RE UP!,..Excellent American sounding, pomp rock band from Sweden, who released this rare single only. For fans of Le Roux and Roadmaster.

Nice jewel that comes to light and deserves to be polished and edited. Homonymous band from the same country, but different styles (already published here in my blog).Like WINGER,DOKKEN ..ENJOY!

Producer and musician John Philip is actually one John Philip Kurzweg, from Tallahassee Florida, who first became known for his work with successful post-grunge bands Creed and Puddle of Mudd in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but also playing keyboards for Rick Springfield. In the late 1980s Kurzweg signed as a solo artist with Atlantic Records, and released a record in February 1987 under the name John Philip (his middle name).The album, Wait for the Night (which Ken Scott produced/recorded the first half of) received mostly positive reviews and some airplay for a few weeks but then virtually disappeared from the landscape. After this experience Kurzweg started producing other artists, at first mostly in the Florida-Georgia area. Imagine a combination of Henry Lee Summer and Michael Morales and you will be in the mood of this record.(MH)

Band Members Mauro Buonarota – Bass, Charlie Beyer – Drums, Frank Consoli – Guitars, Bill Beyer – Guitars,vocals, Ron Garcia – Keyboards,backing vocals ////Out from New Jersey coming The X-Spurts an obscure band with a sound reminds the style of Aerosmith, The Cars and Cheap Trick. If you like your Rock with big guitars and grooves that make you want to break the speed limit then this release is a must-have for you! With their early 70’s influences and an 80’s approach to songwriting the X-Spurts have crafted a fresh, unpretentious and memorable release on Poptown Records.(mh)

M.T.L. were a Montreal based short-lived band release this album in 1989 on Dance Plant Records. A very enjoyable work offer a mixture of rock along with some elements of pop and new wave, a combination of Bon Jovi in key parts with Red Rider and Streetheart.(https://melodic-hardrock.com)

https://www.johntuckeronline.co.uk/hunted-fallen-angel-the-collection.html

Great album this. David Dennis has a unique voice and Neil Zaza is a shred master so obviously they're going to produce some great tracks. Bright Lights, Hungry For Emotion, Wild And Forever, Attitude (Hey You!), Can't Stop Rockin' and the fantastic closing ballad Carolyn make this a must for any melodic hard rock fan.(edw)

Nick Jameson (Foghat) bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals, producer,actor..Like David Roberts, Tim Feehan, Jack Wagner..

https://www.westcoast.dk/artists/m/larry-john-mcnally/

I Saw the Rain” is another rarity that need to be discoverd. Released in 1995 on a small US indie label, combines excellent slice of melodic AOR/Rock with a nice touch of keys and some really catchy tunes like the powerful “Lines in the Mirror” or the rockin’ “On and On”. The album written, arranged and produced by Alan King and be compared to bands like Cry Baby, Silent Knight.Worth the search….(melodic-hardrock.com)

It reminds me of the principles of Bon Jovi,Love Hater...Excellent mini cd, more demos.

Another kick ass cd by this hard rockin' Florida band! 

RARE!!! ,very good

Style.. FAIR WARNING,ANGEL HEART,PRETTY MAIDS

Brilliant album totally great Pop/AOR but what great album...

Sound fully eighties .. Like Robert Tepper, Richard Marx, Michael Morales, Bryan Adams.

Like Diving For Pearls,White Lion,Roxus..

Like Serpientes en el paraíso, Skagarack o Great King Rat..

GREAT!!

EXCELLENT AOR/MELODIC ROCK! (2on1 CD Reissue) 

The Fron is a bamda of Tommy Funderburk, Bob Wilson (SEAWIN), Dann Huff (Peter Cetera, Doro Pech Michael Bolton, Giant ... the list is long), joined talents, yet any AOR fan should own this. If you like the west coast, you will love it. If you need many distorted guitars to please him, you probably won't like this. It reminds me of Loggins from the mid 80's or mid 80's Chicago a bit with a touch of Toto and with the lyrics of "Jesus"

Melbourne Hard Rockers founded in 1976 as Da Boys. In this way, the band released a solo single before adopting a new Desert Rat title in January 1978. The band was composed of former guitarist John Moon of Buster Brown members and bassist Ian Ryan, guitarist Denny Stibbard , vocalist Jerome Speldwinde and drummer John Dee. Released in late 1978, it was his only album and was designed and produced by Gil Matthews of Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs. This album contains 11 hard rockin 'songs similar to Finch or Redhouse, the production could have been better, but hey, it's a great Australian rock and roll.(rockonvinyl)

One of the many lost bands in complete darkness!

RE UP!,California based band acted in the early 90s but never got the chance to got a record deal. They had strong songwriting, nice stage performance and big fan base. They play in many local clubs include Gazzarris and Whisky a Go Go among others. Excellent song writing with a mad axe-man who can really shread when he wants to.(MH)

Just look at the cover to realize that this album belongs to another era, this work originally came out in 1987, it was the debut of the band of Aor los Gibraltar from North Carolina (USA) and now it is reissued.

