Salam semua /Good day all.

So belated Happy 32nd Birthday to " dot dot dot And Justice For All " album. In 1988 on release and the cassette arrived at where I am, I bought the cassette tape, the tape is long gone, but I still keep the amazing inlet with such long panels.

AS USUAL I WILL TALK COCK FIRST IN BAHASA MELAYU, FOLLOWED BY MY BROKEN ENGLISH.

and then in 2018 I upgraded to these. LOL!!

 lambat sikit.. tiap kali depan laptop nak buat blog, last2 surf internet ke lain. haha.

tapi takpe, saje je nak tunjuk betapa minat giler aku kat album Metallica ...And Justice For All ni.. 7hb September 1988 dikeluarkan, sekarang dah 32 tahun. Dulu keluar je aku beli kaset original nya, tu la kaset dah lama dah takde, tapi inlet kaset nya aku masih simpan, tu foto atas tu.. So selepas tahun2 berikut nya aku dengar ke cd tapi aku tak beli, tu jam aku dapat free, ada kawan trade bootlegs tu jam kasi aku percuma versi Jepun, ada lagu extra The Prince.

Lepas tu dua tahun lepas, 2018 keluar boxset besar gedabak sambut 30 tahun gitu ...And Justice For All. Aku kan minat jadi terus aku beli la satu, kira UPGRADE la, sebenarnya aku tak bukak dan pasang apa2 pun, kerana setiap lagu (lebih 100++ lebih lagu dalam boxset ni) baik dari rakaman2 live dari merata tempat zaman tersebut, dan lp2 tu semua dalam kotak diberi PASSWORD KATA KUNCI, jadi boleh di download dari website Metallica untuk pembeli, SENANG HIDUP AKU TAK YAH RIP SATU SATU masuk Walkman,... Serious berbual rasanya aku belum abis dengar.  Tapi sungguh menarik live2 mereka zaman2 tersebut, ngan Jason rakaman ramakan live sangat hebat solo2 dan jugak dia nye one man show masa agak anggota Metallica tengah minum air ke lap peluh... 

Yang DVD nye tu semua, aku tak minat sangat nak tengok. Mungkin lain kali,

 aku tengok belek sekali dua buku tebal hardcover 100+ mukasurat pun tak baca habis pun, tengok tengok gambar dan baca mana yang mustahak aje... cam komen2 engineers dan mixers pasal kenapa takde bunyi bass Jason Newsted. tapi al-maklum ni band ialah milik James Hetfield dan Lars Ulrich, suka hati mereka la nak buat apa dengan band mereka ni. Kita peminat dengar je kalau suka, tak suka tak dengar. Tapi aku tak pedulik apa pun aku minat giler album ... And Justice For All ni. lepas lebih 30 tahun hati aku masih berdebar dengar lagu Harvester of Sorrow. Sedap. Kira semua lagu sedap la, tak payah banyak colok.

Ooo dah terakhir, aku ni ada sikit " OVER GILER " pasal album ni jadi sini aku cuma nak cakap.. nama album ni ada " dot dot dot " tiga titik kat depan tu jangan lupa. Ini ialah sebagian ayat Ikrar Rakyat Amerika dan ia bukan pembuka ayat.. ok enjoy tengok gambo2.

SPEAKING LONDON PULAK...

(current version)

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

So... me being anal about this album.. really need to emphasis that " dot dot dot " in front of the album title. That is how this album is supposed to be called.

This is surely my favourite Metallica album. Probably second favourite could be HARDWIRED.

Thru the years I have constantly listen and explore the different live versions played, and the 2018 deluxe boxset was anticipated and I got a copy. Thanks to the Metallica downloads, i dont actually open every item inside. I have never viewed the 4 DVDS included.

Yes, besides the 4 DVDS there are 11 cds, full of live recordings and shows through out the late 1980s era, demos and whatever, plus 6 nice looking vinyl records. NICELY PACKAGED of course.

 Plus a 100+ pages hardcover of everything to do with the making of this album, the producer, the engineers, the mixers, the artwork artist, and photographers comments and interviews....

So you got detailed and juicy " from the horse's mouth " interviews from those in the studios (mixing engineers) about the Jason Newsted's missing/lack off bass sound.

Plus so much more , Pushead ideas, Ross Halfin, the stories and magazines cuttings and amazing photos from that era, the handwritten notes and whatever.. THIS IS A VERY DETAILED AND WORTH IT BOXSET TO HAVE if you love ... and justice for all.

So this is more photos of me unboxing again this box again to take some photos for this blogs...

kat sini aku ambik kesempatan nak bilang aku langsung tak minat si Rob tu....

tapi pasal aku minat album Hardwired, aku suka giler album ni, so ok la pelan pelan aku dah suka Rob sikit..

k bye.. haha.

As usual firstly in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar and then in my Broken English.

I decide to now blog on some album I love and the accompanying live albums/dvds that was recorded on that specific album tour, together in one post.

So lets start with Rainbow, the band I listened to all my life,  and I got the opportunity to be there on their first show in 20 years in Loreley Germany 17th June 2016/ One of my greatest experience backpacking to see my favourite bands ever. Its lovingly blogged somewhere here 4 years ago.

 A short one till next time.

but first in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar.

- Tiga band rock mampos yang nama band bermula ngan huruf " B ".

- Tiga2 band dengan gitaris top hits popular John Sykes, Doug Aldrich, dan Jake E Lee. 

Mereka yang bantu dan menempah nama dan tulis lagu dan main gitar hebat ngan mempopularkan retis2 lain macam Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Dio, Whitesnake (lagi sekali) , Ozzy Osbourne antaranya.

- Ketiga2 band juga menghasilkan album2 studio, rakaman2 demo, dan live ni dalam akhir2 tahun 1980an ke awal 1990an.

Dan jumlah rilisan album setiap band pun Tiga jugak.

- Dan tiga2 band pun tak sepopular mana, mungkin antara sebab kena stimroll ngan Grunge dan

Walau pun mungkin waktu tu Rock tak popular sangat. Tapi tak kesah pasal Rock Never Die. Yang die kita.

