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This is another request for early SAMMY HAGAR solo albums in a remastered form. Here’s “Musical Chairs”, his third. One of Hagar’s rawest recordings, the record features some guitars that are a treat for listeners fond of the much tougher, uncompromising music that the Red Rocker used throughout his early years to build one of the largest followings for an...
With the recent batch of SAMMY HAGAR albums featured here, another one of you asked for SAMMY HAGAR and The Wabos‘ “Live Hallelujah” in its true CD release. The audio versions floating around are taken from the video-DVD. This is the real one, pretty hard to find. For his first live album in about 25 years, Sammy Hagar originally wanted...
It was about time for the best ’80s SAMMY HAGAR albums to receive a SHM-CD release. Four of them were released in Japan on the excellent cardboard sleeve Mini LP format, freshly remastered and with the usual, complete original artwork reproduction. “VOA” was the last solo album released by Hagar before he joined Van Halen. The title of the record...
Near the end of the year, it’s time to recap about the best 2017 releases, by category.Fortunately, this excellent album was finally released. Before his untimely death in 2012, renowned American rock guitarist RONNIE MONTROSE began recording an ambitious passion project with bassist Ricky Phillips (Styx, Bad English) and drummer Eric Singer (Kiss, Alice Cooper). The idea was to record...
Few people know – even some rabid VAN HALEN fans – that the Sammy Hagar-era albums have been remastered as part of the WB Records ‘Forever Young’ series. These are the only remastered versions available of these albums, and one of you asked for all to be featured here, all out of print and hard to find. Let’s go with...
Few people know – even some rabid VAN HALEN fans – that the Sammy Hagar-era albums have been remastered as part of the WB Records ‘Forever Young‘ series. These are the only remastered versions available of these albums, and one of you asked for all to be featured here, all out of print and hard to find.
Let’s go with the excellent “Balance – Forever Young series remastered“, indeed one of the more balanced Van Halen albums ever, and one of my favorites.
All Van Halen albums from the Sammy Hagar-era have that bombastic, glossy ’80s production, but especially on the first two, the bass presence is scarce, typical from the era.
“Balance” belongs to other era, the mid-90s, and Bruce Fairbairn’s production is really complete and organic. The regular CD pressing sounds great to me, but this Japanese remaster is even better.
Formed back in 2008 supergroup CHICKENFOOT – who seem to have been in a holding pattern since 2012 – have again spluttered into action with a new ‘Best Of’ collection and Live release titled “Best + Live“, a 2-CD set at the price of one. For fans craving new material there’s also one brand new song titled ‘Divine Termination’. The...
“This Is Sammy Hagar Volume 1 : When The Party Started“, is the new compilation album showcasing 12 highlights from SAMMY HAGAR‘s catalogue, some of them remixed, plus 2 brand new tracks. The collection, which starts from his solo album post Van Halen, ‘Red Voodoo’ in 1999, through to ‘Livin’ It Up’ in 2006, also includes a new remix of...
Rock Candy Records has just ‘Remastered & Reloaded‘ a new batch of 3 essential MONTROSE albums (two of them featured on the blow few days ago), but the specialized reissue label already released Montrose self-titled debut some time ago. Let’s check how it sounds to complete the package. Montrose debut was (and still is) one of the most influential Hard...
Rock Candy Records has just ‘Remastered & Reloaded‘ a batch of 3 essential MONTROSE albums. “Paper Money” was the second album by the California-based hard rock band, produced by Ted Templeman and their final recording with original vocalist Sammy Hagar. It marks the arrival of new bass player Alan Fitzgerald as well, replacing original bassist Bill Church. There’s little doubt...
* THE CIRCLE is the side band assembled by legendary rocker Sammy Hagar alongside his old pal in Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, Led Zeppelin’s drummer son Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson (The BusBoys and Hagar’s The Waboritas).SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE take a roll through Hagar’s career, with some Led Zeppelin added in for good measure, in their...
