Hi there John.Great dog,think i must introduce mine too.Some great finds there.Golden Earring's early to mid 70s are worth checking out,Together,Seven Tears,Switch and the self titled otherwise known as the wall of dolls album.Only vinyl of BTO i have is Four Wheel Drive.I have a number of Blue Oyster Cult albums including that one.
Hi Richard, Just catching up with my comments. I am excited to pick up more by Golden Earing. They seem to have a lot of great records that we don't hear much about on the Vinyl Community. Thanks for the tips. Cheers
Excellent John! much I relate to there. Although I’ve always liked everything I’ve heard of Golden Earring, I don’t own anything of theirs. Really liked the needle drops, in fact all of the needle drops are great. Interesting appraisal of that Alice album and it’s lack of traction. Again the needle drop was excellent….. I now need it! Slade Alive! fantastic!! Owned it since I was an amoeba, grew up with it, and probably still it the most atmospheric live album of all time and of course it was their breakthrough album. Great stuff John. Mike
Thanks Mike, Golden Earring seem to be a well kept secret. They've got lots of great records released but only one that anybody knows about. I've now got an image in my mind of you bopping to Slayed Alive! in your pram. :-) Cheers
Great additions to the collection there John. Nice find with the Golden Earring, they have quite a deep catalogue of interesting albums and I don't think just been known for radar love helps them really. Ace find with that Alice Cooper, nice that it's still with the box. I know what you mean about just seeing past it. It's one of those if you know what it is it'll stand out to you. That's a really good Blue Oyster Cult album, one of their best. Good to see BTO and Slade as well. Nice to meet the dog as well. Enjoy spinning
I often wonder how many of these records sounded to people in the 70s. Since the development of NWOBHM after Punk and then shortly after, Thrash in the early 80s, our ears have become de sensitized. What we consider as 'hard' and 'heavy' has shifted so much since then. It's almost impossible to know how defiant and "rocking" they sounded to their first audiences. It is something I always consider when listening to this kind of rock. Cheers
Total redemption after your last video John (Duran Duran and INXS... what were you thinking... I'll just put it down to sunstroke from the recent heatwave 😁). Big fan of Golden Earring since hearing Radar Love in the early 70s. Moontan is their best album I think, though there are a lot of really good other ones (and one or two duds). One of the very first albums I ever bought was BTO's Not Fragile - to this day I still think that is one of my favourite hard rock albums of all time. All of the early albums are worth having. Secret Treaties is probably BOC's best studio album, but check out the live double On Your Feet Or On Your Knees - my first exposure to BOC, and one of the greatest heavy rock live albums of all time. Despite being a fan of the Alice Cooper group for many a long year (Billion Dollar Babies being my personal favourite), I have yet to hear Muscle of Love. It's always been quite critically panned. I think your theory about it is probably correct, but it also doesn't help that that carboard box cover never stand up to the rigors of time - it's usually in pretty terrible condition if you see it out in the wild - your copy actually looks pretty good though. You have to remember that Blue Cheer really pre-dated most of the other acts you mentioned. My favourite of their is the first Vincebus Eruptum, which is probably their heaviest and contains their most famous track, their cover of Summertime Blues. Slade could really rock! To be fair a lot of the glam rock acts popular in the early 70s were a lot heavier than their hit single status suggested - Sweet being another case in point. Cheers... Pete
BOC are a fab band.I have their entire discography. Saw them live in 78. Japan were the support band!! All their 70s LPs are great. Their live ‘On Your Feet or on Your Knees’ is tremendous. If people have aGolden Earring LP it’s always Moontan. It’s got their only well known song I guess. Good LP. Slade Alive is fun. Saw them live at Reading in 80. They replaced Ozzy. Tremendous live band. Cheers John, Chris (The Vinyl Orchard)
I've heard that said about On Your Feet or on Your Knees many times. It is quite a bombastic album so I've understood. Definitely one for me to look out for. Cheers
The dog is lovely - the records I remember the drummer jumping over his drum kit at the end of a gig in Kilburn one night - it was an all nighter -Radar Love was the closer on the set - John I don't plan on visiting that record shop in your town so you can sleep soundly - Secret Treaties solid rock album plus political messages maybe see over - Outsideinside I bought 2nd hand in 1971 - heavy stuff psychedelic - interests wae over time - best listened to stoned -
Hi John, Great to hear from you. It would be wonderful to bump into you in my local record shop John. It is in a picturesque part of Wales, small village with three pubs within 20 yard of each other. I'm sure we would find lots to talk about over the many pints we would drink. Maybe Outsideinside sounds better while drunk? We could find out. :-) Cheers
Tremendous selection John. I have a lot to say but am watching on my phone at my mum's so will have to wait. We move house next weekend so let's sort out a Zoom session after the dust settles.
