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Azguard 3rd Mar 2018		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Supercharged Hits (1970)	A slight amendment, with the exception of a couple of song from a year or so either side, this compilation is mostly releases from the year 1969. So technically it's not a true representation of the 1970s, but 1970 is when this album was released and when I first listened to it. So that's the era it will always represents for me
Azguard 3rd Mar 2018		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Supercharged Hits (1970)	Review Just listened to this album again tonight and I have to agree with Lee Wrecker. In my opinion side 1 is much better than side 2, but overall there are a lot of great song on this album and it's a great representation of the 1970s. If I could only pick one compilation album to represent the decade of the 1970s, this one would be a very strong contender. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 13th Feb 2018		Vinyl Album AC/DC - Back In Black (2003)	Review I consider the original 1980 release as one of AC/DCs best albums and one of the best albums ever in this genre and this re-issue is a fantastic copy. I have the original and this version sounds every bit as good, actually it's even better as my 1980s copy now has a few pops and light scratches. The 180 gram vinyl of this re-issue actually feels better to handle than the original. The cover and sleeve artwork are great, the only problem I can find is every version I have seen has trouble with the labels cracking near the centre hole. Maybe it's a sign of my age and when I grew up but I consider every song on this album to be a ten, Brian does a great job on vocals for his first album with AC/DC, just a shame Bon never made it to this party. Fantastic Album Guys. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 6th Feb 2018		Vinyl Album Daddy Cool - Daddy Cool's Greatest Hits (1976)	Review Perfect just what you would expect from Daddy Cool and early Aus Rock. It's a great album with some outstanding classic tracks. It plays very dynamically and gives a well rounded feeling for the music of the time, can't fault it. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 5th Feb 2018		Vinyl Album Glenn Miller And His Orchestra - Serenade And Blue (1984)	Review If you like nostalgia and something that I imagine sounds like your in a dance hall or ballroom back in the war years, then this is a very good album. Only a couple of his more familiar and bigger hits, but all the songs on this LP are well performed, recorded and a pleasure to listen too. The record is in Mono, but it actually still sounds very good. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 5th Feb 2018		Vinyl Album Glenn Miller And His Orchestra - Serenade And Blue (1984)	This LP is in MONO
Azguard 3rd Feb 2018		Vinyl Album The Beatles - Please Please Me (2014)	Review Absolutely fabulous album. In my opinion not quite as polished or sophisticated as some of their later releases, but fantastic and very enjoyable. This 2014 mono re-issue is hard to tell apart from the original and give you that raw emerging beetles sound in all it's original glory. Credit to Martin and crew for their outstanding original efforts, but I did read somewhere that this reissue wasn't as simple as grabbing the original master tapes and using them. Some adhesive or something had damaged the originals over the years and left some of the tracks degraded, so this release was re - mastered one track at a time, stellar effort and congratulations to the team that achieved this superb release. Excellent Album in all respects. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 23rd Jan 2018		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Ten Years Of Countdown (1984)	Review A fantastic album, so many Aus Rock classics. If you were around when CountDown was on, this DBL Album will bring back some great memories. I have a few CountDown specific Albums, with the exception of multi CD Albums, this one tops them all. For someone of my era or who likes this genre, I can't rate this Album highly enough. Do yourself a favour go out there and buy it (sorry couldn't resist). 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 23rd Jan 2018		Vinyl Album The Barking Spiders - The Barking Spiders Live 1983 (1984)	Review Excellent Aus Rock Album, in my opinion one of their best, if not the best. Great listening all the guy are playing at their best and Dave Blight is fantastic on the harp. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 8th Jan 2018		Vinyl Album Various Artists - 14 Powerful Hits (1972)	Review This album has some good songs, however most sound like they are being performed by cover groups or studio singers. Most are fair renditions of the originals with the exception in my opinion of S1 - T1 Hot Love, it has so much echo and reverb compared to the original that it sounds distorted. I received this album for nothing so it not to bad, would I look for it to purchase, probably not. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 4th Jan 2018		Vinyl Album Australian Crawl - The Final Wave	Review Excellent Album, with a great selection of some of Aust Crawls finest songs and hits. One of my favourite albums takes you back to Australian summers of old. Sounds great on the new 180 gram vinyl format, can't hear any difference compared to the original. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 4th Jan 2018		Vinyl Album Australian Crawl - The Final Wave	180 gram Vinyl Repressing, great sound, as good as the original.
