Welcome one and all to the latest episode of
Signals from Mars. I am Victor. He's Jeremy.
I'm doing great. How are you, Jeremy? I'm doing
great as well. And you can't hear this, but this
evening there's actually a concert going on just
across the water from me. It's a Live Aid tribute
concert. And I've got the doors open so I can
kind of hear the echoing going on, you know,
in the distance. So it's great to hear live music
as it always is. And anyway, how's things over
there? We are battling through a stormy, rainy
night, which is par for the course here in the
north of Spain. What kind of bands are playing
at this event? Yeah, so I'm actually going tomorrow.
Myself and my wife are going tomorrow, and we're
going to see bands like sort of the stuff that
was on at Live Aid. It's Spandau Ballet, it's
Style Council, it's Queen, it's Phil Collins,
you know, all those sort of bands that played
the original. Tonight, I'm not entirely certain.
I think definitely Status Quo we're on because
they obviously opened Live Aid. And there's a
few others on that I don't know about tonight.
But as I say, we'll be there all day tomorrow.
It's going to be a very, very hot day. And I
think everyone's going to enjoy themselves. So
yeah, local live aid. So they're giving people
whatever they want. Yeah. And they'll be taking
the midnight train to... I don't know. I can
take you on the midnight train. Yeah. Okay. So
people that are in the States that have no idea
who status quo is, that's me. No idea. They're
one of the biggest bands that were in the, of
the seventies. Yeah. And they're one of those
classic bands that just made no dent in the U
S I personally, I didn't know of them until the
eighties. Yeah. I guess that song, it's interesting.
We're going to be talking about vinyl in a second
about albums, but, um, as a kid growing up, my
uncles would send compilation albums, like the
summer hits and we would get them. And one of
them had, uh, whatever you want by Spandau ballet.
And I remember that was like the most rocking
thing on one of those compilations. And And it
was the song that I would play over and over
again. So it was, it was interesting. So yeah,
that has to be late seventies, early eighties,
if I'm not mistaken. Yeah. Boston was another
one that was frequently on those compilations.
But I remember when they released the track in
the army now, which was 86 ish. I'm thinking
someone in that neighborhood. Yeah. That was
like the first kind of new status quo song that
I heard a lot. And I was like, oh, my God, what
is this? This is going to be huge. Got back to
the US and no one had heard of it. Yeah. But
if you go to a wedding in the UK, you're bound
to hear at least one status quo track because
everybody likes that as the sort of the rock
and roll track. And so it could be rocking all
over the world. It could be, you know, whatever
you want. It could be again and again, any of
those sort of tracks. They will feature at a
UK wedding very frequently. Okay. And there was
another big song that was a woman's name, wasn't
there? Oh, yes, there was. Not Caroline, is it?
Yes, Caroline. That's right. Sweet Caroline.
No, it's not Sweet Caroline, but Caroline. Sweet
Caroline is Neil Diamond. That's right. That's
right. We seem to like, or artists seem to like
to sing about Caroline. Funny enough, Jeremy
knows about this. Some of my patrons know about
this, working at a basketball camp. And one of
the days we, well, at night we do activities
with the participants of the camp. And the coaches,
well, the one night was a kind of a singing battle
where there would be a topic and there were teams
split up by groups. And the coaches had a group
of their own. And of course, I was throwing out
references of stuff that nobody even knew. And
last year I kept saying there was someone's name.
I said, Sweet Caroline. They have to know this
from premiership games. You know, they have Sweet
Caroline. I don't know that. What song is that?
And one group did it this year. So I got up.
I'm like, see, I told you guys we could do Sweet
Caroline. Somebody knows it, not only me. And
oh, my God, it was like. It was like pulling
teeth. We need a different song. I said Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds. Come on. You guys have
to know the Beatles. Who are they? All right.
All right. Next topic can either be sun, moon,
stars. No, that was sky. That was for sky. It
wasn't for the name. And I said, okay, walking
on the moon, police. I know that a lot of you
people won't know this, but that's the one. Never
heard of it. And then it's funny because the
founder of the camp, silver medalist in the 84
Olympics in LA, guarded Michael Jordan. Joe Llorente
is the last name. Llorente, I guess you would
pronounce it in English. But he comes up and
he suggests a song. And I said, I suggested that
10 minutes ago. Nobody knew it. You come up here
and everyone knows it all of a sudden. So, yeah,
losing battle. Anyway, it was a color. I said,
purple rain. Nothing. No one knew anything. Anyway.
