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)

[2025] Rich Kids - Here Come The Marching Men (BLR)

[2025] Rich Kids - Here Come The Marching Men (BLR)

And this is where the Trilogy started. The Power Pop pure Rock 'N' Roll band formed by Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, Midge Ure and Steve New. Another of my "If it do't exist..." series. This collects the album Ghosts of Princes In Towers, the B-Sides, both Peel Sessions, Demos and a couple of Live Tracks to round things off. I'm really pleased with this collection, and if I don't say so for myself it's a must for everyone! Wee typo. The copy of Ghosts on the comp is the 1980 Vinyl Reissue. It originally came out in 1978. 

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[2025] Rich Kids - Here Come The Marching Men (BLR)

Visage... Fade To Grey

Visage... Fade To Grey

[1980] Visage - Visage (2025 BLR Extended Version)

[1980] Visage - Visage (2025 BLR Extended Version)

Part two of the Midge Ure Trilogy. For me this is the only Visage album that has withstood the test of time. The odd song stands out from The Anvil and Beat Boy, but I couldn't listen to either album front to back anymore. Anyway, this collects the album, the B-Sides, a pile of Remixes and a couple of tracks from the other two albums snuck in. And make sure to come back tomorrow for the best part of the Trilogy!

[1980] Visage - Visage (2025 BLR Extended Version)

[1976] Slik - Slik (2007 Reissue)

[1976] Slik - Slik (2007 Reissue)

Midge Ure's Scottish Bubblegum Pop/Glam outfit from when bands like the Bay City Rollers, The Osmonds, Racey, Sweet, Slade and Showaddywaddy ruled the airwaves. It's cheesey, it's kitsch, it's all sorts of toe tapping tweeness. This is the first in a series of three Midge Ure posts that will end in something I have compiled that I think is pretty damn awesome!

[1976] Slik - Slik (2007 Reissue)

[2003] Texas Terri Bomb - Your Lips... My Ass!

[2003] Texas Terri Bomb - Your Lips... My Ass!

My very good buddy G asked for a copy of this and I thought I'd share it. I thought I'd already posted this classic piece of Punk Rock and I'm kinda shocked that I haven't. I've tagged on a couple of bonus tracks as well. A must have piece of delicious noise.

[2003] Texas Terri Bomb - Your Lips... My Ass!

Charming...

Charming...

Freshly in. Same type of self entitled knob heads, who havn't the brains to shoot me a private email and ask nicely. And unless I know you I won't be responding to personal requests for awhile. This is why I've been considering shutting down the Blog again. Gotta say how things have been lately with spam and bullshit I might just delete the whole damn thing tomorrow.

[2025] Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - On The Run Again (BLR)

[2025] Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - On The Run Again (BLR)

Compilation of my favourite tracks from the first two Rising Force albums. 

[2025] Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - On The Run Again (BLR)