The second Single from the debut full-length studio album, "Hunting High And Low", by legendary Norwegian Synth-Pop band.
The original version of the song, recorded in 1984 and released in October of that year, was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. This one is re-recorded version 1985, produced by Alan Tarney for the band's debut studio album, which becames international hit. The recording combines Synth-Pop with a varied instrumentation, including acoustic guitars, keyboards, and drums.
The original 1984 version "Take On Me" failed to chart in the United Kingdom, as did the second version in the first of its two 1985 releases. The second of those 1985 releases charted in September 1985, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in October. In the United States in October 1985, the single topped Billboard's Hot 100, bolstered by the wide exposure on MTV of director Steve Barron's innovative music video featuring the band in a live-action pencil-sketch animation sequence. The video won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
Warner Bros. Records/WEA Musik GmbH, 1985 (920 336-0). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX+.
Tracklist:
Side A
Take On Me (Extended Version) 4:45
Side B
1. Love Is Reason 3:01
2. Take On Me (Single Version) 3:31
The seventh full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Pop band.
Led by the international hit "The Winner Takes It All", "Super Trouper" was the band's sixth chart-topping album in the UK. It was also the best-selling album in Britain for 1980.
Musically, "Super Trouper" found ABBA, always trend-conscious, taking account of the passing of Disco (due to the Disco backlash at that time) and returning to the Pop/Rock sound typical of their early albums, as opposed to the preceding (and noticeably more Dance-oriented) "Voulez-Vous" album. Only "Lay All Your Love on Me" employed a dance approach.
Commercially, "Super Trouper" was another worldwide blockbuster. "The Winner Takes It All," its lead-off Single, released several months in advance of the album in most territories, was a smash; for example, it was the band's 14th consecutive Top Five Hit in the U.K. and their eighth Number One there. The title track was also a British chart-topper (their last), as was the album, their sixth. "Lay All Your Love on Me" made the U.K. Top Ten, and "On and on and On" was released as a Single in some countries, hitting the Top Ten in Australia.
Polydor Records, 1980 (2344 162). Made in Germany. Used (cover/disc): VG+/VG+. OIS.
Tracklist:
Side 1
1. Super Trouper 4:13
2. The Winner Takes It All 4:55
3. On And On And On 3:41
4. Andante, Andante 4:38
5. Me And I 3:56
Side 2
6. Happy New Year 4:37
7. Our Last Summer 4:58
8. The Piper 4:40
9. Lay All Your Love On Me 4:33
10. The Way Old Friends Do 2:53
The sixth full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Pop band.
Their sixth album coincided with the marital split between Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus and the massively shifting currents in Popular music, with Disco, which had been on the wane, suddenly undergoing a renaissance thanks to the 1977 movie S"aturday Night Fever".
"Voulez-Vous" showed the band embrace Disco music, which was at its peak at the time. Thus, about half of "Voulez-Vous" shows the heavy influence of the Bee Gees from their megahit disco era. This is shown not just in the fact that the backing track for the title song was cut at Criteria Studios in Miami, where the Bee Gees had cut "Main Course", "Children of the World", and most of the rest of their Disco-era music, but through the Funky beat that ran through much of the material; yet the album still had a pair of soft, lyrical Euro-Pop-style ballads ("I Have a Dream" and "Chiquitita"), which proved as popular as any of the more dance-oriented songs, and were reminders of Fältskog's and Ulvaeus' roots, in particular, in popular Folk music during the mid- to late '60s. Those two songs, plus "Angeleyes", "Does Your Mother Know", and the title cut, were all Top Five Singles in England, although only "Chiquitita" and "Does Your Mother Know" were Top 40 hits in America, where the album's sales peaked at a modest 500,000 or so.
It was the first ABBA album to be mainly recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden: the instrumental backing track for the title track was partly recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami.
The album peaked at No.1 in a number of countries and was one of the top five-selling albums in the UK for that year.
Vogue, 1979 (LD 8537). Made in France. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX. OIS.