Nanti senang aku borak panjang2 lagi la setiap2 band ni, mungkin tunjuk foto2 bungkusan2 dalam nya..

So what a wonderful albums these nine cds above to have in anyone's music collection.

Bands lead by John Sykes, Doug Aldrich and Jake E Lee. Great music all around...

Awesome rock bands, which unfortunately all three bands do not really get famous or long lasting.

Being in the same period as the trend of Grunge does not help. 

I will talk cock more next time, and show more photos next time, especially those cute Japanese pressings obi strips.

 As usual first in Broken English, and then Bahasa Melayu Pasar.

again, a bit late..

Triple cd Bag of Trix release from a few months back. 47 Songs from the Vault. What can I say but another Roxsome, Roxking, Roxgeous, Roxderful, Roxmantic, and what else.

A nice problem to have for Roxette is that every song is nice. Even the Bsides, even the unused tracks and their Demos (usually sung by Per is better than the finished products of other acts).

So if you have not get this latest release, it makes an awesome purchase as the continuation of your Roxette collection.

Tak Payah banyak colok.

Rilisan terbaru Roxette 3cd Bag of Trix adalah satu lagi koleksi terdiri dari berbagai sumber termasuk lagu2 belum pernah dikeluarkan sebelum ni YANG HEBAT.

Cam aku cakap kat atas... Roxette ni masalah dia semua lagu sedap termasuk demo ke, atau pun kalau Marie nyanyi dalam bahasa Sepanyol..

So sapa minat Roxette,  enjoy la ngan berpuluh2 lagu ni... walau ada dah keluar sebelum ni versi2 ni.

Dan sapa tak dengar Roxette, relak one corner sampai aku blog lagi sekali entah bila. haha.

Salam and Good Day. 

This post will have lots of photos as I cant resist to share it with you who have not yet have opportunity to see the beautiful packaging and cute obi strip. (click each photo to enlarge)

As usual in my Broken English first, lepas tu Bahasa Melayu Pasar

Graham Bonnet is 74 this year.

His resume and career is like playing and recording with who's who of Heavy Rock History-

Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz , Anthem etc.

So after 20 years, he gets together again with Anthem for this EXPLOSIVE STUDIO JAM 8 songs recording. The songs are

1 - 3 Gypsy Ways (Win, Lose or Draw) , Crying Heart, Midnight Sun from HEAVY METAL ANTHEM album released in 2000 which are old Anthem songs recorded again with full English lyrics by Graham Bonnet.

4 - 5 Since You Been Gone , Lost in Hollywood from RAINBOW DOWN TO EARTH album

(yes... Izumu did that Cozy Powell intro)

6 Desert Song from MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP ASSAULT ATTACK album

(AND THAT NAOTO SHIBATA BASS IS SCARY LOL!!!!!!)

7 The Witchwood from ALCATRAZZ DANGEROUS GAMES album

(They really really really slow it down for this song...... A beautiful moment in time yes)

8 Night Games from one of Graham Bonnet's solo album LINE UP.

More photos from the packaging - 

I think Explosive Studio Jam is too kind and humble name for this album. Its a Super Explosive Fabulous Recording all together. 

Anthem has been constantly amazing thru the years with their releases since after their REUNION in 2000. And this shows again.

Its nice to hear Anthems current line up of Naoto Shibata, Akio Shimizu , Isamu Tamaru and Yukio Moriwaka perform these legendary songs with a legendary singer.

Anthem uses keyboards for this recordings.

Nice follow up from the Naoto Shibata side project The Man (which is actually made up of Anthem members too) live double cd where they performed selections of famous rock songs.

I had reviewed it here.. - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-man-ultimate-formation-live-2cd.html

I LOVE THE ABOVE PHOTO VERY MUCH. LOL!!!

Lastly, below photo is a picture of my Anthem collection featuring Graham Bonnet.

I had reviewed and shown the packaging for the year 2000 Reunion of Anthem and featuring the vocals of Graham Bonnet here - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2014/02/heavy-metal-anthem-anthem-with-rainbows.html

The live 2cd super awesome bootleg of Graham Bonnet live with Anthem  in Tokyo Japan July 13 , 2000 has the setlist as follows...

Till next time, I will try to show packagings of all post 2000 Anthem studio albums cd packagings in the future..  For me after Anthem reunion in 2000 they have transform leap and bound to become such a fabulous band. 

I just want to add although Yukio is awesome, but I need Eizo back in Anthem. LOL!!

Bye.

AMACAM SEMUA????

ooo kayy boleh agak la kan aku minat Anthem. Band Jepun yang dah berjaya menawan hati gua.

Zaman 80an dan awal 90an mereka best kan Rock Jepun.

Tapi selepas mereka reunion balik tahun 2000, dan selepas projek ngan Graham Bonnet ni,

(tak pedulik la samada vokalis Eizo Sakimoto ke Yukio Morikiwa) mereka dah ubah jadi GERGASI ngan lagu2 dan rakaman2 hebat yang aku minat sangat.

Tak kira jugak la sapa drummer2 mereka. Ada eksiden la. Tapi yang terbaru ni budak Izumu ni dah kira lama jugak. So harap ni line up tak berubah...

KECUALI aku nak Eizo masuk balik, suara Eizo tu Heavy Metal pada aku, suara Yukio ni hard rok la. HAHAHAHAAH. Tapi harap2 dua dua ni la nyanyi sama2. Anthem pakai dua vokalis.

Jangan macam live bluray sambut birthday 60 tahun Naoto Shibata tu.. Anthem pakai 3 vokalis. Eizo, Yukio , Tony (vokalis awal sebelum Anthem jadi retis rakaman)... gitaris pun dua... AKIRA TAKASAKI Loudness pun join tapi berapa lagu je la.. haha.

Sapa tak tahu, zaman Loudness macam sial gitu, tahun2 pertengahan hingga akhir 90an, bila Loudness memang merapek kerepek, Naoto Shibata jadi bassist Loudness. Hahaa.

