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QUADE – The Anthology [FnA Records remaster] (2024), MP3+FLAC


Founded in the mid-Eighties by singer / songwriter Gene Quade, five-piece QUADE made the same trek through the indie U.S. underground as have many of their counterparts. However, Quade took it a step or two even further with songs in movies, a track for a Broadway play in Paris, writing music for TV program “Photon”, a video played on MTV (as an indie band), and numerous accolades through local music organizations, cable TV, and college and nationwide radio.

RACHEL RACHEL (feat. Dann Huff) – You Oughta Know By Now (1993), MP3+FLAC

1993
As requested, here’s “You Oughta Know By Now“, the second album from American all-female band RACHEL RACHEL, some kind of a CCM answer to Heart / Vixen. With White Heart’s Billy Smiley again producing Rachel Rachel maybe it’s not too surprising that the band have so many AOR similarities to their all male counterparts too – add to that also White Heart / Giant top class guitarist Dann Huff and you have more edge than on previous Rachel Rachel album.

TAKAYOSHI OHMURA (feat Göran Edman, Mark Boals, Tim “Ripper” Owens) – Angels In The Dark [Japan only release] (2020), MP3+FLAC


As requested, here’s the Japan-only CD “Angels In The Dark” by virtuoso electric guitarist TAKAYOSHI OHMURA. Member of BabyMetal and many other projects, OHMURA find some time for solo releases too. And while solo, the musician feels free to show his love for 80’s U.S. metal / hard rock, and alongside some killer instrumental songs, he call famous American / European singers from the genre to stamp their pipes into his songs.

NELSON – Lightning Strikes Twice [Japanese Edition +1 bonus] (2010), MP3+FLAC


On September 29, 1991, NELSON reached the height of the U.S. single chart with their evergreen hit “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection”, from their multi-platinum debut album “After the Rain”. This single made history when it landed America’s iconic Nelson family (bandleader Ozzie Nelson, rock legend Rick Nelson, and twins Matthew and Gunnar) into the Guinness Book of World Records as the ONLY family in entertainment with three successive generations of #1 hitmakers.

MOTORHEAD – The Manticore Tapes [Limited Edition Super Deluxe 3-disc] (2025), MP3+FLAC


Here’s in exclusive at “MOTORHEAD – The Manticore Tapes [Limited Edition Super Deluxe 3-disc]“, the original lost, never heard album from 1976, recorded at the legendary Manticore Studios, making the first-ever recording with the classic Three Amigos line up at their rawest. Includes additional altermate takes and instrumentals for a unique insight into the birth of this legendary band.