As you would say, crickets. I can help you with
that. There we go. All right. So we're going
to talk about vinyl albums here. We've picked
out a few. We're going to talk about why we picked
them, why we think these albums are magical.
And we'll kind of see where the road takes us
with this. So, Jeremy, Jeremy pulled aside a
bunch of albums. Yeah, well, I had to because,
as you're probably aware from previous episodes,
I keep all my CDs downstairs, but I keep all
my vinyls upstairs. So I had to bring down a
huge pile just to make sure I had enough. But
I did select them carefully. I went through them
this afternoon. I thought, yeah, maybe that one,
maybe not that one, all that sort of stuff. So
the very first album that I'm going to put in
front of us is a fairly recent one, actually.
It's Rival Sons with Dark Fighter. That, as you
know, is one of my favorite albums by the band.
but it's also one of my favorite albums of all
time. I would suggest, I mean, as you know, I'm
a big fan of Rival Sons. I've seen them live
a couple of times. I think that they're really
good. We're going to probably talk about them
a little bit later as well, or we'll say later
in a future episode, I think, when we talk about,
you know, concerts. But this album I thought
was pretty perfect because there's only eight
tracks on it. And it has... A really, really
great song at the end, Dark Side, which is a
very long song where it's just a tremendous sort
of almost like a stairway to heaven type. I almost
get the feeling this is like their Led Zeppelin
4. You know, it really, really resonates with
me, this album. I can put it on and you have
to really sort of sit down and listen to it,
turn it up well. Maybe got a slight problem with
the production. I think maybe some of the other
albums have got a very superior production, just
a little bit. But that aside, I think that they
didn't waste time on this album. They put the
best songs on it. And, of course, they brought
out the album Lightbringer just in the same year,
which I thought was not as good. It was a different
type of album, more like a Led Zepp 3 than a
Led Zepp 4. Right. And took a little bit more
listening, and I did think it was quite as good.
This particular album, I'll just show you because
it is an album. I got the clear. play a vinyl
so it's a you know a bit more of a special one
and i do play a lot um i played it this week
in fact before i knew we were going to do this
um so i do play it quite a bit and um i like
a lot of the songs on here i mean we talked about
this i think we we gave it an album of the week
uh probably both of us actually um you know i
like um Well, I like all of the songs, to be
fair. But I really like Nobody Wants to Die.
That's a real rocky number. It's a real sing
-along one. I like Horse's Breath. I think that's
a really good song as well. And I like the opening
track Mirrors. But, you know, I feel all eight
songs are really nicely balanced. They're all
a little bit different. And I think they're a
really, really good band that probably don't
get the recognition they deserve. I think that
really they should be... Moving further up the
bill and getting a lot more fans involved, but
that's the way it is nowadays. So yeah, my first
one that I'm going to pick is this Rival Sons
album, and it's an absolutely fantastic album.
So I've got three things to mention about that
album. One, it's waiting for me when I get to
the States at my parents' house. Okay. Because
it was just way too expensive here in Spain.
They were asking like 50 euros for it. And I
picked it up for like $22 in the States. Yeah,
that makes sense. Second, do you think that their
involvement in last week's concert at Villa Park?
will help move them up the rankings because they're
one of the exclusive few that actually played
at the final show by Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne.
That's something that will always be a calling
card for them, you know, to be able to say, hey,
we played this, you know, we're that important.