OK.. apa aku nak cakap pasal cd ni?

Graham Bonnet? Dia kalau apply kerja jadi penyanyi eh... Dia punya Resume tu mesti GILER BABI HEBAT.

Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz, Anthem, solo albums, IMPELETTRI (tak ingat spelling) dan sapa lagi la.

Semua musicians dan bands2 hebat semua... TERBAIK DARI LADANG.

Selain tu review lain semua korang baca la kat atas aku cakap omputeh...

Tapi serious ni album lagu The WITCHWOOD tu meleleh siot. MELELEH GILER la menyentuh sanubari ku.

Alcatrazz tapi bukan  Yngwie Malmsteen atau Steve Vai original tapi Danny Johnson.

Korang tengok la Graham Bonnet ni dia dah nyanyi tuk gitaris2 semua giler2 nye... Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, atas aku baru sebut dua tu, Akio Shimizu dan ramai lagi..

So nasib baiklah Ritchie Blackmore panggil dia ganti Ronnie James Dio dulu. Rezeki dia terus terkenal dah sampai sekarang...

HAHAHA.. ok dah...

Hingga bertemu lagi di lain siaran.. Anyway aku nak harap aku ada time aku nak tayang semua studio album Anthem yang selepas tahun 2000.

Ada aku dah tunjuk kat blog ni, cerita2 sikit tapi rasanya banyak belum.

CEHHHH..... hahaha..

ok bye.

 Salam semua , Hi Everyone.

A short one in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar, and then on to my broken English.

Gara-gara aku punya la susah mencarik lagu " MIDNIGHT MADONNA " dalam versi cd selepas kesilapan aku terhegeh-hegeh nak pre-order album Sacrement of Sin versi 3cd sampai dah sold out, maka aku tak mau buat kesilapan sama...

Diumumkan je berapa bulan lepas Call Of The Wild versi Earbook 3cd aku terus pre-order seawal mungkin. Dan memang dijangkakan selepas beberapa hari, memang sold-out versi ini.

Tidak menghampakan... buku saiz 28cm x 28cm. 100 mukasurat penuh art/seni berkenaan Powerwolf dan imaginasi2 band dan artis. Lirik2, info2, dan ada 3 cd. CD album studio, cd sama lagu tapi bentuk Simfoni dan gunakan koir, dan terakhir, cd2 dimana lagu2 Powerwolf dari album2 lagi awal dimana muzik dimainkan anggota Powerwolf manakala vokal oleh penyanyi2 berlainan yang adanya adalah nama2 hebat muzik rock.

Ulasan aku untuk album ni, album ke studio yang kelapan Powerwolf. Sebuah band yang sangat produktif dapat riliskan 8 album studio dalam jangka masa sekitar 16 tahun begitu. Sejak aku dapat tonton mereka bermain tahun 2014 dahulu, aku rasa kalau aku pilih satu aje band Jarman buat masa ni, aku akan pilih Powerwolf.

- Tiada lagu yang boleh jadi pop hit seperti album lepas "Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend ", yang muncul kembali dalam album versi 3cd ni dengan dendangan penyanyi ARCH ENEMY diringi band Powerwolf yang menjadikan lagu ni lagi hebat kerana "suara" wanita.

- Semua lagu konsisten takde masalah aku untuk mendengar semua lagu sekali harung. Antara lagu yang menjadi tarikan setiap kali dimain cd album studio Call Of The Wild ni beberapa kali ialah Varcolac, Alive or Undead (seperti biasa Powerwolf tidak menghampakan dengan satu balada sedap), Glaubenskraft, Call of the Wild, dan Blood for Blood ada sikit Scotland rasanya haha...

- Walaupun apa dicakap oleh band tentang pembikinan album ni ngan lagu lebih berlainan ke hapa ke, pada telinga aku tetap sama, Powerwolf tetap laju, tetap mendebarkan, tetap rancak, tetap menghiburkan, tetap heavy metal.

- Aku pernah berangan, satu hari nanti Iron Maiden akan berakhir, maka band apa aku nak " ikut " ye? Aku dah jumpa dua dan aku rasa pilihan aku takkan berubah. Ghost dan Powerwolf, Dua2 masih muda... kalau band2 usia 40an tu dianggap muda, berbanding ngan band2 aku minat yang kebanyakkan lebih berumur. Powerwolf ni, hanya penyanyi dia dilahirkan 1970, lain2 lebih ke pertengahan atau penghujung 1970an. Aku harap mereka bertahan.

Foto2 contoh dari packaging ada di bawah.

Lama giler aku tak buat blog... kerajinan datang pasal SENJUTSU nak keluar. Tak disangka ye..

Terimakaseh kerana masih masuk blog ni korang-korang semua... Sangat dihargai. Semoga tidak menghampakan dan buang masa korang. Take Care semua.

Just a little bit of Happiness in the challenges, hardship, endureship and sorrow of Covid19, A new studio album by Powerwolf is released. Brand new songs. Thank you Powerwolf.

Going thru the credits probably reflect the times and challenges of Covid19. - Recorded in Holland. Vocals recorded in Germany. Choir recorded in Holland. Organs in France. Mixed and Mastered in Sweden.

All songs are consistent, there isnt any outstanding song that can be called a Pop Hit this time, but I think this is more balanced effort than the previous Sacrement of Sin album. I think this album is more aligned to the older ones than the previous effort. If you like Powerwolf, this is more of the same bombardment, the usual majestic songs, usually fast, thrilling and songs that will excite and lots of fun and singalong when played live.

Glaubenskraft is completely Alien language to me. Just like Let There Be Night. And just as beautiful.

The earbook is 28cm by 28cm in hardcover. 3cds. 100 pages of lyrics, info, marvellous art, photos , fantasy depictions, The other cd is now an expected Symphonic version of the new album, with choir.

The 3rd cd is the awesome Missa Cantorem.

