If Only – No Bed Of Roses [Rock Candy Remastered +5 bonus track] 2019, MP3+FLAC

One of the most representative albums from the classy female fronted AOR / Melodic Rock golden era has been remastered by Rock Candy Records “No Bed Of Roses“, by IF ONLY, featuring superb vocalist Tina Egan. The reissue includes 5 bonus tracks where also the great Jackie Bodimead appears delivering her tremendous vocal pipes.

Formed in 1988 and driven by guitarist and talented songwriter Greg Hart (ex Moritz, and who later went on to form Cats In Space), the band was fronted by singer Jackie Bodimead who had built up a solid reputation as a member of both Girlschool and Rock Goddess, two of the most successful and well known of the all female British hard rock bands.
Jackie’s voice lent the mater

MELVIN JAMES – The Passenger [Bad Reputation Records remastered] (2023) , MP3+FLAC, Fake!


New CD’s are arriving to our mailbox, and we’re featuring ’em in fake at trashbox. Reissue label Bad Reputation is well known for resurrecting hard to find albums from the ’80s, mostly from the melodic hard rock field. But from time to time, the company surprises us with unexpected releases.

One of these is the just appeared remastered reissue of MELVIN JAMES 1987’s album “The Passenger“. With a catchy set of tunes sounding like a mix of Billy Idol, Bryan Adams, Stan Meissner, etc, and a clean polished production, “The Passenger” is absolutely ‘Eighties’.
Already a seasoned studio expert, Melvin co-produced the album with Bill Szymczyk (The Who, Eagles’ Hotel Califor

Alcatrazz – Take No Prisoners – 2023, FLAC+MP3, CD w/ Scans


Genre: Hard Rock
Disc (release) country: EU
Publication year: 2023
Publisher (label): Silver Lining Music
Country of performer (group): USA

Tracklist:
01. Little Viper (4:39)
02. Don’t Get Mad Get Even (3:57)
03. Battlelines (3:58)
04. Strangers (05:40)
05. Gates Of Destiny (05:02)
06 Alcatrazz (04:14)
07. Holy Roller Loves Temple (4:08)
08. Power In Numbers (05:27)
09. Salute The Colors (5:37)
10. Bring On The Rawk (4:37)

Sweet F.A. – Temptation 1991 Japan Edition , MP3+FLAC

1991 Front Japan

Last year we featured the reissue of American rockers SWEET F.A. debut album, but their second effort “Temptation” is a record you need to listen too, a bit different and for many, even better.

Again produced by expert Howard Benson who also play keyboards, on 1991’s “Temptation” SWEET F.A. created an album with a more hard rock feel like many bands from the scene did between 1990-91. There’s diverse songwriting, the vocals are more mature and overall the songs ballsy and energetic.
The CD opens with the catchy fast paced rocker “Bad Boy” which has a real gritty and sleazy feel to it, but as said, from there SWEET F.A. shows their diversity. Take as example “Storm Is Movin’ In” which has a v

Sweet F.A. – Temptation 1991 Japan Edition , MP3+FLAC

1991 Front Japan

Last year we featured the reissue of American rockers SWEET F.A. debut album, but their second effort “Temptation” is a record you need to listen too, a bit different and for many, even better.

Again produced by expert Howard Benson who also play keyboards, on 1991’s “Temptation” SWEET F.A. created an album with a more hard rock feel like many bands from the scene did between 1990-91. There’s diverse songwriting, the vocals are more mature and overall the songs ballsy and energetic.
The CD opens with the catchy fast paced rocker “Bad Boy” which has a real gritty and sleazy feel to it, but as said, from there SWEET F.A. shows their diversity. Take as example “Storm Is Movin’ In” which has a v

Sweet F.A. – Temptation 1991 Japan Edition , MP3+FLAC

1991 Front Japan

Last year we featured the reissue of American rockers SWEET F.A. debut album, but their second effort “Temptation” is a record you need to listen too, a bit different and for many, even better.

Again produced by expert Howard Benson who also play keyboards, on 1991’s “Temptation” SWEET F.A. created an album with a more hard rock feel like many bands from the scene did between 1990-91. There’s diverse songwriting, the vocals are more mature and overall the songs ballsy and energetic.
The CD opens with the catchy fast paced rocker “Bad Boy” which has a real gritty and sleazy feel to it, but as said, from there SWEET F.A. shows their diversity. Take as example “Storm Is Movin’ In” which has a v

Sweet F.A. – The Lost Tapes (2007), MP3+FLAC [early recordings]

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As requested, here’s “The Lost Tapes“, a limited edition CD including the very early recordings of Indianapolis, Indiana rockers SWEET F.A., a compilation of songs taped before the band was signed to major label MCA for their debut album.