I should think that you have very little time to yourself just now James. You've got lots of important stuff going on right now, not to mention supporting your family. If I were closer I'd offer to shift a box of records or two for you. It's back breaking work.
Hello there John. Good to see you again. am honestly surprised that there are any of Alice's 'Muscle Of Love' are still in existence. Definitely one of his better releases. Next to Billion Dollar Babies it would come in a close second or third for me. I dug your 'POR's. Points of References. Did you come up with those off the cuff? I really liked your selections. Takes me back to digging in the seventies. Thanks for sharing them J~
Thanks Rob, Do you read novels much? I recommend The Glamour by Christopher Priest. It's only a short book, just a few hours of reading but it has an amazing twist at the end. One of my favorite stories. Those early Alice Cooper albums are fantastic aren't they. Works of art in themselves. Cheers
Hello John. Interesting needle drops. Yeah, it feels to me like Golden Earing sounds much more interesting beyond "Radar Love". There is really a downside to having a super-hit that distorts the public perception of a band. Although who wouldn't like to get the royalties from "Radar Love". Watching you showing "Secret Treaties" I remembered that I actually saw Blue Öyster Cult live when I was a kid. Must have been mid-80s during one of those summer festivals in Germany. I remember there was also Kansas and Barclay James Harvest on stage. This was supposed to be headlined by ELP, but they didn't show - as they would do a lot. But I was 14, so my biggest memory of the event was the fact that there were so many women there who wore tight t-shirts without a bra under it. Regarding the last record you showed: I must confess Slade is one of my 5 least-favorite bands in my life, only surpassed by Sweet.
Hi Ales, Blue Öyster Cult seem to have a very strong cult following (no pun intended). My wife works with an academic professor who has a faded rudimentary Blue Öyster Cult symbol tattoo on their fore arm, obviously made in the 70s. A sign of a previous life it would seem, but when she's not discussing ecology, she'll tell you that she's collected all their albums, every single one. Where did you see them them play with Kansas and Barclay James Harvest? Was it while you were still in East Germany of after you left? The gig sounds enjoyable. Braless women with tight t-shirts always improve any event IMO. I can't help think that the current Women's World Cup tournament would prove much more popular if the players were forbidden from wearing them. Especially when it rains. ;-) Cheers
@@johnbellamy3406 Hello John, my memory of this is so faded, that I started to look it up, because some enthusiasts have all these festival databases online. So I actually found out, where it was and when it was. This was Dinkelsbühl Inselwiese in 1987 (July 11). Actually not far from Nürnberg, where I live now. Weird. There was also Nils Lofgren and Bad Company. Which also means I was way off on my age, because I was already 16. Back in the day, these giant "Monsters of Rock" type of events were hugely popular in West Germany and there few of them every summer. For me that evening was in a very disappointing mood, because I was a nerdy teenager who was totally into ELP, who were supposed to headline the festival, but didn't show, because Emerson broke his arm in a motorcycle accident. The bold replacemant band was "Bad Company", so of course I was like "WTF?". But that was the beginning of my understanding that being an ELP fan means to be disappointed a lot. :-) I barely got to see them in the 90s, because Lake's voice was bad on that day, that the whole thing was on the verge of cancellation. BTW, I am from Czechoslovakia (not East Germany). :-)
Hi John, i have a copied meticulously best of tape of Golden Earring they were definitely more than a one hit wonder one nice track was called 'she flies on strange wings' no? I had Slade alive and flogged it keeping only the one by them. Yeah it was good but another flipper speaking here. Your theory was very interesting though depends on the person and the time of seeing things, sometimes we notice the unusual other times life blands over and certainly passes me by. The AC was ages ago now and is even more iconic peice of art (tempted to say 'object de' there i said it now) àh the amazon mailer with its iconic smile 😟 i should watch the matrix again, preferably without reading too much general conspiracy theories. Are you in the loop about the Birmingham meet up Steve Whitty posted?
