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Worked from home again so it was back to whatever vinyl came out of the moving box's. First out: CCR - Creedence Gold A 1 LP album containing some of CCR's greatest hits. Obviously they are missing a lot - you just can't get all of CCR's best work on one album (e.g. no "Fortunate Son" - which IMO is their best song song) but its still loaded with great songs. Next out of the box: Dances of the Renaissance Side 1 contains works by Tieleman Susan & side 2 contains works by Pierre Phalese. The 2 were composers who were active in the mid 1500's in Holland & the Rhineland part of Germany. Excellent stuff - lots of violas, recorders, tambourines, lutes and drums here. Next out of the box: Les Menestriers - Les Menestries This is a French group (the album came out in 1974) that specialized in French music from the 1300, 1400 and 1500's. More excellent stuff - more violas', recorders and lutes. Last out of the box: George Abdo & his Flames of Araby Orchestra - The Joy of Belly Dancing Yes, an album full of music to belly dance to. All enjoyable music. Only 4 albums today but all were very enjoyable.

Excellent album!!!!

Worked from home today so whatever vinyl came out of the box's got listened to. First out: The Sound of Wagner This is a 1 album LPwith some of Wagner best work on it (such as Siegfried's Funeral Music, The Ride of the Valkyries + parts of Die Meistersinger & Lohengrin). Good stuff. Next album: Marian Anderson - Sons at Eventide A collection of work by Marian Anderson. Ok but nothing I was wild about. Next out of the box: 2001: A Space Odyssey - The soundtrack to the movie. This includes The Blue Danube & The Rick Flair Entrance music. Ok - that not what it really is titled but that is how it will go down in history (IMO). Good stuff. Next out of the box: John Philip Sousa - Stars & Stripes Forever Dad always liked this. Not because its nationalistic (not at all - that would turn him off) but rather because he enjoys a good marching song now and then. For the same reason I find it enjoyable. Last out of the box for the day: Rush - ESL My least favorite Rush live album. Hands down my least favorite compared to ATWAS, Rush in Rio, ASOH, Different Stages & S & A Live. Somehow it just does not catch my fancy.

1 First Concert - Triumph, Sport of Kings Tour in Rochester NY, Fall of 1986 2. Last Concert - Judas Priest (with Sabaton opening) on the Invincible Shield Tour. This May in Albany NY 3. Worst Concert - Tough to pick. Either (1) Foreigner (in 2002 - lead vocalist was terrible that night), (2) Aerosmith (both in 1988 and again in the early 2000's - just not a good live band either time), (3) Tesla (as a headliner in 1993, they were a good opening act in 1987), (4) G'nR - summer of 1988 with Aerosmith. (just not a good show). 4. Loudest Concert - Quiet Riot / Warrant / Poison. My ears hurt for weeks after this show. Was really concerned I might have seriously damaged my hearing. Slowly everything returned to normal - but it was weeks, perhaps a few months b4 everything was better. 5. Best Concert - Rush on the VT tour followed by Judas Priest on the Ram it Down tour. 6. See the Most - Rush (9 times) 7. Most Surprising - Either (1) Sabaton when i saw them in a small venue in NYC with Nightwish. Went to see Nightwish, knew nothing of Sabaton and they were excellent. Or perhaps Judas Priest on the Ram it Down Tour. I knew they were excellent live - but had no idea they were that good. 8. Happy I got to see - The Who. Saw them twice on The Who turns 50 tour and they were excellent both times. Also Bob Seger - saw him twice, not on his final tour but once on each of the tours before that and he was excellent. 9. Wish i could have seen - a lot of bands. Cream, CCR, Dokken (in the 1980's), Accept (esp, with Udo), Helloween, Blind Guardian (yes, both are still around but they don't tour much in the US), more Rush (the first time I saw them was on the Presto tour). 10. Next Concert - no plans at the moment

Easy vote for The Who. Song was hard but went with Won't Get Fooled Again.

Worked from home again today so it was back to the moving box for whatever vinyl came out. First out: Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom Nothing I wild go wild for but nothing all that bad either. It was consistently decent. Next out of the box: Uriah Heep - Return to Fantasy Again, nothing I would go wild for but nothing that is all that bad either. Again, sort of consistently decent. Next out of the box: Van Halen - 5150 Ok - I am not really a big VH fan and its been years since I listened to this album. You know what? Its actually aged fairly well. Not great but much better than I remembered. "Love Walks In", "Why Cant This Be Love" & "Summer Nights" are the 3 best songs on the album (IMO). Overall its actually quite good & constant to boot. Last out of the box for the day: Loverboy - Keep it Up Another one that I have not listened to for a long time. Glad I gave it a shot. The 2 best songs are the 2 I remembered from getting airplay - "Hot Girls in Love" & "Queen of the Broken Hearts". But I found everything else to be consistently decent on the album. Good day - 4 album listened to and not only did I enjoy all 4 but I don't recall any songs that were obvious stinkers or even just filler material. The VH & Loverboy albums were the 2 best but the Uriah Heep albums were nothing to sneeze at.