Using vocals from the singers from - PRIMAL FEAR (yes that Ralf Scheepers guy), ARCH ENEMY (and probably the most suitable song chosen by her), AMON AMARTH, DORO, SOILWORK, TRIVIUM, LORD OF THE LOST, AVATAR, ALESTORM, WINTERSUN.

A solid 3 cd package, each has its own awesomeness.

I dont regret purchasing this earbook 3cd version.

 As usual first in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar and then onwards to my Broken English

Bila kerajinan nak syok sendiri dalam blog melanda....

Dari Powerwolf terbaru versi 3cd ke sesuatu dah lama jugak tapi aku belek2 blog ni aku perasan aku belum borak2 lagi. So ini dia Cinderella nye boxset Mercury Years dan diremastered ye. Aku tak tahu la dapat restu dari anggota2 Cinderella ke tak tapi memang berbaloi rilisan ni , dengan harganya dan packaging semua, dan isi dalam. Ingat ye harga memainkan peranan so dapat cam gini dah kira best.

Sapa tak kenal Cinderella kan? Album pertama, album kedua hebat ye tak sapa2 tahu band ni. Album ketiga aku faham kalau ada yang terkehel sikit dengar.. Cam pelik gitu kan? Tapi sebenarnya ok. Album keempat... Still Climbing, ni la yang terbaik dari ladang. Malangnya, untuk aku dua sebab, tekak dan nyanyian Tom Keifer alami masalah... dan lagi malangnya Grunge Makan Tapao Abis semua..

So sini aku buat post dengan keyakinan betapa korang pun beri "thumbs up" untuk Cinderella. Sebuah band yang macam2 style - laju, rancak, rock bising memekak!!!!, suara terjerit giler nak terkeluar anak tekak!, music instrument sebijik2 sedap gitars bass drum , piano... lagu meleleh, lagu blues meneran, dan semua la apa yang nak semua nak. Dalam usia begini aku dengar lagu2 Cinderella sebagai album, takde dengar sebijik2 mainkan semua lagu sebagai Q dalam mp3 aku rip dari cd2 aku beli ni.  Jadi aku bukan nak panjang lebar cerita pasal band ni tapi aku senaraikan je la kenapa boxset ni best... haha.

- harga nya berpatutan,  semua empat album studio ada, Cinderella Live EP ada dalam so korang akan dapat Galaxy Blues, lagu2 extra yang terdapat kat album kompilasi mereka Move Over dan War Stories pun ada dalam, dan ada lagi satu cd kelima, semua live versions dari B-sides rilisan2, so boleh dengar mereka main di Jepun.... Yang dari mana Mendiang Jeff Labar nye mak berasal..

So aku rasa aku boleh cakap setiap lagu secara rasmi yang Cinderella hasilkan dan segala tok nenek edit single version, semua ada dalam kotak ni dalam 5 cd ni. 

Takde lirik tapi , buku dalam ni ada 16 mukasurat tulisan MALCOLM DOME, yang penulis tak asing untuk sapa baca majalah Metal Hammer zaman dulu. Beliau cerita2 pasal Cinderella. Segala info pembikinan setiap album, dan jugak info bukti remasters oleh siapa....

Itu aje.....  Tengoklah gambo2 ni semua..

From Powerwolf new release to Cinderella, as can be seen above is the proof that the five cds in the simple clam shell boxset of Cinderella called The Mercury Years has been thru the remastering process. Although I cannot find any info of any Cinderella member participating in this release.

Like I say above this blog post is not to highlight how superior Cinderella is thru out their studio releases.  Whether you like them or not, it cannot be denied all four albums really surprised on first listening and repeat listening, especially the last Still Climbing which is simply brilliant, furious yet lovely moments.

So I will repeat why I love this boxset - The price is reasonable, the five cds are nicely packed in beautiful cardbox sleeves, all 4 studio albums are here, inclusive of Live EP this is probably due to the "not heard but often read song title GALAXY BLUES", the bsides, the edits, the live versions on bsides, the two songs on their "once upon a time.. " compilation.

Plus a booklet of 16 pages with text and stories by Malcolm Dome, and all the infos as can be seen on some of this sample photographs I took.

and last but not least, there are a total 65 songs in here and I enjoy them all  - fast furious rockin ones, the mid speed ones, the slow sentimental ones, the blues and everything in between. Tom Keifer voice is beyond this world and so is every musician which thrilled me on every listen.

So probably there will never be a Cinderella anymore with Jeff Labar passing... but I think a lot of people still love their music.

 Salam semua/ Hello All.

As usual first in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar. Then in my Broken English.

Aku bukan peminat setia atau tegar Michael Schenker. Tahulah jugak yang lama2 MSG, termasuk zaman UFO dan sumbangan beliau kepada SCORPIONS. Yang baru2 banyak tengok dan dengar kat youtube aje. Tapi aku suka kadang2 beli live album yang ada Michael Schenker. Yang TEMPLE OF ROCK live 2cd tu hebat. Pasal live albums ni seronok dengar Michael Schenker gentel2 lebih dan lagi berdebar2. Pernah kot aku tayang dan ulas 2cd Temple of Rock tu dulu2 kat blog ni.

OK. Rasanya ramai tahu pasal MSG dengan katanama McAuley dan bukan Michael. Gabungan penyanyi suara merdu giler. Merdu bak buluh perindu. Robin McAuley. Beliau masih berkarya hingga kini, ada rilisan terbaru Supergroup BLACK SWAN beliau bersama dengan bassist Dokken pilson tu, gitaris si Whitesnake/Winger si Beach tu, ngan drummer yang main ngan Mr Big tu ganti mendiang tu. Matt Starr. Dan ada terbaru album solo Robin McAuley ni.

Jadi mungkin Michael Schenker dah temui tandingannya, maka dari tahun 1987-1992 gitu nama band ditukar jadi begini. Dan dapatlah kita semua tiga album studio, satu EP khas Jepun, dan satu album live rasmi. Last dua tu ialah versi akaustik semua...dan live tu jugak ada lagu2 zaman UFO, so sapa minat UFO boleh dengar interprestasi Michael gunakan dua pemain gitar akaustik sahaja tuk menyajikan lagu2 UFO bentuk akaustik.  

