Honeydripper, The (Rudy Van Gelder Remasters) - Brother Jack McDuff

Advantages: It's Bowie
Disadvantages: Another version to buy!

...and cracked emeralds, any day now, the year of the Diamond Dogs. Bowie shouts “This ain’t Rock n’ Roll this is Genocide”. Diamond Dogs (5.56) the title track plods along in a Stones-like manner and is the albums most unimaginative song, the album has for the first time and only time I can think of where Bowie plays most of the lead guitar. His garage style of guitar playing is off-set by his soulfully played layered horn section and frantic keyboard playing, the more adept and skillful Mick Ronson could never have played with the sense of urgency that Bowie gets here. What the song does is allow Bowie to use more canine vocalizations and a chance to introduce the Halloween Jack character and draw on a story told to him by his father who worked for Barnado’s homes about Lord Shaftsbury’s visit to poverty... Read review

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Advantages: Filled with the best songs, from one of the best ever Punk bands.
Disadvantages: Not really any, except for the odd weak track.

...I think it’s fair to say that Rudi must have been one of the unluckiest bands ever. This is the only album available which signposts the band that time forgot… Let me start off by saying that his album is truly remarkable, definitely one of the best in my collection. After listening to is through I started to wonder what actually happened to this band, and why are there no other albums by such a quality artist. Its true to say that I could fill up a few pages about the history of the ill-fated band, but that would be going off topic as this is a review of the album, but I am going to tell you a little bit about the band as I feel it will give you a better insight into this album, and exactly why it is so essential. Away from contrary believe, Stiff Little Fingers weren’t the only, nor the first, punk band from Northern Ireland... Read review

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Advantages: Vocals, unique, guitar, ballads
Disadvantages: couple of shite tracks

...THE BALLADS VOL.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German guitar player Axel Rudi Pell started his music career with Steeler in 1984, leaving them five years later to start out solo. Unlike groups such as the shadows Axel Rudi Pell created a band fronted by a top singer rather than just making instrumental albums. Pell's guitar style is classic traditional melodic heavy metal with many of their tracks being rock ballads, which is most evident with the release of three albums called the ballads 1, 2 and 3. To showcase his musical talents on the guitar Axel would need a fantastic lead singer to bring in the minions of rock fans, which he successfully accomplished with singer Johnny Gioeli. Johnny Gioeli Johnny Gioeli had already procured an extensive fan base has the lead singer to the hard rock band Hardline but after extensive issues... Read review

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