Worked from home today so it was back to the moving box and whatever vinyl came out got listened to. First out: Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers - Live: Pack up the Plantation. Yuck. Glad I got this used (the price sticker of $6.99 is still on it) because, IMO, its a dog. Just terrible. At some point I will take this to my local used record store and try to sell it. I believe the only other T/P I own is Dam the Torpedoes. But overall I don't care for T/P. Saw him in concert once and I believe I walked out. Jackson Brown, who opened, was way better. Not my cup of tea. Next out of the moving box: Yes - Fragile This is more like it. Good music. Enjoyable album. Next out of the box: Mountain - Flowers of Evil Another enjoyable album. Note - I saw Leslie West of Mountain in concert in, I believe it was either 1992 or 1993. The show was under a festival tent in Rochester NY. Good show. Next out of the box: Mountain - Climbing Another good album. Additional note - In the late 1990's I got talking about music with a secretary in my office who, when I mentioned that I liked Mountain, told me that at one time she had dated Felix Peppalardi. Don't know if its true but she at least knew who he was and that he had been a member of Mountain - so it could be. If so, its an interesting and small world. And no, I did not ask for any details. Next out of the box: Mountain - The Best of Mountain Obviously I liked this album. Next out of the box: Blind Faith - Blind Faith Another enjoyable album. Last out of the box for the day: Deep Purple - Machine Head A classic that stands up to time. So, once I got past that first album that I did not care for, it was one good album after another today.

Walked into my local Agway to day because I had to drop off a chain saw blade for sharpening and they had a TV on saw I got to see the very end of the US -France Woman's basketball game. Just the last dew seconds. That is the ONLY bit of the Olympics I have watched. As a young kid I watched lots of the Olympics. Tons of the Summer games in 1972 & 1976. Since then though I seem to have watched very little. A fw hrs here and a few hrs there. Shocked that this year I watched basically nothing. Winter game I always tend to watch more of.

Foreigner I saw twice in the 1990's and once in the early 2000's. First show was excellent, second was ok, 3rd was terrible. No interest in seeing them again since I have seen them play they material I wanted to hear them play live. Skynyrd I saw once in the 1990's (excellent show) and once in the 2000's (ok show). Again, since i have some them play everything I wanted to hear from them not interested in seeing them again. Blackfoot & Blood, Sweat & Tears - not big into these groups. No thanks. Iron Butterfly has the one big hit but not very familiar with their other work. No thanks. That leaves Molly Hatchet- never saw them live and they were one of the groups I wanted to see live. Original members or no, if I had the chance I would gladly see them.

Worked from home for part of the day before going out to take dad to PT. Thanks heavens we got in just before the tropical storm really hit. Anyway, working at home gave me the chance to open up the moving box's again and whatever vinyl came out got listened to. First out: Giuffria - Giuffria Side 1 has "Call To The Heart" which is good. The rest is filler however. Side 2 has 2 songs that I did not recall at all "Trouble Again" and "Line of Fire" (not a cover of the Journey song by the same title) which were decent. The rest was filler. Next out of the box: Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening Live Blue Oyster Cat. Its ok but not special - then again, I have never really been into Blue Oyster Cult. Next out of the box: Judas Priest - Painkiller At the time one of my least favorite Halford era Priest albums. Perhaps my very least favorite actually. Been a while since I listened to it. So what did I think? Well its somewhat better than I remembered. But still does not do much for me. Starts out with the title track which I dislike. The you get "Hell Patrol" - filler for me. They you get "All Guns Blazing" which starts uninteresting but about the time of the chorus it gets interesting. Form then on its an ok song. Next on side one is "Leather Rebel" - clearly the best song on the album. By far. Side 1 closes with "Metal Meltdown" which does nothing for me. Side 2 starts with "Night Crawler" which is decent. Then you get "Between The Hammer & The Anvil" which is ok. After that you get "A Touch of Evil", the instrumental "Battle Hymn" and "One Shot at Glory" all of which are ok. So side 2 is by far the better side. Overall the album has a bunch of decent songs but nothing that wow's me and it starts with a bunch of songs I dislike. If I have a choice to listen to this, Turbo, Ram it Down and Nostradamus this would likely be the last album I would pick to listen to. But better than I remembered. Next out of the box: Kansas - The Best of Kansas A Kansas greatest hits album (and I think it the only Kansas album I own). Its weird - I have seen Kansa several times and always enjoyed them live but never got into them. Last out of the box: Chariots off Fire - the soundtrack to the movie. Saw the movie with my folks when it came out in the theaters. Good movie, good music.

100% agree with what Segue and J2112YYZ said about the new song. Well put guys. Sums up my thoughts nicely.

That entire show was excellent. Not only that but they have a song out that they did together with Band Maid. I may not care for Bad Maid's attire and their vocals don't (normally - this song is a big exception) do much for me but the song is fire. Band maid musically is my cup of tea - even more than The Warning. Excellent Power Metal - I hope they influence The Warning and not the other way around (at least based on the latest album). Excellent song. Band Maid (& Lovebites as well) are excellent Japanese groups that play music which is my cup of tea. Excellent collaboration between The Warning & Band Maid (IMO).

Raised on Radio over most Journey albums???? Glad your the one who mentioned being weird. On this one I got to agree with you - about being weird that is. That album is one of the worst in Journey's catalog - IMO. Of course, I have some strange tastes so perhaps I am not one to hurl to many stones. Real head scratcher for me. But brave (and honest) of you to admit it - got to respect you for that bravery and honesty.

Not ignoring the request - will have to think about it. This one may take a bit of time to put together. Will get back to you with a very rough list at some point.

Sad that they have to go out this way but for me its no great loss. The last song I enjoyed from them was "Angel" off Permanent Vacation - and that album was released in 1988. I saw them twice live. Once in the summer of 1988 (with Gn'R) and once in the early 2000's with KISS. They stunk at both shows. For me its long overdue. Sad the way it ended but like I said, no great loss.