STARZ – Attention Shoppers! [Japan mini-LP SHM-CD Ltd Release remastered +2] *EXCLUSIVE*

Here we have, as requested, STARZ‘s “Attention Shoppers!” as part of the excellent, remastered Japanese Limited Release mini-LP replica on SHM-CD reissues (now out of print) of the band’s albums for Capitol Records.
After two very good records, Capitol asked Starz for hit single and a more commercial approach. With that in mind “Attention Shoppers!” packed the melodic and very catchy “Hold On To The Night” which had a lot of radio appeal, as well as the ballad single “Third Times The Charm”.

But it’s on their classic style songs where the LP shine. “Good Ale We Seek” is an awesome song, where Starz embraced their inner Blue Oyster Cult by imagining a world filled with Ale “as far as the eye can see…and let it all be for me.” What’s not to love about those sentiments?
That song and an excellent bluesy rocker called “Johnny All Alone” – an excellent vehicle for guitarist Richie Ranno to deliver his best playing on record – worth this album alone.

Starz was one of the best – and most underrated – US hard rock arena acts from the Seventies on par with Aerosmith, Van Halen or Kiss, which despite a lack of major success has a lasting cult following and has been mentioned as a major influence by the likes of Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Jon Bon Jovi, Dee Snider and more.

Starz would never break it big as a commercial selling band, but up to this point they had put out two stellar releases that were the equal of bands who were outselling them. For sure they deserved more recognition.
It’s great to see – and hear – all these albums on SHM-CD with a proper remastering, unfortunately this was a limited press, now out of print.
Highly Recommended

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01 – Hold On To The Night
02 – She
03 – Third Times’ The Charm
04 – (Any Way That You Want It) I’ll Be There
05 – Waitin’ On You
06 – X-Ray-Spex
07 – Good Ale We Seek
08 – Don’t Think
09 – Johnny All Alone
JAPAN BONUS TRACKS:
10 – Texas
11 – Wind

Michael Lee Smith – vocals, guitar, percussion
Richie Ranno – guitar
Brendan Harkin – guitar
Pieter “Pete” Sweval – bass
Joe X. Dubé – drums

Out Of Print
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