[1983] Yasuaki Honda - Heart Of Glass (2014 Reissue)

[1983] Yasuaki Honda - Heart Of Glass (2014 Reissue)

Yasuaki Honda with Michael Monroe, Andy McCoy, Sami Yaffa & Razzle. I was talking to my good friend Mitsuo and thought about this record as I'd never heard it. It's been on my wishlist forever, but I wasn't going to pay ridiculous postage for a maybe once or twice listen.  Anyway I had a look around and was surprised to see a single track on Youtube. Giving it a listen and digging it for what it is, I went on a deep dive and found a rip of the 2014 CD Reissue on a random JPop site. God knows how the Hanoi Rocks boys teamed up with a Japanese popstar to make a New Wave record. While not being the best album in the world it's well worth a listen, even for just the Hanoi pedigree.

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[1983] Yasuaki Honda - Heart Of Glass (2014 Reissue)

Nostalgia Part 2...

Nostalgia Part 2...

Gotta say I'm stunned at how popular the first Nostalgia post has been, so I thought I'd do a Part 2. This will be the final in the series as other than these records everything else my parents played I consider truly dreadful. I just don't get Richard Clayderman, Hooked On Classics, Mario Lanza, Foster And Allen and the like, and I never will. There was a Pinky And Perky record Pinky And Perky Accompanied By The Micetts - Pinky And Perky's Hit Parade No. 2 (Pictured) which I liked when I was really young, but I don't have a copy, and probably haven't listened to it since I was 9 or 10. I've also expanded the Herman's Hermits. They put out a load of complete twaddle, but I've tagged on some more favourites. Anyway here we go...

[1959] Cliff Richard And The Shadows - Travellin' Light (7'' Single)

[1959] Cliff Richard And The Shadows - Travellin' Light (7'' Single) 

[1971] Glen Campbell - Glen Campbell Country (LP)

[1971] Glen Campbell - Glen Campbell Country (LP) 

[1971] Herman's Hermits - The Most Of Herman's Hermits (LP)(2025 BLR Expanded Edition)

[1971] Herman's Hermits - The Most Of Herman's Hermits (LP)(2025 BLR Expanded Edition) 

[1980] The Beatles - The Beatles Ballads (LP)

[1980] The Beatles - The Beatles Ballads (LP)

Mitsuo...

Mitsuo...

I never do this, but this is a special post for my Japanese good friend Mitsuo. If you've downloaded any of my Hanoi Rocks posts, some of those are down to his generosity. This includes his Youtube and Discogs pages and a Youtube link to his friends band Aqilla, which is a down tempo synth driven lovely noise. His Youtube page has gems from of course Hanoi Rocks as well as a hard to find copy of Andy McCoy's Real McCoy show. Along side are posts from bands like Guns N' Roses, Twisted Sister, Vixen, Thin Lizzy, Motley Crue and so much more. So have a look and don't forget to like and subscribe. And his Discogs page is packed full of very reasonably priced Japanese releases that is well worth a brouse.

His Youtube Page

https://www.youtube.com/@razzlerazzle2637/videos

His Discogs Page

Razzle68 @ Discogs

Aqilla

Aqilla Official Page

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Steal Away The Night (Live)(BLR)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Steal Away The Night (Live)(BLR)

Compilation of live tracks I've cobbled together.

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Steal Away The Night (Live)(BLR)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath - B.T.T.B. 2025

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath - B.T.T.B. 2025

Back To The Beginning - Villa Park, Birmingham 5 July 2025

There is bound to be a million bootlegs of this, but this is mine. Split straight from the PPV. I was lucky enough to get a copy of the whole show before it disappeared. Just a must have for any Ozzy and Sabbath fan.

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath - B.T.T.B. 2025

Nostalgia...

Nostalgia...

Been having one of those days and listening to old songs I loved as a young kid. So I thought I'd do a wee post, and give a small glimpse in to the music that made me who I am. No Beatles, no Rolling Stones, no Hendrix, Who or Led Zepplin. I'm talking the real stuff, and that's what you'll get in these five records. Do I expect this to be popular? Not in a million years, but it's how I'm feeling so it's what you get. Irish Rovers In Australia is really only included because of the song Sunny Sydney Lady which I love, and coz I was a kid in Australia when it was released and it got played all the time. The Unicorn is a great record apart from the title song which I loathe. All the Slim Dusty records are solid Country Australiana records with some true gems. Songs like Angel Of Goulburn Hill, Lights On The Hill, Camooweal, Indian Pacific and The Biggest Disappointment are just brilliant country songs and I love tham as much today as I did then. Mostly you can only find these on very low bitrates if you can find them on Blogs, but these are all 320. And don't worry I'll be posting more Ozzy tomorrow.

