Two weeks ago, Rhino Records released a stripped-down version of Gene Simmons’ The Vault box set. For only $80, you could get all 11 CDs including such hits as “My Uncle is a Raft” and “Eskimo Summer”! That’s all I ever wanted. As a collector of physical media, I would love to have, but cannot afford, the full $1500 Vault with all the bells and whistles. For that, head on over to 2loud2oldmusic and have a gander at John Snow’s copy!
This box also includes the famous Van Halen demos for the Love Gun album. To finally have them is unbelievable!
The book is huge and packed with liner notes. But don’t take it from me…watch the video!
Like PS Audio’s Paul McGowan, I’ve been accused of deleting unflattering comments. I think Paul nailed it here.
If you’re incapable of commenting without saying someone is “deaf”, a “Nazi”, or an opinion is “complete BS”, then I’m not wasting my time having a “conversation” with you. Neither is Paul. Go elsewhere to spew it. Paul sums it up pretty well here. “Boink! I don’t talk like that, and neither should you on my channel.”
For the record I’ve deleted:
Insults (some not all)
Comments about Erica Ehm – just deleted one today.
Sort of a followup to our controversial roundtable discussion on The Decline of Western Civilation Part II: The Metal Years, this time Peter Kerr invited me back to talk about a band I never listened to before: Faster Pussycat.
John Clauser went into this show with a negative opinion after some not-so-great live gigs. I went in with almost virgin ears. I knew the songs Faster Pussycat had in the movie, and I liked them. Peter challenged John and I to listen to the whole album and discuss our conclusions. The results may surprise you!
See if you can spot my subtle jab at Tuff singer Stevie Rachelle who accused us all of being “probably Rush fans” when he didn’t like our Decline episode.
Here’s Peter’s description of the episode:
Rock Daydream Nation featuring John Clauser (My Music Corner/The Contrarians) and Mike Ladano (Grab a Stack of Rock) go back to 1987 and put a spotlight on the self titled debut album from ‘Faster Pussycat’. Is this the best Hard Rock Debut album you’ve never heard of? Part classic rock with a dash of glam with a hint of blues…. We do a song by song analysis and talk all things Faster Pussycat…Remember, don’t change that song and check out the show! (There is even a Faster Pussycat video on the show)
I bought the CD specifically for this show, and my written review will go up Monday the 11th. Enjoy the show!
A huge thank you for watching this show with me last night! It so happens that John and Henry in the comments are currently buying Alice Cooper albums, and I showed off a few of ’em on this show. In other timely circumstance, I also had on hand a rare Slash CD, in time for Slash to put out his new video on the same day, for “Killing Floor”! Lots of great stuff happening in music right now.
In this episode we also looked at the very obscure “Vinyl Disc” format with a release from the Hellacopters. We dove into huge chunks of Deep Purple, King’s X, Faith No More, and Marillion. Indeed, when it came to Purple and Marillion, we ran into live album after live album, which simply have not received the time and attention they deserve. Why?
Too much music.
I hope you enjoyed this show! Look for a new episode of Rock Daydream Nation featuring John Clauser and myself this weekend, and a live episode of Grab A Stack next Friday. Cheers!
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
Episode 54: Too Much Music Part 3
Welcome to the third (and final?) “Too Much Music”, a series on Grab A Stack of Rock where I simply grab a stack of nearby random CDs and show them to you, the rock fan! Inevitably, I run into multiple discs that have never been played, or have gone unplayed in years. That’s why we call this series “Too Much Music”!
On this show, we will dig through some of the following:
My favourite album of all time
Marillion box sets, remix albums and singles
Deep Purple reissues
Compilations
Soundtracks and rare promos with rare tracks
Blaze
More Canadian content
Lots of King’s X
Alice Cooper
Dio
Catherine Wheel
Queen
Loudness & more Japanese imports
Scorpions
April Wine
Faith No More
Steve Vai
Pearl Jam
Brant Bjork
Tribute albums
Deluxe editions
And a look at a really weird format called Vinyl Disc
All this and more. I do not think I will be able to do the comments section due to illness.
Friday March 8 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 8:00 P.M. Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube,or (HOPEFULLY) Facebook!
Special Edition Episode: Our BRIGHTON ROCK Collections
Established in 1984 under the name Heart Attack, from Niagara Falls Ontario came the mighty BRIGHTON ROCK! Powerhouse screamer Gerry McGhee, Greg “Shredder” Fraser, Stevie Skreebs, Martin Victor and Mark Cavarzan comprised the original lineup. Johnny Rogers joined in the by the first album on keyboards, and the band began making their footprint in rock history through an EP, three studio albums, a live CD and a handful of standalone recordings. We walk you through all of it from start to finish.
