz: No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll

           Dangerous Games

Anglagard: Hybris

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

Barclay James Harvest: Ring of Changes

Blind Guardian: Imaginations of the Other Side

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

Cornwell, Hugh (The Stranglers): Nosferatu (w/Robert Williams)

Camel: Rain Dances

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

Eloy: Ra   

Electric Family: Ice Cream Phœnix

                 Royal Hunt

Escape with Romeo: Samsara

                  Emotional Ice Age

                    After the Future

                    Suspicious Bliss

                  

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

Fischer-Z: World Salad (also reissued as The Worker and Fischer-Z [budget releases]. Can't be upcoming reissue with next two albums that are no longer needed)

          Kamikaze Shirt

Freedom Call: Crystal Empire

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

Gong: Time is the Key

(Ian) Gillan (Deep Purple): Mr Universe

Gryphon: Red Queen to Gryphon Three

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

Heavens Gate: In Control

              Living in Hysteria

Hypnos 69: Legacy

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

IQ: Ever** (*LP)

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

Jane: Here We Are

      Lady

      Between Heaven and Hell

      Fire, Water, Air and Earth

Japan: Obscure Alternatives

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

King Crimson: Discipline (can't remember if I bought it already, having gotten many other Adrian Belew/Tony Levin era releases)

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

Lake of Tears: Forever Autumn

               Neonai

Lacrimosa: Testament

                               

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

Mad Max: Rollin' Thunder (no relation to film franchise)

Manowar: Gods of War

         The Lord of Steel

Magnum: Chase the Dragon**

       Brand New Morning**

       Into the Valley of Moonking**

       Lost on the Road to Eternity**

       Kingdom of Madness**

Manfred Manns Earth Band: Masque

Mamas Boys: Power and Passion

Michael Schenker Group: MSG (1981)

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

New Trolls: Concerto Grosso #1

Novalis: Banished Bridge

         Novalis (1975)          

         

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

Oldfield, Mike: Man on the Rocks

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

Rockets: Galaxy

Rhapsody: Dawn of Victory

         Symphony of Enchanted Lands, Part I

Rousseau: Flower in Asphalt

Running Wild: Death or Glory

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

Sweet: Off the Record

Seventh Avenue: Southgate

                Between the Worlds

Sparks: Gratuitous Sex & Senseless Violins

Saunders, Lee (The Void): 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: Coming in to Land

           In the Arms of the Enemy

            Land of the Overdose

            Misinformation Overload

            The March of the Giants

Toyah: In the Court of the Crimson Queen

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

Unheilig: von Mensch zu Mensch

UFO: Obsession

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

Viva: Dealers of the Night

Virgin Steele: The House of Atreus (Act I & II)

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

Wood, Roy (Wizzard/ELO/Idle Race): Mustard

Wintersun: Wintersun (2004)

* I would like this as well.

** I have this already.

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Supersedes all previous lists.

Ralph Records

Beatles CD-Rs on Ralph Records

 Today at a car boot sale, I came across a box of pirate CD-Rs that were free to take. It had needle drops of artists such as Barbra Streisand, Graham Nash, Focus (I have to get the official one for Boris, of course), Carly Simon, the Mamas & the Papas, Hermans Hermits, and maybe the Bee Gees for that matter just to name a few. They're on a label called Ralph Records, a division of "Antarctica Group, Ltd.", which doesn't exist. There was a real indie label called Ralph Records in the Bay Area known for the cult band The Residents. Not much is known about this other Ralph Records, who make Beatles bootlegger Dr Ebbetts look like Peter Jackson (who worked on Get Back). I picked up Jolly What! with Frank Ifield, who passed away this past May, and The Savage Young Beatles, the first US release of the Tony Sheridan sessions (also not official, while the ones that were came out on two separate labels with lesser known groups mixed in). Like real reissue labels such as Friday Music and Air Mail Archive, Ralph imitate the original label almost to the point of parody. Not much can be found on them. The covers were printed on Kodak inkjet paper. Someone went to great expense to make all of these, only for these to be on the house, making Babs at the charity shop look like a ticket to her fundraisers (she or pretty much any artist would go mad if she saw one of her albums like this). If it was something out of print, maybe, but many of these weren't really that rare. The CD-R seller in Madison County I wrote about some years earlier has nothing on this. Even though I have the Beatles tracks on better sounding official and unofficial CDs and LPs, I never had the original LPs, which were considered cash-ins during Beatlemania in 1964, along with cover albums by other artists and novelty records. As for all the CDs, they have scans of the original sleeves. I am on this sellers e-mail list, so I know where he'll be next, which is likely the record fair I know now held on NY 173 in Taunton, so I could grab a handful more if anyone wants some, since this sort doesn't seem to gather that much interest. These are too good to just donate or even have binned. You can't legally sell them, of course. There were also some CD-R bootlegs, but I just took a couple ELP ones, and only one works. As for Ralph, this may just be some little operation over twenty years too late.

Identity crisis

The real Arena, 2019.

kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 If an artist or group has a common or generic name, chances are someone else will have it too. Before the internet, that was the case. If one makes it big, the other may contact their solicitors and settle out of court. I wrote a similar post years ago on our sister retail blog. In recent years, when I try to look up some people, I find mp3s from the wrong ones, who may not realise that the "real" one even exist. Spinoffs and disputes over use of the name by former members isn't exactly what I mean since that's a different post entirely. These are the ones I know off hand, but there are tonnes more out there.

