SALTY DOG – Every Dog Has Its Day +4 bonus [Bad Reputation remaster], MP3+FLAC


Once in a blue moon, an unknown band is able to harness perfection, even if for just a short amount of time. Cult legends SALTY DOG are one of those bands — a group that was able to latch onto a shooting star and go for a quick ride before crashing and burning.

The year was 1990, when hair metal ruled the charts, and Salty Dog came from nowhere to release one of the genre’s true gems; the album “Every Dog Has Its Day“. At the time not all was about hair metal. This CD is an old school, party till it’s four in the morning album… that comes with a spinning back kick of Hard Rockin’ relevance.
As requested, here’s the hard to find Bad Reputation Records remastere

LITTLE ANGELS – Jam +2 [Japan HR/HM 1000 Vol.5 series] (2022), MP3+FLAC


As part of the really good Universal Music Japan 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 affordable price of 1000 Yen = about 7 USD – and their recent second 2022 batch ”HR-HM 1000 Vol.5”, we find this great, underrated rocking album; LITTLE ANGELS final CD “Jam“, including 2 bonus tracks.


Fronted by talented Toby Jepson, LITTLE ANGELS surprised early in 1993 with “Jam” peaked at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart. This is one of the albums / bands that at the time signaled the resurgence of hard rock in Great Britain, alongside Thunder and others.

Stardust – Kingdom of Illusion – 2023, FLAC+MP3, CD w/Scans


Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: EU
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): Frontiers Music
Country of performer (group): Hungary

Tracklist:
1. War (4:44)
2. The Fire (3:36)
3. Losing Me (5:01)
4. Sacrifice (3:37)
5. Love Sells (3:42)
6. Heroes (4:28)
7. One First Kiss (4:05)
8. Make Me Feel Your Love (4:20)
9. Ain’t No Woman (3:45)
10. Sarah (4:40)
11. Don’t Know What You Got…Till It’s Gone (5:23)\

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The Runaway Wild – Wild Night – 2023, FLAC+MP3, CD w/Scans


Genre: Melodic Rock
Disc (release) country of origin: US
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): Maximum Noir
Country of performer (group): US

Tracklist:
1. He Rises (2:29)
2. Wild Night (4:05)
3. The Test (4:07)
4. Battle Prep (2:05)
5. Dark Force Energy (3:57)
6. The Last Ones Left (2:57)
7. Nothing But Death (CD Exclusive) (3:27)
8. Track Commentary (CD Exclusive) (3:42)
9. Undead Lover Ft. Ectoplague (Bonus Track) (3:49)
10. Dark Force Ener

DARYL HALL – Soul Alone [Japan Papersleeve Blu-spec CD remastered +3 bonus], MP3+FLAC


Some of you have been recently asking where the Westcoast AOR genre has gone at plotn08; well, as requested, here’s one for your melodic soul: DARYL HALL 1993’s solo album “Soul Alone” in its Japanese remastered reissue pressed on high quality Blu-spec CD and including 3 rare, hard to find tracks as bonus.

While “Soul Alone” has some of the pop-rock elements from Daryl famous band Hall & Oates

Heart Line – Rock ‘n Roll Queen – 2023, FLAC+MP3, CD w/Scans


Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: EU
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher (label): Pride & Joy Music
Country of performer (group): France

Tracklist:
1. I Am The Night (3:59)
2. Till The End Of Times (4:01)
3. Call Of The Wild (5:18)
4. The Last Time (4:40)
5. Rock ‘N’ Roll Queen (4:05)
6. Living My Dreams (4:41)
7. Hard To Believe (3:57)
8. Call Me (4:30)
9. Hard Life (3:45)
10. Reach For The Stars (4:32)
11. The Fire Still Burns (5:13)
12. Keepe

Corvus – Immortals – 2024 +2, FLAC+MP3, CD w/ Scans


Genre: Melodic Rock / AOR
Disc (release) country of origin: EU
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher (label): Pride & Joy Music
Country of performer (group): UK

1. Hero (4:33)
2. Let Me In (4:33)
3. Immortals (5:00)
4. Battle Cry (4:16)
5. What About Love (5:03)
6. Just Like Heaven (5:21)
7. Black Magic (4:50)
8. Satellite (5:10)
9. You Make Me Live Again (5:11)
10. If You Want It (4:55)
11. Stardust (4:44)
12. Chasing Mir

Reef – Shoot Me Your Ace (Japan Edition) (2022), MP3+FLAC


Country: UK
Genre: Hard Rock
Year : 2022

Tracklist:
01. Shoot Me Your Ace (3:22)
02. When Can I See You Again (4:18)
03. Refugee (3:27)
04. Best of Me (4:12)
05. Wolfman (3:34)
06. Hold Back the Morning (4:13)
07. Right On (4:51)
08. Everything Far Away (5:13)
09. I See Your Face (3:32)
10. Strange Love (6:10)
11. Right On (Single Edit) [Bonus Track} (3:07)
12. Don’t Look Back [Bonus Track} (3:17)

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Durbin – The Beast Awakens (Japan Edition) (2021), MP3+FLAC


Country: USA
Genre: Heavy Metal
Year : 2021

Tracklist:
01. The Prince of Metal (04:16)
02. Kings Before You (feat. Chris Jericho, Phil Demmel) (04:08)
03. Into the Flames (03:54)
04. The Sacred Mountain (05:15)
05. The Beast Awakens (05:00)
06. Evil Eye (04:32)
07. Necromancer (03:16)
08. Riders on the Wind (05:03)
09. Calling out for Midnight (04:40)
10. Battle Cry (04:53)
11. By the Horns (03:39)
12. Rise to Valhalla (06:18)
13. Return Me To The One [Bonus Track] (03:28)

Line Up:
All Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Rhythm Guitars – James Durbin
Bass – Barry Sparks
Drums – Mike Vanderhule
Guest Vocals – Chris Jericho

Sixx:A.M. – Modern Vintage (Japan SHM-CD Edition +1) – 2014, FLAC+MP3


Genre: Hard Rock / Alternative Rock
Disc (release) country of origin: Japan
Year of publication: 2014
Publisher (label): Universal Music
Country of performer (group): USA

Tracklist:
01. Stars (3:50)
02. Gotta Get It Right (3:13)
03. Relief (4:20)
04. Get Ya Some (3:27)
05. Let’s Go (4:21)
06. Drive (4:31)
07. Give Me A Love (4:03)
08. Hyperventilate (3:41)
09. High On The Music (3:39)
10. Miracle (3:20)
11. Before It’s Over (3:52)
12. Relief (Acoustic) (3:17)*

*Japan Bonus Track

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UFO – Covenant (2024 Remaster), MP3+FLAC


Country: UK
Genre: Hard rock
Year : 2024

Tracklist:
01. Love Is Forever (2024 Remaster) (04:22)
02. Unraveled (2024 Remaster) (04:16)
03. Miss The Lights (2024 Remaster) (04:43)
04. Midnight Train (2024 Remaster) (04:55)
05. Fool’s Gold (2024 Remaster) (05:35)
06. In The Middle Of Madness (2024 Remaster) (03:47)
07. The Smell Of Money (2024 Remaster) (03:44)
08. Rise Again (2024 Remaster) (04:29)
09. Serenade (2024 Remaster) (05:00)
10. Cowboy Joe (2024 Remaster) (04:13)
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