In 1988, the musicians Steven David De Leong (vocals), Jon Huffman (guitar), James Thunder Thorpe (guitar), Jim Quiggins (bass) and Nick Lane (drums) joined forces to form SWEET F.A. Immediately they arranged and recorded songs each member was previously working on, plus newly written as a unit.
On these very well, multi-track recorded tapes you can hear why these songs impressed MCA executives; catchy tunes with a partly bluish American sleazy impact are offered, plenty of varied guitar

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf – 1968 (1997 MFSL UCDC 714), FLAC+MP3, Remaster Mobile Fidelity Sound


Genre: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Media: CD (Studio, Remaster, Original Master Recording, Ultradisc II, Reissue)
Disk (release) country: US

Year of publication of the original: 1968
Year of reissue: 1997
Publisher (label): Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Country of the performer (group): US
Recording Date/Place: American Recording Co.

Tracklist:
1. Sookie Sookie – 3:09
2. Everybody’s Next One – 2:53
3. Berry Rides Again – 2:45
4. Hoochie Coochie Man – 5:07
5. Born To Be Wild – 3:28
6. Your Wall’s Too High – 5:40
7. Desperation – 5:35
8. The Pusher – 5:43
9. A Girl I Knew – 2:39
10. Take What You Need – 3:

Def Leppard with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Drastic Symphonies – 2023, FLAC+MP3, Japan SHM-CD


Genre: Rock
Disk (release) country: Japan
Publication year: 2023
Publisher (label): Bludgeon Riffola Ltd./Universal Music Co.
Country of the performer (group): UK

01. Turn To Dust 5:30
02. Paper Sun 5:34
03. Animal 4:03
04. Pour Some Sugar On Me (Stripped Down) 5:27
05. Hysteria 5:56
06. Love Bites 6:41
07. Goodbye For Good This Time 4:26
08. Love 3:55
09. Gods Of War 6:46
10. Angels (Can’t Help You Now) 4:59
11. Bringin’ On The Heartbreak 4:33
12. Switch 625 3:05
13. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad 4:56
14. Too Late For Love 5:37
15. When Love & Hate Collide 4:16
16. Kings Of The World 6:20

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Lee Small – The Last Man On Earth 2023, MP3+FLAC


Country: International
Genre: Aor, Melodic Rock
Year: 2023

1. The Last Man on Earth
2. Neon Heartbeat
3. Lets Go Together
4. You’re Not the Only One
5. Here We Go Again
6. In & Out of Love
7. Midnight Rain
8. Heaven Sent
9. Silhouettes
10. Revolution Road (feat. Dan Reed)
11. Wings of Destiny
12. The Nakatomi Heist
13. The Big Unknown

Lee Small (lv)
Dan Reed (v on tr. 10)
Steve Man (g)
Tommy Denander (g)
Fabrizo Sgattoni (g)
Mika Gronholm (g)
Marshall Harr

T. Rex (Sister Pat Hall) – Whatever Happened to the Teenage Dream? (1973) – 2023, 2 CD


Year of publication: 2023-05-26
Genre: Rock
Publisher-label: Edsel

Disc 1
01. Tenement Lady (2:55)
02. Rapids (2:49)
03. Mister Mister (3:30)
04. Broken-Hearted Blues (2:03)
05. Shock Rock (1:43)
06. Country Honey (1:48)
07. Electric Slim and the Factory Hen (3:04)
08. Mad Donna (2:17)
09. Born to Boogie (2:04)
10. Life Is Strange (2:31)
11. The Street and Babe Shadow (2:18)
12. Highway Knees (2:35)
13. Left Hand Luke and the Be

Walk With Titans – Olympian Dystopia 2023, MP3+FLAC


Release year: 2023
Genre: Power Metal
Country: Canada

1. Herakles (4:08)
2. Edge of Time (4:34)
3. Gods of the Pantheon (5:53)
4. As Titans Fall (4:36)
5. Lost Ways (4:28)
6. Final Dawn (5:31)
7. Gift of Fire feat. Renato Osório (5:38)*
8. Lost Paradise (5:17)
9. Seven Against Thebes (4:16)
10. Eurydice (5:46)
* [Guest guitar solo by Renato Osório (Atomic Elephant, ex-Hibria)]

Nikko Cyr – Drums
Nick Maugy – Rythm Guitar
Louis Jacques – Lead Guitar
Lydz Grondin – Ba