Asia (my Asia settled with lesser known mid-West band and lesser knowns come up for mp3s)

Duran Duran (there are an obscure band called Duran Duran Duran)

Fish (can even be confused with Phish)

Tony Banks (once found an unknown artist with same name)

Ray Wilson (same)

Justin Hayward (there's also a DJ)

Brian May (Queen guitarist and late Australian film composer)

Roger Taylor (drummers for Queen and Duran Duran, which would probably have caused issues back at EMI)

Rush (even the boys have some chancers that are really fly by night calling themselves that, as well as Big Time Rush [please!], Mahogany Rush [also Cancon], Tom Rush, Jennifer Rush, films called Rush)

Savoy (can also get mixed up with Savoy Brown with late Oswego County resident Kim Simmonds)

Jim Diamond (was once a Diamond Jim out there)

PhD (his duo had to contend with a hip-hop one)

Bandit (his earlier band with AC/DCs Cliff Williams and Kate Bush's husband Danny McIntosh)

Status Quo (not to be confused with hip hop artist Stat Quo or song from High School Musical)

IQ (you have to have one to know who the real one are)

Jadis (even them, but could even get conflated with character on The Walking Dead)

Pallas (founder Graeme Murray originally called his band Rainbow, but that's in the same boat)

Magnum (I recently got a CD from the wrong Magnum, which I got rid of)

INXS (was once a shop in the Mohawk Valley)

Visage (was spa run by my doctor likely stopped by Steve Stranges estate if not the state)

Genesis (was once obscure band in the US at the same of the one I know being formed and another in Colombia, and also the late Genesis P-Orridge)

Alan Williams (because of others with the name, the one I used to know used the name Al Chantrey)

Toyah (not to be confused with Toya)

Slaughter (Clark County and Canadian bands)

X (US and Japan)

The Beat (Paul Collins's Beat and The English Beat)

Earth, Wind & Fire (not to be confused with Earth Fire, who Boris wants me to find)

Cinema (short-lived Yes spinoff settled with other Cinemas after becoming Yes proper again)

Tony Kaye (original Yes member and fellow UK pat and director)

Jon Anderson (not to be confused with country artist John Anderson)

Michael Jackson (even the King of Pop had two others with the same name)

Joe Jackson (his dad and the pop/jazz artist)

Paul Young (solo artist and late Sad Café/Mike & the Mechanics vocalist)

Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmores band; original name for Pallas; Sissy Spacek once recorded as Rainbo)

Velvet Underground (band with SU's own Lou Reed; early band with AC/DCs Malcolm Young)

Vanessa Williams (SU alum, Melrose Place co-star [both did Soul Food], and gospel artist)

Bush (UK and Canadian bands)

Arena (pictured; UK band and over a dozen or so different artists with that name)

Hootenanny Singers (Swedish folk band with ABBAs Björn Ulvæus and obscure US band)

Prom-enade

 

Prom fashion show from 2015 with our Michæla (second from upper right), taken by Poppi (RIP). Others TBD (photo can be removed or censored by request. This is why I don't usually use real people, especially this young and these days. I'm no solicitor myself, mind.).

    If Rolling Stone can branch out, so can I. I've posted more than once about my prom experience in bits, and I've tried putting it on Facebook, Bored Panda and Nextdoor, but it just isn't as effective, and they would just disappear like they would on X. This site is more designed for such an article.

Like many people, I didn't get to go to prom in high school when I was the age of these kids (I didn't even realise my niece Michæla had like her folks had [my sister is her mother]). My grades weren't the best to say the least, we probably couldn't afford to have me go too, I didn't dress up that nice in those days, and I had no desire to anyway. Not long after that, I transferred out of town to another school for a period, but I wasn't sure if prom was held at that stage, although I later learned it was before I went, and occasionally since after changing direction. I know there were other dances and events held throughout the year, however. Prom never crossed my mind at that point either. I'd be lucky to get a reunion with anyone from that era, but that's for another day. Just one with people who attended before I was born.

It took all the way until 2015-16 for me to finally regret having missed out on junior prom and senior ball after looking on Syracuse.com or seeing it around. Can't recall what triggered it, yet many things came into my life quite late, and some still have yet to occur. Only just went to my first two weddings just before that (again, for another time). I thought I would be trying to come up with a prom for others who also were denied that rite of passage they seen on TV or movies, or saw their friends and families get to embrace. Turns out that has been a thing for some time. Drew Barrymore is said to have paved the way since even she's in the same boat as me, but didn't finish school, and put together a couple do's and went on one of the chat shows, so when her two girls are older, she can take them to get their dresses for their big nights. In recent years, adult or second chance proms have been held nationwide.

Here's the list of all the post-traditional proms (we can change the narrative here) that I have attended:

1. Singers Karaoke Club • Syracuse, 21/5/16 - My first one ever nearly two decades too late!

2. Singers • 20/5/17 - Last one until 12. They really didn't have to take it off for so long.

3. Wholely Grounds at the Road • 14/4/18 - NY 175, Onondaga Hill (had to dig up the calendar since everything is lost to obscurity, even though it wasn't that long ago)

4. Marriott Syracuse Downtown • 10/3/19 - Charity family event held in the grand ballroom upstairs*

5. Wholely Grounds at the Road • 13/4/19 - They closed in September (I just know that the event wasn't right before Easter), Alice in Wonderland/Charisma Records theme (final one at this location)

5a. Studio 54 • 21/6/19 - NY 5, downtown - I didn't really stay too long because of delays and the hours. Venue went the way of unrelated downstate namesake*

No events in 2020 because of the pandemic, of course. We'll just leave it right there.

6. TK Tavern • 16/10/21 - Camillus (original location), Salt City Collective (former Meetup group) - First one as things were opening up again. Also the closest thing to a second chance homecoming in CNY since this occurred more during that season, although I'll consider setting up something with that name since I missed out on that as well (whole other post since that's a different set of parameters)

7. Sharkeys Bar & Grill • 23/7/22 - CR 57, Liverpool (Bayberry) - Clay Panthers Pop Warner football team fundraiser* (I found this that June while going to the St Sophias Orthodox Church Greek Festival)

8. TK Tavern • 2/10/22 - Salt City Collective; moved the next years event after fire in January 2023

9. St Josephs Catholic Church • 20/5/23 - W Genesee St., Camillus (no relation to hospital)*

10. Brewerton Centre for the Arts • 24/6/23 - US 11, Brewerton (former church turned rental space)*

11. Ukrainian National Home • 14/10/23 - S Wilbur Ave., Tipp Hill - SCC new location (may just have been the one time. 2024 prom cancelled due to leaders personal commitments and groups uncertain future, not even holding pub quiz downtown since January 2025, and perhaps Meetups rate rises. Last one to date, as of 2026, as group are most likely disbanded for good after a year without new events)

