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The sixth full-length studio album by legendary British Hard Rock band.
The final Whitesnake recording to use the band's original "snake" logo.
It was their fourth top 10 album in the UK, peaking at number 9. In 1988 the album re-entered the US charts due to the success of the self-titled “Whitesnake” album (1987 in Europe), and is certified double Platinum.
The catalogue number "66085" mistakenly printed as "66O85" because of the font type used.
Carrere, 1984 (CA/681/66 O85 CARRERE). Made in France. First press. OIS. Laminated cover. Used (cover/disc): EX+/EX.

Tracklist:

Side One
1. Gambler  3:59
2. Slide It In  3:18
3. Standing In The Shadow  3:32
4. Give Me More Time  3:39
5. Love Ain't No Stranger  4:10

Side Two
6. Slow An' Easy  6:08
7. Spit It Out  4:15
8. All Or Nothing  3:36
9. Hungry For Love  3:55
10. Guilty Of Love  3:23

Total playing time: 39:55 min.

The eighth full-length studio album by legendary British Hard Rock/Glam Metal band.
The band’s third consecutive Platinum record!
Adrian Vandenberg was credited as a major co-songwriter, while Steve Vai was credited with "fulfilling all guitar responsibilities" on the album, and appeared in all the band's music videos.
"Fool For Your Loving", originally appeared on the album "Ready An' Willing", but it was re-recorded for this album.
The album peaked at number 10 on both, the UK Album Chart and US Billboard 200. It was sold over one million copies in the US, reaching Platinum status.
His Master's Voice, 1989 (EMD. 1013). Made in India. First press. Used (cover/disc): VG/VG+.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Slip Of The Tongue 5:21
2. Kittens Got Claws 5:02
3. Cheap An' Nasty 3:28
4. Judgment Day 5:16

Side Two
1. Now You're Gone 4:12
2. The Deeper The Love 4:23
3. Sailing Ships 6:03
4. Wings Of The Storm 5:01

Total playing time: 46:56 min.

The eighth full-length studio album by legendary British Hard Rock/Glam Metal band.
The band’s third consecutive Platinum record!
Adrian Vandenberg was credited as a major co-songwriter, while Steve Vai was credited with "fulfilling all guitar responsibilities" on the album, and appeared in all the band's music videos.
"Fool For Your Loving", originally appeared on the album "Ready An' Willing", but it was re-recorded for this album.
The album peaked at number 10 on both, the UK Album Chart and US Billboard 200. It was sold over one million copies in the US, reaching Platinum status.
EMI Electrola, 1989 (064 7 93537 1). Made in Germany. First press. OIS. Used: (cover/disc): EX/EX+.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Slip Of The Tongue 5:21
2. Kittens Got Claws 5:02
3. Cheap An' Nasty 3:28
4. Judgment Day 5:16

Side Two
1. Now You're Gone 4:12
2. The Deeper The Love 4:23
3. Sailing Ships 6:03
4. Wings Of The Storm 5:01

Total playing time: 46:56 min.

The debut full-length studio album by legendary British Hard Rock band.
"Trouble" was the album, that setting the template for virtually all the band's ensuing career, pre-1987 American sell-out. This followed the 4-track EP "Snakebite", later available in the US as an import album from continental Europe.
"Trouble" was a band made up of seasoned veterans, after all, and they knew exactly what it was they wanted: edgy Hard Rock based on R&B. They also knew who was boss: Coverdale, who after enduring a minority stake in the mighty Deep Purple, was now clearly established as top dog and de facto leader of the new outfit. And what a slick, powerful outfit it was, too, with guitarists Marsden and Micky Moody compensating whatever visual shortcomings they may have had with their rock-solid six-string partnership, and former Deep Purple organist Jon Lord (for the first time in Whitesnake line-up) holding it all together in the back.
"Trouble" turned out to be the first step in a long, and very successful career. The album reached No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart when it was released in October 1978.
Sunburst Records Ltd./Harvest, 1978 (1C 064-61 740). Made in Germany. First press. OIS. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Take Me With You  4:43
2. Love To Keep You Warm  3:42
3. Lie Down (A Modern Love Song)  3:12
4. Day Tripper  3:46
5. Nighthawk (Vampire Blues)  3:36

Side Two
6. The Time Is Right For Love  3:25
7. Trouble  4:45
8. Belgian Tom's Hat Trick  3:24
9. Free Flight  4:03
10. Don't Mess With Me  3:16

Total playing time: 37:52 min.

