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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / REMASTER / St. VALENTINE / UNRELEASED

St. VALENTINE – S/T [20th Century Music Ltd Edition Remastered +5] (2022) *Exclusive*

Few weeks ago we featured in exclusive at 0dayrox the recordings of American melodic rockers St. VALENTINE whom operated in the Californian scene all over the ’80s.
Now 20th Century Music released for the first time on CD that five-song EP the band recorded with Dana Strum (at the time in Vinnie Vincent Invasion) as producer and Mark Slaughter & Jeff Scott Soto providing backing vocals, augmented with 5 extra bonus tracks: two studio demos produced by extraordinaire Matt Chidgey (Lynch Mob) and three live songs captured at The Roxy in West Hollywood in 1987. All digitally remastered.
While St. VALENTINE looks / big hair refer to glam metal, their music was much more melodic hard rock / AOR oriented than their Hollywood peers.

0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / REMASTER / REMASTER ROCK CANDY / WORLD TRADE

WORLD TRADE – S/T [Rock Candy Remastered] (2023) HQ *0dayrox Exclusive*

Now we’re presenting in exclusive the Rock Candy Records remastered & reloaded reissue of WORLD TRADE 1989’s self-titled album “World Trade“. The improvement in sound is really noticeable, with a much more defined low end.
When World Trade first appeared on the scene the general view was that they would signal a new flood of progressive rock bands into the scene, one that would see them replacing the old guard with fresh blood. Indeed, immediate comparisons were made to Yes’s late ’80s golden period of hi-tech sheen and powerful production.
Helmed by guitarist Bruce Gowdy (Stone Fury, Unruly Child, Glenn Hughes) and bassist/vocalist Billy Sherwood (now in YES, Arc of Life) the album was produced with pin point accuracy by Keith Olsen (Whitesnake, Heart, Foreigner) and features a bright selection of tracks that conjure up comparisons to Yes’s ‘90125’ and ‘Big Generator’ records.
Songs such as ‘The Moment Is Here’, ‘Life Time’, ‘Fight To Win’ and ‘Can’t Let You Go’ laid down a bedrock of faultless catchy progressive rock that still ring with breathtaking clarity.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / REMASTER / SLIK TOXIK

SLIK TOXIK – Doin’ The Nasty [Bad Reputation remastered +3] (2022) HQ *0dayrox Exclusive*

Since the beginning of the ’90s, the waters were a bit rocky for the hard rock / metal world, especially in America. The landscape was changing and bands such as Warrant, Poison, and Skid Row who all at one time were selling out arenas and amphitheaters found themselves playing to 1/2 full venues and in some cases reduced to playing half full clubs.
It was also a bad time for new bands of the genre who were coming out. While this was true, it definitely didn’t mean that these acts weren’t any good. As a matter of fact, bands like Tora Tora, War Babies, and Babylon AD were doing this stuff as good if not better than many of their peers.
Of those acts, one band and their debut album rose above them all to really blow my mind. That band was Canada’s SLIK TOXIK and the album was ”Doin’ The Nasty”.
Now Bad Reputation Records is doing justice to that killer melodic hard rock album from 1992 reissuing a newly remastered version of Slik Toxik‘s debut full-length ”Doin’ The Nasty” with three bonus tracks. And believe me, if you like this genre, you need to listen to this CD.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / DARE / RARE ALBUMS / UNRELEASED

DARE – Blood From Tapes [Rare & Unreleased] *0dayrox EXCLUSIVE*

Now we bring here another of our exclusive 0dayrox compilations including rare, hard to find and unreleased tracks from DARE.
“Blood From Tapes [Rare & Unreleased]” includes 23 songs from Darren Wharton, some of them used as B-sides on promos and never released on CD, others never released, others with different mixes, others are demos, etc.
Most of these tracks are from the first DARE era, when their sound & style was decidedly AOR / Melodic Rock oriented. All songs have a very good production and sound despite of being, in some cases, demos.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / FM / UNRELEASED

