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Going to ✔ out Patriarchs in Black, looks like good one. Lol, be shocked if you didn't run in to Brendon at Sound Exchange. The man buys more than me and wifey would never believe that. 🤣 Edit #1: always thought it was cool that Angel logo was readable both up and down; beats the shit out of metal bands with a font that can't even make out wtf it even says.

That Vindacator looks rad, I will check them out. Nevermore has a couple of album I have listened to and I like them alot. Suffocation, going to spin that now. Seven Sisters is great stuff. Great video!

Hi George!!! Always nice to see your latest updates and additions to the collection...... You have there some really cool stuff and alo a couple i must have give finally a try, keep hearing good things about Nevermore, but for some reasom i have not listen to them yet! i know the guitar player was also in Sanctuary another great band. I have that Accept cd, but need the last one too, Vader is a kind of Death Metal band i think i mught enjoy. cheers and be well

Great update, I would like to get your input on diversifying my portfolio. Should I invest more into CD’s or just gamble with NYSE?😬😬😬 I still need to check out Running Wild 🤷‍♂️

Killer stuff G. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

This is like Scott Waters and Brendan Snyder Voltroning up in one video :D Nice pick-ups too. I haven't really explored the more recent output by Suffocation and Vader (yet), buttheir old stuff is excellent. Running Wild's recent output after Rolf reactivated the band is pretty solid, but I do prefer their 80s and esrly 90s stuff.

Great picks George. I bought the Casablanca Boxset for all the Angel CD'S. I had all them on vinyl. Their Live Album is so good!! I have all the Seven Witches CD's too. Solid Metal Guitar from Jack!! Can you recommend a Running Wild CD? I have never owned any of their music....

Excellent update George! Good to see Nevermore, Suffocation, Vader, Accept, and Running Wild.

Vader and Suffocation are excellent for sure. I have a soft spot for Angel also. Are you into Titanic? Robert Sweet from Stryper is on drums. Actually bought a different bands CD on eBay and the seller sent me a Titanic CD by accident and I liked it.

Dan Lorenzo is from Hades/Non-Fiction. Are you a Hades fan?

Thanks for this video My favorite is Thundersteel What do you think about archives collection (CD+DVD) ?

Great idea for post, George. Brandi Carlile (Americana counrtyish folky genre) has been quoted as " the first record is the easiest to write since have your whole life to write it, then the labels start to pressure you to write and record." Have a great Thanksgiving.

Hi George!!! cool idea for a video and killer bands here..... i thin k you're right, all of those first records are very different from what those bands did before. Some came to mind as i read the video description, maybe you can add Deep Purple to the list?? I really like the first Priest album, it's still very 70's sounding. Yoi can also give an award Krokus for band with more music changes in there career, lol........ cheers and be well

Great idea for a video George and there’s actually a few of these I haven’t heard

Cool idea for a video. You hit all of the ones I thought of right away (Saxon, Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy). Bands used to get a chance to find themselves after they were signed, and it is cool to hear that development. Cheers George!

Cool idea buddy, UFO was the first band that came to mind when I saw the title.

Thanks! Good to see a ranking by someone that knows the material. FYI: Rhett was victim of attempted car jacking on Techwood Drive in Atlanta Georgia. He refused to give up his car to a thug & was murdered January 1994. That road (Techwood Drive) was home to Techwood homes housing projects. The city tore them down pre Olympic games in Atlanta 1996. The street is now called "Centennial Olympic Boulevard" Rhett was Born in & now Buried in Tucker Georgia.

Great video!! I completely agree with that Saxon. The first time I heard it, was very thrown off by it. But like you mentioned that it does have a few good tracks but very different

I really like the first priest album. Its pretty good

Cool video! I also really like 'Rocka Rolla'; I even think it's better than 'Point of Entry'.

A cool concept & excellent picks. No complaints there, George.

