review Ramli Sarip Boxset - Ziarah Seni (pt i)

Bila ingat cerita lama tak mau stop eh, aku ngah ketawa sorang2 sey masa buat blog ni( click photos to enlarge )
this is my full review of this super rare boxset ( takdelagidahkoleksiinikatkedai ) released in 1994 dan bila dah bukak cerita lama, mesti ada kenangan lama aku kecik2 pakai tshirt 6 million dollar man aku ceta sekali kan?
Korang pun sama kan? Bionic Woman dan Wonder Woman pun jadi pujaan korang jugak kan time dulu tu yang tv ada screen plastik gitu kena tarik kiri kanan.


- 1994. Tower Records Pacific Plaza- aku nampak boxset ni, tapi tengok je.
- 2008. Aku gi kedai apek jual piring hitam orang dah buang punye nak carik Iron Maiden nye rekod2 buruk, aku nampak boxset ni ngah kumpul habuk. Tawar menawar macam kat Sungei Road dah & I got the boxset yang content dia semua mint condition.



Kotak luar dia Ramli Sarip dah autograph " Khas buat Kamsiah & Kalijah, Salam Sejahtera dan Semoga Terhibur , ( signature ) ".
These two ladies ( anyone knows them? ) must be lucky to have Ramli Sarip made an effort to write all that specially for them. Whether they got to listen to the four cds, or read the huge book which comes with the boxset is another thing.





So I guess not many people got a chance to take a look at how exactly the boxset and its contents looks like.
So I took snapshoots of the lavish packaging and post them here. I will divide the contents into two different blog postings.

The first and second cds will be reviewed here together with how their cd inlets, lyrics and cds look like.
And also a page by page photo of the book itself, from the front cover to the back page. Together with some information.



( Aku bukan follow betul Sweet Charity & Ramli Sarip. Kecik2 aku untuk lagu melayu lebih kena influenced ngan Black Dog Bone, Flybaits, Al Jawaher, dan Jay Jay Carefree ialah singer paling hensem. Tapi lagu Bulat-Bulat budak2 kat kampung suka betul nyanyi.

Kali terakhir aku pernah nampak atau tonton sesuatu terbabit a Sweet Charity member ialah bila REEHA ( feat. Rosli Mohalim & Fuad Rahman ) jadi opening band untuk Semangat Zaman nye legendary gig kat Esplanade yang seret lebih tiga jam. Reeha warm up the show ngan mixture Led Zep/Deep Purple nye lagu2. I like. Aku rekod the whole audio of that nite, tak tahu kat mana lak aku taruk, its definitely one of the best rock melayu gigs ever aku pernah pegi.

So here it goes the track list of each cd, with details of where each song originally came from, and some infos that I may find interesting to share. Most of the songs pun dah memang korang tahu, lagu2 yang korang membesar sama2. So aku baik tak yah banyak colok.
( I hope all entries are correct by the way )



CD1 ( Litar Api Rock )
1. Intro -
interview about 2 minit gitu pasal kenapa Ramli Sarip pilih rock sebagai kerjaya. Yang buat best, Ramli Sarip nyanyi lagu Teratai sebagai backdrop intro ni.
2. Ribut 10.59 Pagi ( rakaman terbaru ) -
originally dari album Sweet Charity Koleksi ( 1984 )
3. Datang Dan Pergi -
dari album Sweet Charity Batu ( 1983 )
4. Pelarian -
dari album Sweet Charity Pelarian ( 1980 )
5. Penunggu -
dari album Sweet Charity Penunggu ( 1982 )
6. Jangan Tunggu Lama Lama -
dari album Sweet Charity Sejuta Wajah ( 1981 )
7. Kawan Ketawa Kawan Menangis ( rakaman terbaru ) -
originally dari album Sweet Charity Batu ( 1983 )
8. Ikrarku Pada Rozanna ( rakaman terbaru ) -
originally dari album Sweet Charity Koleksi ( 1984 )
9. Teratai -
dari album Sweet Charity Sweet Charity ( 1979 )
10. Kamelia -
dari album Sweet Charity Pelarian ( 1980 )
11. Hilang Gelap Terbitlah Terang -
dari album Sweet Charity Sejuta Wajah ( 1981 )
12. Sejuta Wajah -
dari album Sweet Charity Sejuta Wajah ( 1981 )
13. Musibah -
dari album Sweet Charity Pelarian ( 1980 )
14. Blues Yang Hilang -
lagu baru / versi unplugged
"Biar harum hendaknya Bussorah Connection" - lama lak aku tak pegi Bussorah Street bila dengar lagu ni rasa cam nak pegi.

