We Love Them,Yeah Yeah Yeah!

 A pretty good soundboard from The Beatles

back in '64.Thankfully all the screaming

is way in the background and leaves us

with a very enjoyable show.

A couple of years later The Beatles

would give up touring to 

concentrate on making some 

pretty decent albums. 

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Doctor Doctor,Gimme The News...

 

Here we go again.An album by the Little House Band 

otherwise known as The Company Of Snakes 

or The Snakes or M3 and the Moody Marsden band.

An unreleased album of cover songs 

given away free at a company Xmas party.

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Kicking Out Just Like A Hurricane...

 

Michael Schenker on his 50th anniversary tour. 
Michael will be 69 in 
January and showing no signs 
of slowing down.Still constantly 
touring and recording a new album 
every year.Good sounding audience 
recording with a set of mainly early 
MSG and UFO songs.

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Hot As The Desert Sand...

 Classic Hard Rock from those San Fran Rockers,

Y & T.On the Black Tiger European Tour.

A very nice audience recording from

Lyon,France.These guys were the first big band 

I saw live from the very same year,supporting AC/DC.

So they hold fond memories for me. 

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Fighting For One Cause...

 Thrash time from the biggest of them all.

An historic show as it's Cliff Burton's first

show with the band.

Mustaine is still in the band at this point (just).

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Wild Billy Was A Crazy Cat...

 Springsteen and his buddies on the 

Born To Run Tour.

Excellent audience recording.

Somebody who always puts 100%

into his live shows and this one

is no different.

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Dreams Get The Best Of Me...

 

So the big question is when does a band become a tribute band?? 

Well here is my take on Molly Hatchet 

for what its worth.I have been a huge fan 

since album one and although there are no 

original members left I think Bobby Ingram,

after being in the band for over 40 years 

has every right to carry on taking this brand of 

Southern Rock around the world. 

For me to witness songs I have over 

the years worn out many air guitars playing 

along to was a privilege and to have real 

Southern Rockers in his band was a joy to watch and listen to 

(we don't get many of those in London).

Having purchased the ticket in 2020 

just before that little flu 

thing took over the world the wait was well worth it...

HELL YEA...YEHAW..Enjoy,Ed

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A Rock 'n' Roll Disgrace!

Ok as I didn't really enjoy their performance 

earlier in the year at the Underworld I thought 

I would give them another try.Plus it was a FREE show so why not?

So this time I got up real close and 

band performance wise they were 

exceptional BUT Dougie on vocals was just off his face 

(at one point he introduced a song they had just played...

SERIOUSLY) pretty much ruined it for me 

and on the encores with Kim(Girlschool) &John (Raven) 

was just embarrassing to watch.

With a pissed Dougie hardly noticing them...

now I know it's Rock 'n' Roll 

but please show some professionalism...

nice venue though...Enjoy,Ed.

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I've Been Waiting...

 Excellent sounding DVD rip from the 

German TV broadcast Rock and Pop show.

Foreigner, probably at the peak of their powers 

live on the massive selling 4 album tour.  

 With a good lively set full of Mick Jone's riffs 

and powerful vocals by Lou Gramm.

Classic AOR at its best.

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Let Me In...

 

Very good DVD audio of Quo from the 

German TV broadcast Rock and Pop show In 1982.

Not the full show but that was all they broadcast. 

An 8 song,crowd pleasing,Rocking set.

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I'm Outta Control...

 They're not subtle.

They just smash you in the face with their fast

and furious riffs.

It's the Aussie wild boyz,Airbourne

live at the Wacken Festival 2008.

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Someone's Screaming My Name...

Good audience recording of Rainbow with 

Graham Bonnet on vocals for the Down To Earth Tour.

Bonnet seemed an odd choice at the time

 along with his John Travolta style white jacket 

but he did a great job on the album as he did on the 

MSG Assault Attack album in 1982.

 There are still plenty of long guitar solos by 

Blackmore and  keyboard solos by Don Airey here,  

plus of course,a Cozy Powell drum solo.

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Go With The Wind,If It'll Only Carry Us Away...

 

UfO on The Monkey Puzzle European Tour of 2007.

   

Very good sounding audience recording with 

Phil Mogg in a very jovial mood between some tracks.

With Vinnie Moore blasting out the riffs in fine style.

Good performance and vibe to the show.

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The Final Curtain.

 December 2nd,
Madison Square Garden,

New York City.

The final KISS Show.

I probably got into KISS back in 1980 I think I saw a pic

of them 1st and wondered what is this?

Anyway I got given the two Alive albums 

(on copied tapes) and there was no looking back.

I didn't know who was who back then.

As in who's singing who's playing what etc.

I also remember at that time I also had

Let There Be Rock & Force It (also on copied tapes).

To this day they are still my favourite AC/DC 

and UFO albums.Guess it's what you hear and when you

hear it that sticks with you.

So...back to KISS,they've been a huge part of my life.

Of course bands let you down sometimes and make you

pull your hair out.

But overall it's been a very enjoyable journey.

They're leaving us with a fine discography and 

pretty diverse for a Hard Rock band.

It's good to see them finish on top even if

it's pretty much as a legacy band.

So thanks for the entertainment and 

the many good times.

Over the next few days I'm sure I'll

be pulling out a few of their albums and 

reliving some of those memories.

To mark the end here's a cool four cd compilation

that somebody put together many years ago.

Sound varies but overall a very enjoyable listen.

Links at the bottom of the page.

Let's ROCK!!

CD1

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Don't Wanna Be A Pinhead No More...

Classic Punk from arguably the originators.

Hard hitting tunes with a pop melody.

Who would've thought? but it works.

Plus one of the great images in music history.

Denim & Leather!

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You're So Sweet...

Here's a couple of Radio Broadcasts from those young

whippersnappers,The Rolling Stones.

Back in the news with the release of their "Hackney Diamonds" 

album (a fine listen imo).

And they've just announced a tour for next year!!

So we step back to 1994 for these shows

from the Voodoo Lounge Tour.

New Orleans

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New Jersey

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I'm Getting A Pick Up For My Steel Guitar...

 A band I think that are better every time I listen to them.

Here's Dire Straits with a show from '79.

Doing the hard slog of album/tour back in the day.

It's a Radio Broadcast so it's quality listening,

always a pleasure to hear the maestro,Knopfler.

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