12. Singers • 8/6/24 - Full circle (only one here in town at the same time as the regular kind this year; Hollywood Nights theme [I don't always remember those, and they're hard to come up with since many are overdone like Gatsby or "under the stars"]. However, as of 2025, they are now Glastonbury in reverse, leaving me and the other diehards to worry that they've gone back to the starting gate and I'm scrambling once again. I brought this up with the owner, and she said they're focussed on other events at this time, but perhaps, missus will bring it back since a couple came to Halloween looking like they were dressed more for prom, so it could be the spirits using them to tell me it could happen after all)

13. Salt City Bar • 31/12/24 - S Salina & W Onondaga Sts, Salt City Market, Downtown Syracuse - New Years Eve Prom (also ticks the box for NYE, which has been even more elusive for me due to cost, outside pressures, and transport. I don't necessarily have to stay until midnight because I get knackered, everybody and their others trying to get home after a few pints, and I'm usually teetotal. At least this one has since become annual, and doesn't have a cover charge like most others held downtown and overall)

UPDATES 2025-26:

14. SaltSpace • 16/5/25 - Wyoming, Marcellus & S West Sts; Near West Side - Similar in scope to 3 and 5. Found at fairly short notice. First one of this year through an NGO agency. Low-cost and low-profile. Only one done as of 17/6/25. May suggest homecoming as Septembers theme, despite being a truncated version of prom (see other article), since Octobers would be Halloween (we'll go there when it's time).

15. Rome Capitol Theatre • 28/6/25 - W Dominick St, Downtown Rome - First Pride Prom and only one at all that I would go to outside Onondaga County due to lack of one of any sort announced near home so far since 14 (which is of a different calibre to put it that way). Whilst a free event (if you live right around there anyway), the cost of travelling (I can only get there and back by train and bus, and even driving could discourage anyone from outside the Mohawk Valley from going out of their way at this time, given recent events). Also my third Pride event, after getting to Uticas festival at the last minute, missing the wedding (post for a later time) and parade back in Syracuse. Unfortunately, delays with the train and busses have undermined the festivities and I had to get a lift back home. I have then decided just not to attend the Enchanted Adult Prom in New Hartford as a result, because it's now Disenchanted, if you will, even if it's during the week and a better chance at getting home in time, I just couldn't let that happen again, so no more of this on the road bit until I have my driving licence and an earnt pay cheque because of Murphys Law. If a miracle happens, then I'll go back to Oneida County for another go. Maybe even spend the night. Also had looked into a Recycled Prom on the east side of Rome near Griffiss Park, but I really didn't want to go through all of the doolally again, and spend more time and money getting there and back than being there, even if I may be reducing my carbon footprint by not driving, but even Coldplays Chris Martin would probably think it's more unorthodox than getting caught at one of his shows (story for another day; you know the one by now, but never mind).

16. Salt City Bar • 31/12/25 - Once again feeding two birds with one scone (coming from PETA's recent grassroots campaign to make classic idioms cruelty-free). This years theme was a disco '70s prom. I even wore a wig, one of three that would pass for that era, and a novelty replica tuxedo that fits me that I bought on eBay that I pay for in bits to ease my budget, so I don't have to wear my black suit again, since even Johnny Cash didn't wear black everyday (even though a competitor I went to had a Shadow Party where he could if he were still alive and not have to pay). The only adult prom event in Syracuse at all in 2025, so I hope next year, Singers will reconsider prom (just had another floof event, however), as will others who have done it in the recent past, and new people will try it in 2026 as a way to raise money or at least give those from their 20s to 90s another shot at prom. Even have something closer available for homeschooled kids since that has grown since COVID. Meanwhile, I also looked at an event in Lake George, but going away that far overnight in the middle of winter to an area I haven't gone to in thirty years' time is now unneeded, so I will now wait until spring for these events to happen like back in the old days since I typically don't do this all year. I even checked to see if St Valentines Day prom exists, and it does, but I'll add to the list when the next one comes along that I'll go to, but that will now have to wait until next year instead. Now I'll have a tuxedo that I can use again since the suit was used for more solemn if not sombre occasions. Would rather wear it to a wedding (later post).

17. SaltSpace • 15/5/26. Same as 14. For some reason, the organisation have no public record online of this event in previous years. Had to check my e-mail for private confirmation of last years do. The paper flyer I had may have been binned since then. Only available on private Facebook group. Also attended belated St Patricks Day event (due to fixed pattern of these monthly events). Could even go for their early Halloween event in October, but we'll start a separate post for that time of year another day.

18. Salt City Bar • 30/5/26. CNY Pride - Meet Cute - Bliss: Prom. First non-NYE prom held there and first Pride Prom in Syracuse in several years not for younger people (that one I'm too old for and has an emo theme this year). Won't need to go to Rome now, especially since I will be with the floofs at Fair Haven when that occurs, which is more elusive by comparison, and even if I could drive from one side of the region to the other and have everything for both, it would just be too much, and Mom used to say, "Pick one!" (even though she wouldn't be wild about either, as she was conservative, but that's a story for another day). Back in town, it was good to have this for all legal drinking ages at the eve of Pride Month, and no one gave a toss that my cheap tuxedo from last time was fixed with Sellotape I had to settle for after tearing it when floofing up for snaps since the other kind arrived too late in the post. That pales in comparison to having ordered a drink I assumed was non-alcoholic and had vodka. I was in a bit of a state, but it went away before I had to get home. Won't ever let that happen again because I'm not really supposed to do that. The one mocktail in the specials had lavender, which is for wearing, not eating or drinking. At least the other place had one I could relate to more. We need a sober bar here, but that's one for the sister blog. One slip isn't worth going to the clinic over. The kids can't even have drink yet in this country, and have to watch a dramatisation of what happens with drink driving before prom.

