Universal Music Japan did it again, a new campaign of their ‘HR/HM 1000‘ series – the Limited Release reissue of long time out of print albums from their Hard Rock / Heavy Metal catalog at the price of 1000 Yen = about 9 USD.
Now it’s time for the second 2022 batch, ”HR-HM 1000 Vol.5”. And as part of these there’s the out of print “Dig“, by Norwegian melodic rock wonders STAGE DOLLS.
It was 1997, and fortunately ignoring trends, STAGE DOLLS delivered here one of the best AOR / Melodic Rock albums from the second half on the Nineties. While ‘Commandos’ has that lovely mid-Eighties sound, and self-titled ‘Stage Dolls’ that unrepeatable atmosphere, “Dig” is the band’s most c