Pengakhiran jelmaan MSG ni pun bukan gaduh ke hapa ke... Dan kadang2 ni Robin McAuley masih bersama dengan projek Michael Schenker yang terbaru2 ni Michael Schenker FEST.

Jadi ni aku tayang koleksi McAuley Schenker aku. Semua cd. Dulu Perfect Timing tu aku ada kaset nya la zaman sekolah dulu, rilis je beli. Tu aku terus sangkut kombinasi Schenker dan McAuley ni.

So sapa tahu sikit2 jelmaan masuklah Youtube dan dengar semua album. Sapa tahu banyak... tentu ni datangkan kenangan. Sapa tak tahu, cubalah... konfem suka.

Rangkaian2 lagu2 mereka ni, aku kalau dengar aku akan pasang secara berantai mp3 mereka di rumah dengar sebagai Muzik Latar -  aku akan susun semua lagu dari lima album ni... berpuluh2 lagu ni. Takde lompat2, takde pilih2... pasal semua gerek....

Terutama bila masuk lagu2 slow... termenung kejap... teringat benda2 lama. 

OK tukar cenel omputeh, gambo2 dan review setiap album secara ringkas..

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Perfect Timing (1987). 

What a debut combination from top notch famous guitarist and probably one of the best voices rock singer ever Robin McAuley.

Every song is a dream, Fast songs like the stop/go/stop/go of "No Time For Losers ", middle speed songs, slow ones like "Time" and " Follow The Night", but all songs are so very catchy and easy to singalong with simple lyrics. Remember 1987 is when most of us are teenagers.

I got this on cassette tape when it came out in 1987 and it has always been some sweet memories listening back to this album.

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Save Yourself (1989). 

WEIRD is the songwriting credits, very minimum of Michael Schenker.

But it doesn't matter, as long as all the songs are awesome and rocking even the slow ones, due to the voice of Robin. Seems the songs nearer the start are the popular ones? But I like the ones near the end like " I am Your Radio", "This is my Heart""Destiny".

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - M.S.G (1992). 

Probably the most popular in the early 1990s among my friends then. Fabulous songs from start to finish. There are about 4 slow songs... but don't let that demoralise you. Still superb album... This is the album where you can find the original " When I'm Gone", but for me there are three more superior slow numbers "What happens to me ", "This night is Gonna Last Forever " and the great "Never Ending Nitemare". 

(always confused about the spelling of this song nightmare and nitemare)

McAuley Schenker Group studio albums end here, and what a way to finish of with that song.

Dokken's Jeff Pilson and ex Scorpions Kottak play on this studio album.

Hugh Syme the designer for Youthanasia, Def Leppard's Retroactive, Iron Maiden's X Factor did the design for this album.

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Nightmare  The Acoustic Japan Only EP (1992). 

This is where things really hot up, although its acoustic. MSG of this version gets more famous when their songs are played acoustically.

This is a marvelous EP of 6 songs, and the 7th is spoken words by Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley to their Japanese fans. Very inspiring short speech by Michael on this one.

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Live Unplugged (1992). 

Sounds like Robin says Anaheim so it should be Anaheim California.

Just two acoustic guitars - Michael Schenker and Spencer Sercombe and Robin McAuley singing.

On my cd version. Three are UFO songs.. So its very interesting how it sounds with just two acoustic guitars. 

A brilliant way to end this lineup of McAuley Schenker Group.

I still listen to these collection of albums, not as individual songs. I would queue up these songs as album by album and play all of them continuously.

That is how much I love these songs till now many years later.

Take Care.

 As usual first in Bahasa Melayu Pasar then in my Broken English

QUEEN + Paul Rodgers - RETURN OF THE CHAMPIONS 2cd

QUEEN + Adam Lambert - LIVE AROUND THE WORLD cd + bluray

Untuk aku dua album live ni paling penting ada lagu2 yang Queen tak pernah main live pasal Queen berhenti main live tahun 1986. Sedangkan ada beberapa album studio selepas itu. Jadi ini lah peluang dengar lagu2 "terbaru" Queen dimainkan anggota2 Queen tinggal berdua tu secara live contoh macam I Want It All dan The Show Must Go On dan These Are The Days Of Our Lives. Seronok sungguh macam rasanya " ooooo macam gini la lagu ni kalau Queen mainkan live".

Jugak, lagu2 solo Freddie dipermainkan, kira rare la, jugak kalau album + Paul Rodgers tu ada lagu2 Free dan Bad Company jugak. Selain tu ada satu lagu yang aku tak tahu kewujudan langsung dan susah nak carik maklumat iaitu "Reaching Out".

Akhir sekali, muzik2 nye tentu sedap... dan terutama ada drums solo "Let There Be Drums". Dan jugak banyak jugak lagu vokals nye oleh dua2 anggota Queen iaitu Brian May dan Roger Taylor.

Kalau boleh yang Adam Lambert nye album tu aku nak setlist penuh macam yang aku tengok mereka main kat o2 London. Lama giler lebih 20+ lagu termasuk Killer Queen dan celotah kelakar giler atas pentas ngan penonton.

Dengan hujah2 begini, buat aku, ni dua album ni ialah KEPERLUAN BUKAN KEMAHUAN. sekian, terimakaseh. Cewahh!!.

Allow me to say why I think these two live releases are a necessity.

- Queen songs that were never performed live by Queen themselves from the last 3 albums.. MIRACLE, INNUENDO, MADE IN HEAVEN plus Freddie Mercury solo albums.

So this is a moment to think " this is how it sounds like live ".

- Brian May and Roger Taylor perform lead vocals for a fair share of the songs.

- The music is great plus the solos, and of course some of Free and Bad Company songs on the one featuring Paul Rodgers. Plus that rare song "Reaching Out".

I just wish the Adam Lambert one has the full o2 London setlist of winter 2014 or was it 2015 because thats the only time I saw them. My impression of Adam Lambert change tremendously after watching that show. Amazing frontman, amazing singer. A Killer Queen 20++ songs setlist of fans favourites.

