They are releasing the first Zebra albums tomorrow. Wondering if they do a good job with their mastering....
They are releasing the first Zebra albums tomorrow. Wondering if they do a good job with their mastering....
I have the first 3 Starcastle, Orion The Hunter and Crimes In Mind by Streets. The Starcastle titles sound better than the originals and are nicely packaged with expanded booklets. I guess it comes down to how good the source is and how well the originals were mastered. For example, I really could not tell the difference for Crimes In Mind between the Razor & Tie versus Rock Candy issues.
The first 3 Max Webster CD's are EXCELLENT sound and packaging
Might explore the Starcastle ones!
Sleeping at home is killing the hotel business!
The first two albums by Trillion, and an album by a band called Aviary just got a reissue.
Kerry Livgren "Seeds of Change" is coming in january.
That album was only released on CD as part of a compilation, and a expansive japanese CD before.
Despite my vow to stay away from solo artists, I am getting this(if only for the two Dio songs).Originally Posted by TheH
Rock Candy is also reissuing these seminal '80s works. In fact, I have The Big Prize saved in my Amazon shopping cart.
I saw Honeymoon Suite open for Jethro Tull around '84. They really sucked.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
no kidding... they spoiled a,d sullied the Toronto club scene for years as well... but apparently Anderson liked them enough to play a few tracks on onre album (I think that third YT clip is one of them)
However, those three Webster remasters are tempting... how are the booklets (lyrtics, liner notes and photos)??
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
What are the other albums of them?
Some more goodies being unearthed by Rock Candy. Enjoy. Btw, I really enjoy their U.F.O reissues.
On the whole, I like the Rock Candy remastering and packaging. I can't say to same for some of the albums they choose to reissue. And yes they will include a few bonus tracks if they are singles or B tracks. But rarely unreleased demos or live material. As for the Zebra albums, the two CDs sound wonderful to my ears and not brickwalled like some remasters.
Rock Candy work with 2 Engineers: Jon Astley and Andy Pearce. The Jon Astley remastering are very compressed, in the way of "brickwall". The Andy Pearce are very dynamic, with minimum compression
I much prefer Zzebra
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Trane, perhaps you should hear them before you write them off.
I sat up and took notice when Rock Candy advertised the release of Ian Thomas's The Runner album on CD. It took a while to appear, but at least it is available for the time being. My interest in the Thomas album came from the fact that Manfred Mann's Earth Band covered the title track.
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What do you all make of this?
I hadn't heard Harlequin before, but it's a very good album on first listen. I noticed from the Amazon reviews, which are positive, that they are Canadian, as is Ian Thomas.
http://www.amazon.com/One-False-Move.../dp/B0083DCA8G
Thanks for posting JIF, it's got me interested in Harlequin.
Regarding Zebra and Zzebra, both are worth hearing. The US version are hard rock, while Zzebra are a jazz rock band, made up of a combination of musicians from If, Osibisa and some others who went on to work with Ian Gillan - ironically after his jazz rock phase.
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Yikes... I'd even forgotten these guys ever existed... Formed by Streethaert's second guitarist if memory serves) and some Zon member. I still remember Love Crimes (their second), but lost all interest by then...
Typical Western-Canadian AOR dreck of those years (of which the first two Streetheart albums was miles above the other)... Others included Prism, Headpins, Loverboy, Red Rider (not going to make friends with this), Trooper and a few more I forgot...
But then again Ontarian bands like Moxy, Foot In Coldwater Helix, Refugee, Arrows din't feel any more inspired.
Yeah, it was just a joke.... there is no way I'd call Zzebra rock candy
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
You're welcome. I actually didn't listen to the link that I posted. Just the name and album cover made me think that they were a prog band.
^ No worries, I've listened to many an album on the strength of the cover design. Candy Rock tend to be mostly hard rock/ melodic rock as far as I can tell (Steve Stevens, Streets, Blackfoot). I noticed they've released the Gamma albums, so I wonder if they are picking up material dropped by the Wounded Bird label (if WB is still active). There seem to be so many labels these days releasing their own versions of old albums.
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Nope... not at all...
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Well, Mr. Trane, that's my opinion. Feel free to think what you want.
Completely disagree. Trooper, Prism and Red Rider had some great songs. The first couple albums by each of these bands are far from dreck...IMHO.
Regards,
Jon
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