Hi John I really like Secret Treaties, albeit I'm not a huge BOC fan..there's some great tunes on there. My brother had Muscle of Love...although.I think I managed to trash it!. Interesting analogy with The Matrix and almost walking past the album in the shop due to it's non descript cover..not a bad record, but prefer Billion Dollar Babies or Love it to Death...as you say, pity they never got picked for a Bond theme. I really think Blue Cheer are overrated, I streamed that album a while back and was underwhelmed..probably because I was expecting it to have some edgy psych moments too given its' time period and it just didn't deliver. Good old Slade aye, they knew how to rock an audience bless 'em.!!
Hi Rob, Absolutely, you understand my feelings about Blue Cheer. I think they are definitely overrated. There are those that will argue that you need to hear them in context but .. well can think of many groups of that time that leave them in the dust. I can recommend that novel Rob. The Glamour by Christopher Priest. Well worth reading and it has a great twist at the end. Cheers
Hello Sonny. Full disclosure, I have zero Earring., Bachman. Love that BOC cover. I liked your theory about cardboard covered LPs and the matrix. It reminded me of when I did my car driving test. No word of a lie, I was trying to concentrate on doing 29mph while driving and behind me was a glamorous lady in a red dress driving a Ferrari Testarossa!! (no one believes that but its true). That Cooper cover is a shocker, who signed that off? Seems to be a bit of a revival of recognition for Slade. A friend of mine at school had a collection with his brother of only three bands, nothing else, everything by Floyd, Sabbath and Slade.
Hi Stevie, Good to hear from you. I guess you are on holiday or something because I haven't seen a video in a while from you. Don't bother with Earring or Bachman, they all sound the same anyway. 70s rock shit...you know how it is. Enjoyed hearing about your 'Woman in the red dress' experience. I'm sure it happens to us all at some time. Yours was the red dress and Ferrari, mine was an Alice Cooper record in a card board box. 😞 I must be doing something wrong. You've got to get Slade records mate. Floyd, Sabbath and Slade are the holy trinity of rock. I'm sure there is a strong argument that says without those three we'd never have had the Sex Pistols... see, that's how good they are. How is it going for Japan in the Women's World Cup? The Asian teams aren't doing so well are they.
@@johnbellamy3406 Holiday? I haven't recovered from the last 'holiday' yet. In fact I think need a holiday to get over it. I dont think I have ever seen a lady in a red dress driving a Ferrari since! Only on my driving test! I like the sound of holy trinity (thinks dont suggest a what's your holy trinity thread ; ). Although I think Lydon did say Status Quo were a major influence on him. Philippines beat Norway but came bottom of their group. Japan are through, over to Rice fields for further commentary.
Hi John sunny is a cutie fog sure 😀.. interested to hear your thoughts as to why that Alice cooper album had passed you by . I’m hoping to find a early blue oyster cult album this year. I’m playing the waiting game ! This is the dogs bollocks!
Oh I know that game Rob! There was a time before I started buying on Discogs. I only bought what I could find in the wild. Sometimes it could moths-years before I would come across what I was looking out for. Good luck in your wait for Blue Oyster Cult records. Cheers
Hi there John.Great dog,think i must introduce mine too.Some great finds there.Golden Earring's early to mid 70s are worth checking out,Together,Seven Tears,Switch and the self titled otherwise known as the wall of dolls album.Only vinyl of BTO i have is Four Wheel Drive.I have a number of Blue Oyster Cult albums including that one.