Thats all till next time. Take Care and SENJUTSU !!!!!

 As usual first in Bahasa Melayu Pasar and then in my broken English.

12 AM > ITUNES DOWNLOAD > CONVERT MP3 320kbps > SONY WALKMAN

 Salam.

As usual first in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar, followed by in my Broken English

OK dah dapat semalam aku punye. 

Cantik... rasanya semua packaging pun cantik la apa2 format pun pilihkan korang.

OK nak nasik tambah atas apa aku tulis minggu lepas masa malam rilisan aku dengar pertama kali.

Pasal ni album sangat konsisten jadi aku akan pilih album ni lagi hebat dari album Book of Soul. Dan pasal aku tak suka band rock aku minat suka " sandarkan pada kenangan" suka harapkan kegemilangan masa lepas je... 

ULANG2 recycle dan sebut cerita lama... Ni untuk aku la, aku tak suka orang asyik puji retis pasal cerita lama, aku suka retis aku minat sentiasa buat terbaru yang hebat2... gitu....

Maka... Aku nobatkan Senjutsu ni album terbaik Iron Maiden untuk diri aku dalam sejarah 17 album studio.

Aku makin perasan Darkest Hour ni, cerita pasal kewiwabaan dan kepimpinan dan kesabaran Winston Churchill ni, makin hebat. Macam aku cakap kat post lepas, lagu ni kalau main live... Semua mata akan fokus kat Adrian Smith, pasal tentunya beliau akan buat MAGIC untuk permainan gitarnya bagi lagu ni bila main live.

Selain itu takde beza, lagu paling Lost In A Lost World, lagunya, seluruh lagunya dan lirik nya menyentuh perasaan aku habis2an.

OK POLL atas tu, aku sangat teruja tunjuk betapa "diversify" dan betapa "luas" cara album Senjutsu ni memikat hati...

Bukan nak cakap semua lagu paling hebat ke apa ke, tapi bayangkan 200++ pendengar Iron Maiden di fanclub boleh buat pilihan yang sangat ketara perbezaan nye. Kecuali lagu Hell On Earth, yang ada jurang sikit, Tapi lagu2 lain pun dekat2 dan sama rata. Dan kalau tengok lagu paling atas pun takdelah jauh sangat ke depan.

Jadi inilah contoh aku cakap kenapa Konsisten giler album ni. Pendapat aku je lah.

OK yang merah tu ialah pilihan2 aku.  OK Bye.

Last aku nak cakap, aku tak terkejut ni album 82 minit akan dimainkan penuh live. Ataupun mungkin 7 lagu dari 10.

OK got my 2cd Book Version. The packaging is beyond asesome. The Credits and Thank You List is 4 pages. LOL!!

Like I say above, Lost In Lost World is still my favourite song but I slowly realised how amazing Darkest Hour still is. This song will be spectacular live once Adrian Smith improvised all his guitar parts.

The Polls that I shared, is I steal and copied from the fc. I just want to show the diversity in taste of voters. Except the runaway Hell On Earth, the rest is fairly balanced, And in fact the top song is not even getting that much polls.

So for me, I will interpret it as this album is so consistent that 200+ Maiden listeners is attracted to so much diversity.

Thats it.. I hope the whole album will be played live, and I really hope we can travel again safely and cheaply... I got to be there for some Senjutsu World Tour shows. HAHA.

 Salam and Aloha

The full album is uploaded on YOUTUBE here -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKowdt2eDI8  , but still its best to purchase a physical copy or download copy to support the band.

First in Bahasa Melayu Pasar and then in Broken English

Aku cuba ikuti perkembangan penyanyi dari Sweden bernama Daniel Heiman.

Aku minat dia jadi penyanyi tuk dua album Lost Horizon, dan satu album Heed.

Lepas tahun 2000 la ye, sebelum aku expose kat band Ghost dan Powerwolf aku rasa Lost Horizon adalah band aku akan " follow " selepas Iron Maiden bersara nanti. Tapi band ni ke laut. Tapi nasib ada Ghost dan Powerwolf la.

OK, so aku dapat tahu dia jadi penyanyi untuk album kedua untuk band negara Greece bernama Warrior Path ni. Warrior Path ni macam projek genius mereka nama Andreas Sinanoglou dan Bob Katsionis.

Jadi tak tahu apa nak cakap dah selain tunjuk packaging dan sikit latar belakang kenapa aku beli cd ni bila dilancarkan dulu. Aku beli kat website bandcamp band ni.

Korang dengar sendiri dan nilai. Untuk aku last song.. lagu penghabisan, bahagian penghabisan memang tak disangka... aku minat giler.

Actually review2 kat youtube tu dah boleh tahu la pendapat pendengar lain.

Cuma Daniel Heiman ni kurang sikit la " gimnastik vokal " dia tuk album ni. Lagi dia pekik giler2 lagi la aku minat macam dia ngan Lost Horizon yang sampai sekarang aku minat sangat. Lost Horizon ni kalau nak dengar satu dua lagu suara Daniel Heiman ni ialah contoh Highlander dan Pure.

Dah tu je bye. Take care.

So I was trying hard to check on Daniel Heiman participation in the music world. I think he is probably one of the best singers I ever heard. With Lost Horizon, that " Highlander " song will always be remembered for how his voice propel that song to an Epic Proportion.

I always think LOST HORIZON second album is so magical. And a HEED song lyrics decorates my page of this blog.

So anyway this Swedish singer combined with this Greece band for their second album. 

An album that I need a few listen and I realise how good it was as it build up and build up until the last moments of the last song." LAST TALE ".

The music is nice, a thriller thru out the whole album. This album should at least be given a chance by music lovers everywhere. 

So the full album is uploaded when the album was first released immediately on Youtube. Do support this band still.

The best reference I can give is the REVIEWS by listeners all over the world on the youtube upload of this album itself. Link is right on top.

Take Care.