All songs except the last tu semua lagu2 Sweet Charity so apa lagi nak komen yang orang blum komen, Sweet Charity yang aku rasa path the way for rock melayu, walau aku ada satu kawan old timer yang pernah cakap kat aku , masa zaman late 70s tu, dia cakap kat aku, Black Dog Bone lagi heavy rock dari Sweet Charity sebelum dorang berpaling tadah wakakaka.
Tapi tu dia cakap ler, pasal dia tu jam zaman muda dia pegi National Theater tengok band2 Melayu semua start main rock. Kadang2 kalo kat keja korang ada a bit elder guys gitu korang ajak berbual pasal rock 70an, banyak info giler bleh dapat. Lagi kecoh baru borak ngan si A pasal rock melayu lama, then B lak bisik kat " eh, ko tak tahu? bapak si A dulu drummer ******** la wei. Wakakaka. Mana la aku tahu. Patut la best borak2 ngan dia.

Cammana eh agaknye feeling gi nengok Sweet Charity kat National Theater in the late 70s dulu eh? Mesti happening giler.
Anyway cakap pasal BDB, korang semua yang baya aku atau lagi tua, ingat tak gambar BDB semua pakai baju suit merah dah tu posing senget2 tu semua? you guys know which photo? KLASSIK GILER.

tapi I wish lagu "Zakiah" was included. Pada aku Zakiah is one of the best Sweet Charity songs ever. Bila part masuk " ooo.. aku terpesona lirikan mata goyang pinggul dan senyumannya ".. that is early days rock melayu at its best pada aku.

dan jugak lagu "Seri Hari Raya". Tu hari yang free show konsert raya kat Geylang Serai tu bila Lovehunters bawak lagu ni.. kecoh giler. I love it. Kalo la Sweet Charity sendiri yang bawak..

ooo dan of course "Terharu".. tapi Sweet Charity banyak lagu best takkan nak sumbat eh. Terharu...versi Wings cam mana si Mus tu nyanyi eh? mau terkeluar siak anak tekak dia hehehe.

dan " bulat bulat ". Aku umur berapa eh tu jam? 8 tahun kot. Kat rumah nenek aku kat kampung, nyanyi lagu ni.. " bulat bulat bulat bulat banyak isi nya ", sambil pakai tshirt Six Million Dollar Man kot? jiran sebelah aku lak pakai tshirt Malaysia Cup! wakakakaka.
Boys n girls, tu jam Singapura ngan Selangor punye rivalry best giler. Siak ah in 1995 apa ntah jadi ngan politiks sampai Spore dah tak join lagik. Aku believe it was all politics and nothing to do with bola. Anyway, Fandi Ahmad pun ada jugak kat dalam boxset ni nye buku. Bussorah Connection kot hehe.

Siak aku better stop kalo tak nanti out of topic.

ooo before i forget , lagu " jangan tak jadi ".. Ni lagu satu best giler with a B and a G capital k. Tu jam alrite la kat Singapore masih banyak kampung....sekarang nyanyi..orang HDB semua sudah tau!!!