Hi Richard, Just catching up with my comments. I am excited to pick up more by Golden Earing. They seem to have a lot of great records that we don't hear much about on the Vinyl Community. Thanks for the tips. Cheers
Excellent John! much I relate to there. Although I’ve always liked everything I’ve heard of Golden Earring, I don’t own anything of theirs. Really liked the needle drops, in fact all of the needle drops are great. Interesting appraisal of that Alice album and it’s lack of traction. Again the needle drop was excellent….. I now need it! Slade Alive! fantastic!! Owned it since I was an amoeba, grew up with it, and probably still it the most atmospheric live album of all time and of course it was their breakthrough album. Great stuff John. Mike
Thanks Mike, Golden Earring seem to be a well kept secret. They've got lots of great records released but only one that anybody knows about. I've now got an image in my mind of you bopping to Slayed Alive! in your pram. :-) Cheers
Great additions to the collection there John. Nice find with the Golden Earring, they have quite a deep catalogue of interesting albums and I don't think just been known for radar love helps them really. Ace find with that Alice Cooper, nice that it's still with the box. I know what you mean about just seeing past it. It's one of those if you know what it is it'll stand out to you. That's a really good Blue Oyster Cult album, one of their best. Good to see BTO and Slade as well. Nice to meet the dog as well. Enjoy spinning
I often wonder how many of these records sounded to people in the 70s. Since the development of NWOBHM after Punk and then shortly after, Thrash in the early 80s, our ears have become de sensitized. What we consider as 'hard' and 'heavy' has shifted so much since then. It's almost impossible to know how defiant and "rocking" they sounded to their first audiences. It is something I always consider when listening to this kind of rock. Cheers
Total redemption after your last video John (Duran Duran and INXS... what were you thinking... I'll just put it down to sunstroke from the recent heatwave 😁).
Big fan of Golden Earring since hearing Radar Love in the early 70s. Moontan is their best album I think, though there are a lot of really good other ones (and one or two duds).
One of the very first albums I ever bought was BTO's Not Fragile - to this day I still think that is one of my favourite hard rock albums of all time. All of the early albums are worth having.
Secret Treaties is probably BOC's best studio album, but check out the live double On Your Feet Or On Your Knees - my first exposure to BOC, and one of the greatest heavy rock live albums of all time.
Despite being a fan of the Alice Cooper group for many a long year (Billion Dollar Babies being my personal favourite), I have yet to hear Muscle of Love. It's always been quite critically panned. I think your theory about it is probably correct, but it also doesn't help that that carboard box cover never stand up to the rigors of time - it's usually in pretty terrible condition if you see it out in the wild - your copy actually looks pretty good though.
You have to remember that Blue Cheer really pre-dated most of the other acts you mentioned. My favourite of their is the first Vincebus Eruptum, which is probably their heaviest and contains their most famous track, their cover of Summertime Blues.
Slade could really rock! To be fair a lot of the glam rock acts popular in the early 70s were a lot heavier than their hit single status suggested - Sweet being another case in point.
Cheers... Pete
BOC are a fab band.I have their entire discography. Saw them live in 78. Japan were the support band!! All their 70s LPs are great. Their live ‘On Your Feet or on Your Knees’ is tremendous.
If people have aGolden Earring LP it’s always Moontan. It’s got their only well known song I guess. Good LP.
Slade Alive is fun. Saw them live at Reading in 80. They replaced Ozzy. Tremendous live band.
Cheers John, Chris (The Vinyl Orchard)
I've heard that said about On Your Feet or on Your Knees many times. It is quite a bombastic album so I've understood. Definitely one for me to look out for. Cheers
@@johnbellamy3406 on your feet is one of my favourite LPs. For me it’s essential. Played it to death back in 4th year at school (1978)
The dog is lovely - the records I remember the drummer jumping over his drum kit at the end of a gig in Kilburn one night - it was an all nighter -Radar Love was the closer on the set - John I don't plan on visiting that record shop in your town so you can sleep soundly - Secret Treaties solid rock album plus political messages maybe see over - Outsideinside I bought 2nd hand in 1971 - heavy stuff psychedelic - interests wae over time - best listened to stoned -
Hi John, Great to hear from you. It would be wonderful to bump into you in my local record shop John. It is in a picturesque part of Wales, small village with three pubs within 20 yard of each other. I'm sure we would find lots to talk about over the many pints we would drink. Maybe Outsideinside sounds better while drunk? We could find out. :-) Cheers
Tremendous selection John. I have a lot to say but am watching on my phone at my mum's so will have to wait. We move house next weekend so let's sort out a Zoom session after the dust settles.
