Category: Melodic Rock | AOR

Album-oriented rock (abbreviated AOR) is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. AOR evolved from progressive rock radio in the mid-1970s, using research and formal programming to create an album rock format with greater commercial appeal.

TODD HOBIN BAND – Keepin’ The Dream Alive + Turn It On [CD reissue remastered]


Cult album among ’80s AOR collectors, finally 1982’s “Keepin’ The Dream Alive” by the TODD HOBIN BAND has been remastered and pressed on CD reissued by Hobin himself. Never released on CD and with the original vinyl LP almost impossible to find in good condition, fans repeatedly asked Todd – who still is active with his band – for a proper reissue.

Melodic Rock | AOR
Posted on August 6, 2024 by admin

BLITZKRIEG (produced by Ron Keel) – Ready For Action (Retrospect Records reissue), MP3+FLAC

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With the Ron Keel music requests, this one related to also surfaced: 1985’s “Ready For Action” from BLITZKRIEG, produced by Ron Keel. At the time, as Ron’s career was taking off, he took Californian band Blitzkrieg under his wing and produced “Ready For Action”. The project got a lot of attention in the media and sold pretty well, but due to internal fights the group disbanded.

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Magic Dance – The Mirror Of Dreams 2024 Reissue + Bonus Tracks, MP3+FLAC CD

As one of the best exponents of the raising retrowave / synthwave movement, Jon Siejka aka MAGIC DANCE is a talent that has an unmatched ability to invoke nostalgia. Combining electronic-generated sounds with more traditional rock instruments, ’80s inspired synthesis and dulcet vocals, Siejka crafts songs that are refreshingly new and comfortably familiar.

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