Joining me for this special episode is longtime friend Len Labelle, a local collector whose history with Brighton Rock goes back to the debut. Len talks first impressions, a brief encounter with a band member, and favourite songs. We played two vintage MuchMusic interview clips with the band and talk about a VHS tape that we believe never came out. Towards the end, we detoured and took a great look at A World With Heroes, a Kiss tribute album featuring Brighton Rock. We returned course and talked about the final Brighton Rock recordings, and the present day with Storm Force.
We hope you find this episode fun, informative, and full of love. We lost Gerry McGhee to cancer in 2020, and fans continue to miss him. I hope we did Gerry justice.
Please enjoy this special episode of Grab A Stack of Rock with Mike and Len. If you know anything about that Brighton Rock home video, please leave a comment or drop us a line!
Hot on the heels of his excellent interview with bassist Bob Daisley, Peter Kerr suggested we run through the Top Five Ozzy Osbourne solo songs, and a brilliant idea it was! Ozzy’s solo career is rich, especially in the early years, with beautiful ballads and incendiary metal. There are heavy progressive moments, advanced arrangements, and brilliant lyrics. We gave Ozzy’s career a solid listen this week and extracted our lists, and not without difficulty!
John Clauser of My Music Corner, with a guest list from Jake Not-From-State-Farm.
The “Dude” Mike Slayen, from San Diego, home of Jake E. Lee, and that little bit of extra guitar knowledge we needed.
I bought a guest list from Jex Russell, and the combined six lists covered a lot of ground! Hits, deep cuts, lots of ballads, and almost every lead guitarist who played with Ozzy. Lots of love for Randy and Jake here especially. Besides the first two classic Ozzy records, there was a lot of respect here for No Rest for the Wicked. The Ultimate Sin, Ozzmosis, No More Tears and Scream were mentioned multiple times. There were a number of B-sides mentioned, and one track that almost got me disqualified!
Stay tuned for some cool honourable mentions!
Thank you everyone for watching tonight, and we’ll see you Monday with brand new guest Len Labelle, and a run through the discography of Brighton Rock. See you then!
Harrison the Mad Metal Man continues to be under the weather, and insisted that I open his parcel in the meantime. So I got Metal Roger on the line and opened Harrison’s box.
My memory is horrible and there is a good chance I already knew about all of this stuff, but here’s what Harrison sent me in a handy-dandy video. Or, if you’re not patient, there are some photos with additional details below as well.
This video is for fans of metal, CDs, and those damned Marvel Lego blind boxes that cursed me last fall! At the end, Roger and I took a brief foray into an interesting subject – the Mount Rushmore of metal mascots. A topic for a future show to be sure.
Thank you Harrison for your generosity once again.
Iron Maiden – Live After Death – remaster in digipack
Food For Thought – Iron Maiden tribute
Dio – Holy Diver – 2005 Rock Candy reissue with bonus interview track
Happy birthday to Jonathan Cain of JOURNEY, as we celebrate his discography today with Tim Durling on this very special episode of Grab A Stack of Rock! We look back at the entire discography of the legendary rock band, all the lineup changes, all the big songs, and a bunch of deep cuts as well. On six different formats, I show you the entire catalogue, with help from Tim to fill three holes in the official collection. (There’s still one or two essential things I need to get, but you’ll have to watch the video to find out.)
Tim Durling is what I would call a “Journey expert”. He knows the facts and the sales numbers and the singles, and he was essential in this video coming to be. Not just the live albums I’m still missing, but also the knowledge and personal history. I was late getting into the band, in the late 1990s. Tim had 10 years on me. Thank you Tim for helping me make this video!
Together we presented CDs, cassettes, vinyl, 8-tracks, Blu-rays and DVDs of all the essential Journey. We looked at imports from Japan, Europe, the US, and Mexico as well as different pressings with different bonus tracks. A wide variety of Journey CD editions are here for you to examine.
Thank you Tim and thank you Journey for the music!
Discography included:
Journey (1975)
Look Into the Future (1976)
Next (1977)
Infinity (1978)
Evolution (1979)
In The Beginning (1979)
Departure (1980)
Dream, After Dream (1980)
Captured (1981)
Escape (1981)
Frontiers (1983 and 2023 40th Anniversary editions)
Raised on Radio (1986)
Greatest Hits (1988)
Time3 (1992 boxed set)
Trial By Fire (1996)
Greatest Hits Live (1998)
Arrival (2000-2001)
The Essential Journey (2001)
Red 13 (2002)
Generations (2005)
Live In Houston 1981: The Escape Tour (2005)
Turn the Page (Live Bootleg w/ Jeff Scott Soto (2006)
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