I should think that you have very little time to yourself just now James. You've got lots of important stuff going on right now, not to mention supporting your family. If I were closer I'd offer to shift a box of records or two for you. It's back breaking work.
I had that Alice Cooper ! Originally contained a pair of panties as a marketing tool.
That was Schools Out. My fave AC LP
Hello there John. Good to see you again. am honestly surprised that there are any of Alice's 'Muscle Of Love' are still in existence. Definitely one of his better releases. Next to Billion Dollar Babies it would come in a close second or third for me. I dug your 'POR's. Points of References. Did you come up with those off the cuff? I really liked your selections. Takes me back to digging in the seventies. Thanks for sharing them J~
Thanks Rob, Do you read novels much? I recommend The Glamour by Christopher Priest. It's only a short book, just a few hours of reading but it has an amazing twist at the end. One of my favorite stories. Those early Alice Cooper albums are fantastic aren't they. Works of art in themselves. Cheers
@@johnbellamy3406 I will certainly check it out John. Thank you very much for the suggestion~
Apologies,the panty thing was with Schools Out....i think !
Hello John. Interesting needle drops. Yeah, it feels to me like Golden Earing sounds much more interesting beyond "Radar Love". There is really a downside to having a super-hit that distorts the public perception of a band. Although who wouldn't like to get the royalties from "Radar Love". Watching you showing "Secret Treaties" I remembered that I actually saw Blue Öyster Cult live when I was a kid. Must have been mid-80s during one of those summer festivals in Germany. I remember there was also Kansas and Barclay James Harvest on stage. This was supposed to be headlined by ELP, but they didn't show - as they would do a lot. But I was 14, so my biggest memory of the event was the fact that there were so many women there who wore tight t-shirts without a bra under it. Regarding the last record you showed: I must confess Slade is one of my 5 least-favorite bands in my life, only surpassed by Sweet.
Hi Ales, Blue Öyster Cult seem to have a very strong cult following (no pun intended). My wife works with an academic professor who has a faded rudimentary Blue Öyster Cult symbol tattoo on their fore arm, obviously made in the 70s. A sign of a previous life it would seem, but when she's not discussing ecology, she'll tell you that she's collected all their albums, every single one. Where did you see them them play with Kansas and Barclay James Harvest? Was it while you were still in East Germany of after you left? The gig sounds enjoyable. Braless women with tight t-shirts always improve any event IMO. I can't help think that the current Women's World Cup tournament would prove much more popular if the players were forbidden from wearing them. Especially when it rains. ;-) Cheers
@@johnbellamy3406 Hello John, my memory of this is so faded, that I started to look it up, because some enthusiasts have all these festival databases online. So I actually found out, where it was and when it was. This was Dinkelsbühl Inselwiese in 1987 (July 11). Actually not far from Nürnberg, where I live now. Weird. There was also Nils Lofgren and Bad Company. Which also means I was way off on my age, because I was already 16. Back in the day, these giant "Monsters of Rock" type of events were hugely popular in West Germany and there few of them every summer. For me that evening was in a very disappointing mood, because I was a nerdy teenager who was totally into ELP, who were supposed to headline the festival, but didn't show, because Emerson broke his arm in a motorcycle accident. The bold replacemant band was "Bad Company", so of course I was like "WTF?". But that was the beginning of my understanding that being an ELP fan means to be disappointed a lot. :-) I barely got to see them in the 90s, because Lake's voice was bad on that day, that the whole thing was on the verge of cancellation. BTW, I am from Czechoslovakia (not East Germany). :-)
Hi John, i have a copied meticulously best of tape of Golden Earring they were definitely more than a one hit wonder one nice track was called 'she flies on strange wings' no?