CD2 ( Muzik Jalan Terus )
1. Intro -
Next question - Apa yang dorong untuk libat lebih jauh sebagai penyanyi solo
Answer - muzik, carik pengalaman, bawak lagu2 corak kehidupan..etc etc bla bla..penyanyi lain banyak nyanyi lagu cinta etc..
and he mentioned about leaving Sweet Charity and his feelings etc etc..
2. Panah Beracun ( rakaman terbaru ) -
originally dari album Ramli Sarip Ramli Sarip ( 1985 )
Aku suka betul Amuk nye cover version lagu ni.
3. Budaya -
dari album Ramli Sarip Seni Dan Suara (79-89)( 1989 )
Kadang2 kita jumpa lagu yang dari title dia kita expect lagu macam sekian2, tapi bila dengar, siot ah, completely lain dari apa yang kita jangka. I like.
4. Jikalau Berkasih -
dari album Ramli Sarip Ramli Sarip ( 1985 )
5. Semangat Lamina -
dari album Lefthanded Fanatisme ( 1991 )
6. Blues Felda Blues -
dari album Ramli Sarip Rentak Hidup ( 1991 )
7. Dadah Merbahaya -
dari album Ramli Sarip Perjalanan Hidup ( 1987 )
8. Diktator Papan Catur -
dari album Ramli Sarip Rentak Hidup ( 1991 )
9. Orang Kota -
dari album Ramli Sarip Perjalanan Hidup ( 1987 )
10. Fantasi Tapi Kenyataan -
dari album Ramli Sarip Istilah ( 1988 )
11. Keliru -
dari album Ramli Sarip Istilah ( 1988 )
12. Dilema -
dari album Ramli Sarip Perjalanan Hidup ( 1987 )
This song is still very happening dari 1st time aku dengar 20 tahun dahulu. Tu jam kat RTM kot or is it TV3? definitely bukan SBC ( wakaka SBC siak, those were the days eh ) Ramli Sarip bawak lagu ni, on his left Yan Lefthanded, on his right Man Kidal? ntah dah ingat2 lupa. Very stylo tu jam.
13. Gejala Hari Ini ( Hapuskan Dadah ) -
dari album Ramli Sarip Istilah ( 1988 )
hua hua hua those were the days eh, Melayu nye rate kat dalam dan luar DRC tinggi sangat. Skarang hopefully dah ok la kot.
14. Sabar Kasihku -
dari album Ramli Sarip Bukan Kerana Nama ( 1986 )
15. Dipersada Ingatan -
dari album Ramli Sarip Rentak Hidup ( 1991 )
16. Tajam -
dari album Ramli Sarip Bukan Kerana Nama ( 1986 )
17. Puisi Ku Yang Hilang -
lagu baru / versi unplugged

I love this second cd entitled " Muzik Jalan Terus ".
Pandai dorang select lagu2 untuk cd ni. Semua lagu best..termasuk that new song.
Those years? Ella a bit Ramli Sarip influenced kot. Pengemis Cinta kot?..Ella nye 1st kaset. Hahahaha, aku suka tau Ella dulu2..2nd kaset dia ada lagu apa tu? ." langit masih begitu..anggun dan biru.. " tangkap siak lagu ni. Aku masih ingat aku kat PA masa ngah baru masuk NS, kawan aku suruh aku tulis lirik lagu ni, dia nak nyanyi wakakaka, klassik giler kan? budak2 kat dalam barrack PA nyanyi lagu ni. Oppss ter off topic lagi.




Nanti wa sambung eh.... Gerek siak ingat2 balik cerita lama eh.

Majalah Gila Gila dah 30 tahun

A bit belated, tapi bulan April 2008, majalah Gila Gila dah 30 tahun. So wa beli ler edisi khas ulang tahun ke 30 ni pasal memang special and very the nostalgic.



Ooo before I forget, tu hari love ones aku beli majalah G3. Makin konpius lak aku ngan majalah humour melayu makin banyak. Gayour ada rupanya kat G3. Not bad tapi more to young adults gitu je aku nengok.



So GG edisi khas ni bagus nye ada a few artikels reflect pasal perkembangan GG for the past 30 years. Aku suka pasal aku masa tahun2 mid 80s to mid 90s, aku kumpul tiap2 majalah GG dan katalog kan, tapi cam aku cerita dulu, last2 semua aku buang..termasuk semua majalah Ujang, Lanun, Batu Api. Like I said before, aku regret buang semua, patut yang edisi2 special tu semua aku simpan. Cuma tinggal a few bumper Hari Raya je masih ada kat gerobok.