And having that, the Osborne stamp of approval,
you know, because here's the other thing. A lot
of people talk about how they sound like Zeppelin
and whatnot, but they've never kind of been pigeonholed
like a Greta Van Fleet has been. Yeah. You know,
where I think that Rival Sons is unique enough.
that people respect them as musicians. I think
that's what's different about them. Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, the other thing to point out is that
they were actually the support band on the end
tour, the Black Sabbath, the end tour, you know,
years ago. And I saw them then supporting Sabbath
and they were fantastic then. They're very, very
good live. um to answer your question i think
that it's only going to help their career because
you know they're in the public eye people are
going to check out their music they played obviously
only two tracks um they did do your worst and
they did secret uh with a with a sabba song in
between and um yeah it's only going to help that
i thought they did really well but we won't go
into that in too much detail now because obviously
we're going to talk about that in a later episode
but um yeah I just think that there are a band
out there that maybe people just need to touch
upon. They've obviously got their fan base. They've
got people like me and you who have sort of cottoned
on to the fact that they are really good. I saw
them live in Manchester and it was sold out in
Manchester, but it was in a smaller venue. They
weren't playing a bigger venue where they could
possibly do that in the future. They have the
songs. They have the guitarists, they have the
vocals, and like you say, they are slightly distinctive.
They're not quite a Zeppelin band. There are
those influences. There are Bad Company influences.
There are Free influences, those sort of classic
rock tunes, but they have great songs of their
own. Yeah, I agree. The final point that I want
to bring up about Rival Sons, I've had a lot
of... Proud Papa moments, especially going back
and forth to basketball camp every day and asking
my kids who bands are and whatnot or having them
ask me who bands are. And we had to use my son's
phone for something because it was the only one
that had a headphone jack. And so. um, as I,
I'm creating a playlist with songs that we needed
to use for, for an event. Um, I see that album
as one of the albums in his, uh, in his Apple
music. So I was proud when I saw that, like,
Oh, awesome. Yeah. Yeah. I think they're a band
also, you know, they do appeal to the older rock
crowd and the younger crowd. And, you know, that's,
that's a good thing that they, they do get across
to both. Yeah. So, okay. So I didn't realize
this. This is just something that I grabbed for.
This was, although I had, um, the album before
this, and I don't remember the name right now.
It has colony of Birchman, which had Josh Homme
on it. Um, old man brain in full effect right
now. So I'm not remembering the previous album
by Mastodon, but this is, Crack the Sky. There
was so much hype surrounding them. And I heard
this album. I heard Divinations, the first single
off of it. I'm like, wow, this is awesome. This
doesn't sound anything like what I'm used to
from Mastodon. It isn't screamy. It's straight
up rock. It has some great melodies. And then
they released the first album off, the first
track off of this album, Oblivion, as the second
single. And I was like, oh my God, I need this
album. And I remember buying it before there
was Apple Music, there was iTunes, and I bought
the album on iTunes. And it came with this rendition
plus the instrumental version of the album. And
I just became hooked on Mastodon. After this,
I really like this band. Um, interesting, interestingly
enough, like rival sons also played at the, um,
at the, this show I was just mentioning, but,
um, this album is great beginning to end. Um,
it's a starting point to what they would become.
And it's funny because a lot of, Diehards criticized
this because it didn't have the guttural vocals,
because it didn't have a lot of different things
that people were accustomed to by the band up
to then. And I remember specifically hearing
an interview where they said, you know, we're
kind of only going to get lighter because our
influences are. Thin Lizzy and ACDC and Kiss
and Black Sabbath and stuff like that. So the
older we get, the more we're going to go towards
our influences. So I think Crack the Sky is a
great album. But I think everything after this
has been really good as well. That's my first
album to showcase. Yeah. I'm going to have some
comments about them live as well when we talk
about the Black Sabbath gig in a future episode.
So, yeah, that's interesting you mentioned that
one. Okay, cool. Next for you. Yeah. So, again,
you know, I was thinking, what do I bring along
to this? I need to bring along an album that
I play regularly, an album that I really enjoy
and I think is a really quality hard rock album.
And so I brought along Elegant Weapons, Horns
for a Halo. Okay. Because I think that this is
pretty fantastic. I got to love this album. When
I first heard it, I thought it was good. But
when I listen to it again and again, I've started
to really, really like it. I mean, as you know,
it's got Ronnie Romero on vocals on this one,
but I think he does a really good job on here.
Richie Faulkner really sort of lays out some
great riffs on here. I think that probably there
was one or two riffs on here he would like to
have put on the Judas Priest album, but he didn't
have time or he couldn't do so. So they were
lying around and he did, you know, there's...