The second full-length studio album by German Rock band.
Cologne dialect for "thawed", "Affjetaut" was released in 1980 and reached number eleven on the German album charts.
All the songs on the album were written by singer Wolfgang Niedecken and guitarist and songwriter Klaus "Major" Heuser, who joined BAP in 1980 and took over the band's musical direction. His Rock-oriented influence is clearly evident here for the first time. Shortly before production began in October 1980, there had been many personnel changes in the band, which also influenced the album's style. Guest musicians included were Matthias Keul on keyboards and harmonica on "Vun mir uss Kitsch" and Büdi Siebert played saxophone. While the first album was produced in Cologne, "Affjetaut" was recorded at Sunrise Studios in Kirchberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
The release includes a huge A1 poster with photos and lyrics in Cologne dialect and standard German.
Eigelstein Musikproduktion, 1980 (6.25369). Made in Germany. Poster. Used (cover/poster/disc): EX-/EX+/NM-.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Ne Schöne Jrooß 5:29
2. Wat Ess? 3:58
3. Stollwerk-Leed 3:48
4. Anna 3:40
5. Häng De Fahn Eruss 2:33

Side B
1. Helfe Kann Dir Keiner 4:21
2. Ruut-Wieß-Blau Querjestriefte Frau 5:28
3. Vun Mir Uss Kitsch 2:46
4. Kumm Op Ming Sick 5:40
5. Pardong 3:45

Total playing time: 41:28 min.

The fourth split release of two Thrash Metal bands - Xanadoo from Singapore and Fastkill from Japan.
"Thrashing In The East" presents two Asian Thrash Metal bands on one CD, coming together to provide 8 tracks of good, Thrashing fun. 

Xanadoo is fast Thrash Metal with traces of Crossover. Band‘s 2010 debut full-length album "Black. Death. Grind. Shit!" contained re-recorded versions of the tracks that were on the band’s previous 2 demos, "Blood Is Dirt" and "This Demo Is Shit", and while the quality of the re-recorded versions were certainly awesome as f**k, the fact that it contained only 1 new track ("Subterranean Hemorrhoid Blues") left fans craving for even more new material. "Thrashing In The East" is then that long-awaited antidote, with Xanadoo finally releasing 4 (well, technically 3) brand new tracks along with their Japanese compatriots Fastkill!
Includes an Abigail cover!

Fastkill is brutal fast Thrash the way it’s meant to be! As though the dosage of speed by Xanadoo weren’t enough, Fastkill begins their onslaught with a rough mix of "Stench Of Hell", off their recent full-length album, "Bestial Thrashing Bulldozer". The raw sound of this rough mix helps to bring out that high energy and intensity that is in the band’s playing, and is definitely a nice touch to the already devastating final version of the track. Toshio’s characteristic screechy vocals are still instantly recognizable, and so is the breakneck speed that Fastkill tends to indulge themselves in.
Sick Tankard cover includes!

Thrashing in the East is one hell of an exciting and enjoyable release, and while it is business as usual for speed maniacs Fastkill, the fresh tracks of Xanadoo definitely made this a noteworthy release as well! The craving is more than satisfied for now!!
Riff Raff Records/Nuclear Gaichal Recordings/One A Records/Rock Stakk Records, 2012 (RAFF-001). Made in Asia. First press.