19. Lost Horizon • 26/9/26. Goth Prom. You've heard that right. Just after 18, I look up adult prom and find this darker variation being held a month before Halloween. Marillion and District 97 with the late John Wetton had played here (even though his missus says it's a dive, having seen the former in the old days). I have bought several bands that come close to Goth like the Cure, Bauhaus, Lacrimosa and Dead Can Dance for Boris, but I would feel like an imposter, just like if I did the same thing at the other Pride Prom for younger people if I were their age, except it's Goths cousin emo, which would call me a poser. Both make Arena look like Showaddywaddy by comparison, but I digress. I could take up the challenge and either Goth up my existing tuxedo perhaps, although I'd hate to compromise it, or just look for some affordable fancy dress, even though I'm not supposed to get any more right now (floof, anyway). This would be held just as homecoming season starts at high schools. The Goth Kids from South Park might consider that to be conformist, yet a prom more their sort may be up their alleyway. I don't know. If it was downtown, it would be as easy as the last one, but I could get there all on my own by then being on the east side right near deWitt. I'm not that desperate, but I do try to keep an open mind within reason.

20. TBD. Any registered charity or other non-profit organisation looking to raise money (also the post on the sister blog can elaborate on this too). I have an upcoming event with one that I know, but it's not really prom per se. I could maybe bring it up with them, despite being late in the season, but I just can't promise anything. I put this here so I have an even number out of principle. One adult prom I found on Facebook claiming to be in July I won't put here until a venue and other solid information is confirmed.

*One-off and/or not held again since.

Younger people who didn't have prom several years ago because of COVID can now attend since it's usually at the local or at least serving drinks (I don't typically drink). They make a great fundraiser if anyone needs to raise money and are held year round nationwide (yet you may still need GoFundMe just to bankroll the budget to hold the event unless you can find sponsors). I would get a right headache from a regular prom today at my age listening to todays Top 40! I don't need to be prom king or even have a date (been stag all my life). It's never too late. I'd consider holding a second chance homecoming in the fall since no one has had one here yet and I didn't get to go to that either, even though some may call it prom lite (semi-formal could even be that). There should also be one just for senior citizens since I don't know if one was done here before either. Why just let the kids have all the fun? Now if I could only get to one of theirs just to see it in person, noise or no noise (I have managed to get downtown for ones held there and see them head inside since the pavement is public property, and I pay city and county taxes myself, mind).

UPDATE: Salt City Collectives prom for October went the way of Glasto itself and took the year off due to the organisers personal commitments. To think Singers pulled an oasis and the other is gone now. Someone else had one on 30 November, but it's too expensive, and they don't even let you know where it's held until you pay for your ticket. Even if I got the money, I don't know. I'd rather wait until spring anyway, when the traditional sort is held in this country. I'd look into the homecoming one since those are rarer. Perhaps SCC could start having it in March-June before they have to compete, even though I'm lucky to get the one anymore. I've been spoilt. By October, I'd shifted focus to that other tradition.

UPDATE II: While SCC are still up in the air at this stage, and Singers' decision is final, as they won't have it past June, I did reach out to Emerald Cocktail Lounge on Tipp Hill and asked if they could have a go at it for a bit of a change. They said they'd consider. SCC's last one to date was a block away, yet Emerald has the rooftop, and I went for the other thing a couple weeks after going around the corner. Just hope it's still warm out at nights this time, mind. Across the county in Brewerton, a second do is another big maybe, even if the kids will be done with theirs by the time this place can clear another Saturday and I can arrange another lift that far north, but after Rome, it may as well be Timbuktu!

UPDATE III: One event held in Downtown Syracuse was blatantly mislabelled. The Fitz at Oh My Darling! had a band called Prom, and I went through all the trouble for nothing. I became the Geraldo Rivera of prom (if you're even younger than me, he wound up with egg on his face in 1986 when late Prohibition mobster Al Capone had the last laugh from beyond the grave when the trailblazing presenter had a one-off special looking for riches in the Chicago native gangsters so-called vault, only to find little to go on. I wound up buying a non-alcoholic beer because the talk show legend wasn't around for me to hold his. I decided against one in New Hartford on Memorial Day Weekend (held at a dive bar and motel, not the Enchanted one in July at a posher competitor a couple miles away) because it would have been held at 9.30, I can't afford a motel room and bus ticket, even if one was available, the place seemed dodgy, and I just want something back here in Syracuse at a place I can get to that I can afford. "Prom" returned to Oh! My Darling since then, so know it's like going to see Arena and thinking they're playing in one when all they can get are small places like these, but that's a story for another day. 

UPDATE IV: What I thought was another upcoming prom turned out be another hoax. Some hairdresser was also coming up with the idea and used AI to create an advert, but she's no more suited to hold one than I am, so back to the starting post. She just gets young girls done up during the season, I'm quite sure. With other concerns, I have less focus on prom after June. I have started Prom Aid (two separate words to avoid confusion with ProMaid) to raise money for kids trying to afford tuxedos, suits and/or dresses, or to start a prom, including adult prom, but that's for a standalone post since it's too much to just put right here. I didn't launch a GoFundMe yet since the sister projects are going nowhere as usual.