I had Slade alive and flogged it keeping only the one by them. Yeah it was good but another flipper speaking here.
Your theory was very interesting though depends on the person and the time of seeing things, sometimes we notice the unusual other times life blands over and certainly passes me by. The AC was ages ago now and is even more iconic peice of art (tempted to say 'object de' there i said it now) àh the amazon mailer with its iconic smile 😟 i should watch the matrix again, preferably without reading too much general conspiracy theories. Are you in the loop about the Birmingham meet up Steve Whitty posted?
No, I'm not in the loop about the Birmingham meet up Steve Whitty posted. What is the loop and how do I get in it?
Do I take the red pill or the blue pill to be in the loop?
Hi John
I really like Secret Treaties, albeit I'm not a huge BOC fan..there's some great tunes on there.
My brother had Muscle of Love...although.I think I managed to trash it!.
Interesting analogy with The Matrix and almost walking past the album in the shop due to it's non descript cover..not a bad record, but prefer Billion Dollar Babies or Love it to Death...as you say, pity they never got picked for a Bond theme.
I really think Blue Cheer are overrated, I streamed that album a while back and was underwhelmed..probably because I was expecting it to have some edgy psych moments too given its' time period and it just didn't deliver.
Good old Slade aye, they knew how to rock an audience bless 'em.!!
Hi Rob, Absolutely, you understand my feelings about Blue Cheer. I think they are definitely overrated. There are those that will argue that you need to hear them in context but .. well can think of many groups of that time that leave them in the dust. I can recommend that novel Rob. The Glamour by Christopher Priest. Well worth reading and it has a great twist at the end. Cheers
Hello Sonny. Full disclosure, I have zero Earring., Bachman. Love that BOC cover. I liked your theory about cardboard covered LPs and the matrix. It reminded me of when I did my car driving test. No word of a lie, I was trying to concentrate on doing 29mph while driving and behind me was a glamorous lady in a red dress driving a Ferrari Testarossa!! (no one believes that but its true). That Cooper cover is a shocker, who signed that off?
Seems to be a bit of a revival of recognition for Slade. A friend of mine at school had a collection with his brother of only three bands, nothing else, everything by Floyd, Sabbath and Slade.
Hi Stevie, Good to hear from you. I guess you are on holiday or something because I haven't seen a video in a while from you. Don't bother with Earring or Bachman, they all sound the same anyway. 70s rock shit...you know how it is.
Enjoyed hearing about your 'Woman in the red dress' experience. I'm sure it happens to us all at some time. Yours was the red dress and Ferrari, mine was an Alice Cooper record in a card board box. 😞 I must be doing something wrong. You've got to get Slade records mate. Floyd, Sabbath and Slade are the holy trinity of rock. I'm sure there is a strong argument that says without those three we'd never have had the Sex Pistols... see, that's how good they are. How is it going for Japan in the Women's World Cup? The Asian teams aren't doing so well are they.
@@johnbellamy3406 Holiday? I haven't recovered from the last 'holiday' yet. In fact I think need a holiday to get over it. I dont think I have ever seen a lady in a red dress driving a Ferrari since! Only on my driving test! I like the sound of holy trinity (thinks dont suggest a what's your holy trinity thread ; ). Although I think Lydon did say Status Quo were a major influence on him.
Philippines beat Norway but came bottom of their group. Japan are through, over to Rice fields for further commentary.
Hi John sunny is a cutie fog sure 😀.. interested to hear your thoughts as to why that Alice cooper album had passed you by . I’m hoping to find a early blue oyster cult album this year. I’m playing the waiting game ! This is the dogs bollocks!
Oh I know that game Rob! There was a time before I started buying on Discogs. I only bought what I could find in the wild. Sometimes it could moths-years before I would come across what I was looking out for. Good luck in your wait for Blue Oyster Cult records. Cheers