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REMASTER / UNRELEASED / VALENTINE

VALENTINE (Hugo) – Demos From The Attic (2021) *0dayrox Exclusive*

Here’s in exclusive at 0dayrox the never released second album from American AORsters VALENTINE / Hugo, high quality unreleased demos recorded in 1991 just after touring had finished for the band’s excellent self-titled debut album.
“Demos From The Attic” packs wonderful AOR songs with the feeling of their first album, also some Journey, not in vain Hugo ended being the band’s vocalist in years to come.
Listening to the quality material on offer here it will make you scratch your head and wonder why these songs have been sitting in storage for so long. What an array of tunes!
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REMASTER / REMASTER ROCK CANDY / VALENTINE

VALENTINE (Hugo) – Valentine [Rock Candy remastered & reloaded]

Fronted by Hugo’s (future Journey singer) smooth vocals, VALENTINE‘s awesome self-titled debut album has just been remastered for the first time by Rock Candy Records specialists. Easily, “Valentine” is one of the best AOR / Melodic Hard Rock releases from the beginning of the ’90s. And in our AOR book, a must have album.
The release of “Valentine” in 1990 is one of the sad examples of bad timing and misfired opportunities by bad management and wrong music executives. If any ’80s AOR / Melodic Hard Rock band should have made a huge international splash then this should have been the one.
I know many people lists “Valentine” as a ‘cult album’, but for me it’s an essential AOR / Melodic Hard Rock LP in your collection. All in all a complete overview of what the genre was in the late ’80s / early ’90s: luxurious, bright, smooth and polished…