V.A. – AOR Light Mellow ~ SMJI Sony Music Japan Edition [Japan only release / remastered] 2006


Only released in Japan, the original AOR Light Mellow compilation series by the genre specialist Toshikazu Kanazawa, were arranged with each record company (Sony Music, BMG, EMI, etc) to create separate volumes with songs / artists from their catalog, carefully selecting long lost gems from the late Seventies / early Eighties.

While on this ”AOR Light Mellow ~ SMJI’‘ (Sony Music Japan International Edition) there’s well known names like TOTO, Boz Scaggs, Pages or Kenny Loggins, we find rare artists / songs which never seen a CD reissue, or non album tracks like Bill Champlin’s ‘What Good Is Love’ only appeared as 7” single.
Out of print and a collector’s piece fully remastered with a stunning audio quality.

The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers – Bonus DVD [2006, DVD]


Country: USA
Genre: Rock
Year of issue: 2006

Label: Video Service Corp.
Director: Burt Sugarman’s

Description: The Midnight Special is the first program in the world to bring to life the idea of ​​showing live performances of famous rock musicians and bands on television late at night.
The program lasted nine long years.

Tracklist:
01. Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
02. Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
03. Peter Frampton – Baby I Love Your Way
04. John Denver & Cass Elliott – Leaving On A Jet Plane
05. The Bee Gees – Jive Talkin ‘
06. Linda Ronstadt – You’re No Good
07. The Guess Who – American Woman

The Ladder – The Ladder – 1986 Wounded Bird Records 2010 Remaster


Genre: AOR, Hard rock
Country of origin of the disc (release): USA
Year of publication: 2010
Publisher (label): Wounded Bird Records

Tracklist:

01. Daydreams At Night (3:46)
02. Double Shot Of Love (3:50)
03. Time Soldier (4:24)
04. Don’t Turn Me Away (4:25)
05. Breakdown (3:34)
06. Standin ‘(4:01)
07. Women Have Secrets (3:52)
08. Lie To Me (3:43)
09. Lover (3:48)
10. Dancing In The Dark (4:06)

Toto – With A Little Help From My Friends 2021


TOTO and The Players Club / Mascot Label Group have announced the global release of ”With A Little Help From My Friends” on June 25. The performance captures one special night on November 21, 2020 when Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams and David Paich appeared with the new line-up of TOTO for a global event originating from Los Angeles, CA.

The performance captures one special night on November 21, 2020 when Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams and David Paich appeared with the new line-up of TOTO for a global event originating from Los Angeles, CA. Joining Lukather, Williams and Paich for this next chapter in their indelible history are new band members bassist John Pierce (Huey Lewis and The News), drummer Robert “Sput” Searight (Ghost-Note

Devils In Heaven – Rise 2021, MP3+FLAC


DEVILS IN HEAVEN are an Australian Melodic Rock group that had its heydays during the late 80’s and early 90’s, when they mainly toured Australia’s East Coast, bringing the band a loyal fan following. The band put out a few singles back in the day and made themselves well-known in the live-circuit but didn’t make it to a full album.

01 Liberation
02 The Night Is Over
03 Take Me
04 Ain’t It A Wonder
05 Ships In The Night
06 Say A Prayer
07 Age (simple Man)
08 All Night
09 Listen To My Heart
10 Dreams
11 Your Beating Heart
12 Heart, Mind & Soul
13 Ships In The Night (1990 Version, Bonus Track)
14 Aint It A Wonder (1990 Version, Bonus Track)

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KING COMPANY – Trapped 2021 Web


Finnish rockers KING COMPANY will release their 3rd album “Trapped” via AOR Heaven, a recording featuring new singer Ilkka Keskitalo. The band was formed in 2014 by drummer Mirka ”Leka” Rantanenb to fulfill his longtime dream of a melodic hard rock band with good friends and musicians. All come from pretty extreme metal sub-genres, but KING COMPANY is all about melodies and catchiness pretty much in the WHITESNAKE side of things.

1. I Will Be Here
2. Trapped in Heart
3. Stephanie
4. Dangerous Tonight
5. Death of Soul
6. Screen Is Your Life
7. Nothing for Free
8. Fair Winds
9. Cold Killing Game
10. Nobody’s Fool
11. Stars Will Lead the Way

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P*S – High Fidelity (1983) Firs time On CD 2021


This is the first time this one is ever available on CD and was only pressed in 150 copys. P * S consists of Per (P) Kolstad and Svein (S) Dag Hauge and is a Swedish-Norwegian fraternity, where other members from Lava are involved, as well as the Swedish vocalist Björn Skifs and super guitarist Janne Schaffer. The album alternates between vocal tracks, where Skifs and Egil Eldøen sing, and a number of instrumental songs. West Coast AOR world class this here.

