no one can live life in loneliness, only stars in the sky far away... [WELCOME everyone from everywhere, with intention or by accident - THIS BLOG IS BEST VIEWED IN WEB VERSION FORMAT as its how I envision it to be with the text and photos but still any layout format will work just fine.]
- Screaming Blue Murder - Dedicated to Phil Lynott Recorded Live 1993 (1994)
BAD MOON RISING
- Bad Moon Rising (1991)
- Blood (1993)
- Opium For The Masses (1995)
BADLANDS
- Badlands (1989)
- Voodoo Highway (1991)
- Dusk - (These are demos recorded by Badlands in 1992-1993) (Released 1998)
- Tiga band rock mampos yang nama band bermula ngan huruf " B ".
- Tiga2 band dengan gitaris top hits popular John Sykes, Doug Aldrich, dan Jake E Lee.
Mereka yang bantu dan menempah nama dan tulis lagu dan main gitar hebat ngan mempopularkan retis2 lain macam Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Dio, Whitesnake (lagi sekali) , Ozzy Osbourne antaranya.
- Ketiga2 band juga menghasilkan album2 studio, rakaman2 demo, dan live ni dalam akhir2 tahun 1980an ke awal 1990an.
Dan jumlah rilisan album setiap band pun Tiga jugak.
- Dan tiga2 band pun tak sepopular mana, mungkin antara sebab kena stimroll ngan Grunge dan
Walau pun mungkin waktu tu Rock tak popular sangat. Tapi tak kesah pasal Rock Never Die. Yang die kita.
Nanti senang aku borak panjang2 lagi la setiap2 band ni, mungkin tunjuk foto2 bungkusan2 dalam nya..
So what a wonderful albums these nine cds above to have in anyone's music collection.
Bands lead by John Sykes, Doug Aldrich and Jake E Lee. Great music all around...
Awesome rock bands, which unfortunately all three bands do not really get famous or long lasting.
Being in the same period as the trend of Grunge does not help.
I will talk cock more next time, and show more photos next time, especially those cute Japanese pressings obi strips.
As usual firstly in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar and then in my Broken English.
I decide to now blog on some album I love and the accompanying live albums/dvds that was recorded on that specific album tour, together in one post.
So lets start with Rainbow, the band I listened to all my life, and I got the opportunity to be there on their first show in 20 years in Loreley Germany 17th June 2016/ One of my greatest experience backpacking to see my favourite bands ever. Its lovingly blogged somewhere here 4 years ago.
(above Left)
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Strangers in Us All (CD)
Released - 21st August 1995
(above right)
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Black Masquerade (DVD + 2CD)
Recorded Live in Dusseldorf for Rockpalast TV show on 9th October 1995
Album kelapan Rainbow. Suka tak suka, Rainbow ialah Ritchie Blackmore nye band 100%. Bukan macam Deep Purple dimana dia hanya 1/5 sahaja.
Telan je la apa yang best pasal Rainbow, dan kalau tak suka, buat bodoh sua.
Lepas dia gaduh lagi ngan Ian Gillan dan mengamuk dan buat perangai, pasal Ritchie Blackmore ni angin satu badan,
akhirnya dia keluar Deep Purple akhir 1993 dan teringin nak buat album solo tapi akhinya menggunakan moniker Rainbow lagi sekali ngan vokalis Doogie White.
Doogie White ni sebelum tu tahun akhir 1993-1994 memang gossip banyak dia adalah " Runners Up" untuk isi tempat kosong penyanyi Iron Maiden bila Bruce keluar. Posisi tu diisi Blaze Bailey akhirnya.
Jadi yang untung ialah Ritchie Blackmore la.
Dan Doogie White ni kemudiannya jadi vokalis Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force bila Rainbow ni berpecah lagi sekali pasal Ritchie Blackmore dan isterinya Candice Night nak buat band main lagu muzik medieval dan renaissance dengan band Blackmore's Night. Aku serious rekemen korang semua dengar album pertama mereka Shadow Of The Moon. Kalau korang tak tahu lagi pasal album ni la.
