And I Got Cat Style...

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 Here's a band that kept Rock 'n' Roll 

alive during the 80's and beyond.

The fantastic Stray Cats.

Excellent tunes and playing on this Radio Broadcast

from (mostly) Canada back in 1983.

Tracks 1-16 from a live FM Broadcast 

recorded at Massey Hall,Toronto,Canada,

28th March 1983.

Tracks 17 & 18 from a live FM Broadcast

recorded at Stages Music Hall,Chicago,

31st July 1983.   

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Take Me To The Top...

 I loved early Crüe,they looked great had fun songs

and were entertaining.

Here they are on the Too Fast For Love Tour

back in '82.

They sound great on this Radio broadcast.

And it's back when Vince used to sing songs 

all the way through.

The song Hotter than Hell would eventually turn up

renamed Louder Than Hell on the Theatre Of Pain album.

Good Times!

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I Have Used Up All My Weapons...

 Here's a cool one from Blue Oyster Cult

back in 1981 from NYC.

The album at the time,Fire Of Unknown Origin.

I assume it's a radio broadcast.

It's another of those boots where the songs fade at 

the end.But no (if any) music is lost.

Some good songs included,Veteran Of The Psychic Wars

being a favourite of mine.

Enjoy!!

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"Hey Man,I Am Cool,I Am The Breeze"...

Kiss on the Lick It Up Tour and an enjoyable 

audience recording.

Still with Vinnie Vincent on board (just).

The usual high energy show for the time.

Everybody gets a solo and plenty of

inbetween chatter from Paul.

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When I Hit The Ground,I Was On The Run...

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 Off The Record With ZZ TOP.

Interviews & Music.

From 1984 approx 50mins.

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Pulsating To The Back Beat...

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 Little vinyl upload from the 10" record 

released in 1990.

The Godfathers formed in the mid 80's

too late for Punk & too early for Britpop.

So they were kind of out on their own playing their 

kind of music.They are guitar heavy but they're neither 

Heavy Metal or Heavy Rock 

they are Rock 'n' Roll.Sharp suited back in the day

they looked like some East End of London gangster mob.

Imagine the Krays in a band!

Still going today playing gigs and about to release a new album.

Only Peter Coyne (vocals) remains from the original band,

they're still lethal live.

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The STARZ Are Out Tonite!!

 

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More Starz.

The Legendary Promo Album for the Louisville '78

 FM Broadcast.

They aren't phoning this in.

And for a world class vocal check out Johnny All Alone.

These Guys Rock!!

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Here I Am...

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 Back to 1985 and a Killer Kompilation from

Kerrang! magazine.

Some of the big hitters at the 

time and some nearly there bands.

Vinyl was a little rough on this one but,

great times and memories.

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The Night Was Clear,And The Moon Was Yellow...

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 Another great compilation from K-Tel.

This time some of the Rock 'n' Roll pioneers.

A massive 25 tracks on one album.

Admittedly most of them are pretty short.

The story behind this is it was one of those records

that was in the house when I was younger.

Due to moving and whatever else was going on

it disappeared.

A few years ago I tracked it down on ebay.

And here it is in all its glory.

Expect a few pops and crackles there's only so 

much I can do before I ruin it!

Released in '72.

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Fill Your Heads With...

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 There hasn't been a vinyl compilation put up since

mmm,yesterday!So here's another.

From French record label Carrere Records. 

It's one that was pretty familiar back in the 80's.

Five bands are represented and it's Most Excellent!

From 1982.

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It Was Alright 'til She Came Along...

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 Another various artists vinyl rip 

(we know you love 'em!).

From 1987 and on the BR Music label,

yeah I've never heard of it either.

Featuring a decent selection of bands

and songs you're sick of or haven't heard for a while.

Strangely Golden Earring get two songs on the record.

Yep one of them is THAT song (I love it tho').

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Remember The Good Old 1980's?...

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 Sticking with the old vinyl compilations.

Here's Rock 80 from...1980.

A right mixed bag this one.

Seemingly there were a few of these albums

and this one is the Canadian version.

That's why there's some Canadian bands represented.

Released on the good old K-Tel Label.

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Sample This!...

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 Alright the old vinyl compilations seem to be going 

down pretty well.And you know what that means,

Yeah! another one.

A Little Bit Of Light Relief (A Rock Sampler)

to give it it's full title.

From 1982 on the Polydor label.

Some pretty good bands here and if you listened to 

The Friday Rock Show in the UK 

you'll recognise the Dixie Dregs track.

Not too familiar with Benny Mardones 

but he belts out his tune.

Much enjoyed.

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"The Blues Had A Baby"...

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 Joe Perry had left during the recording of 

Night In The Ruts.

So this one features Jimmy Crespo on guitar.

From Boston,3rd December 1980.

Still sounds great,from an under appreciated era of the band.

This one Rocks!

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Runnin' From The Day...

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 Here's another 80's Kiss vinyl boot.

Again from Gothenburg,Sweden.

But this time it's '83 and the guitarist is 

Vinnie Vincent who seems to be tying to kill his

guitar with his over playing!

Lick It Up!!

Enjoyable audience recording.

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Hiding From The Day...

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 This might well be one of the first Kiss vinyl boots 

I bought way back.

80's Kiss,what a decade.

The make up came off.

A revolving door of guitarists,a new drummer.

Plenty of albums,all different.

The look of the band went from over the top to

lean & mean.

I loved it all!!  lol.

Back to the bootleg.

It's from Gothenburg,Sweden 1984.

Animalize!!

So it's the line up that features Bruce Kulick.

Finally someone who steadied the ship.

Audience recording and an enjoyable one.

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The Wind Of Time Is Blowing Through Me...

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Continuing the rebirth of the compilation album.

Here's the first Metal Killers release

from Castle Communications back in 1985. 

From the well known to the not known.

Another good spread of bands and styles.

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In The Zone...

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 We've been to the Metal Zone,now

we're going Beyond The Metal Zone!!

Another comp from Music For Nations.

Apart from a couple of thrashers it's mainly 

loaded with Hard or Melodic bands.

From 1986.

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Glory Days,Yeah, Goin' Back...

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 Cool compilation from back in 1986.

From the Music For Nations label.

They gave us some fine bands back then.

From the Glam of Rox to the thrash of Metallica.

How many of these bands do you remember?

Let's Rock!!

Vinyl Rip.

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Stuck It In My Jacket And Ran Out The Door...

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 Pretty nice compilation here from

1986 on the Castle Communications label.

Some big hitters and some not so well known.

For the time it looks like they've done pretty 

well in covering all the genres.Vinyl Rip.

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