Tracklist:
Side A:
1. As Good As New 3:22
2. Voulez-Vous 5:11
3. I Have A Dream 4:44
4. Angeleyes 4:20
5. The King Has Lost His Crown 3:30
Side B:
6. Does Your Mother Know 3:13
7. If It Wasn´t For The Nights 5:13
8. Chiquitita 5:26
9. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 3:28
10. Kisses Of Fire 3:16
The sixth full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Pop band.
Their sixth album coincided with the marital split between Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus and the massively shifting currents in Popular music, with Disco, which had been on the wane, suddenly undergoing a renaissance thanks to the 1977 movie S"aturday Night Fever".
"Voulez-Vous" showed the band embrace Disco music, which was at its peak at the time. Thus, about half of "Voulez-Vous" shows the heavy influence of the Bee Gees from their megahit disco era. This is shown not just in the fact that the backing track for the title song was cut at Criteria Studios in Miami, where the Bee Gees had cut "Main Course", "Children of the World", and most of the rest of their Disco-era music, but through the Funky beat that ran through much of the material; yet the album still had a pair of soft, lyrical Euro-Pop-style ballads ("I Have a Dream" and "Chiquitita"), which proved as popular as any of the more dance-oriented songs, and were reminders of Fältskog's and Ulvaeus' roots, in particular, in popular Folk music during the mid- to late '60s. Those two songs, plus "Angeleyes", "Does Your Mother Know", and the title cut, were all Top Five Singles in England, although only "Chiquitita" and "Does Your Mother Know" were Top 40 hits in America, where the album's sales peaked at a modest 500,000 or so.
It was the first ABBA album to be mainly recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden: the instrumental backing track for the title track was partly recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami.
The album peaked at No.1 in a number of countries and was one of the top five-selling albums in the UK for that year.
Epic Records, 1979 (86086). Made in UK. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX. OIS.
Tracklist:
Side A:
1. As Good As New 3:22
2. Voulez-Vous 5:11
3. I Have A Dream 4:44
4. Angeleyes 4:20
5. The King Has Lost His Crown 3:30
Side B:
6. Does Your Mother Know 3:13
7. If It Wasn´t For The Nights 5:13
8. Chiquitita 5:26
9. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 3:28
10. Kisses Of Fire 3:16
The sixth full-length studio album by legendary Swedish Pop band.
Their sixth album coincided with the marital split between Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus and the massively shifting currents in Popular music, with Disco, which had been on the wane, suddenly undergoing a renaissance thanks to the 1977 movie S"aturday Night Fever".
"Voulez-Vous" showed the band embrace Disco music, which was at its peak at the time. Thus, about half of "Voulez-Vous" shows the heavy influence of the Bee Gees from their megahit disco era. This is shown not just in the fact that the backing track for the title song was cut at Criteria Studios in Miami, where the Bee Gees had cut "Main Course", "Children of the World", and most of the rest of their Disco-era music, but through the Funky beat that ran through much of the material; yet the album still had a pair of soft, lyrical Euro-Pop-style ballads ("I Have a Dream" and "Chiquitita"), which proved as popular as any of the more dance-oriented songs, and were reminders of Fältskog's and Ulvaeus' roots, in particular, in popular Folk music during the mid- to late '60s. Those two songs, plus "Angeleyes", "Does Your Mother Know", and the title cut, were all Top Five Singles in England, although only "Chiquitita" and "Does Your Mother Know" were Top 40 hits in America, where the album's sales peaked at a modest 500,000 or so.
It was the first ABBA album to be mainly recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden: the instrumental backing track for the title track was partly recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami.
The album peaked at No.1 in a number of countries and was one of the top five-selling albums in the UK for that year.
Epic Records, 1979 (86086). Made in UK. Used (cover/disc): NM/NM. OIS.
Tracklist:
Side A:
1. As Good As New 3:22
2. Voulez-Vous 5:11
3. I Have A Dream 4:44
4. Angeleyes 4:20
5. The King Has Lost His Crown 3:30
Side B:
6. Does Your Mother Know 3:13
7. If It Wasn´t For The Nights 5:13
8. Chiquitita 5:26
9. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) 3:28
10. Kisses Of Fire 3:16
The eleventh Australian and tenth internationally released full-length studio album by the legendary Australian Hard’n’Heavy band.
