Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs - Limited 180-Gram Vinyl with Bonus Tracks - VINYL LP

Green Day's second full album was the perfect dry run for the band's later assault on the mainstream, containing both more variety and more flat-out smashes than previous releases had shown. With Tre Cool now firmly in place as the drummer, the lineup was at last settled, and it turned out Cool and Mike Dirnt were a perfect rhythm section, with the former showing a bit more flash and ability than John Kiftmeyer did. Together the two throw in a variety of guitarless breaks that would later help to define the band's sound for many - warm and never letting the beat go. As for Billie Joe Armstrong, his puppy-dog delivery and eternal switching between snotty humor and sudden sorrrow was better than ever, as were his instantly memorable riffs. The metal-strength chug that always informed the band's best work isn't absent either - check out Armstrong's opening riffing on InchChristie Road.Inch the whole thing starts with a note-perfect bang - Inch2000 Light Years AwayInch is the absolute highlight of the group's premajor-tag days, with a great chorus and classic yearning lyrics. It got buried in the wave of Dookie's success a bit, but one other number didn't - InchWelcome to Paradise,Inch also a standout on that album, appears here in it's original form. Rob Cavallo punched up the radio-friendly sound on the latter take, but even here it's a treat and a half - quick, rampaging, and once again with a great stop-start chorus to spare. This vinyl version is on pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Album Tracks 1. 2000 Light Years Away 2. One for the Razorbacks 3. Welcome to Paradise 4. Christie RD 5. Private Ale 6. Dominated Love Slave 7. One of My Lies 8. 80 9. Android 10. No One Knows 11. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? 12. Words I Might Have Ate

Limited 180-gram clear vinyl with bonus tracks. The great (though half-forgotten) Marty Robbins was country music's renaissance man. Robbins was adept at singing edged rock & roll, while his voice could also take on a confessional and dramatic tone which he used to perform traditional country, or western songs. He had a way of extending the latter genre's melodic beauty and lyricism without ever seeming repetitive. Album Tracks 1. Big Iron 4 00 2. Cool Water 3 12 3. Billy the Kid 2 20 4. A Hundred and Sixty Acres 1 42 5. They're Hanging Me Tonight 3 08 6. The Strawberry Roan 3 27 7. The Streets of Laredo 2 47 * 8. Five Brothers 2 15 * 9. El Paso 4 23 10. In the Valley 1 51 11. The Master's Call 3 09 12. Running Gun 2 14 13. Down in the Little Green Valley 2 28 14. Utah Carol 3 13 15. The Hanging Tree 2 47 * 16. The Story of My Life 2 33 *

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing of this album from the AOR/classic rock band. Originally released in 1981, Paradise Theater satisfied both camps of writers within the band, with classic hard rock tracks (from Tommy Shaw and James Young) as well as pop sensibilities (written by Dennis de Young). Hits include InchToo Much Time On My HandsInch, InchThe Best of TimesInch InchAnd Rockin' The Paradise.Inch Led by the talents of Dennis DeYoung (vocals/keyboards), Tommy Shaw (vocals/guitar), and James J.Y. Young (vocals/guitar), Styx became one of the most successful FM/Arena Rock bands in the U.S. during the latter half of the '70s and into the early '80's. With brothers Chuck (bass/vocals) and John Panozzo (drums), the band ruled the airwaves for a decade before their split in '84. DeYoung's distinct vocals and pop oriented material worked well against Shaw's edgier material, garnering the band important airplay on FM and AM radio stations. Album Tracks 1. A.D. 1928 2. Rockin' the Paradise 3. Too Much Time on My Hands 4. Nothing Ever Goes As Planned 5. The Best of Times 6. Lonely People 7. She Cares 8. Snowblind 9. Half-Penny, Two-Penny 10. A.D. 1958 11. State Sadie