Azguard 2nd Jan 2018		Vinyl Album The Who - The Kids Are Alright (1979)	Review Excellent Album with some of the WHO's greatest songs, the Album and accompanying booklet are great. I love the way the labels represent film reels and the spool is decreasing as you work your way through the album. Sometimes I think it may have been a better album if it were slightly more studio orientated and had less talking etc, but other times it seems to add a warmth to it. I would recommend this as a great addition to anyone's collection. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 2nd Jan 2018		Vinyl Album Various Artists - '88 Kix On (1988)	Review Not a bad album if this was your era, easy to listen to and brings back some memories. The song ratings are very much a matter of individual taste and I guess what ever memories the certain song bring to mind, a few of them received far to much air play at the time so it's going to be quite a while before they improve in my mind. All in all a good album and a fair representation of its time. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 2nd Jan 2018		Vinyl Album The Overlanders [Australia] - Tribute To Western Australia 150 (1978)	Review I expected much more from this album, it is easy to listen to but a bit mundane with only a couple of highlights. I also expected it to have a lot more Western Australian content. If a copy falls in your lap it's worth a listen to, but most of the songs are covered far better by some of the other bush ballad groups. Bit of a disappointment really. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 9th Jun 2017		Vinyl Album Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (1974)	Review Nothing terribly special, but a honest album with some songs that you don't hear Olivia sing very often. If you're into Olivia and some light country, pop, folk type combo's you won't be disappointed. All in all an easy listen. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 3rd Jun 2017		Vinyl Album Roger Whittaker - Mexican Whistler (1977)	Review Very clever and talented musician, his whistling sounds like an instrument. Roger Whittaker is well known for his exceptional whistling, baritone voice and guitar playing ability. This is an excellent album for a little bit of out of the ordinary, nice listening. Only downside I could find was that it doesn't include his hit song, (The Last Farewell). Other than that it was a most enjoyable way to pass half an hour. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 3rd Jun 2017		Vinyl Album Hank Williams - Memories Of Hank Williams Sr (1973)	Review A very early style of country music, slightly depressing at times. But an honest album with a couple of highlights if your into this style of music. So if your in the mood and you've got your cowboy hat on you should enjoy this album. Of course if it gets to depressing you could always play the album backwards and your wife comes back home and your dog doesn't die(sorry could resist the old joke). 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 27th May 2017		Vinyl Album Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home (1967)	Sorry I forgot to include the Matrix Runout codes in original submission. Side 1 - ARL-7714-1A (stamped in dead wax) Side 2 - ARL-7715-1A (stamped in dead wax)
Azguard 16th May 2017		Vinyl Album Chris De Burgh - Into The Light (1986)	Matrix / Runout (Side A): SMX-66091 Matrix / Runout (Side B): SMX-66092 Credits Art Direction [Art Dictator], Management – Dave Margereson Art Direction, Design – John Warwicker, Michael Ross (3) Bass – Al Marnie, John Giblin, Pino Palladino Drums – Jeff Phillips, Pete Van Hooke, Tony Beard Engineer [Assistant] – Dick Beetham, Steve Chase Guitar – Danny McBride, Phil Palmer Guitar, Vocals, Written-By – Chris de Burgh Keyboards – Andy Richards, Glenn Morrow, Nick Glennie-Smith Management – Kenny Thomson (2) Painting [Cover Painting] – Mike Doud (2) Photography By – Richard Haughton Producer, Engineer – Paul Hardiman Saxophone – Gary Barnacle, Ian Kojima Recorded at the Manor, and Marcus Studios (London). Management: Mismanagement. Published by Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (P) 1986 A & M Records Inc., U.S.A. A & M and Design is the registered Trademark of A & M Records Inc., Hollywood, Calif., U.S.A. and used by Festival Records Pty. Ltd. Australia and Festival Records (N.Z.) Ltd. under authorization. Manufactured under license by Festival Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. Australia and Festival Records Retail Marketing Ltd. (N.Z.). Distributed by Festival Records Retail Marketing. (C) 1986 A & M Records Inc., U.S.A.
Azguard 16th May 2017		Vinyl Album The Platters - Encore Of Golden Hits (1972)	Good quality easy listening slice of nostalgia, very pleasant way to let an hour pass by. Just wish I could tie down a year for this Australian release version.
Azguard 14th May 2017		Vinyl Album Bill And Boyd - Dreamin' 18 All Time Greats (1982)	Review Bill & Boyd ( William "Bill" Cate and William "Boyd" Robinson). Easy Listening record with slightly countrified versions of some old classics, as well as. Santa Never Made it into Darwin which charted at # 2 in Australia and was written by Bill Cate as a charity fund raiser for the Darwin relief fund after Cyclone Tracy in 1974. The duo's other charting hit was, Put Another Log On The Fire, this record has very good renditions of both. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Azguard 11th May 2017		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Rock Revival	Just listened to this album, it should have been a very good album, with some decent songs. However I was completely let down by mainly live, poor quality recordings.
Azguard 7th May 2017		Vinyl Album The 5th Dimension - Greatest Hits On Earth (1972)	Australian Version Has An Extra Track, Side A, Track 6 - Sweet Blindness, not included on the USA Version. All other tracks are the same and arranged the same.