Tracklist:

XANADOO:
1. Repression     2:00
2. The Keyboard Warrior     2:55
3. Fuck Tiger Beer     2:28
4. War 666 (cover Abigial)     2:52

Fastkill:    
5. Stench Of Hell     2:53
6. The Morning After (cover Tankard)     3:27
7. Die In Pain (Live)     2:39     
8. Toxic Tormentor (Live)     3:22

Total playing time: 22:36

Samples:  http://xanadoo.bandcamp.com

The eighth full-length studio album by legendary American Soft Metal band.
It is the first Y&T studio album to feature a different line-up since their debut album, with Jimmy DeGrasso replacing Leonard Haze on drums after he left the band in 1986.
The band used outside co-writers on many songs for the album. Taylor Rhodes has written hits for Aerosmith and Celine Dion and produced and wrote on an album by Glam Metal band Kix, the song "Temptation" is credited to Kennemore along with Megadeth and Savatage guitarist Al Pitrelli and Danger Danger bass player Bruno Ravel, while Robert White Johnson who cowrote "Eyes of A Stranger" with Rhodes also wrote songs for Celine Dion and Doro among many others.
30 000 albums were pressed with the track titled "Boys Night Out" instead of "L.A. Rocks." This was due to the song title chosen for that song that came from Jesse Harms (Sammy Hagar's keyboardist at the time), who was working with Dave Meneketti at the time, but when Geffen released a Sammy Hagar album using the actual song written by Harms, "Boys Night Out" Y&T was forced to change the title on the insistence of David Geffen.
The album peaked at #78 on the Billboard 200.
Geffen Records/Warner Bros. Records Inc./WEA Musik GmbH, 1987 (924 142-1). Made in Germany. First press. Used (cover/disc): VG/EX.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Contagious 3:19
2. L.A. Rocks 4:37
3. Temptation 4:22
4. The Kid Goes Crazy 4:14
5. Fight for Your Life 4:47

Side 2
1. Armed And Dangerous 4:17
2. Rhythm Or Not 5:05
3. Bodily Harm 3:31
4. Eyes of A Stranger 4:37
5. I'll Cry for You 2:33

Total playing time: 41:49 min.

The seventh full-length studio album by legendary American Hard Rock/Meavy Metal band.
The album marks the band's change to a lighter sound to find success in the Hair Metal scene. It contains the band's biggest hit, "Summertime Girls", which charted at #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song had initially appeared as the only studio track on the band's live album, "Open Fire", released earlier in the year. The album itself peaked at #91 on the Billboard 200 on December 14, 1985. It was the last album with the original line-up of Meniketti, Alves, Kennemore and Haze, as Haze left the following year.
A&M Records, Inc., 1985 (SP 5101). Made in Canada. First press. Promotional Copy. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. In The Name Of Rock 5:30
2. All American Boy 2:20
3. Anytime At All 4:29
4. Anything For Money 3:19
5. Face Like An Angel 4:32

Side 2
1. Summertime Girls (Studio Version) 3:26
2. Looks Like Trouble 4:02
3. Your Mama Don't Dance 2:46
4. Don't Tell Me What To Wear 4:00
5. Hands Of Time 6:10

Total playing time: 40:34 min.

The first live album by legendary American Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band.
The album also introducing a new studio song, "Summertime Girls". The live material on the album was recorded at various venues in Greater London in early 1985, and during April 5–6, 1985, at the Keystone club in Palo Alto, California. The Keystone songs, "Go For the Throat" and "Open Fire", were recorded by Guy Charbonneau in Le Mobile, a mobile recording studio. All the live tracks were remixed at A&M Studios. The song "Summertime Girls" is a studio recording, produced and engineered separately by Kevin Beamish at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys.
"Open Fire" spent 17 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at Number 70. "Summertime Girls" Single became the band's biggest hit, peaking at Number 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. The song also appeared on the band's next proper studio album, "Down For The Count", which was released in November 1985. Despite this, "Open Fire" would go on to become a one of the hardest to find albums by the band.
A&M Records/PGP RTB (2223040). Made in Yugoslavia. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX/NM-


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Open Fire 4:26
2. Go For The Throat 4:51
3. 25 Hours A Day 4:21
4. Rescue Me 5:54

Side 2
5. Summertime Girls (Studio Version) 3:29
6. Forever 5:55
7. Barroom Boogie 4:34
8. I Believe In You 8:05

Total playing time: 41:35 min.