Just look at the cover to realize that this album belongs to another era, this work originally came out in 1987, it was the debut of the band of Aor los Gibraltar from North Carolina (USA) and now it is reissued.

This is a primitive Aor, in which we find riffs with force, something that is not usual today in this style, the only difference with Hard Rock is that the keyboard shares prominence with the guitar. If you are outside the Aor I will tell you that the Van Halen also had their Aor stage but you remember to review the Jump issue.

Glam, Aor, Hard Rock, Sleazze and a lot of melody that's what we're going to find. The solos of guitar attracts attention with strength and feeling but above all the figure of the singer attracts attention. An American school Aor that has nothing to do with that made by Toto, Foreigner, Elo, Journey ... that of Gibraltar has much more strength and is more oriented towards Rock, is a primitive and still unpolished Aor, probably with the Over the years the band would become more melodic and less aggressive.(metalbrothers.es)

Gene Cotton (born June 30, 1944 in Columbus, Ohio) is a pop and folk singer-songwriter. He is best known for his four entries in the Billboard Top 40 during the years 1976-1978. In the United Kingdom, he is most famous for his song "Me and the Elephant", which failed to be among the 40 best sellers, but was a success on the air.

Hailing from Athens, Greece, Beating Bianca is a group of 4 friends sticking to their goal of producing loud, straight-forward, rocking music, the kind of which they’d want to listen to themselves. Formed in the summer of 2010, Beating Bianca is using the mix of its members influences to guarantee thrilling shows, and tunes you can either bang your head, sing along, or thrash around to.(mh)

On Knights Of Fantasy (1979), Eumir Deodato once again concocted his own ineffable brew of Fusion and funky Disco. Four-to-the-floor beats, funky percussion and heavy synths make for an album that seemingly has an endless groove going. 

The B-side opens with 3-part piece called 'Bachmania', which includes an adaptation of Bach's 'Jesu, Jay Of Man's Desiring' - in a very funky way of course.

Fun fact: the list of used synths include a slew of analog classic machines like a Fender Rhodes Suitcase 88 Piano, Mini-Moog, ARP Pro-Soloist, ARP Omni, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Maxi-Korg, Hohner Clavinet and a Polymoog. Essential Jazz Funk from the Disco era.

Here is the 1989 Asaph Records record of Artie Dison “Forgiving Eyes”. Although falling under the Christian AOR category, this album will appeal to all fans of AOR/Melodic Rock as well. Killer release from start to finish! From the hook-laden “Lonely Heart”, or the uptempo melodic rocker “Conquest Of Love, to the absolutely beautiful “Mysteries Of The Sky”, you will not be disappointed by this amazing aor release. Fans of Beckett, Shelter and the likes will love this album.(melodic-hardrock.com)

Like ELO, Charlie, REO Speedwagon,Toto..

Measure play exactly the kind of catchy high-tech flavoured AOR that we know and love from bands like Drama, Fingerprints or 2AM. I couldn’t point out any song here as all 10 songs are consistently strong and feature a well balanced mix of keyboards and soaring guitars with some fantastic solos on offer as well. Vocalist Jan Klausen has a clear accent free voice that reminds of Beau Heart. Make no mistake, this is high quality Hi-Tech AOR all over without any weak spots! One of the rarest records nowdays.(https://melodic-hardrock.com/measure-close-to-the-madding-crowd-1991/)

RE UP! ENJOY

RE UPLOADED!

In 1984 Påhlsson quit his job as a mailman to become a fulltime musician, songwriter and producer for teenage idol Niclas Wahlgren. They worked together until the summer of 1986, then he has done a lot of touring and recording with several artists and bands. In 2003 he started his own company called Micana Music.

ANOTHER RARE TAPE FOUND, TAKE IT

RE UPLOADED, MELODIC ROCK / AOR, LIKE BON JOVI RECOMMENDED!

RE UPLOADED, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED RARE!

Band plays very catchy, polished and melodic AOR / Melodic hard rock. It reminds me of bands like FRONTLINE and JUSTIN SAYNE.

AMAZING, WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC AOR.GREAT AND EXCELLENT PRODUCTION!!A POPPY VERSION OF DA VINCI!! I AGREE WITH Z4ROXX...SUPER MELODIES HERE!!! (the dolphin)

RE UPLOADED,Bret Kaiser ex-Madam X,..Like Firehosue.

Von Rosen was a Swedish duo who understood the talents of Magnus Rosen and Peter Sandberg (Madison, Alien, Midnight Sun). They recorded and released in the eighties a couple of singles in the best Scandi - AOR tradition.

"Someone Like You / Time" was the last one (the other single can be found HERE), with stellar contributions from Mats Olausson (Glory, Yngwie) and Goran Edman.

Soon; Truly great AOR rock melodies from the best Scandinavian pedigree.

There is a tear of vinyl that circulates among collectors, but with many clicks and jumps everywhere.

This was made by me, cleaned and restored for your listening pleasure.

I love these things. Thank U!(CAMELBLUE) 

There is no data from this band, it will not disappoint your EP

Fantastic AOR / Melodic Rock from Sweden ! like Glory, Dalton and Treat. (aorheartedwin)