Lagi satu, selain dari artikel2 cerita pasal turun naik , kenang balik katunis2 lama yang ada dah meninggal dunia. Edisi ni jugak keluarkan balik katun2 lama zaman 80an etc etc.



dah grow up ngan certain group of cartoonist late 80s and early 90s nye katun, bila nengok majalah2 baru ngan katunis2 baru, tak sama la eh thrill dia.



Sweet memories lak aku flip2 ni majalah, belum baca abis...



tapi at the same cam, very the sad gitu...

zaman dulu, mid 80s onwards bila aku start kumpul tiap2 majalah GG, tv tak banyak cenel.. TV3 tu dah kira ultimate dah.. internet tak wujud, komputer pun mana ada. So Gila2 tu plays a part in some people lifes, termasuk aku.. majalah wajib gitu hehehe.
Tapi tu jam kualiti dorang memang terserlah. Sekarang ni weak sikit, dan tak baca pun takpe, cuma kalo love ones aku beli magazines Ujang, Apo, Gempak, G3 baru aku tumpang baca...

or is it aku nye sense of humour dah berubah?

or is it, at last,

its time for me to grow up?




kat radio ngah lagu Spice Girl - Mama I love You :-)

\m/

In brief

1) apsal tiket sweet charity mahal giler? aku bukan nak makan dinner atau minum teh, dan buang masa aku la duduk kat meja bulat. Wa nak nengok sweet charity, bukan wa nak kena act civilise make small talk ngan orang kiri kanan satu meja pe. Nak duduk kat meja, pegi kedai kopi or lepak hawker center, bukan nak gi nengok sweet charity. So, wa tak pegi nengok sweet charity la gini macam, hopefully ada show in the future yang tiket lagi murah, ( dan with Rusty Blade, Rockers, Malex as openers hohohoho, I can dream can i? )

2) wings - oh my dear wings, dua minggu berturut2 kat PH, 18hb/19hb aku off day, ada chance pegi, satu malam 50rm, dua malam dah 100rm kot? tapi...oooo priorities, dan kalo Iron Maiden pun bukan priority wa, sorry Wings, wa baca reviews je si peminat2 Wings semua ( ijan, zan, dan semua kat lagendarock.com ) tulis k. Lagipun aku last two shows Wings kat PH aku pegi, so ni kali tak dapat takpelah.

3) somewhere back in time - arggghhh...wa nak vinyl dia. Wa dah budget $50 untuk vinyl dia. Hopefully cukup dan vinyl tu ada ler kat kedai, kalo takde, siak ah EBAY memang dah luar budget wa. ( oooo the promo is very cute, one of the cutest promos ever, but i cant f****** afford it, the prices are getting more ridiculous, damn Iron Maiden, for being the pop flavour of the month for some time now ).

4) apsal kepala aku asyik ada Air On A G String je ni? hohoho.

5) Interview yang paling best giler for this year - MaidenNorway ngan Blaze. ooo, Blaze pecah lobang lagi pasal VXI nye leftovers, post 1999 line up pakai balik hehehe. http://www.maidennorway.com/index.php/Blaze-Bayley-interview-March-30th-2008.html dan paling best pasal Steve Harris ngan anak2 dia, hilarious siak.

thats all folks

next change
gila gila edisi 30 tahun
ramli sarip ziarah seni boxset photospread

ulasan buku - Iron Maiden The Photographs by Ross Halfin

This is my review and photo snippets of the new Ross Halfin book - The Photographs Iron Maiden, which comprises Maiden photos Ross took since 1979 up till the DOD period I believe.


I really like this photo because the beaming happy faces of the fans remain the same from 1979 till 2008 and that is coming to 30 years.


Besides the National Geographic magazines which you can just marvel for hours staring at the beautiful photos, another inspiration which makes me take up photography as a fun and leisurely hobby is Ross Halfin.


You have an idea of the size of this book based on the cd casing at the corner.

I think some Maiden fans hate him, for his viscious words against Maiden, Steve Harris calls him obnoxious. But, like Rod Smallwood says in the intro to this book, Ross Halfin is one of the persons who really gets inside access to Maiden from the very beginning.