[1975] Slim Dusty - Lights On The Hill (LP)

 [1975] Slim Dusty - Lights On The Hill (LP)

[1976] Slim Dusty - Give Me The Road (LP)

[1976] Slim Dusty - Give Me The Road (LP) 

[1981] Slim Dusty - No. 50 (The Golden Anniversary Album)(LP)

[1981] Slim Dusty - No. 50 (The Golden Anniversary Album)(LP) 

[1967] Irish Rovers - The Unicorn (LP)

 [1967] Irish Rovers - The Unicorn (LP)

[1976] The Irish Rovers - In Australia (LP)

[1976] The Irish Rovers - In Australia (LP)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - B-Sides, Bonus Tracks & Rarities (BLR)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - B-Sides, Bonus Tracks & Rarities (BLR)

The complete fifty tracks I was working with.

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - B-Sides, Bonus Tracks & Rarities (BLR)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Let Me Hear You Scream (B-Sides, Bonus Tracks & Rarities)(BLR)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Let Me Hear You Scream (B-Sides, Bonus Tracks & Rarities)(BLR)

I started off with fifty tracks but cut it down to this. This spans Ozzy's complete solo career. 

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Let Me Hear You Scream (B-Sides, Bonus Tracks & Rarities)(BLR)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Road To Nowhere (1980 - 2000)(BLR)

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Road To Nowhere (1980 - 2000)(BLR)

Not sure if I'll do a 2001 - 2025 collection as I have so much on the go. An Ozzy Best Of... from these years should be a four Disc collection, but I've whittled it with difficulty down to two. More Ozzy and Sabbath will be coming over the next few days.

[2025] Ozzy Osbourne - Road To Nowhere (1980 - 2000)(BLR)

[1996] Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Schulmadchen Report

[1996] Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Schulmadchen Report

For something just a little different let's go with German Porno Movie scores from the late 1960's early 1970's. Gotta love these little oddities!

[1996] Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Schulmadchen Report

[2025] Black Sabbath - Into The Void (2CD)(BLR)

[2025] Black Sabbath - Into The Void (2CD)(BLR)

To Celebrate Ozzy and the final Black Sabbath show I thought I'd pick my favourite song from each album and that would be the compilation. Needless to say picking just the one song is impossible, so it moved to two. Then that was not enough so it morphed into this, and of course the Collection I posted yesterday. Rat Salad Architects was for the more knowing Sabbath fan and this one is for the casual/new listener. Play it loud!

[2025] Black Sabbath - Into The Void (2CD)(BLR)

[2025] Black Sabbath - Rat Salad Architects (2CD)(BLR)

[2025] Black Sabbath - Rat Salad Architects (2CD)(BLR)

Ozzy and Black Sabbath have been a large part of my musical life for over 40 years. I had two Sabbath Comps and two Ozzy Comps on the workpile to get to before final show The End - Live In Birmingham, but life got in the way. I still haven't got to the Ozzy ones, but have finished the Sabbath. I know it's a bit late, but I do eventually get to things. Anyway here's the first one.

[2025] Black Sabbath - Rat Salad Architects (2CD)(BLR)

[2025] Heavy Metal Kids - Making A Racket (2CD)(BLR)

[2025] Heavy Metal Kids - Making A Racket (2CD)(BLR)

Another in my "If it doesn't exist..." series. We all love Gary and the Heavy Metal Kids, and know the albums and the songs, and with this I wanted to put together a Compilation that I would love to see as an official release. I started with wanting to put all the 7" singles together in order, and it morphed into this collection. With Outtakes, Unreleased and Live tracks culled from a pile of Reissues. Just a lovely noise!

[2025] Heavy Metal Kids - Making A Racket (2CD)(BLR)

[1978] Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers

[1978] Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers  

Two different Reissues thanks to Mr. Rude. In Flac!

[1978] Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers (1996 Japan Reissue)

[1978] Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers (1996 Japan Reissue)

[1978] Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers (1999 Cherry Red Reissue)

[1978] Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers (1999 Cherry Red Reissue)