UPDATE X: Now even my own longtime hairdresser of all people wants an adult prom since she and her husband are in the same boat and missed it themselves in younger days, and haven't gone to one yet, while her youngest daughter from her first marriage is about to go to her senior ball, so now I have to find the pair of them one for all of us this year since I don't think we can go on the road since they have a young son together, as well as having this for everyone here since all of these rises are making it so one doesn't have to spend on getting done up and travelling if you can't have your faery cake and eat it too (if that's what they're serving at the buffet table, granted that's in the budget). People may already think there's bugger all to do here as it is. At least I got some inside scoop on the traditional one coming up. Even the paper doesn't list them all in advance, and they aren't cleared to do every one of them (it's a long story, that). Doubt missus could get me through the door, as it can make Studio 54. the DMZ and Fort Knox each look like an open house by comparison. Lucky I even got floof through over at the zoo.
    Meanwhile, you-know-who yet again can't be arsed to have it anymore, deciding to just move on to  other events. Shock, horror. If I do get to go to Connecticut for Halloween, two can play at that game. AI explained that the trend has all but gone in another direction, and even smaller markets like Yates County can do it now because there's less competition and overhead, while big cities can still have a go now and then. I don't know if I would even book the local like the floofs do if it can't be at nights since people won't always come in broad daylight with the nice weather, and even some having to work at the weekend. The other post lists everywhere else in CNY I can hire out instead, so I should just let the poor mans cabaret go. If they do come around, even after another several years, so be it. A colleague of mine likes karaoke, but he's just too sensible for a place like that to say the least, and I don't even know if he's into prom. He's no more a dancer than I am to put it that way, but I don't know him well enough just yet. However, he decided against Singers himself since he doesn't like to go out late at nights. Just as well.
    Now some other person on Facebook claims that on 10 or 11 July, there'll be an adult prom. Whether or not it's my scene doesn't matter. It's whether or not they have the resources to hold one, or if they're no more well-equipped than I am. I won't write it on my calendar until they have it fully confirmed so I don't clear my night for something that doesn't even exist because some chancer had led others on. This is why half of the ones I've gone to were one-offs, because of all the planning and budgeting involved, while others were short-lived or on the way out. I may even consider holding one for my birthday in August, even though it's in the middle of summer, and I've never had a real birthday party this century.
    Pride Prom in Rome is back, but I just don't need it anymore since there's now one back in town that I can go to, not wanting to repeat last years debacle. Even with the beach conflict, the Copper Easel is closing the very next day, so I don't know if the owner will change direction for next year, or who will take over by that point. I wish it could be on a Friday. I may have my driving licence and a car by that stage, but I might even have a different schedule, so one day might work over the other. Someone told me Saturdays don't for him because of his job. What a difference a year makes. I'm sure a new person or sponsor can be planned for once this years activities are in the books. That's the event for that area.
    Anything new on the prom front shall be added as it comes. I keep leaving this open on draft because there seems to be something new to throw in, especially during the season. AI can really only tell you so much. If I could gain access to a run-of-the-diploma-mill prom that the other kind can't truly replicate without having to see students pose for snaps from the pavement, that would be winning the pools, since I never even though of going at their age and it just wouldn't have been done if I had wanted to anyway. I'm likely a bit older than these kids' parents (she doesn't give out her age to just anyone, mind).

Magnum

Magnum, 2005; Göteborg, Sweden. Courtesy David Nyrén.

 Magnum are another band that are elusive in the US that I'm adding to my collection. The recent death of lead songwriter and guitarist Tony Clarkin as well as several titles being on Boris's list for the past few years has brought them to my attention. I wrote about the Marillion bootleg using the cover for Magnums 1983 album The Eleventh Hour! earlier. Now it will take time and a fortune to get their CDs for both of us (I managed two for him so far). Amazon of all places don't have everything to buy at a doable price or to stream. One third-party seller had three CDs and I just ordered one, and my bi-weekly gift card from Bing saves me hundreds every year. Finding the band in person is extremely rare, and I've had less trouble with other artists who couldn't Payola their way into the chart here. If I ask at the shops, people might confuse them with Magnum PI (mom loved Tom Selleck!) or even Yngwie Malmsteens Magnum Force (we've done them already). The real Magnum have occasionally been available locally with recent releases, but it looks like another wild goose chase, and I may need to rent a storage unit if I ever move house again. Will also have to throw in spinoff Hard Rain and solo Bob Catley. Even Jadis took less than a year to find. Magnum may be the biggest challenge yet, even though other people we like still have albums I can't afford or find to this day. This is have to be done in bits.

Also, several albums are out of print and need to be remastered, so that will have to be sorted at a later time. I managed to get almost half the studio releases in the latest package for my own collection, but this will take months to just get the rest of those before I even begin to consider live albums, compilations, vinyl and side projects.

Retrospect Records: A Retrospective

 

Logo appears under fair use and label may no longer exist. Courtesy Discogs.

    Retrospect Records, an indie label and seller based in Las Vegas and St George, UT, seems to have gone out of business. They were once one of the biggest independent metal labels in the world. I also knew them for selling used CDs like anyone else. They offered bootlegs and Russian pirates, as well as artists not easily found in the US like Gary Moore and Magnum (which led me to write this). I've bought IQ, Pallas, Yes and solo Rick Wakeman for myself and Queensrÿche and maybe Billy Squier for Boris (I would've bought even more if money weren't an object!). Whether the pandemic or just the economy since did them in, it's an all too familiar scene these days across the board. As a label, they may not have had the resources that even other indies have. Fish and his label are one thing since there's no one else on it. Retrospect are another since they signed dozens of obscure artists like Mystery (not the French-Canadian band that I know, since generic names can mean two or more people with a conflict).

    Like a regular news outlet, I reached out to the owner for comment, something I don't typically do. I simply asked what happened as a past customer and not as a blogger. I haven't ordered from them in over ten years time and they haven't had anything new since at least April of last year. The owner told me that he stopped renewing his subscription to the host service, thinking it wasn't worth a bother anymore. Even a free service is not on. We'll just have to let this one go as there are plenty of other places to order from and there's nothing on the label even worth reselling if you ask me.

Marillion: Childhood Mysteries

 

The cover that was meant to be

    Marillion played Castle Donington in Leicestershire in August 1985 on an all-star bill that included ZZ Top (on their Afterburner tours Europe leg), Bon Jovi (not yet that big, promoting 7800° F), Metallica (between albums) and Magnum. Whether Marillions show was soundboard, radio or just the typical fan recording is likely one of the mysteries! It's when it made it onto bootleg is what leads us here. One early edition looked more like an early '70s head shop release with a cheap photocopy cover with what looks more like a drawing Peter Nicholls from IQ. Another looked like an apple of some sort. The most common is what may drawn intrigue for nearly four decades for diehards of both bands. The label probably tried to come up with something at short notice comparable to Mark Wilkinsons fantasy style, so they decided to steal another designers sleeve. Rodney Matthews drew the cover of Magnums 1983 release The Eleventh Hour! It was originally released on Jet Records, Ozzy Osbournes former solo label, and his estranged father-in-law the late Don Arden ran it and would have sorted out whoever nicked the sleeve if he knew! On one of the Facebook groups, a fan showed his copy of the LP that Fish signed. I had Bill Bruford sign a King Crimson pirate CD, but that's a bit different (we've done that).