Jadi balik kepada Doogie White ni, kali pertama Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force tu main di rantau ni dia ialah penyanyi. Memang ribut la penonton, siap ada lagu I Am The Viking lagik. haha. Kenangan.
Lagi satu pasal aku minat giler band Rainbow, jadi aku memang tertarik kat setiap pemuzik dan penyanyi yang pernah bermain untuk Rainbow baik rakaman studio atau main live.
Dan memang banyak la kan, pasal Ritchie Blackmore ni suka tukar2 band dia ikut suka hati dia.
Walau aku tak tahu cammana dia boleh hidup tanpa rasa menyesal ke... Ronnie James Dio dan Cozy Powell dah mati, Ritchie ni degil sangat nak reunion line up Rainbow Rising album sampai dah mati tu dua.
Lagi sekali aku nak cakap Cozy Powell mati pasal berbual kat telepon eh masa driving kat hiway. So hati2 eh... Aku paling minat band line up Rainbow Rising ni la... aku rasa secara band lineup, aku lagi minat Rainbow Rising nye lineup dari apa2 line up Iron Maiden.
Dahsyat kan pengakuan aku? Tapi serious aku minat giler Rainbow. Tak pedulik apa la, janji ada moniker band RAINBOW.
Aku paling tak boleh lupa bila pertama kali Ritchie guna nama band Rainbow selepas 20 tahun untuk main show kat atas bukit Loreley di Jarman,
memang dari satu dunia la peminat, orang Jepun ramai, dan aku nampak satu lelaki angkat sepanduk " IRAN LOVES RITCHIE BLACKMORE !! ".
memang malam tu satu dunia la fans Rainbow datang. Kenangan manis sangat.
OK balik kepada album ni, Candice Night, isteri kepada Ritchie Blackmore dah mula tunjukkan taring dia. Dia sumbang buat lagu dan lirik, dan lagu2 tu la yang sedap2.
ARIEL antaranya. OK lagu Hari Raya kumpulan Malex, ialah lagu Ariel ye. Tukar lirik aje nyanyi Melayu.
Antara lagu2 aku paling paling minat dalam album ni ialah.... Wolf To The Moon, Hunting Humans (Insatiable), ARIEL (Candice backing vocals baik studio atau live), Too Late For Tears (ni memang style Rainbow zaman 80an macam lagu2 Cant Happened Here), Black Masquerade, Hall of The Mountain King ( lagu klasik Jarman ke hapa tu... digubah ikut selera Ritchie Blackmore), Still I'm Sad dirakam lagi sekali dan kali ni ada vokals, tak macam album pertama instrumental.
Jadi serious album ni tak sempurna la tapi aku kasi markah 664/666. Tak sempurna , tapi jiran sebelah aje. So kira bapak best la.
Strangers In Us All, what an album, yes some songs are just not memorable, or makes you want to listen to them again.
It is understandable Ritchie and Candice Night shifted to Medieval Renaissance music after this album with the new band Blackmore's Night, and probably there will never be another Rainbow album, so this makes a nice closure.
When in 2016 Rainbow moniker was used again after 20 years, with an all new line up (as Ritchie always like to make numerous changes), I backpacked alone to Saint Goar and spend 4 days to catch Rainbow in the classical magical Loreley hills..
It was memorable, as a few days before I saw ACDC and of course what else? Iron Maiden. LOL!!
Back to this album,
Easily at least 80% of the album is superb, exciting, thrilling for me.
I have near a unique song like Hunting Human...
Hall of The Mountain King , the Orchestral Music of the 1800s, and adapted well by Ritchie.
Of course Ariel...
I cannot imagine if Jon Lord and the rest of Deep Purple had got their hands on this Ariel song.
