Category: All Exclusive

Merry Christmas!
Pride & Joy Musix Classixx will re-release three classic albums “Transition”, “House Of Mirrors” & “Starbound” by Swedish Melodic Rock group OSUKARU on October 18th, 2024!

Keyboardist / vocalist TONY CAREY started a successful solo career after his time with Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. ‘Blue Highway’ is one of our favorite Carey solo LP’s, originally released in 1985 so you guess which kind of sound to expect. This “Blue Highway (2018 expanded edition)“ is a welcomed reissue to re-discover this very good album, plus 2 extra tracks.
More AOR oriented than his previous solo works, Carey’s ‘Blue Highway’ sports that 1985 polished sound production handled by Peter Hauke (White Lion) and mastered by Greg Fulginiti (Aerosmith, Whitesnake).

‘We Wanna Live’ is a wonderful opener, a racing AOR number with fine guitars / synths and a catchy chorus. ‘She Moves Like A Dancer’ bring to mind Michael Stanley Band, a very American tune with a home-grown, earthy rock and roll sound, with huge use of melody.
‘Live Wire’ is classic Carey, and classic ’80s; a midtempo full of atmosphere which has a lot in common with the Canadian AOR sound from the era: pristine sound and clean arrangements. Title track ‘Blue Highway’ is an elegant, suit & tie AOR ballad, ‘Love Don’t Bother Me’ goes for radio friendly poppy lite AOR, then ‘Katy Be Mine’ has some of The Synch melodic rock to it.

‘Like A Rock’ brings back uptempo riffs, a mix of strong guitars, synths and Carey’s raspy vocals, overall resulting like a Bryan Adams tune off ‘Reckless’. The extra tracks were recorded in the Nineties, more focused in Tony’s vocals and interesting lyrics than the ‘glossy’ sound design.
A really welcomed reissue to hear again this well-crafted collection of songs with that mid-Eighties magic.
Highly Recommended

Country: Hungary
Genre: Hard Rock
Year of release: 2011-2023

True to this motto, Fred Boneskin have been bringing their hard rock to the world since 2014 – not only visually, there is a lot of wood on the stage, the sound and mentality are also earthy and powerful. Guitar riffs that sound like pure rock ‘n’ roll; rough, energetic vocals and melodic choruses – this is how the music of the four musicians from Fulda can be described.

Year of manufacture: 2024
Genre: Melodic Power Metal
Country: UK

As requested, here’s the pretty awesome New Jersey ’80s band CRASH STREET, and their album ‘Crash Street‘ released by Retrospect Records – all late ’80s / early ’90s recorded previously unreleased music.

As requested, here’s the pretty awesome New Jersey ’80s band RAZOR SHARP, and their album released by Retrospect Records some time ago – all ’80s recorded material previously unreleased. The Retrospect CD sold out, so the band re-released tha album themselves now titled ”On My Way / Deluxe Edition” adding extra tracks.

Spanish Hard Rock group, formed in February of 1989. In 1997 they opened for the Scorpions in Spain and began a tribute tour to Deep Purple in combination with Hush Magazine known as “The Traces of Deep Purple”. Their sound has influences from Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Mr. Big or Led Zeppelin

Genre : AOR Hard Rock
Year : 2024
Country : Various

Country: Canada
Release date: 2020-2024
Genre: Melodic Rock / Country