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Warner Music Group has put together a very interesting compilation titled “Hard Rock Beyond the Hits“, comprising some really good ‘inside tracks’ taken from albums of artists from their back catalog.These are songs that never were hits but many certainly deserved that status. Indeed, most of the bands featured here were multi-platinum sellers, but the idea was to feature songs...
We already featured here “Hurricane Eyes”, the seventh studio album by legendary metal / hard rock band LOUDNESS but in its Japanese version. This is the “Hurricane Eyes / English Version” also known as ‘Worldwide Version’ featuring a different mix, song sequence and artwork. Long time out print album, this Japanese Remastered reissue was released at the end of last...
“Lightning Strikes” was LOUDNESS definitive breakthrough into the US market, and one of their best albums. This Remastered Japanese release on SHM-CD sounds terrific.The album, which was released on July 25, 1986, remained 15 weeks in the American charts, peaking at #64 Billboard. “Lightning Strikes” was produced by the great Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne) which was truly involved in the...
Nippon Columbia started a 2016 reissue of LOUDNESS eight albums featuring a fresh remastering supervised by the band members for the fist time. These series are low priced and are a great opportunity to get the albums at a very reasonable cost.Let’s go with the really strong “Thunder In The East“, the first released by a major American label after...
“Hurricane Eyes” was the seventh studio album by legendary Japanese metal band LOUDNESS, recorded in the US and released in 1987 worldwide with standard English lyrics. But a “Japanese Version” was subsequently released only in Japan later in the year with most of the lyrics in Japanese, featuring a different mix, song sequence and artwork. For many, this “Hurricane Eyes...
Requested by a reader, it’s a true pleasure to feature here “Soldier Of Fortune“, the awesome LOUDNESS album released in Japan some years ago in remastered form on SHM-CD, now out of print.“Soldier Of Fortune” is one of the best hard rock albums appeared in 1989, criminally underrated but a true blast from start to finish. As you may know,...
