Silk Torpedo provides an interesting glance into the glam era. Beginning with "Dream" - a ghostly instrumental prelude that the group's friends in Led Zeppelin would later cop for "In the Evening" - this album launches into "Joey," a superb combination of piano boogie, crashing drums, and melodramatic choruses draped in Hammond organ. Phil May's vocals on this piece run somewhere between Ian Hunter and Steve Tyler, and are every bit as effective. "Maybe You Tried" is a glittering slice of glam rock, all pouting and hip-thrusting, with a simply killer guitar hook from Pete Tolson. From this strong start, though, the album falters into a torpid sort of introspection. Still, "Belfast Cowboys" deserves kudos for taking on the Irish question long before U2 was taking its first music lessons. The CD reissue adds live versions of "Singapore Silk Torpedo" and "Dream/Joey," both recorded in 1974.

Ozzy Osbourne finds a permanent replacement for Randy Rhoads in Jake E. Lee, a more standard metal guitarist without Rhoads' neo-classical compositional ability or stylistic flair. Still, Osbourne and his band turn in a competent, workmanlike set of heavy metal featuring the crunching title track, whose video (featuring Osbourne dressed as a werewolf) became popular on MTV. Unfortunately, substance abuse problems would prevent Osbourne from releasing another record up to the standards of Bark at the Moon for nearly the rest of the decade.

Greatest Hits Live is an energetic 16-track live archive album from Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams, released in 1993 by Living Legend Records. Capturing the raw, high-octane energy of his celebrated arena performances recorded across the United States between 1985 and 1992, this collection captures Adams at the peak of his international success. The setlist spans his definitive arena-rock hits from the landmark Reckless and Waking Up the Neighbours eras, packed with soaring power ballads and blistering guitar riffs. Highlights include electrifying live renditions of classic rock anthems like Summer of '69, Run to You, Cuts Like a Knife, and Kids Wanna Rock, alongside his massive global chart-topping ballad (Everything I Do) I Do It for You and the arena favorite Heaven. Raw, impassioned, and anthemic, this compilation delivers an incredible document of one of rock's premier live performers.

This is the 14th studio album released in 1982. Following the 1980 release of their previous album, "Conquest," four members, including Ken Hensley, left the band, which had been inactive. This album marks the return of the reformed Uriah Heep, led by the sole remaining member, Mick Box. While the musical style has changed, this album embodies a style that foreshadows what would later be known as melodic hard rock, and is a highly acclaimed masterpiece. This release features a paper sleeve, SHM-CD format, a 2026 remaster, and six bonus tracks!

After raging through R&B early in their career, then exploring the limits of psychedelia, the Pretty Things changed their direction with Freeway Madness, which in retrospect seems like the first part of a musical trilogy (along with Silk Torpedo and Savage Eye). With a huge change in personnel and the team of Phil May and Pete Tolson doing most of the writing, the sound featured John Povey's keyboards, while the lush harmonies that had buoyed Parachute became a mainstay of the sound, which turned decidedly more American radio-friendly. They could rock as hard as ever, but the softer side was decidedly mushier (as on "Love Is Good"), with harmonies so tight you could bounce a quarter off them ("Peter")…

Gary Moore - 5 Album Set is a must-have Audio CD collection for fans of blues rock and classic rock guitar, featuring five complete albums from one of the most celebrated guitarists in rock history. This Audio CD set delivers exceptional sound quality and is a definitive addition to any Gary Moore discography collection. Whether you are a longtime fan or a new listener discovering Gary Moores legendary guitar work, this multi-album Audio CD set offers outstanding value and an unparalleled musical journey. The '5 Album Set' Collection includes the following 5 original albums in paperwallets in a slipcase: Run For Cover; After The War; Still Got The Blues; After Hours; Blues For Greeny.

For all of the acclaim it received, there's no denying that No Quarter was a tentative reunion for Page & Plant, containing only a handful of new songs that were scattered among many reworked old favorites. Since its supporting tour went well, the duo decided to make their reunion permanent, setting to work on an album of entirely new material. Taking the world music dabblings of No Quarter as a cue, Page & Plant tempered their eclecticism with a healthy dose of their monolithic guitar army, hiring Steve Albini, the indie rock producer notorious for his harsh, brutal recordings, to helm the boards. In other words, it sounds perfect on paper - groundbreaking veteran artists still taking chances and working with younger collaborators who would challenge them. If only Walking into Clarksdale actually played that way…

Ritchie Blackmore is an British guitarist and songwriter, began his professional career as a session musician as a member of the instrumental band The Outlaws and as a backing musician of pop singers Glenda Collins, Heinz, Screaming Lord Sutch, Neil Christian, etc.. Blackmore was also one of the original members of Deep Purple, playing jam-style rock music which mixed simple guitar riffs and organ sounds During his solo career, he established neo-classical metal band called Rainbow which fused baroque music influences elements with hard rock…

A hard rock band from Newcastle, England, Geordie is mostly known for their lead vocalist, Brian Johnson, who would later join AC/DC. In 1972 and 1973, they had a few hits in the U.K., including the number six single "All Because of You" and "Can You Do It," which reached number 13. Their sound was influenced by British rock bands of the day such as Led Zeppelin, as well as some glam stompers, with Johnson's distinctively abrasive singing strongly in evidence. Geordie guitarist Vic Malcolm had previously recorded with Influence and Yellow before joining U.S.A., which became Geordie before starting to record in 1972.

Spark in the Dark is a decent two-disc collection containing some of Alice Cooper's most popular songs recorded during his comeback in the late '80s. Among the 36 tracks are the original versions of "Poison," "Hey Stoopid," "Feed My Frankenstein," and live versions of his classics "School's Out," "Billion Dollar Babies," and "No More Mr Nice Guy." This set is close to being definitive for that stage of his career.

Clear Air Turbulence is the second studio album by British jazz rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977. The album was initially worked on during the period July 1976 to September 1976. A UK tour was promoted, though all of the dates were postponed until April 1977 in order that the new album could be rerecorded and remixed at Kingsway Recorders, London. Ian Gillan became dissatisfied with the final mixes of the album and this delayed its eventual release. What eventually became the album Clear Air Turbulence was remixed at Kingsway before release, but the original mix had taken place at Rockfield Studios in Wales.[4] In 1997 the original mix was released by Angel Air Records under the title The Rockfield Mixes and represents a "cleaner" (or at least earlier) version of the album.