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[Frodo]

Got The Hammer Collection Box Set today.  

It has 21 (count 'em - 21!!!) classic Hammer Horror films.  I love all these old Hammer films.  

This should keep me going for a while.  

[Mighty Midget]

Frodo, on Sep 20 2007, 06:59 PM, said:

Got The Hammer Collection Box Set today.  

It has 21 (count 'em - 21!!!) classic Hammer Horror films.  I love all these old Hammer films.  

This should keep me going for a while.  

  'Nuff said

[Moogle]

Nightwish stuff

[Frodo]

Moogle, on Sep 24 2007, 12:30 AM, said:

Nightwish stuff

You can never have enough Nightwish.  

[Moogle]

Frodo, on Sep 24 2007, 12:07 AM, said:

Moogle, on Sep 24 2007, 12:30 AM, said:

Nightwish stuff

You can never have enough Nightwish.  

Too true

[DeathDude]

Fates Warning - Parallels Finally picked up an album by this band, also known as one of the other pioneers of the early progressive metal sound alongside queensryche, but whereas Queensryche would eventually turn into a big time band, Fates Warning wouldn't be as successful unfortunately, and its a damn shame, although this album is from 1991, its just superb all around, another underrated band that deserves more attention.

[DeathDude]

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged - I always happen to here that this MTV Unplugged episode with Alice in Chains was one of the best in the 90's and after hearing the album, I'm not surprised at all. I used to be skeptical with the amount of praise that was being thrown around, but damn its that good. My version, which was just recently rereleased comes with 2 bonus audio tracks not included on the original cd and the dvd of the show as well. If you like unplugged types of show, you definitely have to see this one.

[Frodo]

Charon - The Dying Daylights
I came across this band quite by chance recently, and liked what I heard.  I wanted to hear more, so I got this cd.  There is some excellent stuff on here.  Great band.  

[Juni Ori]

Some sort of Fennomania, Frodo?

[Frodo]

Juni Ori, on Oct 20 2007, 04:06 PM, said:

Some sort of Fennomania, Frodo?

No, not at all.  
*Quickly hides all her Finnish cds*

[DeathDude]

Fates Warning - No Exit (25th Anniversary Reissue) with Bonus DVD - Its a bit of a misleading title, the CD itself is not 25 years old, but the record label Metal Blade is, so as a result of this the label rereleased this album from Fates Warning and remastered it as well. This is the first album the band did with their new singer Ray Adler, and it really is quite the heavy album all around, really enjoy it, especially the 25 min epic song. The CD also came with 3 demo tracks and a bonus dvd with a documentary, music vids, and some live clips too, all this for 20 bucks what a deal.  

[Blood-Pigggy]

Best Of collections make Pigggy cry.

Before the popularization of digital music and MP3 players, I used to think this was a ploy by record companies to force people to buy more discs to get their favorite songs on one disc. But now they just seem to exist for collection completion purposes when it comes to fans. Who wins?  

Forgot to mention that I bought the Creedence Clearwater Revival: Best Of collection.

[DeathDude]

Blood-Pigggy, on Oct 27 2007, 05:25 PM, said:

Best Of collections make Pigggy cry.

Before the popularization of digital music and MP3 players, I used to think this was a ploy by record companies to force people to buy more discs to get their favorite songs on one disc. But now they just seem to exist for collection completion purposes when it comes to fans. Who wins?  

Forgot to mention that I bought the Creedence Clearwater Revival: Best Of collection.

Wells personally I still believe that it is a ploy by record companies who release compilations so that they can get the quick buck. A Lot of the times, bands and artists do not put out compilatoins, it is usually 4/5 times the record label (most times their older label) who puts it out in order to make some money off of the band. At times, some labels will ask bands for input into making a list, which is great, but you do not see that often, which is a shame.

I think only The Essential series of compilation discs, does a good job in most cases of picking good tracklists and listening to fans to see which songs should go on their albums (See The Essential Alice in Chains)

Ooh though on Creedence, nice pickup, definitely an amazing band, I used to have one of their old compilation tapes, which was so awesome, but I lost it somehow, gotta pick one up, one of these days to replace it.

[Frodo]

Badlands Debut Album
This self-titled cd has a wonderful 'bluesy' feel throughout.  Every song is brilliant to listent to - Ray Gillan is an excellent singer.  

[Moogle]

Blood-Pigggy, on Oct 27 2007, 11:25 PM, said:

Forgot to mention that I bought the Creedence Clearwater Revival: Best Of collection.

Saw them in concert.

Happiness - Hot Hot Heat
Elevator - Hot Hot Heat
Scissor Sisters - Scissor sisters
Ta-Dah - Scissor Sisters