So many good tracks on it. It starts off with
Dead Man Walking, which is a really good. And,
you know, there's a lot of melody in there, but
there's also some really good expert guitar work
in there, which Richie's known for. He's a proper
rock metal guitarist, which, you know, some people
don't really get to that sort of level, but he
has. And, you know, playing with Priest has really
brought him on as well. They do actually. They
do a cover on here as well of Lights Out. And
while I originally thought that, you know, it
wasn't necessary because, you know, who needs
a cover of UFOs Lights Out? I think they actually
do a good version of it. So I don't think it
detracts too much from the other material, which
is all unique. So, yeah, I listen to this a lot.
I can listen to all the songs on it. There's
nothing that really, you know, I'd say is a dud
song on there. And I think I'm really looking
forward to hearing more music from him because
I think he's done a good job with Elegant Weapons.
And I'd like to hear a follow -up album. I think
they are working on that. And he kind of said
something to the effect of, you know, I need
to also start working on what my exit strategy
is going to be when Priest is done. So I want
to have something established. So that only makes
sense. Who was the rhythm section on that? Was
it Rex Brown? And was it Scott Travis on that?
Definitely Scott Travis. Yeah. And I think you're
right. I think it was Rex. I'm just looking down
to remind myself because I haven't looked at
it for a little while. Right. We know that Sneak
mixed it. It's hard to see actually because,
yeah, here we go. Yeah, definitely Rex Brown.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I remember that because
Pantera had gotten back together again. They
had actually they had done one live show at least.
And someone else stepped in. I don't remember
who, but it was somebody well known as well.
All right. So pick number two. We're going to
go back. This is a special one. So I was trying
to figure out if I was going to go in your things,
older things, things in the middle. When I was
doing my album of the week, I was trying to pick
things that kind of stood out and not to be show
offy, but just things that are special to me
and things that I really like. Yeah. This one
was kind of winking back at me as I'm going through
the vinyl, but it is. Yeah. Is Iron Maiden running
free with. This is on the backside. It is women.
Well, Sanctuary with. Yeah. All right. So I'm
screwing this up here. It is running free and
burning ambition on one vinyl. And the other
vinyl is Sanctuary with Drifter. And I've got
the fire. And then an interview with Nico McBrain.
I don't think I've ever listened to the interview
with Nico. To be honest, it's probably when I
first got it, but I don't recall it. Let's hope
Nico's not listening in. Yeah. If he is, let's
hope he's not offended. Now, I would just like
to say straight up, I've not seen that version
there because I remember obviously when Sanctuary
came out and I remember all those singles, but
I've not seen that version. So tell me a little
bit more about it. So up here. with the ring
light you can't really see but this was something
that was released in 1990 so the first 10 years
and they had re -released on vinyl cassette and
cd all of their singles leading up to uh seventh
son so essentially what they're touring now it's
seventh son and actually they're they've done
up and they, they did fear the dark. So I'm wrong
with that. But anyway, so it was called the first
10 years box set. I have the whole thing on,
on CD. I bought it off of eBay years ago before
moving overseas. This is the only vinyl that
I got a hand that I got my hands on. Um, but
I have a bunch of different maiden cassettes
as well. This, this to me was, Like finding a
treasure when I came across it, you know, I would
come overseas to Spain as a kid. And anytime
I could find something that I could go back and
be like, wow, you know, I'm the only one that's
going to have this. You know, I'm going to show
this off to my friends. This is going to be so
cool. We're going to enjoy this so much. You
know, I'm going to share this with everyone.
It was a big deal to me. So it still is. I still
love those. those songs. And yeah, I have digital
versions of them now, but just hearing those
songs on vinyl, just have a certain warmth and
a certain thing to them. Um, I remember, uh,
on despot geek, they talked about the fact that
they didn't like the song drifter. I love the
song drifter. That's probably my favorite song
off of killer. And there's a, there's a live
rendition of that on there. And it's so cool
just hearing them play it and just, how bombastic
they were live with Clive Burr and with Paul
D 'Anno. So I love that. So that's what I wanted
to share. I'm going to pick also an older album
next. This is an album that means a lot to me.
