Y&T – Earthquake The A&M Years 81-85; Mean Streak [remastered] (2013)

As requested by many, here it it the complete box-set “Y&T – Earthquake The A&M Years 81-85”, a must have remastered pack from the most brilliant era of Dave Meniketti’s band.

At the very end of 2013 and almost unnoticed, there was a box-set release from one of the essential bands from the first half of the ’80s: Y&T, entitled “Earthquake: The A&M Years 1981-1985”.
You get 7 albums spread over 4 discs, a terrific collection with all the material Remastered for an exceptional value for money.

Yes, many would prefer every album in one single disc, but this way you have a glossy edition packaged in the old style ‘fat’ box, an extensive booklet in exeptional print quality with detailed info, and the most important; a superb sound remastered by Andy Pearce, all for less than 25 U$D it’s a steal.

“Mean Streak” was a gateway album for Y&T, and the one which made the group finally get noticed by American audiences. There’s no mistaking that the opening riff to title “Mean Streak” represent the melodic (hard) rock music scene of the early eighties, together with Night Ranger and alike.
Meniketti delivers his trademark melodic yet husky vocals reminiscent of Sammy Hagar & Ronnie Montrose. It should come as no surprise that Dave has collaborated with Ronnie many times. There’s a killer track on “Straight Through the Heart”.

More of that great Y&T vocal harmony is present on my favortie “Lonely Side Of Town”, while the group chronicles their first-ever trip to Japan on “Midnight in Tokyo”.
“Hang `Em High” has Y&T crossing the line from AOR to hard rock as they pump up the distortion, quicken up the riffs, and lay down some pounding drum beats. “Sentimental Fool” has a great melodic rock radio appeal to it, as the main arrangement is instant and catchy.

“Mean Streak” is a good representation of the rock music scene at the time as shows the incipient Melodic Rock / hard rock / hair metal wave to come & conquer the US market.
We Highly Recommend this awesome box “Earthquake: The A&M Years 1981-1985”, including 7 albums for the price of two, with a monster remastering work and a fantastic packaging.

01 – Mean Streak
02 – Straight Thru The Heart
03 – Lonely Side Of Town
04 – Midnight In Tokyo
05 – Breaking Away
06 – Hang ‘Em High
07 – Take You To The Limit
08 – Sentimental Fool
09 – Down And Dirty

Dave Meniketti – vocals, guitar
Joey Alves – guitar, vocals
Phil Kennemore – bass, vocals
Leonard Haze – drums, vocals

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