Azguard 2nd May 2017		Vinyl Album Various Artists - The World Of Hits (1969)	Tried to add these to the main info section but didn't work. Matrix / Runout (Side 1): ZAL-8738-2W(stamped) ZAL8432(etched) Matrix / Runout (Side 2): ZAL-8739-2W(stamped) ZAL8433(etched)
Azguard 2nd May 2017		Vinyl Album Neil Diamond - 20 Golden Greats (1978)	Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Credits Art Direction – Dragon/Shepherd Composed By, Written-By – N. Diamond* (tracks: A1 to A5, A7 to B4, B6 to B10) Mastered By – Nick* Photography By – Stak (2) Written-By – Russell* (tracks: B5), Scott* (tracks: B5), Walker* (tracks: A6) Notes Printed inner sleeve with "THE DIAMOND COLLECTION" and "10 MORE GEMS FROM MCA RECORDS" on each side Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout side 1, stamped): EMTV 14 A-1 NICK Matrix / Runout (Runout side 2, stamped): EMTV 14 B-1 Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 1, NICK W etched): EMTV 14 A-5 NICK W CRA Matrix / Runout (Runout Side 2, NICK W etched): EMTV 14 B-5 NICK W CPN Found 2 slightly different matrix runout codes for this album, however label printing and codes match perfectly as do all the codes and printing on the album cover.
Azguard 29th Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Blondie - The Best Of Blondie (1981)	Distributed By – Festival Records Retail Marketing Division Manufactured By – Festival Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd. Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records Ltd. Made By – Festival Records Pty. Ltd. Credits Art Direction – Peter Wagg Bass – Nigel Harrison Drums – Clem Burke Guitar – Chris Stein, Frank Infante Keyboards – Jimmy Destri Lacquer Cut By – Warren Barnett Photography [Back Cover] – Brian Cooke Photography [Front Cover] – Martyn Goddard Producer – Mike Chapman (tracks: A1, A3, A5-B3, B6), Richard Gottehrer (tracks: A2, A4, B4, B7) Remix – Mike Chapman (tracks: A1, A4-A5) Vocals – Debbie Harry* Notes ℗ 1977-1981 Chrysalis Records Ltd., England. Manufactured under license by Festival Manufacturing Pty. Limited, and distributed by Festival Records Retail Marketing Division. Made in Australia by Festival Records Pty. Ltd. Some copies came with poster of Debbie Harry photo by Brian Aris (c) Chrysalis Records 1981 Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Label A): SMX-57701 Matrix / Runout (Label B): SMX-57702 Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched): SMX57701 W2A Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched): SMX57702 URA2
Azguard 29th Apr 2017		Vinyl Album David Bowie - Legacy (2017)	Phonographic Copyright (p) – Parlophone Records Ltd. Copyright (c) – Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC Copyright (c) – Parlophone Records Ltd. Copyright (c) – Masayoshi Sukita Copyright (c) – The David Bowie Archive Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BG47072 Mastered At – Air Mastering Record Company – Warner Music Group Credits Design [Album Design] – Barnbrook Liner Notes – Dylan Jones (9) Mastered By – Ray Staff Photography By [Cover Image Left] – Sukita* Photography By [Cover Image Right] – Peter Gabriel (2) Notes Gatefold sleeve Limited edition. Includes 2x12" prints. Tracks A1, A2, C3, C5, D3 are the single versions. Tracks B4 & C1 are the the original single mix. Track A3 is the 2011 remaster. Track D5 is the radio edit. This Limited Edition has two stickers in the front cover saying: 1-"The Very Best of Bowie 2x180g Audiophile Vinyl" 2-"Limited Edition Includes 2x12" Prints" Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 0190295918323 Barcode (Scanned): 190295918323 Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched): BG47072-01 A1 0190295918323 TΓ Matrix / Runout (Runout side B etched): BG47072-01 B1 0190295918323 XΓ Matrix / Runout (Runout side C etched): BG47072-02 C1 ⋁⋁ 0190295918323 Matrix / Runout (Runout side D etched): BG47072-02 D1 0190295918323 ⋁Γ Rights Society: GEMA MCPS Label Code: LC 0299
Azguard 28th Apr 2017		Vinyl Album The Doors - The Best Of The Doors (1976)	Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records Published By – Rondor Music Credits Art Direction, Design – Robert L. Heimall Drums – John Densmore Engineer – Bruce Botnick Guitar – Robby Krieger Photography By – Joel Brodsky Piano, Organ, Bass, Keyboards, Marimba – Ray Manzarek Producer – Bruce Botnick (tracks: A5), Paul A. Rothchild (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B3 to B6) Production Manager [Supervisor] – Jac Holzman Vocals – Jim Morrison Written-By – Doors* (tracks: A2 to B6) Notes Appears to have come with Elektra Red or Elektra'Butterfly' labels Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout stamped Side A): K-42143-A1 Matrix / Runout (Runout stamped Side B): K-42143-B1
Azguard 21st Apr 2017		Vinyl Album The Beatles - The Beatles Ballads (1980)	Just added two images of black Parlophone Label, Sleeves and Album are exactly the same as Orange Labeled version right down to Label Codes and Matrix run out Codes.

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