Wolf To The Moon, Black Masquerade...
what an album, but like I say, its not perfect but its still has many magical moments.
Anyway the Japanese version of the CD has an extra song, Emotional Crime.
and the packaging includes an extra booklet, with a nice message from Ritchie for his Japanese fans
So its not too late to try to listen to this album.
NEXT THE LIVE ALBUM AND DVD that was recorded to support this studio effort.
Paling best DVD dan 2cd ialah lebih 2 jam.
Puas hati la kan layan persembahan Rainbow...
bassist nya... Greg Smith... wah diri depan showmanship dan backing vocals..
keyboardist nye.. memang la aku minat ngan Rainbow nye keyboardist2.. Toni Carey, Don Airey...
drummer tak yah cakap la kan, sapa pun drummer Rainbow.. Cozy Powell, Bobbi Rodenelli mahupun drummer dalam dvd dan cd live ni...
penyanyi suara sedap...
penyanyi backing isteri Ritchie kan, si Candice Night
dan of course, tak lain tak bukan... Kamera video lama je fokus kat Ritchie Blackmore.. seronok sangat... takde tukar2 video nye kamera cepat2, relak lama je fokus kat Ritchie... dia gentel , dia solo dia apa je la...
Rakaman di Jarman.. biasalah Jarman minat rok kan...
Kelakar nye ada satu part... mereka main lagu Smoke On The Water...
bila penonton kena nyanyi...
suara sendu gitu....
" smoke on the water !!! fire in the sky !! ".
terus vokalis sound " SING FOR RITCHIE BLACKMORE !!!!! "
terus
" SMOKE ON THE WATER!!!!!!!! FIRE IN THE SKY !!!!!!!!! "
hahaha..
semua lagu la hebat... baik lagu2 baru dari album Strangers in Us All, baik lagu2 Rainbow lama, baik lagu2 Deep Purple....
Serious berbual... ni packaging jepun ni dalam dvd dan 2cd aku bagi 666/666. Markah penuh. Puas hati.
So I cannot have enough praise for this Japanese version Black Masquerade of Rainbow live in Dusseldorf for Germany Rock TV show Rockpalast in 1995 to support the release of Strangers in Us All studio album.
Its over 2 hours
The video camera footages is not rushed, it lingers so long on each musician...
Even the keyboardist has lots of footages...
superb performances by everyone, so entertaining, even Candice Night for her Ariel moment.
And of course, if you love Ritchie Blackmore, no complains on this release.
Lots of him, the video cameras stays long on him....
I think at this time he is late 40s , reaching 50. Still on fire !!!!!
New songs from the studio album.
Old Rainbow songs
Old Deep Purple songs.
No complaints. Full Marks. Class release. Both the dvd and the two cd sets.
So thats about it...
maybe next round, I will blog Razors Edge and ACDC Live 2cd. The live album that was recorded when ACDC did the Razors Edge tour.
Another blockbuster studio and live albums combination of the same era.
atas Ariel
bawah Hunting Humans
Greenslaves/ Sad Alcoholica/ The hall of the mountain king
So belated Happy 32nd Birthday to " dot dot dot And Justice For All " album. In 1988 on release and the cassette arrived at where I am, I bought the cassette tape, the tape is long gone, but I still keep the amazing inlet with such long panels.
AS USUAL I WILL TALK COCK FIRST IN BAHASA MELAYU, FOLLOWED BY MY BROKEN ENGLISH.
and then in 2018 I upgraded to these. LOL!!
lambat sikit.. tiap kali depan laptop nak buat blog, last2 surf internet ke lain. haha.
tapi takpe, saje je nak tunjuk betapa minat giler aku kat album Metallica ...And Justice For All ni.. 7hb September 1988 dikeluarkan, sekarang dah 32 tahun. Dulu keluar je aku beli kaset original nya, tu la kaset dah lama dah takde, tapi inlet kaset nya aku masih simpan, tu foto atas tu.. So selepas tahun2 berikut nya aku dengar ke cd tapi aku tak beli, tu jam aku dapat free, ada kawan trade bootlegs tu jam kasi aku percuma versi Jepun, ada lagu extra The Prince.