I think it's probably my favorite by the band.
In the 1980s, my friends and I played this a
lot, and we realized that this band was something
special. really really special um the expertise
on the album was amazing and it's um it's van
halen with fair warning wow that this is the
original copy by the way that i had um which
i bought in the 1980s uh still doing quite well
still can play it very flimsy as you know the
vinyls in the old days were quite flimsy um and
i just feel that They actually peaked on this
album for me personally. It isn't that they didn't
produce other great stuff. You know, I like 1984.
I like various other bits and pieces. I like
Diver Down. But I just felt that this was quite
a unique sounding album. It really showed the
musicianship of the band altogether, but obviously
Eddie. And if you really wanted to, you know,
a lot of people always go back to the first Van
Halen album. They say, you must listen to Eruption.
You must, you know, that's Eddie Van Halen. But,
you know, have you ever listened to Unchained?
The riff that goes on in Unchained, it's just
incredible. And Dave was sort of, he had his
little lines in there, you know, as he did. And
I just feel that they really got it right on
this album. It's a fantastic album cover as well.
The artwork's amazing. And I just feel that this,
if I ever listened to just one Van Halen album,
it would probably be this one. It warms my heart
that you pulled that one out because that's the
first Van Halen album that I heard in its entirety.
Right. Because my brother had it on cassette.
I've always felt that that. I mean, I could go
back and forth because there's everything leading
up to that album to me is absolutely great. But
having said that, Fair Warning is just a special
album to me. Fair Warning. Fair Warning and Van
Halen 2 are probably my favorite two albums by
the band. I could go back and forth with either
one of those, but Unchained, Mean Streets, Dirty
Movies, Sinner's Swing. It's so funny that Saturday
in the Park, I think, is the instrumental on
that. That is my go -to song to test. a stereo
or speakers out. And it was, uh, it was so funny
because back in the day when, uh, when they would
advertise for the planetarium in New York, they
would play that behind the intro this weekend
at the Hayden planetarium. Boom, boom, boom,
boom, boom. It was, it was just, I still listen
to that song and it's magical. And it's funny
because we're possibly going to go to the Hayden
planetarium this year. And I was looking for,
uh, old promos from the radio to see if that
was there. And I didn't find that, but I found
like, um, uh, like flyers for it. And they said,
you know, laser show and planet show set to the
music of Van Halen and rush and pink Floyd. And
stuff like that. And I was like, oh, wow. I wish
that that was something that we could still see.
You know, that must have been so cool to see
back in the day. So, yeah, I love Fair Warning.
It is just a great, great album. It is. This
is something newer. And by saying newer, it was
released in the mid -90s. Right. So this is probably
one of the only triple gatefolds that I have.
I've been listening to this. I mean, I love this
band. I've seen them in concert two, three times.
I've been listening to them quite a bit the last
few months. They're kind of a go -to band for
me. It is Fear Factory. I know that not everyone
that's a patron or that listens to what I do
here on Signals from Mars is into them. But this
album was revolutionary to me. Man, I remember
hearing this, and this is similar to a lot of
other bands that I've listened to that have kind
of changed the soundtrack of my life, where I
didn't get them at first. I remember listening
to the song Replica, which is on here, and I
wasn't into death metal. The guttural vocals
just didn't do it for me. And what did it for
me was that Burton C. Bell, the lead singer,
was the lead singer on the first Geezer Butler
solo album. And there was a song off of that
called... Damn it, I don't remember the damn
song title. Invisible. Okay. I remember hearing
that and that was the that was one of the first
moments. Actually, Chuck Billy's the first one
that got me into kind of guttural vocals with
the Testament album low. But this. I heard replica
and I was like, what is this? I don't get it.