FM – Indiscreet II [The Unreleased 1987-1988 album] *0dayrox Exclusive*

FM is a British melodic rock / AOR institution still releasing quality material after forty years with their recent CD ‘Thirteen’. The band’s debut album 1986’s ‘Indiscreet’ is regarded as one of the best AOR albums from the Eighties. Many fans miss the unadulterated AOR sound of that first effort, as FM morphed to a more melodic (hard) rock style since second album “Tough It Out”.
“Tough It Out” took the band 3 years to crystallize, simply because the record label asked for a more mainstream, American style rock music. But in between the two albums, FM wrote a lot of songs in the 1987-1988 period, and with the classy AOR mold of their debut.
What we have here is “Indiscreet II“, an awesome bunch of songs the band penned & demoed for their second album that never was… These aren’t the poor sounding demos floating the internet for years – the quality of this “Indiscreet II” is far superior, and the songs – 18 tracks never released – a treat for ’80s AOR aficionados.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / REMASTER / UNRELEASED / V.A. Lost Jewels Series / WIZEKRAK

The Lost US Jewels Vol.14 : WIZEKRAK – Through The Years 1989-1991 (2022)

And we have more from the highly collectible ‘Lost US Jewels’ series, here’s one of the newly released 2022, “The Lost US Jewels Vol.14 : WIZEKRAK – Through The Years 1989-1991“, the complete recordings from this highly infectious and ambitious outfit coming from Maryland, Baltimore.
Founded in the late ’80s, Wizekrak members shared a love for classic hard rock / sleazy hair metal acts and collectively created a musical brand they called “part Glam, part Sleaze and all Gleaze”! Armed with luxury vocal hooks, killer guitar parts and a thunderous live set, Wizekrak played almost every week and were a staple part of the local scene, and they arrived to LA to perform clubs like The Whiskey and Gazzarri’s.
Major labels like Atlantic and MCA were interested but nothing ever materialized. With a sound that was highly reminiscent of Poison, Tuff, Trixter, and Warrant at their most melodic, Wizekrak retained their own identity thanks to three highly polished and well received self-released cassettes, all of which have been included into this release (15 tracks) digitally remastered obtaining a very good sound quality.
Limited to 500 copies, the CD is almost sold out…
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / RARE ALBUMS / ROXY BLUE / UNRELEASED

ROXY BLUE – Westwood One In Concert [The Troubadour] (1992 Promo CD only) *Rare*

This one was requested long time ago, a rarity much sought after by collectors: US hard rockers ROXY BLUE “Westwood One In Concert” – Live at The Troubadour. This show was a 1992 broadcast and as happened with many bands from the era, Westwood One pressed some limited copies on CD.
This recording is of special interest because ROXY BLUE was a real beast live, and there isn’t tapes / bootlegs from the band at their peak when they where touring presenting debut album ‘Want Some?’.
Soon after, grunge took the US scene and bands like ROXY BLUE didn’t found venues to play regularly. Ironically, this Westwood One pressing – they did a few CD copies for archival purposes – is a double disc with the other being a Nirvana concert…
Sound quality is very good, and shows ROXY BLUE rocking hard, a band that unfortunately arrived too late into the scene. A collectors item.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / EXCLUSIVE / UNRELEASED / WINGER

WINGER – The Non Album Tracks & Unreleased (0dayrox rarities compilation)

There’s not much WINGER unreleased material, as the band released some time ago the excellent double album Demo Collection. But these were mostly pre-production demos, high quality professional demos prior to their first album.
As requested, here’s the 0dayrox compilation of rare WINGER – “The Non Album Tracks & Unreleased” – including they well known film soundtrack contributions, but also unpublished, rare songs.
While sound quality isn’t as great on the Demo Collection, it’s pretty good overall. What we find here are the very early demos by the band, and some tracks never released, a couple of acoustic takes. All songs here are WINGER the band, not Kip Winger solo.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / BOB KULICK / JOE LYNN TURNER / UNRELEASED

JOE LYNN TURNER – The Bob Kulick 1984-85 unreleased sessions [*0dayrox EXCLUSIVE*]

Here we have more exclusive music never released elsewhere. Yesterday we featured JOE LYNN TURNER first solo album recently remastered by Rock Candy Records.
Now you get the chance to hear for the first time the songs JOE LYNN TURNER co-wrote & recorded with renowned musician / songwriter & producer BOB KULICK, done before Joe recorded ‘Rescue You’ – “The Bob Kulick 1984-85 unreleased sessions”.
These songs were recorded, engineered & mixed by Kulick – not demos, but finished, professionally studio done tracks, songs never released or recorded by any other artist.
Incredibly, this pure ’80s melodic rock material remains unreleased, given by Bob Kulick himself to a 0dayrox Team member before he passed away. No one will ever hear these otherwise, so 0dayrox is presenting these unreleased tracks to the world.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / REMASTER / RESCUE / UNRELEASED