I’d definitely be picking a lot of the same ones you did. I will never complete the Krokus discography, no need to own their first 3 albums, probably a couple on the mid to late 90’s that aren’t essential either. Marc Storace new album came out yesterday, it’s much better than his first solo album.

Heya George, nice concept, I've often thought of this before too...Saxon for sure...I called Accept before you started, it's a good album but definitely not what they'd become...Priest for sure, that's the first one I think of when I think of this subject...oh yes, the cult, i had that southern deathcult cd for a while, I actually bought it before I knew it was the Cult....I've still never heard those first 2 Helix albums, interesting personal note, Helix and Twisted sister were my first 2 hard rock bands....I absolutely love later Krokus albums, like Helix I have not heard the first 2...haven't heard the first 2 UFO records either, although I do own most of what came after...I've grown quite fond of the Scorpions debut....I know about those early Thin LIzzy albums, just have not heard them yet....oh yeah, those first couple Alice Cooper albums are strange.

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I still buy CDs as my main physical format. Luv records too. However, many of them are just too damn much.

I have to be honest. I have to listen to that album more. Cheers G

Man I love that Carcass album Surgical Steel. Fantastic comeback album by them. Cheers G

Hi George!!! this is coming from a not big Kiss fan, but i think the "Killers" album, and some from the mid 80's album covers have to be some of the weakest in their catalogue. cheers and be well

Hi George!!! cool and tough task doing a ranking of a near perfect album, imo...... to me there are so many highlights like "Remember....", "Phamtom....." and Prowler a short and "simple" song that live still sounds amazing and i wish they would do now another cool instrumental like "Transylvania". cheers and be well

Such a great ranking. Mine favorites pretty much line up with yours. I have Sanctuary an EP I think. I will look later.

My favorite would be Alive. Gives you the simplistic raw appearance of the band. Both the cover and its musical content compliment one another. However, there's one that you overlooked. The reissue of Creatures of the Night with Eric Carr, Bruce Kulick, Paul, and Gene without makeup. 😊

Those solo album covers are iconic, but that Destroyer album cover may be the best album cover ever!

Great ranking for a great album George. I just went to see them on the 12th in Baltimore. Those guys can still put on an amazing show!

2 that come to mind immediately, Fast as a Shark on Accept’s Restless & Wild and All We Are on Warlock’s Triumph & Agony. Great stuff as always George!

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Cool! For me, and without Sanctuary: 1) Remember Tomorrow, 2) Prowler, 3) Strange World, 4) Phantom of the Opera, 5) Charlotte the Harlot, 6) Transylvania, 7) Iron Maiden, 8) Running Free

Great ranking of the songs from Iron Maiden's debut George! I'd have to say my top 3 would be Phantom of the opera, Sanctuary and Transylvania. Iron Maiden is a great song, so is Remember tomorrow. Metallica did a fantastic version of it on the Hardwired bonus disc, that's actually where I heard the song for the first time! Are you gonna do Killers too? 😁🤘🏻🤘🏻

Love the ranking!

You raise an interesting point when you were going through the booklet. What did Dennis Stratton do on the album? I've been familiar with the album for decades and you know what George, I'm not convinced he even ended up being recorded on it. The guitars on Killers pack more punch and to me that's when I hear the classic Maiden twin guitar sound for the first time. All the memorable guitar parts on the debut (e.g Prowler, Phantom, Transylvania, Strange World) - they really do all sound like classic Dave Murray to me. It wouldn't surprise me if Dave recorded both lead and rhythm parts and Stratton's contribution was minimal. He joined the band in the same month they recorded it, I do know for a fact that they wiped off what he recorded on Phantom of the Opera as they didn't like what he did.

Some excellent choices here George. With you on Love Is For Suckers, that's an underrated album. Great Dokken pick, Kiss of Death is a beast of a song. Cheers mate

Never bad ranking for any songs on Iron Maiden-s/t record. Stone cold classic.