You know, why isn't he singing clean throughout
the whole song? It was it was like a punch in
the face. I didn't know how to how to how to
take it. And. All of a sudden, I heard that song,
and I remember the local radio station, the local
college radio station, WSOU, was saying, oh,
well, that's Burton Seabell of Fear Factory singing
that. And now we're going to play Replica by
Fear Factory. I was like, yeah, I really wasn't
into that song. And then I heard it, and I was
like, maybe it isn't that bad. And I remember
getting the Mortal Kombat soundtrack because
it had that track from Geezer Butler, from GZR
at the time. And there wasn't an album that was
coming out yet. I was like, wow, I love this
song. I need to get it. And on that had the third
track off of this, which is Zero Signal. And
that's when I started to get Fear Factory. And
they've become a huge part of the soundtrack
of my life since this came out. This originally
came out in 95, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, 95.
I love this album. I love this band. And when
I saw it, and I've been listening to them quite
a bit lately, I said it needed to be one of the
albums that I was going to speak about. Nice.
Yeah. Nice. Well, I'm going to move on to an
album I think we'll both like because I think
you kind of pushed me in the direction of buying
this at one point because we got talking about
it and I realized that I didn't have it and I
didn't really listen to it properly at the time.
But obviously when Judas Priest split for a bit,
Holford sort of moved off and he recorded a few
albums of his own. And so I bought Resurrection,
which, you know, all I can say about Resurrection
immediately is that if I had a top three Judas
Priest albums, this would be in the top three.
Because I think that he's put together an album
here that is phenomenal. I mean, this is also
to say, because we're talking about vinyls, it's
a normal black vinyl, but you play it at 45,
it's half speed. half speed mastering it sounds
phenomenal when you put it on the turntable because
of that the production quality is immense you
turn it up and you're just in a world of heavy
metal Judas Priest stroke Holford heavy metal
I mean he doesn't veer from A lot from the sort
of priest sound, obviously, you know, he's got
the voice and he likes those sort of songs. He
likes the very, very heavy songs, doesn't he?
But some of the songs on here are just immense.
And he's got a really good backing band. The
guys on guitar, Patrick Lachman and Mike Schlesliak,
if I pronounce that right. And he's got Ray Riendo.
on bass guitar and Bobby on drums, but he's got
a good band back in him and he's got some amazing
songs and it's a beautifully produced album as
well. You know, just in the way that he's, uh,
it's put together, uh, with this sort of half
speed mastering. And I play this a lot and it
means a lot to me because it, it's, it's, you
know, Rob Halford is one of the sounds of heavy
metal. If you had to list a few of the vocalists
who, um, define heavy metal you know we talk
about ozzy we talk about um ronnie james dio
and we talk about rob halford and um he's always
going to be a legend and i just feel this is
a slightly overlooked part of his uh the judas
priest sort of canon in a way because it was
him on his own and i think a lot of people you
know they listen to it maybe at the time but
he doesn't obviously play them live now whereas
he did at the time. And it's a shame because
I would like to see a few of these put into a
Judas Priest set in a way, but it's never going
to happen, obviously, for obvious reasons. So
yeah, that's a super album. And I think you're
probably on my side on that one, I'm guessing.
Yeah, I've got that one behind me. I love that
album. That album's great. I got to see him play
live on that tour, opening up for Iron Maiden.
It was Halford, Queensryche, and Iron Maiden.
Oh, wow. A really good show. Yeah, yeah. That
was at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
It was really good. We saw Megadeth and Motley
Crue the night before and then saw that show
after. Wow. That sounds like a really good couple
of days. Yep. Absolutely. Here's an album. Again,
I've been jamming songs off of this recently.
And I have a playlist that's called Up. And it
has nothing to do with the Disney movie. It just
has to do with songs that get me in a good mood.
So if I want to continue that positive energy
or if I'm in a shitty mood and want to play something
that... really gets me in a better mood, I'll
play that playlist. The songs can be upbeat or
they can be about fighting through a struggle
and getting past it, which is what this album
is kind of about. The album is Leave a Scar by
Dee Snider. Wow, yeah. This album is heavy. It's
in your face. It is great. It is, I hope, not
Dee Snider's last solo album. I know he's against
doing another album at the moment because of
all the time and energy and people don't, you
know, not enough people listen to it. I mean,
I get that if I was a full -time professional
musician. Especially one of his ilk that's had
a lot of fame and fortune over the years to go
out and do something that's less than, probably
hard. But at the same time, you've got a diehard
audience that's loved you and followed you for
years. And they're just craving more music. So
D, this album is great. Your last two solo albums
are great. I know you're watching. I know you're
listening. Please get together with the Belmore
Brothers and record another solo album, please.