"Blow Up Your Video" turned out to be band's most successful album since 1981's "For Those About To Rock", even though it was chock full of filler. The driving album opener, "Heatseeker", turned out to be a surprising Top Ten single in the U.K., while the anthemic "That's the Way I Want to Rock n' Roll" proved to be another highlight (video clips were filmed for both songs, as well). But from there on (with the exception of "Kissin' Dynamite" and "This Means War"), it gets pretty unfocused. The album is glutted with such throwaways as "Nick of Time", "Ruff Stuff" and "Two's Up" - completely missing the point of what made such previous albums as "Back In Black" so great (they simply did not contain a weak moment). "Blow Up Your Video" also marked the return of AC/DC's early production team, Harry Vanda and George Young, who man the boards for the first time since 1978's "If You Want Blood".
This was the final studio album to feature drummer Simon Wright. Although he wrote all the lyrics on the album, it would be the last on which Brian Johnson was credited as a songwriter (all songs on subsequent albums were written by the Young brothers).
The album was the band's biggest-selling album of new material since “For Those About to Rock We Salute You”, being certified Platinum in the US. “Blow Up Your Video” reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 12 in the US. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental in 1989, but lost to Jethro Tull's “Crest of a Knave”.
Released with a black polylined inner sleeve.
Atlantic Recording Corporation/WEA Records Ltd., 1988 (7 81828-1 | WX 144). Made in Germany. First press. OIS. Used (cover/disc): EX+/EX+.
Tracklist:
SIDE ONE
1. Heatseeker 03:50
2. That's The Way I Wanna Rock N Roll 03:45
3. Meanstreak 04:10
4. Go Zone 04:27
5. Kissin' Dynamite 03:58
SIDE TWO
6. Nick Of Time 04:16
7. Some Sin For Nuthin' 04:11
8. Ruff Stuff 04:28
9. Two's Up 05:20
10. This Means War 04:21 Total playing time: 42:46 min.
The eighth Australian and seventh international full-length studio album by the legendary Australian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band.
Recorded in Paris, France, “For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)” was the third and final album produced for the band by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The name of the album was inspired by a book Angus Young read, entitled “For Those About to Die, We Salute You”, about Roman gladiators. The album was a follow-up to their highly successful album “Back in Black”. While "Back In Black" was infused with the energy and spirit of paying tribute to Bon Scott, it became apparent on the follow-up that the band really did miss Scott more than it initially indicated. Brian Johnson's lyrics started to seem more calculated and a bit clichéd, lacking Scott's devil-may-care sense of humor. And the band itself slowed down the tempo frequently, sounding less aggressive and inspired.
On "For Those About to Rock We Salute You", the case for the band's talents is finally made with undeniable force and clarity. You want anthems? Here, they abound, from the title track's avalanche attack — complete with booming cannonades, of course — to "Night of the Long Knives". All ten tunes are aimed straight at the band's testosterone-plagued audience, but the music and lyrics transcend mere calculation. This marginally broader lyrical outlook may again be attributable to Brian Johnson, who writes the songs with band-leader-guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young.
“For Those About To Rock” has sold over 4.000.000 copies in the US. It would be AC/DC's first and only No.1 album in the US Billboard chart until the release of “Black Ice” in October 2008. In Australia, the album peaked at No. 3 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. The album has sold an estimated 7.000.000 copies worldwide, making it one of the highest sold AC/DC albums worldwide. In their original 1981 review, Rolling Stone Magazine declared it to be their best album.
Atlantic Recording Corporation, 1981 (ATL K 50 851 (SD 19111)). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): VG+/EX.
Tracklist:
Side 1
1. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) 5:44
2. Put The Finger On You 3:26
3. Let's Get It Up 3:54
4. Inject The Venom 3:31
5. Snowballed 3:23
Side 2
6. Evil Walks 4:24
7. C.O.D. 3:19
8. Breaking The Rules 4:23
9. Night Of The Long Knives 3:26
10. Spellbound 4:30
The eighth full-length studio album by legendary German Heavy Metal band.
It was recorded at Dierks-Studios, in Cologne, from September 1988 to January 1989. Until 2010's "Blood of the Nations", this was Accept's only album without Udo Dirkschneider as lead vocalist. U.D.O. contributes with crowd vocals on "Turn the Wheel".