Lepas tu dua tahun lepas, 2018 keluar boxset besar gedabak sambut 30 tahun gitu ...And Justice For All. Aku kan minat jadi terus aku beli la satu, kira UPGRADE la, sebenarnya aku tak bukak dan pasang apa2 pun, kerana setiap lagu (lebih 100++ lebih lagu dalam boxset ni) baik dari rakaman2 live dari merata tempat zaman tersebut, dan lp2 tu semua dalam kotak diberi PASSWORD KATA KUNCI, jadi boleh di download dari website Metallica untuk pembeli, SENANG HIDUP AKU TAK YAH RIP SATU SATU masuk Walkman,... Serious berbual rasanya aku belum abis dengar. Tapi sungguh menarik live2 mereka zaman2 tersebut, ngan Jason rakaman ramakan live sangat hebat solo2 dan jugak dia nye one man show masa agak anggota Metallica tengah minum air ke lap peluh...
Yang DVD nye tu semua, aku tak minat sangat nak tengok. Mungkin lain kali,
aku tengok belek sekali dua buku tebal hardcover 100+ mukasurat pun tak baca habis pun, tengok tengok gambar dan baca mana yang mustahak aje... cam komen2 engineers dan mixers pasal kenapa takde bunyi bass Jason Newsted. tapi al-maklum ni band ialah milik James Hetfield dan Lars Ulrich, suka hati mereka la nak buat apa dengan band mereka ni. Kita peminat dengar je kalau suka, tak suka tak dengar. Tapi aku tak pedulik apa pun aku minat giler album ... And Justice For All ni. lepas lebih 30 tahun hati aku masih berdebar dengar lagu Harvester of Sorrow. Sedap. Kira semua lagu sedap la, tak payah banyak colok.
Ooo dah terakhir, aku ni ada sikit " OVER GILER " pasal album ni jadi sini aku cuma nak cakap.. nama album ni ada " dot dot dot " tiga titik kat depan tu jangan lupa. Ini ialah sebagian ayat Ikrar Rakyat Amerika dan ia bukan pembuka ayat.. ok enjoy tengok gambo2.
SPEAKING LONDON PULAK...
(current version)
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
So... me being anal about this album.. really need to emphasis that " dot dot dot " in front of the album title. That is how this album is supposed to be called.
This is surely my favourite Metallica album. Probably second favourite could be HARDWIRED.
Thru the years I have constantly listen and explore the different live versions played, and the 2018 deluxe boxset was anticipated and I got a copy. Thanks to the Metallica downloads, i dont actually open every item inside. I have never viewed the 4 DVDS included.
Yes, besides the 4 DVDS there are 11 cds, full of live recordings and shows through out the late 1980s era, demos and whatever, plus 6 nice looking vinyl records. NICELY PACKAGED of course.
Plus a 100+ pages hardcover of everything to do with the making of this album, the producer, the engineers, the mixers, the artwork artist, and photographers comments and interviews....
So you got detailed and juicy " from the horse's mouth " interviews from those in the studios (mixing engineers) about the Jason Newsted's missing/lack off bass sound.
Plus so much more , Pushead ideas, Ross Halfin, the stories and magazines cuttings and amazing photos from that era, the handwritten notes and whatever.. THIS IS A VERY DETAILED AND WORTH IT BOXSET TO HAVE if you love ... and justice for all.
So this is more photos of me unboxing again this box again to take some photos for this blogs...
As can be seen, the songs collection inside this boxset.... Luckily there is a free download version from Metallica, So I save time ripping everything for my walkman.
kat sini aku ambik kesempatan nak bilang aku langsung tak minat si Rob tu....
tapi pasal aku minat album Hardwired, aku suka giler album ni, so ok la pelan pelan aku dah suka Rob sikit..
