CATALOG CRAWL: ANGEL, Part 1 (1975-1977)

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RUSH – SIGNALS: Old-Guard Prog Catches A New Wave

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CATALOG CRAWL: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE, Part 3 (1977-1979)

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CATALOG CRAWL: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE, Part 2 (1975-1977)

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CATALOG CRAWL: BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE, Part 1 (1973-1974)

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CATALOG CRAWL: VAN HALEN, Part 2 (1981-1984)

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CATALOG CRAWL: VAN HALEN, Part 1 (1978-1980)

DonOctober 16, 2020
RUSH – EXIT… STAGE LEFT: Live Recording, The Prog Perfectionist Way

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RUSH – MOVING PICTURES: Elevating From The Arena Rock Norm

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Rock, Disco, Bubblegum, Soundtracks & All Other Grooves

PATTIE BROOKS – LOVE SHOOK/OUR MS. BROOKS : Grandiose Floor-Fillers From The Forgotten Diva

DonMarch 5, 2010

Pattie Brooks: in a conversation on disco divas, her name might not pop up as quickly as Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor but that doesn't make her work any less i...

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MECO PRESENTS CAMOUFLAGE & SHOWDOWN: Deep Catalog Grooves From The Cinematic Disco King

DonMarch 2, 2010

Say "Meco" to a fan of mid-1970's disco and it will raise a smile. Pop trivia obsessives remember him mainly for his hit single "Star Wars/Cantina Band," an or...

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WORKING MAN’S SOUL: Cabaret Soul, In All Its Bell-Bottomed Glory

DonFebruary 12, 2010

You might not think of the British hinterlands of the 1970's as a hotbed of soul and jazz... but you'd be wrong. There was a thriving circuit of working man's ...

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HEAD EAST – FLAT AS A PANCAKE: Southern-Accented Schlock Rock For The Arenas

DonFebruary 5, 2010

This is a prime example of a group that trudged along in semi-obscurity for many years but managed to rack up one genuine classic of an album. Head East was a ...

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DESMOND CHILD & ROUGE – RUNNERS IN THE NIGHT: Darkness On The Edge Of The Pop Hooks

DonJanuary 29, 2010

As covered in a previous review, future songsmith to the stars Desmond Child began his career as a performer, collaborating with a trio of female singers known ...

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DESMOND CHILD & ROUGE – S/T: A Hitmaker’s Broadway/Springsteen-ian Back Pages

DonJanuary 19, 2010

You might not know him by name but you've most likely heard the work of songwriter Desmond Child. Starting with Kiss's "I Was Made For Lovin' You" in 1979, Chi...

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RARE EARTH: Two Comps For Motown’s Blue-Eyed Soul Brothers

DonJanuary 14, 2010

Motown tried hard to make inroads into the rock and roll audience in the early 1970's. Most of these efforts fell by the wayside but one band managed to carve ...

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NICK GILDER – THE BEST OF: Hottest Child In The Schlock-Rock City

DonJanuary 5, 2010

Like a missing link that is unearthed hundreds of years after the fact to perfectly bridge the gap between two different species, this best-of album represents ...

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ZEBRA – S/T: Schlock Rock From Bizarro World

DonDecember 10, 2009

This is a strange one, even by schlock-rock standards – imagine a cross between Rush and Led Zeppelin (plus a dash of Yes), complete with a lead singer who has ...

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