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Pink Floyd: Wish you were here (50th anniv.) [Digipack / 2 CD]

Rob Moratti (ex-Saga, Final Frontier) är tillbaka med sitt sjätte soloalbum "Sovereign" - ett mästerverk för alla älskare av polerad melodisk rock. Som en stark uppföljare till succén "Epical" bjuder Moratti här på sitt otroliga röstomfång och sina patenterade stämsångsarrangemang. Det är en platta fylld av svävande refränger och hjärta, som lär gå hem direkt hos fans av Journey, Survivor och The Storm. Med sig i studion har han en stjärnspäckad uppställning, inklusive Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake) på gitarr och Tony Franklin (Blue Murder) på bas. Tillsammans skapar de ett dynamiskt och tidlöst sound som befäster Rob Morattis plats i rockens finrum.

Grammy-belönade låtskrivaren och Survivor-grundaren Jim Peterik levererar ett av sina mest personliga verk med "The River of Music: The Power of Duets, Vol. 1". Producerat av legendariske Ron Nevison (Heart, Foreigner), förenar albumet klassisk AOR-värme med modern finess. Som en förlängning av sitt World Stage-projekt bjuder Peterik här på tio dynamiska duetter. Gästlistan är imponerande:ikoner som Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), Jason Scheff (ex-Chicago) och Cathy Richardson (Jefferson Starship) medverkar. Vi bjuds även på kraftfulla insatser från Toby Hitchcock (Pride of Lions) och en rörande duett med sonen Colin Peterik.

"1998 Live Hits" fångar Jimi Jamison - en av den melodiska rockens största röster - i en intim och kraftfull livemiljö. Inspelat under tre kvällar dokumenterar albumet den forne Survivor-sångaren när han är som allra bäst. Uppbackad av ett tight band bjuds vi på en spelning präglad av kemi och enorm spelglädje. Setlistan är en guldgruva som blandar odödliga Survivor-klassiker som "Burning Heart", "High On You" och "The Search Is Over" med Baywatch-hiten "I'm Always Here" och en magisk tolkning av The Doors "Riders on the Storm". En fantastisk hyllning till en röst som definierade en era och ett måste för alla fans av melodisk rock.

Megadeth: Megadeth 2026 [CD]

Black Swan: Paralyzed 2026 [CD]

Four albums from the McAuley Schenker Group from the late 80s and early 90s. All with bonus material.<br/><br/>After making his debut at a mere 17 years on Scorpions' first LP 'Lonesome Crow' in 1972, guitar maestro and mad axe-man Michael Schenker spent five years as lead guitarist with the inimitable UFO, before forming The Michael Schenker Group (MSG for short) with singer, Gary Barden, in 1979. With four studio albums and two live records under his belt between 1980 and 1984, Michael returned in 1987 with the 'Perfect Timing' album, fronted by former Grand Prix and Far Corporation singer, Robin McAuley, and a change of name to the McAuley Schenker Group - but still conveniently shortened to MSG. The new look MSG released a total of four albums between 1987 and 1992, starting with the melodic 'Perfect Timing' (1987), followed by 'Save Yourself' (1989), 'M.S.G.' (1992) and finally with 'Unplugged Live' (1992).<br/><br/>'Perfect Timing' features three singles; 'Love Is Not A Game', 'Follow The Night' and the US Hot 100 Hit 'Gimme Your Love', and is certainly the most melodic and AOR-friendly of this batch of albums. 'Save Yourself' followed in 1989. 1991's 'M.S.G.' was certainly a harder, grittier affair than the previous McAuley Schenker releases, and includes the single, 'Never Ending Nightmare'. The much harder, guitar-driven sound was possibly a reaction to grunge that was very much in vogue at the time, whereas 'Perfect Timing' was a good reflection of the more commercial, glam sounds and hair-metal that was the height of fashion in the mid-late 1980s.<br/><br/>Thanks in part to MTV's popular Unplugged series of TV broadcasts, albums and videos, going acoustic was certainly very much de rigueur in the early 1990s, which leads us to the fourth and last album in this collection; 1992's 'Unplugged Live'. As well as key McAuley Schenker songs, recorded live in Los Angeles in 1992, the album features three UFO classics; 'Natural Thing', 'Doctor Doctor' and 'Lights Out'. Perfect Timing features the bonus tracks 'Gimme' Your Love' (Edit) and 'Follow The Night' (Edit).<br/><br/>'Save Yourself' is now expanded with 'There Has To Be Another Way' (Instrumental), 'Save Yourself' (Single Edit), 'This Is My Heart' (Edit), 'Anytime' (Single Edit), 'Anytime' (Radio Edit), 'Bad Boys' (Acoustic Version).<br/><br/>'M.S.G.' now features 'When I'm Gone' (Single Edit), 'Nightmare' (Single Edit), 'When I'm Gone' (Acoustic Version), 'When I'm Gone' (Alternative CHR Version) and 'Nightmare' (AOR Version).<br/><br/>Unplugged Live is completed by a take of UFO's 'Only You Can Rock Me', 'Anytime' (Acoustic Version), 'What Happens To Me' (Acoustic Version), 'We Believe In Love' (Acoustic Version) and 'Never Ending Nightmare' (Acoustic CHR Version) taken from the unplugged in the studio Japanese only mini-album 'Nightmare: The Acoustic MSG'.