The eighth full-length studio album by legendary English Progressive Rock band.
“Going For The One” saw the return of Rick Wakeman and found the band incorporating shorter form songs.
The album topped the U.K. charts and reached #8 on the Billboard 200. It includes the hit Singles “Wonderous Stories” and “Going For The One.”
Trifold cover sleeve.
Atlantic Recording Corporation/WEA Records B.V., 1977 (ATL 50379). Printed in U.S.A. Made in Netherlands. First press. OIS. Used (cover/disc): EX/EX.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Going For The One  5:30    
2. Turn Of The Century  7:58
3. Parallels  5:52

Side 2
4. Wonderous Stories  3:45    
5. Awaken  15:38    

Total playing time: 38:43 min.

The ninth full-length studio album by legendary American Blues/New Wave/Synth-Rock/Hard Rock band.
"Afterburner" is a follow-up to their blockbuster "Eliminator". No matter how much you dress ZZ Top up, they're still ZZ Top. Sometimes they can trick you into thinking they're a little flashier than usual, but they're still a Blues band from Texas, kicking out Blues Rockers. And Blues Rock just doesn't kick when it's synthesized, even if ZZ Top's grooves always bordered on robotic. So, "Afterburner", their most synthetic album, will not please most ZZ Top fans, even if it did go Platinum several times over and reached number four. That's all just a sign of the times, when even Hard Rock bands had to sound as slick as Synth Pop, complete with clanging DX-7s and cavernous drums.
As an artifact of that time, "Afterburner" is pretty good. All this means that "Afterburner" is merely a product of its time - the only record ZZ Top could have made at the time.
Although critics' response to the album was lukewarm, "Afterburner" was a commercial success, eventually going Platinum five times and launching one hit Single, "Sleeping Bag", which peaked at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, equalling the peak of their previous Single, "Legs". The album yielded three other Top 40 Singles in the United States: "Stages" (no. 21), "Rough Boy" (no. 22), and "Velcro Fly" (no. 35).
The album was the band's first to hit number 1, topping the charts in New Zealand. It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200, at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, and at number 6 on the Australian albums chart. In the UK, it was the band's second album to be certified by the British Phonographic Industry, attaining Gold (100 000 units) in 1985. In 1990, it was certified Platinum (300 000 units).
Warner Bros. Records Inc./RCA Music Service, 1985 (9 25342-1E | R 164042). Made in USA. First press. Club Edition. Used (cover/disc): VG+/EX+.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Sleeping Bag 4:02
2. Stages 3:32
3. Woke Up With Wood 3:45
4. Rough Boy 4:50
5. Can't Stop Rockin' 3:01

Side Two
1. Planet Of Women 4:04
2. I Got The Message 3:27
3. Velcro Fly 3:29
4. Dipping Low (In The Lap Of Luxury) 3:11
5. Delirious 3:41

Total playing time: 37:02 min.