    Magnums lead songwriter and guitarist Tony Clarkin, who passed on 7 January this year, didn't like his own band being bootlegged (most people wouldn't). The last thing he'd want is for the cover of one their studio albums being used for another artists bootleg. When I bought it a few years ago in my area at a great price, I didn't realise at first until it said so on Discogs. I had an earlier Marillion drawing combining elements of Script for a Jesters Tear, Misplaced Childhood, Brave and Marbles (the last two from the Steve Hogarth era), but the original disappeared a long time ago and I'd have to see if it's still online somewhere. I went to the charity shop and bought this bordered paper and coloured pencils, originally for a promotion next door at the coffee shop for St Valentines Day (they got one of my cats!). I also had some pastels for bits that couldn't be pencilled in. I was trying to make Robert Mead, the youngster on the Misplaced cover in the style of Loren Bouchard (Bobs Burgers/The Great North) because I don't draw people too often. He turns out similar to The Great Norths Moon since they'd be the same age and have the Will Byers (Stranger Things since it's that time period) look to boot!

    I have Magnum to get for Boris and I wouldn't have heard of them if not for the list. I may look into them myself. The Eleventh Hour! isn't on it, but he could get it for me since I may not find it on my own since little of theirs came out in North America in the old days. If part of the cover is missing when it comes, I'll just photocopy the bootleg and cover up Marillion parts with bits of scrap paper. Even band photos of the show would have worked better once it was on CD, although it'd be a matter of getting cameras past security (video ones even more so once they were more versatile for the consumer market long before mobile phones could do all this and the internet), yet several photos were taken and are available. One could hide tape machines somehow. They scan for such things and even have clear bag policies in some venues today, yet people can still get these made if they have the knowhow and connections. It was still the Wild West in the '80s, and more of a challenge by the '90s as artists and venues became more strict about this. At least I could put to bed this anomaly of a bootleg cover.

Here are the tracks anyway. No Kayleigh or Lavender.

A more original yet Ghibli AI cover

Apologies to Rodney Matthews and Studio Ghibli

AI images courtesy ChatGPT Open AI (created March-April 2025).

Tina Turner Early Solo Albums

Tina Turner acoustic performance in Manchester, 2009

 Tina Turner has entered the next life at 83.  She leaves behind a legacy of music and survival.  Many assume her 1984 breakthrough album Private Dancer is her first after leaving the ex (as stated in 1993 biopic What's Love Got to Do with It? for dramatic purposes), but she released four solo albums before that, most have never been on CD.  They are Tina Turns the Country On, Acid Queen (which she played in The Whos Tommy), Rough and Love Explosion.  These have been released by United Artists, EMI, and/or Ariola Records.  EMI bought UA by 1979.  In 1983, Turner had Australian manager Roger Davies (who also manages Cher and Olivia Newton-Johns estate) spearheading her comeback and got her signed to then-EMI subsidiary Capitol (she later transferred to then-sister labels Virgin and Parlophone) after a few years playing clubs around Europe, including behind the Iron Curtain.  It was like she never left.

I got Boris Private Dancer, Break Every Rule and Foreign Affair as they were on the list.  Yet these lost albums may have been unavailable because they may have reminded Turner of that difficult time understandably (the third one is obvious).  They could be reissued as two CDs since two albums can fit onto one CD as both official and unofficial reissues alike have done that to save money.  BMG (which used to own Ariola) bought her catalogue a couple years ago as part of a buying spree of her peers' work started by onetime colleague Bob Dylan not long before that.  It would likely be up to them, Davies and Turners estate and family if these albums ever get remastered as it's just too soon right now.

UPDATE: All four will be re-released on vinyl and CD on 15 November 2024 by Rhino/Parlophone.

No more pirate CDs?

Just several I've gotten recently

 I may not be getting any more pirate CDs from Boris any time soon.  Between a lack of titles I want from the site he uses to the current situation (we don't need to get into it too much here as we're all against Mr P.), I think it's time for an indefinite pause until further notice.  Even picking a bunch of titles I could just trade in is not feasible as that would still cost money when the economy in Russia is suffering because of the elephant in the room.  Also, the post office won't allow anything to be sent there at this time due to lack of transport and continuing sanctions.

I still plan to send some CDs over to him when it is allowed again, but it likely won't happen for the foreseeable future.  It's also because of limited availability of albums in my own area and having to go on the road or online, which can add up either way and that's before I ship.  Customs on both ends may now be wary at this time as my incoming package has not had an update in a couple weeks.  The two have had their issues prior to this anyway.  It's become a waiting game and then some.  We've gone from the latter stages of the pandemic to far worse.  Also, after those CDs do come, I shouldn't get anything else from there for the time being, even if you can't tell by looking at it (clever lot, that).

Universal and Sony have closed their Moscow offices, and Warner might next, as have many international companies, so people there would rely on pirate CDs, although downloading has become more prominent in the past two decades anyway.  It's nothing compared to the petrol rises back here.

I've also done something similar with someone in Ukraine, but we haven't done that in a period because he could no longer get anything over the border and now everyone is in survival mode, so I'm just worried about him and everyone there.  He sent few pirates, and was more into providing bootlegs.

As for Boris, I may break it to him gently once I give him information about the package, knowing how delicate this will be.  He knows all too well about he who shan't be named.  I will miss doing this, but it'll be the least of our problems compared to everything else.  I will just support the artists and buy new when I can, particularly within days of release if I can't on the day (as with indie and lesser known artists).  Maybe I've spent too much all these years with this scheme, letting it go on for so long.