 Salam and a very happy morning/evening Judas Priest style Heavy Metal to you. As usual first in Bahasa Melayu Pasar, then in my Broken English.

Sapa merindui Judas Priest main heavy metal laju2, gitar solo keluar kat speaker atau headphones kiri lepas tu kanan, lepas tu kanan, lepas tu kiri, lepas tu melodi gitar sama sama dua dua keluar sound, lepas nyanyi balik, lepas tu drum dan bass semua best... pekik pekik suara sedap merdu high pitch...

ni la album nya... Semua lagu KK Downing tulis, beliau jugak producer.  Pemain Bass , mixer dan engineer ni album Tony Newton tu ialah orang sama tolong Iron Maiden producing dan remaster album album lama. Jugak bassist Voodoo Six. Band paling boring aku pernah tengok jadi opening band untuk Iron Maiden, tapi tak boo la... ye la band kroni Steve Harris. haha.

OK.. 10 lagu dalam album KK's Priest Sermon of the Sinner ni.  Lagu pertama sebenarnya intro je bunyik angin ngan suara gore kejap je. Lain 9 is lagu rancak2, time changes tukar tukar, dan gitar solo guitar solo yang memang best dan giler2 la untuk telinga aku 

Lagu2 semua best.. ada best ada best giler. Takde kecewa langsung la... 

Aku dengar kat rumah pakai speaker ok, tapi bila aku jalan kaki , dalam bas, dalam train , dengar guna HEADPHONE!!   Giler ah sound dia !!! guitar lari2 kiri kanan, kiri kanan, lepas tu masuk part melodic nanti dua dua gitaris solo sama sama.

Akhir kata dua benda aku nak sebut.

KK DOWNING nye gitar akan keluar kat bahagian kiri headphone (macam Dave Murray)

dan beli ni album.. aku tak tipu... memeranjatkan untuk tua kertu cam KK Downing. Dia ialah Judas Priest. Judas Priest ialah dia.

Sama macam.... NORDIN IS SEARCH, SEARCH IS NORDIN.

" Are you ready for some Judas Priest Style Heavy Metal?? "

so listen to this. KK Downing delivers a thunderstorm tsunami of an album to be listened loud. His band with some big names, his songwriting and his production.

This album is made for maximum volume while outside walking in the outdoors and on public transportation.

This album makes me very happy. This album makes me feel young. Its Fast and Furious.

Great songs, great vocals by Ripper Owens, great drums and bass, I mean its Tony Newton the Iron Maiden related guy.

And definitely the GUITARS... ITS A LISTEN TO HEADPHONE HEAVEN DELIVERY!!

KK is of course on the LEFT CHANNEL. but theres enough crazy solos on both sides left and right and the occasional "melodic guitars together solos" moments.

BUY THIS , 9 full songs and I have no problem with every song, some of them are awaiting to be joined in for loud live singalong sessions, two of them beyond 8 minutes, and one introduction of words and winds and storms.

This will complement Senjutsu nicely as a 2021 nicer moments. LOL!!

Hi Semua / Hello All. to the one? two? three? people who come to my blog. 

aku dah ada FB

I got an FB account

Seriusdep Berbual

terimakaseh

Thank you.

 Hi. At long last I got a chance to talk about this cd. As usual first in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar, then my broken English.

As usual, I try to talk different things in both languages.  

Or else just view the pretty photos. This album has no mentioned of the band name or album name, except on the Obi Strip. That piece of paper with the band name is actually a sticker.

Kadang2 aku rasa band ni lagi Metallica dari Metallica. Band Jepun yang satu bagusnya band ni constant. Dari apa sikit2 aku boleh dapat update dari mereka melalui internet, dan jugak Twitter yang memang tak faham apa mereka borak semua tulis Jepun, kena translate. haha.

Jadi tahun 1991 dulu, keluar kaset Outrage THE FINAL DAY ni di pasaran, Dan memang hebat, ni serupa satu dalam sejuta tu, bila semua menjadi, dan melahirkan album, aku tak reti la nak panggil ni band Thrash ke hapa ke, tapi ni album memang best giler.. Start sampai abis. Kalau korang boleh dengar seluruh album dalam youtube ke hapa ke kalau ada yang tak pernah tahu kewujudan album ni.

Terutama waktu semua lagu keras, tiba-tiba masuk lagu River, mereka slow down kan giler giler suasana mendayung sampan pelan2 di sungei penuh emosi. Album ni sangat dramatik.

Lagu pertama My Final Day masuk hanya lepas minit pertama, terus masuk lagu kedua Madness. Dua2 lagu ni... oh my... 

Baru tu hari mereka rilis boxset 30 tahun album ni di Jepun. Buat masa ni aku kurang la pasal aku dah remix dia aku rasa cam tak serasi ngan telinga aku yang dah otak jam dengar album ni dan versi seluruh live (Outrage Awakening) rasanya 10 tahun dahulu aku pernah blog kot? haha. Entah kat mana dah cd tu.

Tu je nak cakap. Bye.

WHEN ALL PLANETS IS ALIGNED, then was created great music thru out all album.

Japanese OUTRAGE has done that with THE FINAL DAY from 1991. A very nice cassette tapi that I make sure I got it in Japanese press with OBI too...

There was this boxset of 30th Years Anniversary of The Final Day. I got a bit turned off from the first remix by their original producer of the album back in 1990. And I am wondering if the 2nd cd is the orchestra playing on top of the original album? and the DVD ? well .. I dont exactly have time to watch videos, and I have that specific live recording already from OUTRAGE AWAKENING 2cd live where they played Final Day in full many years ago.

So this album was recorded in Germany then, in the famous Dierks named studio.

If you have not listened to this album in full, please do so. Its a roller coaster ride, with suddenly it completely slows down to a drifting slow moving river snail pace. Delicious!!

I sometimes wish Metallica could have gone this direction after they have INDULGED on their Black album. 

And Outrage, they could have gone the Metallica way, but on different albums they try different things. Some I enjoy, some I do not understand.

 But, The Final Day will always be remembered fondly. I dont think anyone can ever say any bad thing about this 1991 album.

