The Scrounger's ReportMay 06, 2000Who said nothing ever came out of Eastern Europe but communism?Just got a package of discs in from Eastern Europe. Many gambles, but no real risk, as the kind gentleman offered them to me as "discs on approval"; that is, pay for the ones I like, and send the others back. Can't beat that with a stick! I'm keeping 10 of the 12 he sent me. After shipping costs, it averages out to roughly $12 per disc, which might seem a tad high for used CDs, but there are some gems here, not to mention 2 in particular that are extremely TOUGH to find. The 2 I'm tossing back: Naked Sun - Wonderdrug. 199?. Omni Records (Canada). Harder-edged rock, but a bit too '90s for my tastes. Also I didn't care for the vocals. The Slaves - S/T. 1990. Happy Hermit Records/I.R.S. Glam/punk hybrid, with an underlying bass of traditional '80s hard rock. Nothing on it really caught my fancy. The keepers: Swedish Erotica - Blindman's Justice. 1995. Empire (Sweden). Would fall under the category of melodic metal rather than AOR. Has a tendency to lean a bit to the '90s alternasound every now and then, but there are some pretty good melody lines in this one. Ian Parry - Symphony of Dreams. 1993. Non-Stop Prod. (Austria) I like this MUCH better than his current material! Traditional AOR/hard rock; none of the prog stuff he's doing now. BB Steal - On the Edge. 1991. Phonogram (Australia). Finally, I get to replace that damned CDR! Def Leppard clones. Good stuff! Jeff Paris - Lucky This Time. 1993. Now and Then (United Kingdom) I just spun the first track to decide if I wanted to keep it. No traces of a '90s sound on this one! Bitches Brue - We Might Not Be American But Still We **CK 1989. FM Revolver Records (Germany). Female-fronted (Fiona Clarke??) glam stuff. Kinda mediocre, but I have yet to see any release on this label that wasn't hard as hell to find. Stone Fury - Burning Like a Star. 1984. Retroactive (Germany) Stone Fury - Let Them Talk. 1986. Retroactive (Germany) Lenny Wolf pre-Kingdom Come, also features Bruce Gowdy on guitar. Siloam - Sweet Destiny. 1991. Image 7 Records (Canada). Pretty decent hard rock. Long-haired poseurs in long overcoats and cowboy hats. and these last 2 I'm glad to finally find on CD: Rick Springfield - Beautiful Feelings. 1984 (1978). Mercury Records (Germany). This one consistently costs $50+, so I'm glad to find one without having to get into a bidding war. Victory - S/T. 1985. Epic Records. I have been checking Ebay for this disc weekly for almost 2 years, and have never seen one offered. Nor have I seen this for sale online or off, at any price. I think my Victory collection is now finally complete! *whew* Time to go turn up the volume!!! -Dan |
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