UPDATE: My package is here now, but because it was sent before the war, it was probably still allowed, but another might not be until further notice.  Also, the website that he orders from hasn't has an update in a few months, so nothing new from there again until things settle down.

UPDATE 2: I've tried sending him another through a third-party service, but he has been surprisingly been uncooperative lately and won't respond to my e-mails anymore to provide information needed to proceed with the order. We all have lives no matter where we are in the world, but he usually writes back in a matter of days. Also, between the decreasing availability of titles on the list and having to deal my own life and expenses, I may not be able to do this anymore, even when everything's back to normal there. This has become too much, and I'll admit I haven't gotten back to him straightaway either in fairness, so I'm no better. Still, even the vast time zone difference hasn't been that much of a barrier. My inner Ann Landers tells me I should probably stop dealing with him, but I need closure first. I've spent too much time and money for over a decade doing all this. Now, it's more personal than external if he won't keep up his end. Even here, not everyone can be looked up online, let alone there. I think I'm done with him since I don't even listen to all of the CDs I have anymore, let alone need that many more. I had his whereabouts on paper or the plastic from the last shipment, but it was binned after I took everything out thinking I'd never need them. It's a wild goose chase and holy grail at this stage now. I won't use the term "ghosting" because that's b------s. I don't know what the problem is except that he's incommunicado, even though he's said before he gets busy, but don't we all? It takes a few minutes of your day to tell me where you live and where to ring you (I won't). Dr Phil says, "It's not an essay question" (and I wrote the essay, and then he'd say, "How's that workin' for ya?!" and "Don't invest more than you can afford to lose" [I don't watch that show anymore]). Boris, please answer me.

Boris update

Focus 3 featuring "Sylvia". Courtesy Red Bullet.

The list has been changed again.  Some of the A-listers and cult heroes I know won't be hard to find, while others remain a challenge.

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

Amenophis: Amenophis (1983)

Anyones Daughter: Adonis

                                Anyones Daughter (1980)

                                In Blau

                                Piktors Verwandlungen

Alcatrazz: No Parole from Rock 'n' Roll

                Dangerous Games

Amorphis: Elegy

                 Am Universum

Altered Images: Pinky Blue

Alphaville: Prostitute

                 Strange Attractor

Anaphema: Judgement

                   Eternity

Anglagard: Hybris

Ange: La Cimeterie

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

Graham Bonnet (Rainbow): Line Up

David Byron (Uriah Heep): Baby Faced Killer

Barclay James Harvest: Ring of Changes

                                     North

Biglietto Per L'Inferno: same (1974)

Black Sabbath: Born Again* (may have sent a pirate by mistake)

Blind Guardian: Tales from the Twilight World

               Somewhere Far Beyond

               Imaginations from the Other Side   

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

Colosseum: Daughter of Time

Tony Carey (Planet P Project/Rainbow): Coldwar Kids (possible namesake of a band I know of)

                   I Won't Be Home Tonight

                   Bedtime Story

                   Boystown Tapes

City (DDR): Feuer Und Ice

Califfi: Fiore di Metallo

Celtic Frost: Vanity/Nemesis

Chameleons UK: What Does Anything Mean?

                           Script of the Bridge

                           Strange Times

                           The Fan and the Bellows

Cardiacs: A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window

               Songs for Ships and Irons

               Heaven Born and Ever Bright

               On Land and in the Sea

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

                          Hi Fi

                          Nosferatu

Cirith Ungol: King of the Dead

                     Paradise Lost

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Creatures (Siouxsie and the Banshees spinoff): Hai!

Camel: Rain Dances

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

Deaf School: English Boys Working Girls

Dresden Dolls: Dresden Dolls

Dreamside: Lunar Nature

                  Mirror Moon

                  Spin Moon Magic

Dio: Strange Highways*/** (LP)

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

England: Garden Shed

Eloy: Ra

         Eloy (first album)

electra (DDR): Die Sixtinische Madonna

Electric Family: Ice Cream Phoenix

                         Royal Hunt

Roky Erickson: The Evil One (or "I Think Of Demons")

                        Gremlins Have Pictures

Ekseption: Beggar Julias Time Trip

                 Ekseption 3

Earth & Fire: Song of the Marching Children

                     Atlantis

                     To the World of the Future

The Enid: Resurgency

Escape with Romeo: After the Future

                                Come Here White Light

                                Love Alchemy

                                Emotional Iceage

                                Samsara

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

Fischer Z:World Salad

               Fish's Head

               Destination Paradise

               Kamikaze Shirt

Faust: Faust Tapes

Fruup: Prince of Heavens Eye

           Modern Masquerades

Focus: In and Out of Focus

           Focus 3 (pictured)

           Hamburger Concerto

Robert Fripp (King Crimson): League of Gentlemen 

Flaming Lips: Oh My Gawd!!!

                      Telepathic Surgery

Freedom Call: Stairway to Fairyland

             Crystal Empire

             Eternity

             Beyond

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

Greenslade: Spyglass Guest

Gong: Time is the Key

          Downwind

Grobschnitt: Grobschnitt

                     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.............................................................................................................................

Ken Hensley (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

Human League: Reproduction

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

                        In Camera

                        PH7

                        A Black Box

Hypnos 69: Legacy

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

Iron Saviour: Unification

Impellitteri: Stand in Line

Idle Race: Birthday Party

                Idle Race (1969)

           or  Back to the Story (both albums on 1 CD)

IQ: Ever*

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

Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick, Part II (solo Ian Anderson)

Jane: Here We Are

          Lady

          Between Heaven and Hell

          Age of Madness

          Sign #9

J.E.T.: Fede Speraza Carita

Japan: Adolescent Sex

            Obscure Alternatives

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

King Diamond (Mercyful Fate): Give Me Your Soul...Please

Keats: Keats (1984)

Karat (DDR): Karat (1978)