01 – Saturday Night* (Svein Dag Hauge)
02 – Gloria (Per Kolstad)
03 – (Time To Say) Goodnight** (Svein Dag Hauge)
04 – Coco (Per Kolstad)
05 – Just Like A Movie (Svein Dag Hauge)
06 – Telephone* (Svein Dag Hauge)
07 – The Seagull (Per Kolsta

Ted Nugent [with The Amboy Dukes] – Discography [92 Releases] – 1967 – 2020, MP3


Genre: Hard Rock | AOR | Classic rock
Country of artist (band): USA [Detroit, Michigan]
Year of publication: 1967 – 2020

Studio Albums
1967 – The Amboy Dukes & Ted Nugent – The Amboy Dukes | 1991 | USA | Re – Issue | 00:40:51 320 kbps
1968 – The Amboy Dukes & Ted Nugent – Journey To The Center Of The Mind | 1992 | USA | Re – Issue | 00:41:49 320 kbps
1969 – The Amboy Dukes & Ted Nugent – Migration | 1991 | USA | Re – Issue | 00:40:51 320 kbps
1970 – The Amboy Dukes & Ted Nugent – Marriage On The Rocks | Rock Bottom | 2004 | USA | Remastered | 00:45:19 320 kbps
1974 – Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes – Call Of

Damn Yankees – Discography [7 Releases] – 1990 – 2002, MP3


Genre: Hard Rock | Glam Metal | Southern Rock | AOR |
Country of artist (group): USA
Year of publication: 1990 – 2002

1990 – Damn Yankees 00:45:42
1990 – Damn Yankees [LP] 00:45:36
1992 – Don’t Tread 00:52:56
1992 – Uprising Live! 01:00:34
1993 – Japan Tour ’93 01:23:44
2001 – High Enough And Other Hits* 00:47:22
2002 – The Essentials Damn Yankees 00:56:16

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V.A. – Light Mellow AOR ~ City Walkin’ [Japan only release / remastered material]


Only released in Japan by Sony Music International, ”City Walkin‘” is a compilation with songs / artists selected by AOR Light Mellow specialist Toshikazu Kanazawa, responsible for the reissue / remastering commission of long lost gems from the late Seventies / early Eighties.

While most compilation from the ‘Light Mellow AOR’ series are focused easy listening, breezy West Coast AOR/ soft rock/ FM Radio music, for ”City Walkin’” were selected the most upbeat songs from the likes of Boz Scaggs, Larry Lee, Toto, John Valenti, Valerie Carter, etc, with many songs for the first time appearing on CD, fully remastered with a stunning quality audio.

01 Boz Scaggs – Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man
02 Les Dudek – City Magic
03 Valerie Carte

Dreamtide – Dreams Dreamt 2021


The melodic hard rock band Dreamtide where you can find guitarist Helge Engelke (Fair Warning) and drummer C.C. Behrens (Fair Warning) released the album “Dreams Dreamt” in this year, which can be found via plotn08, among others.

01 – The Vow
02 – What You Believe In
03 – Come with Me
04 – All of my Dreams
05 – Eden
06 – Your Beat
07 – Dream Real
08 – Dreams Are Free
09 – Dreamers
10 – Download a Dream
11 – A Fools’ Crusade
12 – Dancing When the Night Falls
13 – Sweet Babylon
14 – Help Me

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Infinite & Divine – Silver Lining – 2021, FLAC+MP3, CD-Rip


Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country of origin of the disc (release): Eu
Year of publication: 2021
Publisher (label): Frontiers Music

Tracklist:
01. I Feel Alive (3:53)
02. Infinite And Divine (3:54)
03. Keep On Moving (4:11)
04. Not Too Late (4:32)
05. Wasteland (3:54)
06. Burn No More (3:43)
07. We Are One (5:50)
08. Off The End Of The World (4:43)
09. You And I (4:57)
10. While You’re Looking For Love (3:24)

FLAC MP3 CD-Rip

Angelica – All I Am – 2020, FLAC+MP3, CD-Rip


Genre: Melodic Hard Rock
Country of origin of the disc (release): Italy
Year of publication: 2020
Publisher (label): Frontiers Music

Tracklist:
01. Calling (4:10)
02. Beat them all (3:22)
03. Addicted to you (3:13)
04. I’m Sorry (4:08)
05. Time and space (3:55)
06. Don’t say goodbye (2:52)
07. Still Bleeding (4:34)
08. Living on high hopes (3:16)
09. A pounding heart (3:41)
10. Angel (3:34)
11. Time to go Home (4:48)

FLAC MP3 CD-Rip

Marty And The Bad Punch – Discography 2 CD+8 Singles, 2014-2021, MP3


Better Be Strong has been produced by the renowned Tommy Denander (Radioactive, Hollywood Vampires, Alice Cooper).

Line Up: Robert Tepper – Vocals, Marty Punch – Guitar, Tommy Denander – Guitar, Martin Motnik – Bass, Robert
Karasek – Keys, Carsten Enghardt – Drums

Walk A Straight Line 2020
Moon Over Baskerville 2014
+ Better Be Strong 2021 single + 7singles

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Bryan Adams – Unplugged MTV [1998, DVD]


Country: Canada
Duration: 00:56:02
Year of issue: 1998
Label: A&M Records, 058 152 2

Description: The album was recorded on September 26, 1997 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

Tracklist:
01. Summer of ’69
02. Cuts like a knife
03. I’m ready
04. Back to you
05. Fits ya good
06. When you love someone
07.18 til I die
08. I think about you
09. If you wanna be bad – you gotta be good
10. Let’s make a night to remember
11. Wanna be your underwear
12. A little love
13. Can’t stop this thing we started
14. It ain’t a party … if you can’t come
15. Heaven
16. I’ll always be right the