It's hard to consider a disc featuring the vocals of anybody other than Udo Dirkschneider an actual Accept record. Released after the legendary frontman's departure from Germany's second greatest '80s Metal outfit, "Eat The Heat" proves Dirkschneider's personification of the band. After picking up Minneapolis Metal-club veteran David Reece, Wolf Hoffman and the rest of Accept decided to modify their sound and songwriting enough to fit the replacement singer's more commercial Metal style. Filling in for a legend, especially one as unique as Reece's predecessor, is a risky business, and the American wailer doesn't do much to help his cause as he never injects a personality of his own into this 1989 release. While the substitute's vocal abilities are considerable, it's hard to differentiate his delivery from that of many singers of his era fronting secondary Metal outfits. Making matters worse, the songwriting and production on "Eat The Heat" often sound stale when compared to the consistently raw yet musically tight delivery of the band's best work. To understand and admire Accept's quirky appeal is to appreciate the insane rantings of Dirkshneider and the chemistry of his chaos offset against the band's particular musical order.
Although Jim Stacey is presented as rhythm guitar player in the album line-up, the album credits also state that all guitar work on the album was played by Wolf Hoffmann. Jim Stacey did perform second guitar live with the band.
U.D.O. has also covered the song "X-T-C" on the 2001 compilation "A Tribute To Accept II". Accept later recorded "Generation Clash II" based on "Generation Clash" with Udo Dirkschneider on vocals for their 1994 album "Death Row".
RCA Records/BMG Ariola Hamburg GmbH, 1989 (PL74083). Made in Germany. OIS. First press. Used (cover/disc): VG+/NM.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. X-T-C 4:26
2. Generation Clash 6:26
3. Chain Reaction 4:42
4. Love Sensation 4:43
5. Turn The Wheel 4:58
Side B
1. Prisoner 4:14
2. Mistreated 6:45
3. Stand 4 What U R 4:05
4. Hellhammer 5:30
5. D-Train 4:27
The first live mini-album by legendary German Heavy Metal band.
"Kaizoku-Ban" gives a quick glimpse of Accept's awesome power as a live band.
Recorded during the band's peak on its Metal Heart Tour in Japan, this mini-album is presented in raw form (absolutely no re-recording or overdubs). It was recorded in Nagoya, Japan, September 19, 1985, and released on vinyl the same year.
RCA Schallplatten GmbH, 1985 (NG70941). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX+/EX+.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. メタル・ハート (Metal Heart) 06:06
2. スクリーミング・フォー・ア・ラヴバイト (Screaming for a Love-Bite) 04:32
3. アップ・トゥ・ザ・リミット (Up to the Limit) 04:52
Side B
4. ヘッド・オーヴァー・ヒールズ (Head Over Heels) 05:45
5. ラヴ・チャイルド (Love Child) 04:42
6. リヴィング・フォー・トゥナイト (Living for Tonite) 03:30
The second compilation album by legendary German Heavy Metal band.
Only spanning Accept's early years, this collection omits important songs from the German band's peak years!
This compilation features a censored version of “Son of A Bitch”, called “Born to Be Whipped”. Despite this, “Son of A Bitch” title marked on both, the vinyl cover and label.
A must for every Accept fan and collector!!
PVC Records, 1983 (PVC 8915). Made in USA. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX+ (still in seal)/EX.
Tracklist:
Side 1
1. Breaker 3:35
2. Helldriver 2:40
3. Lady Lou 3:03
4. China Lady 3:56
5. That's Rock'n'roll 2:53
6. Son Of A Bitch 3:55
Side 2
1. I'm A Rebel 3:57
2. Midnight Higway 3:58
3. Tired Of Me 3:44
4. The King 4:10
5. Burning 5:15
The fifth full-length studio album by legendary American Hard Rock/Blues Rock band.
The last Aerosmith album for eight years to feature Joe Perry for the entire recording (he left halfway through the recording of their next album, "Night in the Ruts").