                    Uber Sieben Brucke

                    Die Sieben Wunder Der Welt

Karussell (DDR): Entweder Oder

                          Das Einzige Lieben

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

Lake of Tears: Ominous

                       Forever Autumn

                       The Neonai

                       Black Brick Road

                       Moons and Mushrooms

                       Crimson Cosmos

Lacrimosa: Sehnsucht

                 Elodia

                 Revolution

                 Hofnung

Le Orme:Uomo di Pezza

               Storia o Leggenda

               Florian

               Verita Nascoste

Lightshine:Feeling

Lift (DDR): Lift (1977)

                Meeresfahrt (or Lift 2)

         (or both albums on one CD)

                               

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

The Move: The Move (1968)

          Shazam

          Looking On

Mad Max: Rollin' Thunder

Manowar: Gods of War

                The Lord of Steel

                Into Glory Ride

Magnum: Chase the Dragon*

               Sleepwalking*

               Brand New Morning*

               Into the Valley of the Moonking*

               On the 13th Day*

               Princess Alice & the Broken Arrow**

               Kingdom of Madness*

Manfred Manns Earth Band: Watch (feat. Trevor Rabin)

                                        Masque

Metamorfosi: E Fu Il Sesto Giorno

The Mission UK: Brightest Light

              Another Fall from Grace

Mamas Boys: Power and Passion

Peter Murphy (Bauhaus): Unshattered

                        Ninth 

Mercury Rev: The Light in You

Michael Schenker Group: MSG (1981)

Gary Moore: Dirty Fingers

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

New Trolls: Concerto Grosso #1

Novalis: Banished Bridge

             Novalis (1975)

             Brandung

             Vielleicht Bist Du Ein Clown

             Augenblicke

Gary Numan: Berserker

Nits: Alankomaat                     

Nash the Slash: Children of the Night

                           And You Thought You Were Normal

                       (any of two or both on one CD)

Nazareth: The Catch

                Cinema

                Snakes and Ladders

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

Hazel O'Connor: Breaking Glass

                          Sons and Lovers

Ric Ocasek (The Cars): Troublising

Octopus: An Ocean of Rocks

Osibisa: Woyaya

Osiris: Osiris (1981)

           Myths & Legends

The Orchestra (ELO): No Rewind

OMD: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)

Mike Oldfield: Man on the Rocks

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

Planet P Project:  Go Out Dancing, Part 2: Levittown

                           Go Out Dancing, Part 3: Out in the Rain

                           Steeltown 

Prinzip (DDR): Feuer Rock

Anthony Phillips (Genesis): The Geese and the Ghost*/** (CD)

Iggy Pop and James Williamson (Stooges): Kill City  

Pell Mell: Rhapsody

               Moldau

               Marburg

Parliament: Motor Booty Affair

                   Gloryhallastoopid

                   The Clones of Dr Funkenstein

                   Funkentelechy vs The Placebo Syndrome

                   Trombipulation

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

              God Has Failed

Procol Harum: Norum

      Gary Brooker: Lead Me to the Water (replacement)

Alan Parsons: Time Machine

                     A Valid Path

                     The Secret

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

                         Cold War Night Life

                         Future Past Tense

Ramses: La Leyla

             Eternity Rise

Rousseau: Flower in Asphalt

Running Wild: Brotherhood

Reform (DDR) :Reform (1979)

                      Der Lowenzahn

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Scorpions: In Trance

Sweet: Off the Record

           Waters Edge

Stratovarius: Elements, Part 2

                    Episode

                    Visions

                    Infinite

Seventh Avenue: Southgate

                           Eternals

                           Between the Worlds

                           Terium

                           Rainbowland

                           Tales of Tales 

Sieges Even: Uneven

                    Steps

                    Sense of Change

Stranglers: Dreamtime (2001 edition)

Billy Squier: The Tale of the Tape

Siouxie & The Banshees: Juju

                                        Downside Up

Siouxsie Sioux (solo album): Mantaray

Space: Deliverance (latest edition)

Solar Project: Ghost Lights

                      Five

Space: Deliverance (latest edition)

Sparks: Hippopotamus

            Gratiutuous Sex & Senseless Violins

Semiramis: Dedicato a Frazz

Strawbs: From the Witchwood

               Dragon Fly

               Ghosts

Sad Lovers and Giants: Epic Garden Music

                                     Feeling the Flame

Skids: Days in Europa

          The Absolute Game

           Scared to Dance 

Spear of Destiny: Outland

                           Volunteers

Second Movement: Blindmans Mirror

                              Movements (1981)

The Sound: From the Lions Mouth

                   All Fall Down

                   Heads and Hearts

Lee Saunders: A Promise of Peace

Saga: Saga (1978)

Styx: Styx (1971) (first album)

Sisters of Mercy: Floodland

Rod Stewart: Foolish Behaviour

The Smiths: Meat is Murder

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10cc: Look Hear

         Ten Out of 10

         Windows in the Jungle

TV Smith:  Immortal Rich

                 In the Arms of the Enemy

Toyah: Kneeling at the Shrine (or Sunday All Over the World)

           Minx

           In the Court of the Crimson Queen (reference to husband Robert Fripp)

           Dreamchild

           Ophelias Shadow

           Mayhem

Trace: Birds

Twelfth of Never:  Blowing Bubbles Through Broken Windows

                            Things That Were

Tranzit (DDR): Tranzit (1980)

                      Bernsteinhexe

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Midge Ure (Ultravox): Fragile

                  Pure

                  Move Me

Unheilig: Puppenspiel

              Von Mensch zu Mensch

              Gipfelsturmer

              Grosse Freiheit 

Ultravox: Brilliant

UFO: Obsession

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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

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Rick Wakeman (Yes): Living Tree (w/Jon Anderson)*

                         Out There*

Roy Wood: Mustard

Robert Wyatt: EP's (on single CD) (this is an album)

                      Rock Bottom

Wallenstein: Blitzkrieg

                    Cosmic Century

                    Stories Songs & Symphonies

                    Mother Universe

                    No More Love

John Watts: 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 (2004)

                 Time I

Roger Waters: The Therapeutic Experience of Being Suspended (bootleg)**

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

Yachts: Yachts (1979)

Yes: Keystudio**

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*I have these myself.

**I need these as well.