As usual first in Broken Malay & then Broken English.
Rakaman Live 2019 ni ialah Naoto Shibata (bassist/kepala/penulis lagu/producer/ketua/Steve Harris kumpulan Anthem bersama band Anthem dan diselit jemputan tiga ahli band2 GALNERYUS dan CONCERTO MOON memainkan lagu2 rock barat yang beliau minat dan mungkin mempengaruhi nya zaman dulu kala.
Macam biasa, memang cekik darah dan ikat perut kalau nak tahu berita2 perihal band2 rok Jepun dan kemudian mendapatkan rilisan2 mereka. Tapi... memang seronok giler dan berbaloi bila dapat memilikinya walau pun selalu tertinggal bas.
Jadi macam aku minat giler band Anthem ni untuk aku selepas reformasi semula tahun 2000 dan dengan bertukar2 anggota sekalipun, kualiti mereka semakin hebat.
Sangat seronok terutama dengar Yukio Morikawa nyanyi live lagu2 Inggeris. Sangat bagus Inggeris nya, sebab tu memang percaturan Anthem ambil Morikawa semula dan buang Eizo Sakimoto memang berbaloi kerana penguasaan bahasa Inggeris Morikawa lebih baik. Sebab tu mereka boleh buat album Nucleus bahasa Inggeris 100%, Aku rasa Eizo kalau nyanyi kelaut la Inggerisnya. Tapi apa pun.. aku lagi minat Eizo dari Morikawa ni. Eizo suara metal. Morikawa ni suara lebih rock n roll pada telinga aku.
Aku speku, mungkin satu masa terdekat, lagi sekali pertukaran anggota bertukar ngan Eizo Sakimoto kembali dan Yukio Morikawa keluar semula. Memang nampak pattern kumpulan Anthem akan selang seli guna dua vokalis hebat ni... dan memang walaupun salah satu dah keluar band, tetap akan tampil bersama2 bila buat live show.
Hi Everyone, so happy with any Anthem or Anthem related releases.
So today lets talk about THE MAN project.
as can be identified, the A in mAn is the ANTHEM logo/font.
So that kind of give it away on the cover.
So its Naoto Shibata with his current Anthem Yukio Morikawa, Akio Shimizu and Isamu Tamaru plays the rock songs that I am sure we all are mostly familiar with.
THE SOUNDTRACK MUSIC OF MOST OF US GROWING UP.
So it was recorded live last year.. so with the inlet info here goes the setlist or songs performed and the guest musicians for specific songs.
Though I do get confused cause I heard some 2nd guitars on some songs Akio is playing alone. Anyway... here it goes, together with what I list the original performers are.
12. Doctor Doctor (UFO) - Anthem with Galneryus keyboardist
13 Burn (Deep Purple ) - Anthem with everyone
14. Iron Fist (MOTORHEAD)
15. You've Got Another Thing Coming (Judas Priest) - Anthem with everyone
16. All Night Long (Rainbow) - Anthem with Everyone
-The covers are very close to originals.
-Nice to hear superb vocals from Yukio Morikawa. I believe he has a strong command of English to be able to sing these live. ( And yes... I miss Eizo Sakimoto in Anthem. I hope he comes back soon )
-He is most spot on for Lemmy's Motorhead Iron Fist. LOL!!
-The music is amazing.... the bass, drums and of course Akio Shimizu on every song.
-The keyboards/guitars Tony Carey versus Ritchie Blackmore with Cozy Powell and Jimmy Bain instrumental section of A Light In The Black was so beautifully done here.
-I HAVE ZERO COMPLAINTS.
-My favourite Japanese rock band performing songs I grow up with and loved so much.
I wish there will be a video release too.
I found this on youtube... an upload of Hellion / Electric Eyes