It was recorded in an abandoned convent near New York City. The portrait of the band on the album cover was drawn by the celebrity caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
As the band began recording "Draw The Line", their excessive lifestyle, combined with constant touring and drug use, began to take its toll. Although the LP would sell well more than a million copies in fewer than six weeks after its release, in 2014 Perry would refer to it as "the beginning of the end" and "the decay of our artistry". It marks the band's first slowdown in album sales of their 1970s era, after their initial rise with the albums "Toys In The Attic" and "Rocks". The album was less successful than their previous albums, selling only 2 million copies ("Toys In The Attic" sold 8 million, "Rocks" sold 4 million).
Kerrang! Magazine listed the album at No. 37 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" for its "high energy", although it never touches Heavy Metal as a genre, concluding with the comment "sleaze was never so classy".
"Draw The Line" went Platinum in its first month of release, entering the music charts on December 24, 1977, peaking at No. 11 on the US Billboard 200, and eventually being certified 2x multi-Platinum nearly a decade later.
CBS Records, 1977 (466729 1). Made in Holland. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX.
Tracklist:
Side 1
1. Draw The Line 3:21
2. I Wanna Know Why 3:08
3. Critical Mass 4:50
4. Get It Up 4:01
5. Bright Light Fright 2:18
Side 2
6. Kings And Queens 4:54
7. The Hand That Feeds 4:22
8. Sight For Sore Eyes 3:51
9. Milk Cow Blues 4:10
The ninth full-length studio album by legendary American Hard Rock/Blues Rock band.
The album marks a turning point in the band's career. It is their first album to employ professional songwriters, instead of featuring material solely composed by members of the band. This came as a suggestion of executive John Kalodner, who also pushed the band to work with producer Bruce Fairbairn, who remained with them for another two albums. It was also the first Aerosmith album to be promoted by Heavy Music Video airplay on MTV.
Though "Done With Mirrors" was intended to mark Aerosmith's comeback, "Permanent Vacation" is often considered their true comeback album, as it was the band's first truly popular album since their reunion.
The album features cover of "I'm Down", a piano-driven Beatles song that appeared as a b-side to their single "Help" in 1965. This was Aerosmith's second commercially released Beatles cover, after "Come Together". "Rag Doll", "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" and "Angel" all became major hit singles (all three songs charted in the Top 20) and helped "Permanent Vacation" become the band's most successful album in a decade.
Permanent Vacation has sold over 5000000 copies in the U.S.
In the UK, it was the first Aerosmith album to attain both Silver (60000 units sold) and Gold (100000 units sold) certification by the British Phonographic Industry, achieving these in July 1989 and March 1990 respectively.
CD comes with OBI.
The David Geffen Company/Victor Musical Industries, Inc., 1987 (MVCG-10 / GEF-D-24162). Made in Japan. First press. Used: like new.
Tracklist:
1. Heart's Done Time 4:42
2. Magic Touch 4:37
3. Rag Doll 4:24
4. Simoriah 3:21
5. Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 4:25
6. St. John 4:10
7. Hangman Jury 5:31
8. Girl Keeps Coming Apart 4:13
9. Angel 5:09
10. Permanent Vacation 4:48
11. I'm Down 2:19
12. The Movie 3:59 Total playing time: 51:38
The debut full-length studio album by legendary Italian-American Pop duo.
Baby Records/EMI Electrola GmbH, 1982 (1C 066-65 003). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): NM/NM.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Che Angelo Sei 3:36
2. Abbandonati 3:03
3. Meditando 3:10
4. Perche' 3:55
5. Viaggiando 2:58
Side B
1. Tu Soltanto Tu 3:39
2. Parigi E' Bella 3:17
3. 1961 3:20
4. Anche Tu 3:26
5. Lo Ti Cerco 3:38
The debut full-length studio album by legendary Italian-American Pop duo.
Baby Records, 1982 (BR 56046). Made in Italy. First press. OIS. Used (cover/disc): VG+/NM.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Che Angelo Sei 3:36
2. Abbandonati 3:03
3. Meditando 3:10
4. Perche' 3:55
5. Viaggiando 2:58
Side B
1. Tu Soltanto Tu 3:39
2. Parigi E' Bella 3:17
3. 1961 3:20
4. Anche Tu 3:26
5. Lo Ti Cerco 3:38