Nice ranking there. I wouldn't even know where to begin if I were to rank the song on that album.

Fun ranking George. Like you said no bad songs. I think I would have to put Phantom on top probably Remember Tomorrow second. Very hard to rank. I’ve seen the current Maiden lineup do a couple songs from the debut. Back in 2010 I saw Paul at the Stone Pony and he did the whole album including Sanctuary. Phantom of the Opera I’ve seen played by current Maiden, Paul solo and back in 2012 I went and saw Dennis at a pub north of London and he was so nice, they did an instrumental version of Phantom for me. So, never Clive but I did get to see the rest of the original lineup do Phantom. Thru Dennis I did get to go around to Clive’s house on that trip and visit with Clive and Mimi which was so great. Love all Iron Maiden but especially those Paul albums. Thanks for the vid Bud. Up The Irons!!!

Cool ranking of Iron Maiden songs off of their debut, George.

Some great picks there, George. I'd like to mention two songs that were not only great album openers, they were barnstorming concert openers. From Twisted Sister, again, this time from Under the Blade and "What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You)". My other one, and I know a lot folks don't like latter-day KISS with tommy and Eric, but "Modern Day Delilah" from Sonic Boom was a explosive opening to the shows in Europe on that tour. Cheers!

Original KISS Army kid from June '76. Ace Frehley rules! ⚡ Anyway, here's my Top 12 (or baker's dozen): 1. KISS ALIVE! 2. Dressed To Kill 3. Rock and Roll Over 4. KISS 5. Hotter Than Hell 6. Love Gun / ALIVE II (tie) 7. Dynasty 8. Destroyer 9. Creatures of The Night 10. Unmasked 11. The Elder 12. Lick it Up SOLO ALBUMS from '78: 1. ACE FREHLEY 🛸 (easily #1!) 2. PAUL STANLEY ⭐ 3. GENE SIMMONS 🦇 4. PETER CRISS 😼 Finally, I am so sick of hearing this inane, knee jerk opinion about the "production" on the first two classic KISS albums being "the reason"... BS! I can understand someone saying it about "Hotter Than Hell" (but for me, it absolutely adds the LP's character and dark, evil sound!), but when it comes to the debut, I think you're all on crack! The LP sounds great! Especially as a debut album. Yes, of course the songs sound better on ALIVE!, but I personally feel that this album's sound, feel and power is perfect! Each of the first 3 KISS albums are uniquely excellent in this way. What, do you all want them to sound the same? I love their own special qualities and then having them all go to another level on KISS ALIVE! M ⚡ p.s. I don't care about anything after Lick It Up. That's some other stupid hair band...not KISS. Asylum is a decent effort for the MTV crowd. I was 19 when that came out. I hated it. But over time, i appreciate it slightly more... for it's time. Feh... REVENGE is ridiculously overrated! To me, it's a one track album. "UNHOLY" is brilliant, but the rest of it is a who cares affair, with some songs (Domino, I Just Wanna, etc.) being cringe inducing. Saw them at a club show on that tour, with my soon to be wife. It was good. At least they didn't look like sequin'd drunken housewives, like they did in '85-'89.

Great response to Tom's thread George! Some really cool picks like AC/DC, Ozzy, Maiden and Sodom. I'd definitely agree with Hells bells being the best from Back in black. Nice one 😁🤘🏻

Nice picks there. :) Lots of great opening tracks for sure.

Hi George!!! killer response to this very popular thread..... That was the first AC/DC album i ever heard and "Hells Bells" as an opening track is a great statement. Always loved Dokken's "Back...." first song and yes the lyric theme is(was) very "serious" back then. Ratt's "You're in Love" riff is so wicked and catchy at the same time..... hahaha, just watched Jurgen response video and he also showed that Sodom record. Man i need to get Mercyful Fates first two cds.... cheers and be well

Great Response video George..excellent selection Kiss of Death is my favorite Dokken song, such a banger Excellent Video 🤘