 Salam. As usual first in my broken English and then in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar.

The songs selected are not exactly the most popular well known songs but it varies enough fast and slow songs to give a taste of what Search has offered and hopefully will continue to offer.

The selection is actually refreshing and not the same old "loved by general public and thats all the general public knows about the band songs " songs if you get what I mean.

Currently, Search the band is made up of guitarist Nordin and Kid, the return of  bassist Yan which had played and recorded studio albums with Search before and also featured in other well known bands, drummer Pae which had performed live and recorded a studio album with Search before after the passing away of Arwah Yazit Ahmad, and finally a new young singer from Indonesia called Denden, coming in after  previous singer Amy had announced publicly his departure from the band.

( Anyway the latest news is Amy is returning and using the same band name with others who had played live and studio with Search also.)

Good Luck to all, as fans we vote by how we spend our money, our time and our efforts.. 

Its nice to have boxsets and old stories, but please dont rest on your laurels and this Rockology. New recordings and new shows please.

I am fortunate to see bands I love play in many places, but out of all the bands I have seen external or domestic, international or regional, Search with Kid and Din still remains the Most Thrilling "you dont know what you're going get - a regular or a flying high performance" band I have ever seen. Its hard to ignore them when they announce live shows as i dont want to miss out the Unexpected. Looking forward to more from these two gentlemen and their new/old lineup. Hope it remains stable, because the line up sounds exciting.

Hai semua.

Tak payah banyak colok pasal satu dunia pun dah tahu pasal Search Rockology ni so lets terus tunjuk kandungan nye....

Cetakan terhad dan ada nombor bersiri seperti di atas.

Nilai membeli? sebenarnya kalau ikutkan semua lagu pun korang tentu dah ada, dah dalam kepala hotak kecuali ada satu lagu baru yang lebih kepada 4 minit permainan guitar aje.

Tapi...

dari segi menyokong Search dan usaha Kid dan Din, sekali sekala membeli hadiah tuk diri sendiri, mendapatkan merchandise macam baju band, kalender, apa2 je la MEMORABILIA dan apa je la seperti foto2 aku tampal kat blog ni... memang berbaloi.

Jadi pertama sekali, atas tu kat foto 2cd tu memang ada ruang khas tuk kenangan, dan doa bagi Arwah Yazit.  Dari segi pembikinan boxset ni boleh nampak betapa pentingnya Arwah dalam karier dan development Kid dan Din ni. More of that later.

Jadi yang kecik2 dulu eh tunjuk kat atas tu... stiker2 yang pada aku fabulous pasal tunjukkan logo2 berlainan zaman Search. Aku suka sangat.

Bandana merah ada logo band, aku tak faham la rock melayu ngan bandana ni, tapi there it is. haha.

Poskad2, dan poster Kid dan Din.

Patches...  cantik yang logo band tu.

ok lagi atas tu kat foto2 awal tu tunjuk jugak design kedua2 cd nye jugak.

bawah ni sambung lagi...

hah ni pulak Kalender meja tahun 2022, dan tu ialah buku simpan 2cd tu foto2 lirik dan sebagainya seperti dicerita di atas.

Ada trivia Search 40 Tahun, aku tak baca pun lagi...

dan ada buku Discography yang hanya meletakkan 8 album sahaja.. tak semua... Rock N Roll Pie pun muka2 di sampul album pun dah takde...

Dan foto2 dari berlainan zaman mereka berdua.

ok la ni semua sangat seronok la untuk aku tengok2....

kejap.. lagi ada..

 

atas tu ialah seleksi lagu2 yang dipilih Nordin untuk boxset ni... jadi breakdown dia ialah...

Karisma - 4, Fenomena 2003 - 3, Rampage - 2, Double Trouble 2 - 2, Bikin Wilayah - 2, 

Gema di Timur Jauh - 2, Rock N Roll Pie - 2 dan last kopek gitar solo rakam pakai iphone.

Kalau korang dengar Search, apa pun pilihan lagu tak jadi masalah.
Cuma tu la memang boring kan Isabella, Pawana tapi tu la yang rata2 orang datang show nak tengok dan dengar so terima je la.
Tak suka? Muak? naik boring?? mohon gi toilet, lepas tu datang balik dah next song.

In fact, aku rip dua2 cd ni , dan aku pasang ikut susunan 22 lagu ni, memang susunan sesuai pacing dia untuk aku bagi rock konsert.

Search basically boleh main konsert dengan setlist 22 lagu dah tersusun ni. Just nice, fast , slow, rancak, semua ada. It will be an " out of the box " setlist.

OOOO yang kertas tiga tu....

Satu Din tulis mengenai pembikinan boxset ni dan dia kan tukang pilih pun lagu2 semua.

Setlist aku speku dari konsert APOLOGIA tak jadi ( YANG AKU DAH BELI TIKET PUN !!!) untuk show Search + Awie. Power giler ok kalau tengok dari setlist tu..

dan last but not least...

coretan tulisan tangan dari Kid tentang segala jasa dan bimbingan Arwah Yazit kepada beliau. Humble sangat tulisan.

LAST KOPEK ( drum roll.........)   ... BAJU!!!!!!!!!

Kid dan Din dari belakang tengok apa tu... Ferris Wheel... what a photo menggambarkan 1001 cerita.

 

boleh mintak size masa beli, ala... aku beli pun pakai wassap je pun. 

OK tu je...  Aku sangat happy memiliki boxset ni. tu je nak cakap....

KALAU KORANG BELI, TUNGGU2 TAK SAMPAI, TOLONG FOLLOW UP DENGAN PENJUAL YE KALAU TAK DAPAT DALAM JANGKA MASA YANG MUNASABAH. Please follow up jadi tak tertanya2 kat mana boxset korang berada. Maklum anything can happen.

THANK YOU TO FRENS YANG TOLONG AKU PASTIKAN KOTAK NI SAMPAI KAT AKU!!!

bye... sorry la eh, malas gitu buat blog... blog korang semua pun aku tak masuk.