The Scrounger's ReportOct. 13, 2000Jumpin' Jehosephat! It's Christmas!!Ok, I stopped off on the way home from work and bought a CD. No big deal. Got home only to find not 1, not 2, but 43 CDs in the mail. YIPE! 11 were from a trade, the remaining 32 sent to me "on approval" (listen to them, decide which ones I want to buy, send the rest back... gotta love it). All sorts of stuff in the mix. First the disc I bought: Lizzy Borden - Deal With the Devil. 2000. Metal Blade Records. Excellent!!! It's as if the intervening 11 years from "Master of Disguise" never took place at all. This album really is a natural progression of the last effort. Very well done!!! Now the 11 from the trade: Aion - Midian. 1997. Massacre Records (Germany). "Atmospheric Gothic Metal". Jury's still out, but it bores me. I love the genre, but it's been done better. TNT - Transistor. 1999. Spitfire Records. Completist fodder. If I recall correctly, when I initially listened to it when it came out, I thought it was a definite step up from Firefly, but still not on par with their classic material. We'll see if I recall correctly... Yngwie Malmsteen - Eclipse. 1990. Polygram Records. The one Yngwie disc I was missing... Legs Diamond - Fire Power. 2000. Zoom Club Records (U.K.) Ehh. Am I the only one who finds most Legs Diamond material underproduced and spotty? Marshall Law - Warning From History + 2. 1999. Neat Metal (Japan). Snagged it for the bonus tracks... Michael Kiske - Readiness to Sacrifice. 1999. Victor (Japan). I thought "Instant Clarity" was "ok" but nothing more. See how this compares... Scorpions - Taken By Force. 1977. RCA Records (Germany). Yeah, I know it's been reissued, but I've been wanting this forever... Doro - Calling the Wild. 2000. Koch Records. You know, I like classic Doro. I also like Rob Zombie. I'm not sure I like them blended together. :) I think that when the dust settles, it will be a keeper, but Jesus, folks, let's get off that '90s quasi-industrial bandwagon! The Billy Idol cover (White Wedding) makes for interesting listening, but I wish the chorus had gone over the top a bit more... Stranger - No Rules. 1989. Thunderbay Records. Still working on these Florida bar rockers' discography... and the 2 from the trade that struck me as "moderately tough to find": Orleans - Live, Volume 1. 1993. MAJOR Record Label/Blue Plate. Wouldja believe that this is the first disc of theirs that I've found? Oy vey. This needs to be rectified. Sweet Comfort Band - S/T. 1977. Maranatha Music. Ehh??? I've got the CDs they did on the Light label. I didn't think they had any CDs outside of those. Obviously I was wrong. CCM "westcoast" AOR. Ok, now on to the 32 CDs that I need to wade through and determine which I'll buy. At first glance a lot of it is obscure/OOP hard rock and heavy metal, most of which I've never heard of, so I'm sure the [CENSORED] completist in me will force me to keep most of it. This is not good because it will end up costing me $200 when all is said and done. Thank goodness for installment plans. :) [Actually, now that I look at it, that's really not bad. Works out to $6.25 per CD on average if I keep them all.] These are just in the order I pulled them out of the package. Any recommendations/anecdotes/scarcity indications/ratings appreciated. 7 Wishes - Out in the Light. 19??. High Gain records (Germany?) The Almighty - Blood, Fire, and Live. 1990. Polydor (U.K.) Lee Aaron - Some Girls Do. 1991. Attic Records/Metronome (Germany) Airdash - Hospital Hallucinations Take One. 1989. AB/RCA (Germany) Agony Column - God, Guns, and Guts. 1988. Big Chief Records. Ian Cussick - Best Cuts. 1991. BMG/Ariola (Germany) The Coup de Grace - S/T. 1990. Twin Tone Records. Coroner - Punishment for Decadence. 1988. Futurist. (I've since picked this one up, so it gets punted back). Crossroads - Hype. 1992. Electrola (Germany). Darxon - Shout! 1992. Mausoleum Records (Germany). Isis - S/T. 1988. Bellaphon Records (Germany). Kelley Wild - Looks Like Dynamite. 1992. TAOB Music (Germany). Intruder - Escape From Pain (EP). 1990. Metal Blade. Little Angels - Too Posh to Mosh, Too Good to Last! 1994. Castle Comm. Madd Hunter - S/T. 19??. GME Records. Mason - Inside Your Head. 1995. Secoyah Records (Austria). Mason - Big Illusion. 1992. Andric Stanelle Records (Austria). The Alex Parche Project. 19??. T.A.O.B. Records/SPV. (features Udo Dirkschneider and Fernando Garcia) Parche - Son of a Healer. 1993. GSE Records (Germany) (also features Udo and Fernando Garcia, and Ted Bullet) Parche - Prohibido El Paso. 1994. GSE Records (Germany) Platinum - Iceman. 1990. Rising Sun Productions (Germany). Osiris - Futurity and Human Depressions. 1991. Shark Records (Germany). Flyer - Sell Your Soul. 1992. Dureco Records (Germany). Ziad - Do You Believe? 1994. Faith Records. Loveslide - Sick My Duck. 19?? DS Records (Germany). Mind Odyssey - Keep It All Turning. 1993. Noise Records (Germany). Red Harvest - Nomindsland. 1992. Black Mark (Germany). Shadowland - Ring of Roses. 1992. SI Music (Czech) Apocalypse - S/T. 1988. Under One Flag (U.K.). Railway - Welcome Tonite + 1. 1993. SPV (Germany). Railway - Persecution Mania + 1. 1995. Point Music (Germany). *WHEW* Boy, do I have a LOT of listening to do....:) -Dan |
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