So this is my first photography book. It took me more than a year to finally able to afford this, and its worth it, lots of never seen before black&white & color photos, printed good quality paper, the book itself is huge, forewords by Rod, Steve Harris, the Classic Rock Magazine editor who I dont recall the name and an insightful writting by Ross himself.


I really like the ones with the WTC as the background.

And the best of it all, I really love the captions on some of the photos. Its hilarious and provides great info.




Some of Steve Harris photos are very very extra nice.




I think for every poll of Maiden's better video promos, Man On The Edge at the Massala desert will be right up there. I wish there were more photos of that trip here.




in conclusion, this photo book has everything, including

Lots of Eddies


Lots of sleeping



and lots of Dave Murray ( and the rest of course ).

posing @ merlion

mula2 aku nengok, apa je orang2 PRC ni ngah buat ni, gilir2 tangkap gambo angkat2 tangan?


( click all photos to enlarge )

.. oooo dorang nak snap gambo merlion ngah sembur air tu kira cam dorang tadah air tu kot. Orang2 PRC, fascinating people sey, posing pun ada satu macam nye style.


bukan satu group je tau, tapi banyak orang dorang posing gini macam..
Tadah air dari mulut si merlion ambik berkat. Fantastic la dorang.



aku nengok orang ambik gambo gimmick, aku pun nak try buat gimik gitu, merlion ngah shower the flyer tapi tak jadi lak. Hancor bocai jadi nye.




ok la kot snap cam gini.. aku gi pagi lepas balik keja, ingat pagi takde orang, siak betul pagi2 buta tourist dah banyak.




Maybank prominent eh.

Esplanade & Flyer in manual mode

(blog kali ni is post syok sendiri, aku berangan jadi Ross Halfin. Walaupun tak lawa, tapi yang penting wa snap with passion siol.)
Pakai panasonic fz30 berkarat aku beli secondhand nak tiga tahun dah tahun ni kot, guna manual mode dan apa2 mode kecuali auto. Walaupun banyak prosumer canggih skarang, pada aku Fz30 black still paling lawa dan best walaupun aku nye dah tak bleh off, kena keluarkan batteri. Pathetic siak.


(click all photos to enlarge)
Gambar warm up godey2 manual. Apsal ramai orang mesti nak kena buat ni shoot eh. Shot wajib gitu. Aku nengok multiply orang, blog orang, smua ada ni pattern, tapi some pandai buat nightshoot siak, wa jeles.




my favourite photo masa godey2 manual mode, ntah apa aku dah godey aperture ngan speed dapat ni. Aku masih bingung tu white balance all that. Aku godey terus jadi putih lak masa snap. Siot.




Gelap. Ngah mendung, tapi what have I godey2 until like this. Wa pu ce tao. Wa nak kena return try lagik hehe.
korang, ni angle always ingatkan aku sikat rambut center parting muahahaha. Kat blakang tu Flyer. Mahal ah. Aku nak naik tau satu hari nanti. Malam. mesti lawa.




macam sisik ular lak dah pada aku. Or cam buah apa tu? ntah dah lupa lak nama. Tapi orang banyak refer ni cam durian eh. Mungkin dari jauh le.




Aku suka gambo ni ( wakakaka, ye la, terang2 aku yang snap kan ), pasal susah giler aku nak avoid glare dia nanti kalo direct matahari nanti ada cam glare gitu kan tompok2 gitu ).




last kopek.
lain kali sambung k

terjumpa boxset Ramli Sarip

aku gi kedai jual piring hitam/cd secondhand / orang dah buang nye.
Niat nak carik apa2 tentang Iron Maiden ler, mana tahu jumpa dah koyak2 ke buruk2 ke hapa ke jadi la dapat buat koleksi. Sekali tu bongkar2, apek kedai lak buat bodoh, aku nengok terselit ada kotak besar, aku terjumpa ni. Yahoo!!!

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Siot apek terus cakap " wah, lamli salip, this one very lare. Also got autograph ".
" rare la apek, but autograph not my name what " . Siot je apek.

Serious bebual, aku baru je semalam post blog pasal Independent Record Stores, kedai2kecik2 dan buruk jual cd, kaset, piring hitam dah berhabuk atau orang dah tak mau nak buang, yang kita kena pandai bongkar sendiri last2 jumpa ni.