Yeah, I agree. Yeah, we've got time for more.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm going to pick an
album that means a lot to me for various reasons.
When I first got into heavy metal, I got into
certain bands, obviously British bands at first.
And so, you know, those sort of bands, They mean
a lot to you. And, you know, over the years,
I lost one or two albums along the way. I don't
know whether I swapped them with friends or,
you know, they went because people weren't playing
albums anymore, vinyls. And so, you know, we
were into CDs. And I had to repurchase this album,
which I'd originally bought in the 1980s. And
it's by a band that you know I like a lot, which
is Saxon Denim and Leather. What a shock. Yeah,
there you go. And I'll just show you the actual
vinyl of this one because it's a nice color.
Oh, wow. There you go. Cool splatter. Yeah, yeah.
This one they've not remastered. So the early
ones that they've done, they are exactly as you
remember them when you first heard them, but
they're just on a nice vinyl. This is a special
HMV one, actually, where they give you the little
thing. And the reason I like it is it's not the
greatest album in terms of the overall songs,
but obviously the title track is an anthem of
our time. Denim and Leather brought us all together.
I mean, every word in that song means a lot to
me. It means something in there because I was
a person who used to queue up in the ice and
snow. I used to wear the denim, used to wear
the leather, you know, queued up at the front.
So, you know, it means a lot. And as you get
older, those sort of early things in your life
mean a hell of a lot. And particularly music
is something that you always remember. And as
we've said in a previous episode, you know, we
hope that Biff is well because he's been going
through a lot of illness lately, hoping to go
and see him in November again. And fantastic
band live. But, you know. This is a great album.
There's some good songs on there, but particularly
the title track. So there you go. Denim and Leather
is one of the ones close to my heart. All right,
cool. So for my final pick here is actually a
box set. And I had the pleasure of doing a show
with Ed where a bunch of people voted for Megadeth
albums. And this is the... Peace sells, but who's
buying box set? Oh, wow. So this has, this was
the 25th anniversary. So there's a bunch of CDs
and vinyl here. It's the original album remake
remastered in 2011. Then the remix remastered
version from 2004. Then the original Randy Burns
mixes remastered. 2011 and then there's a live
at the uh fantasy theater in cleveland in 1987
there's um a disc with high resolution wave audio
files of the original remastered album and live
show and let's see um so those are all cds the
vinyl is the original album and then it's the
uh A live album. Okay. It also brings a bunch
of knickknacks. It brings a book, a picture of
the album. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff. Postcards,
some different things from advertisements from
back in the day. I mentioned this during the
episode I did with Ed. I couldn't get the vinyl
out, so I actually had to cut slits in the inner
sleeve so that I could pull the vinyl out. Yeah,
it's like a marble. But this is the first album
that introduced me to thrash. So the CDs are
kept here. Oh, that's cool. Yeah, really cool.
Bumping the mic here. The vinyls are in here.
So this is the actual cover blown up. The vinyls
are going to fly out. And this is the booklet.
Yeah. When did that come out again? 2015 anniversary,
so 2011, I guess. 11, yeah, yeah. It has some
promo shots from back in the day before CD, or
not before CD, because when CDs were coming out,
they were still sending those to radio stations.
A reproduction of a ticket. And then these are
the flyers. Them playing with Motorhead and the
Cro -Mags. Come party at the pavilion with Lemmy.
Hey, that's cool. I like that. San Bernardino,
California. And then another one for them playing
with... Dark angel, uh, agent steel and special
guests. No mercy. Hmm. So pretty cool. So there
you go. That is my pick. Number five. Nice. Very.
You've ended on a high note. Put it that way.
I think. I think the entire show was a high note.
How about that? With nothing but good classic
music that means something to, to both of us.
And that's what music is all about. Releasing
emotion and, you know, helping you get through
the good times, the bad times and everything
in between. On that note, Jeremy, thank you for
sharing some of your vinyl with us tonight. And
we will see you guys next time right here on
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