RESCUE – Rescue +4 [AOR Blvd Collector Series Vol.1] (2022) *0dayrox Exclusive*

And here’s little gem from the glory ’80s AOR/Pomp era, RESCUE‘s self-titled album “Rescue” for decades out of print and now reissued, remastered and augmented with 4 unreleased tracks as bonus by AOR Blvd Records, the Vol.1 from their new ‘Collector Series’.
Hailing from Kiel, Germany, RESCUE was formed in ’86 and got the chance for this full length album at end of that decade, released 1989. However the songs were written / recorded earlier, and their sound & style is pure 1984-85, pompy synth-driven, and plenty of wonderful AOR melodies…
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / RICK SPRINGFIELD / UNRELEASED

RICK SPRINGFIELD – Success Hasn’t Spoiled… These Unreleased Tunes (0dayrox Exclusive)

Now we have here a 0dayrox exclusive compilation of RICK SPRINGFIELD ’80s & ’90s tracks, most of them unreleased or very rare plus a couple of rare remixes. 23 tracks in total covering from 1981 Working Class Dog and 1982 Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet outtakes to 90’s demos.
Despite also working as actor at the time, SPRINGFIELD proved to be a prolific songwriter and recorded many songs – some in demo form, some pretty professionally – that never seen the light of day. We are presenting many of these here.
We titled this “Success Hasn’t Spoiled… These Unreleased Tunes“, all really good stuff for fans & collectors.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / EXCLUSIVE / FROZEN TEARS / REMASTER

FROZEN TEARS – Silence Of The Night [remastered +1] (2021) *0dayrox Exclusive*

Originally released in 1997, Australian melodic rockers FROZEN TEARS‘ debut album ”Silence Of The Night” is one of the much sought after indie CD’s out there, now available again in limited quantities. Copies circulating among collectors are pretty muddy in sound – this new revised / remastered version noticeably improves the quality.
Musically these guys are in the purest tradition of the genre mixing rockers with smooth AOR melodies, and a wide range of influences ranging from Kiss, Crystal Blue, Leatherwolf, to Roxus, Giant, Signal, TNT, The Promise, etc.
Frozen Tears went into an extended hiatus not long after the release of this album and its subsequent local tour to promote it, but the band never officially broke up, and this 2021 are back with new album, and a good one.
However ”Silence Of The Night”, even with some production imperfections, packs all the magic of a young band hungry to show up their skills to the world.
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / REMASTER / RUNNER / V.A. Lost Jewels Series

The Lost US Jewels Vol.13 ; RUNNER – Falling Hearts (2022) HQ *only at 0dayrox*

As part of the treasurable Steelheart Records ‘Lost US Jewels’ series, here’s the long lost, cult classic album “Falling Hearts” from Americans RUNNER. Originally released in limited quantities via a small label in 1991, all over the years this album become some kind of the “holy grail” of Melodic Metal / Hard Rock.
This ”The Lost US Jewels Vol.13 ; RUNNER – Falling Hearts” pressing is limited to 300 copies – already almost out of print – has been remastered from the original master plus 1 unreleased bonus track.
ICON, MALICE, DOKKEN, early QUEENSRYCHE fans, here’s something you should check it out. These songs were written in around 1986-1987, and will bring you to the “golden ages” when the girls were pretty and we were young, wild and free!
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0dayrox Contributor Exclusives / DENNIS DeYOUNG / EXCLUSIVE / STYX / UNRELEASED

STYX – Son Of Edge [Unreleased Album 1991-1992] *0dayrox EXCLUSIVE*

Named by fans “SON OF EDGE”, this is the unreleased collection of nine STYX songs from 1991-92 or so when the band consisted of Dennis DeYoung, James Young, Chuck and John Panozzo & Glen Burtnik.
After the band’s 1990 ”Edge Of The Century” album, Styx were preparing for a follow up record and sent this, the “SON OF EDGE” tape to their label, A&M Records, who the band had been signed to at the time, although their contract was up and it was time to renegotiate terms. This negotiation was handled by a big shot show business lawyer who apparently asked for more than A&M was interested in giving, so the album was never to be, and remains unreleased.
Today 0dayrox brings to you in exclusive, Styx’s unreleased 1991-1992 album “SON OF EDGE”.
There were less than 10 CDs burned, only to be sent to A&M Records executives. And not only the sound quality is excellent, it contains some of the best two Dennis DeYoung songs we’ve ever heard. It’s great to hear where Styx would have been headed if able to do this follow-up to ”Edge Of The Century” album.
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