Aku dah menyumpah, kedai apek ni, dia memang jual lagu2 cina 50an, 60an, 70an ngan lagu english 60an, 50an dulu, tapi actually dia ada ACDC, Deep Purple ngan Rainbow, siot ah berlambak, tapi Maiden takde. Siap bleh aku jumpa Megadeth sweating bullet blue vinyl yang opposite direction tu tersepit antara piring hitam lagu2 50an cina gitu. Tak bleh accept apek weak tak tahu susun catalog barang. Aku siap cakap kat dia, " uncle next time i come, i help you arrange la ", " ya ya thank you. " Tak bleh accept ACDC Fly To The Wall kat piring hitam Earth Wind & Fire. Giler ke hapa.

Anyway, Ni very rare boxset Ramli Sarip Ziarah Seni 4cd ( ada bentuk 4 kaset jugak masa dulu tu tapi very rare and expensive then untuk aku la ) awal tahun 90an dulu. Ada ke artis lain dapat buat boxset cam dia? takde kot.
Ni boxset siap autograph lagi untuk dua orang ladies.
Kotak dia ada makan usia sikit. Tapi dalam dia mint condition.
Booklet dia masih garing.
CD dia empat2 aku nengok cam tak pernah test dengar pun. Masih bau kedai.
So...its a good find walaupun aku sebenarnye ngan carik Maiden.

nanti aku tulis ulasan review n photoshot k. Aku memang suka snap2 gambar cd n piring hitam ni, Tak tahu kot kat internet ada sapa2 pernah review this thing in detail.

two books

Hari ni aku dapat dua buku yang aku damn lama dah.
- Siege Of Mecca yang Masjidil Haram kena serang dulu tu dah keluar few months back, tapi mahal la, so aku tunggu Library nye, last2 Library launch ni buku. Aku terus online booking, tadi gi collect.
( korang, lots of super nice books kat library ada, tapi korang kena pandai main taktic, senang pakai online catalogue, korang book, kalo dah ada, korang bleh ambik kat mana2 library yang korang nak berdekatan korang, 50 sen je servis charge. )
- lagi satu buku photography Ross Halfin dah keluar 2006, aku KIV setahun lebih , last2 baru tangkap pasal lama2 KIV pun tak bagus jugak hehehe.



Nanti wa baca then wa review k. ( actually wa cuma baca dalam bas je, tak kesah apa bas pun, tadi wa naik 854 satu jam dah satu chapter clear ).
Ni wa ceta sikit apsal wa happy dapat ni dua buku k.


The Siege Of Mecca- The Forgotten Uprising by Yaroslav Trofimov
Kalo korang perasan, aku memang very curious about apa sebenarnye jadi kat Mekkah masa awal muharram 1400 dulu. Orang smua sibuk 911 la, Al Qaeda la, macam2 teori, tapi ntah eh, apa jadi kat Mekah tu is the beginning kot.
Pasal dunia melayu macam takde sapa2 kot nak detail kan apa jadi pada hari tu atau mungkin sengaja nak cover ( dan terang2 dunia Arab memang tak mau cerita benda, as if benda ni tak pernah wujud ), so terpaksa la carik buku2 omputeh, yang aku harap English dia tak la susah, dan harap details dia accurate la hohohoho.
Ni 2nd book aku nak baca la ni pasal topik ni. First one dulu aku baca pasal tulisan tentang Al Qaeda tapi ada cerita pasal ni aku ada review kat sini.
http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2008/01/serangan-kat-mekah-awal-muharram-1400.html
http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2008/01/serangan-kat-mekah-awal-muharram-1400_14.html
Nanti aku baca aku taruk sini k.


Jurugambar Ross Halfin, dekni attitude problem siak. Tapi dia talented so ok la kan bleh perangai macam siot.
Ni photo book dia pasal sejarah dia cover Iron Maiden dari tahun 1979 sampai 2004 ( Dance of Death Tour ) tak salah aku. Buku ni authorised by Maiden, dan ada forewords dari Steve Harris dan Rod Smallwood. Kali terakhir dia ada photoshoot untuk Maiden ialah kat Jepun untuk majalah Classic Rock untuk tour AMOLAD ( aku rasa aku pernah review edisi tu kat blog ni ), dan lepas tu dia kutuk Maiden rabak giler. Siot!! Ross Halfin, dont bite the hands that feed you, but nevertheless, you are the reason why I like to take photos. Please snap Maiden again ok.