The sixth full-length studio album by legendary American Blues/Boogie/Hard Rock band.
The first ZZ Top release on Warner Bros. Records and eventually went Platinum.
Returning from a two-year hiatus, the band began to showcase the influence they have collected during the time away; Gibbons' time in Europe introduced him to Punk music, the influences of which seeped into the creation of the album. The band also consciously tried experimenting with technology: Gibbons saw an episode of The Phil Donahue Show where a person's identity was protected using silhouette and a pitch shifter; liking the sound, he asked engineer Manning to call the show and find out what the effects unit was. Manning eventually convinced a reluctant show producer to reveal it, and the effect was used for both vocals and guitars on songs like "Manic Mechanic".
The album also marked the first time that ZZ Top featured cover versions on a studio album: "I Thank You" by Isaac Hayes/David Porter and "Dust My Broom", credited on early editions to Elmore James but subsequently credited to Robert Johnson, who recorded it in 1936. Elmore James had adapted and popularized the song in 1951.
Warner Bros. Records/WEA Musik GmbH, 1979 (WB 56 701 (HS 3361) | WB (K) 56 701). Made in Germany. Second press. OIS. Used (cover/disc): NM/NM.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. I Thank You 3:23
2. She Loves My Automobile 2:22
3. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 4:45
4. A Fool For Your Stockings 4:15
5. Manic Mechanic 2:36

Side B
1. Dust My Broom 3:06
2. Lowdown In The Street 2:49
3. Hi Fi Mama 2:22
4. Cheap Sunglasses 4:46
5. Esther Be The One 3:30

Total playing time: 34:16 min.

The first EP for the forthcoming debut full-length studio album, “Energia”, by ruzzian New Wave/Post-Punk Rock band.
Melodiya, 1987 (С62 25725 004). Made in USSR. First press. Used (cover/disc): EX+/EX+.


Tracklist:

1
1. Мы Вместе
2. Меломан (Пародия На Дискотеки)

2
1. Энергия

The fifth full-length studio album by legendary Soviet Speed Metal band.
The immaculately executed classic of Speed/Thrash Metal history!
To become a legend and generate a devoted cult following, a band can’t be a regular presence on the scene for years on end stubbornly churning out more or less satisfying albums in a perennial, conveyed-like fashion. They have to come with all the guns blazing once, maximum twice, and then vanish from the public eye… for good. Kruiz fulfilled these requirements!
If this had been a US release, it would've been considered a Thrash classic, undoubtedly. This needs a listen for any avid Thrash Metal fan! And, definitely one of the best Speed Metal albums of all time!!
WEA Musik GmbH Neue Medien Und Elektronikvertrieb, 1988 (243 869-1). Made in Germany. First press. OIS. Embossed cover. Used (cover/disc): EX+/EX+.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. Knight Of The Road 7:04
2. Brave New World 3:47
3. Heaviest In Town 2:42
4. Avenger 8:16

Side Two
1. In Flames 4:05
2. Dream 5000 Years Long 3:53
3. Iron Rock 3:22
4. Possessed 7:14
5. В Огонь! / In Flames (Rus. Version) 4:04

Total playing time: 44:27 min.

Melodiya, 1983 (С10 20719 006). Made in USSR. First press. Used (cover/disc): VG+/VG+.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. Ой піду я до млина / I Will Go To The Mill 1:28
2. Закувала зозуленька, закувала / Cuckoo Is Singing 4:21
3. Ой вийся, хмелю / Climb, My Hops 2:16
4. Ой коли б я була знала / Wish I'd Knowd 2:17
5. Котилася зірка та із підвечірка / Sunset Coming 2:35
6. Ой Зацвіла червона калина / Snow-Ball Blossom 3:15
7. Вишні-Черешні Розвиваються / Cherries In Bloom 2:43

Side 2
1. Мала мати одну дочку / The Only Daughter 3:57
2. Ой буду я ждати / I Will Wait 3:33
3. Ой у полі тихий вітер віє / Gentle Wind In The Field 2:26
4. Ой темная та невидная ніченька / Pitch-Dark Night 2:38
5. Ой давно, давно / A Long Long Time Ago 2:49
6. Козака несуть / They Bear The Fallen Cossack 3:39

64-page hardbook about legendary Madonna, written by Marie Cahill.
Includes 100 quality detailing colour photos.
Lechner, 1992 (ISBN: 3850490890). Made in Germany. Used (cover/inside): VG+/NM.