After I go thru this two books, I will review it properly ok.

record store day

19hb april kat Amerika ada sambutan Record Store Day untuk kedai2 persendirian.



Untuk korang baya aku, atau lagi tua dari aku, mesti ingat lagi banyak kedai2 merata2 jual2 kaset, piring hitam baik melayu or omputeh.
Sekarang dah takde, skarang smua internet je budak2 skarang tahu.
Dulu kaset 2 inggit untuk kaset ciplak paling murah.
Kalo beli kaset made in Indon ( rockshot ), harga 5 inggit.

So untuk kedai2 kat Spore, kat JB, kat KL, yang kedai2 independent, kedai2 apek ( tak lupa kedai Apek kat Queensway ), kedai2 nyonya, kedai2 uncle, kedai2 auntie ( tak lupa kat ... hehehee ), kedai2 pakcik2 kat pasar geylang serai lama, kat geylang bahru kedai apek gemuk, kedai2 kaset kat Komtar especially kedai makcik tu ada poster Fear Of The Dark besar giler, dan semua la yang dah takde dah, dan semua kedai2 zaman dulu, Dada Records yang play a big part tolong aku build up Maiden collection sikit2 zaman sekolah dulu, kalo melayu lets not forget Muzika ( especially Queensway branch ngan JB branch kotaraya yang dah tutup ),tak lupa Roxy jugak yang masih surviving, walaupun kena pindah dari Funan gi Excelsior pasal mungkin sewa kedai mahal sangat, dan semua kedai2 kaset, cd, vinyl sendirian berhad baik yang best atau yang tak best bila kita masuk kedai dorang ikut kita macam kita nak mencurik hohoho.

Happy Record Store Day.

HMV best ler, online shopping pun best ler, tapi gi kedai2 lama masih ada thrill dia bila jumpa something special untuk kita.


DREAM THEATER Drummer MIKE PORTNOY Comments On Record Store Day - "Let's Hear It For Independent Record Store Owners; Without Them, A Lot Of Us May Not Have Existed"

munetaka higuchi - liver cancer

tadi aku sms kawan aku bilang dia, baru je announce, Munetaka Higuchi kena kanser limpa ( liver Cancer ) dan ngah kat spital treatment. Kawan aku ni hardcore fan & collector Loudness, with the capital letters H , F & C.
" Alamak! " reply sms dia. Ni la dunia eh.



Some of famous drummers non-melayu ( aku rasa tak yah ceta pasal melayu la k, nanti salah cerita susah ) aku enjoy muzik dorang tapi ngah sakit or dah takde for whatever reasons..

Clive Burr ( Iron Maiden ) - Multiple sclerosis

Drummer untuk the first three Maiden albums, sekarang kat kerusi roda, heartbreaking siak. Multiple Sclerosis ni makin hari makin hilang kawalan pergerakan. Makin lemah tak bermaya. Millions peminat nak dia sembuh, sapa yang beli cd single reissue Run To The Hills, tu semua untuk Clive Burr nye dana ler. Maiden kumpul duit untuk dia, renovate rumah kasi dia lagi senang, tapi tu la, penyakit tu manusia bleh usaha ubatkan tapi at end of the day..


Ingo Schwichtenberg - Helloween

Sapa bleh lupa kan album Chameleon nye sampul belakang tulis " In good and bad times, you know who your true friends are " or something like that la.
Dekni, tak mau ikut ah. OK la, dia ada mental problem, tapi makin abuse alcohol n drugs last2 terjun depan keretapi.


Eric Carr - Kiss

Apsal eh aku suka dia? apsal aku suka giler kat mamat ni? Pasal dia hensem kot? hahaha.
Mungkin pasal lagu Forever, dan video clip best giler dia ( cek out you tube ).
Sakit Cancer jugak, dan mati on the same day as Freddie Mercury Queen.


Cozy Powell - Rainbow

Antara first music aku was expose masa kecik2, besides kat radio Al Jawaher, Carefree, Black Dog Bone, Flybaits ( heheheh ) was Rainbow. And sampai skarang lagu2 Rainbow masih jadi soundtrack kat kepala hotak aku.
Mati eksiden kat hiway, siap ngah borak kat handphone lagik masa driving. So...there will be no lineup Rainbow Rising reunion ah.


John Bonham - led zeppelin

Richard Cole eh ke sapa ntah yang tour manager dorang? aku baca dia punye biography, ceta pasal si John Bonham ni. D A H S Y A T mamat ni.
Mati pasal drinking binge, then pass out, so dorang bawak dia baring atas katil, tapi takde orang cek kat dia. Biarkan dia tido sorang. So masa dia tido, dia tercekik muntah dia sendiri. So moral of the story, .........( fill in the blanks sendiri ), so jangan degil.


Let There Be Drums, And There Was Drums - AC/DC

Ulasan - Run For Cover, The Art of Derek Riggs ( part ii )

19/10/2014 UPDATE-
PHOTOS ARE HERE - 
http://www.deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/2014/09/six-years-later-blog-text-is-still.html

The text remains on this post..


Continuation of my review and photoshoot of one of the best books ever and its personalised too.
The ( part i ) is here http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2008/03/ulasan-buku-run-for-cover-art-of-derek.html
Anyway, all hardcovers are now Sold Out as of now at www.derekriggs.com


The sketches for one of the most complicated album artworks of all time. I really hope to go thru the SIT vinyl artwork bit by bit and try to identify myself all the small wonderful things and messages hidden everywhere. I hope to do it very soon.


Cyborg Eddie sketches for the SIT era


Stranger In A Strange Land single artwork. This is another one which I love so much. It is like that Star Wars A New Hope bar scene where Han Solo meet up with Luke and Eddie is like that cool Clint Eastwood of the Western Spagetti Movies, one of them is also another of my favourite movie, The Good Bad And Ugly.
I was seriously considering asking Mr Derek Riggs to draw me a SIASL Eddie, but I go for the Trooper Eddie instead as it is always the sentimental favourite.


My desktop wallpaper hehehe



the clansman artwork from a very difficult era for Maiden fans, musically.
I especially like that Eddie destroying the whatever building it is call, because on this book, the artwork is blown up, and you can see little details clearly, bodies flying down, and of course the concorde.


What if Derek's Fear Of The Dark was choosen instead for the album cover?
What if its the Eddie lurking at the bed edge, instead of coming out of a tree?


trust me, this book is awesome. Its for all Maiden fans everywhere.




Gamma Ray artworks are discussed in detail too. Its nice reading about Kai Hansen and his ideas and plans for Gamma Ray.
Another good one is when Derek talks about Bruce Dickinson Accident Of Birth period where Bruce wants a kind of Eddie for both the AOB album and singles.


Besides Somewhere In Time, the other artwork I want to go thru each tiny details and intepret them myself as a Maiden fan, would be the Powerslave album artworks. One of the most beautiful ever too.



Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter the one for the CD single is sweet too. I really like the Sesame Street Oscar the Grouch, coming out from his dustbin.


Enlarge this one and read an opinion of another Maiden artist on Derek Riggs. I think this is the guy who did AMOLAD cover? I am not sure.


This is another of Derek's artwork. This book has tons of them. Its crazy and for the price, especially getting the personalised one. Derek drawing you an Eddie, getting additional gifts, like I had shown on my part 1 review. Its heaven.



So, even though all the hardcover versions of both 'signed and numbered' and the " personalised " versions are currently all sold out, there are still the softcover ones of both 'sign and numbered " and also the normal ones.
So try to grab this book if its possible. And I didnt know that the HBTN live artwork Eddie which is frying Bruce looks so similar to Nicko till I read this book, and we know how much Nicko was unhappy with Bruce at that period

Up The Irons and wishing Derek Riggs ( and Kim ) good health and he recover from his sickness soon.