3rd February 2010
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TRILLION ‘S/T’: The long awaited debut album from this highly regarded progressive pomp rock combo fronted by future Toto vocalist Fergie Fredericksen. An album regarded as another killer slice of late seventies pomp and circumstance maximising the sound of better known acts such as Styx, Kansas and Starcastle. Prime-time mid west rock, big on hooks and crammed with some of the most impressive arrangements of the era.
BALANCE ‘S/T’: Debut album from this legendary East Coast based melodic AOR band, a record that contained enough catchy melody to propel them into the singles chart with the classic ‘Breaking Away’. Great songs, memorable hooks and punchy guitar work from Bob Kulick makes this one of the most revered AOR albums of the early eighties.
THE REGGIE KNIGHTON BAND ’S/T’: Produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, the Cars, Journey) the RKB’s sound is enormous (think Led Zeppelin meets Cheap Trick) incorporating John Bonham style drumming, razor-sharp guitar work and flamboyant backing vocals in the mould of classic Queen. And album so obscure (it sold zilch when first released) that even Reggie had forgotten about its existance.
MARCH RELEASES…
Look out for three releases late March 2010
DETECTIVE ‘S/T’: Legendary Anglo-American hard rock combo signed to Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song label and featuring the incredible vocals of Michael Des Barres, ex Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye and former Steppenwolf guitarist Michael Monarch. The sound is enormous; the drums alone dwarf in the mighty John Bonham and the riffs are wound so tight that every note feels like a nuclear explosion. Truly one of the greatest hard rock albums of the late seventies.
VIRGINIA WOLF ’S/T’: One of the UK’s great white hopes in the melodic rock explosion of the mid eighties. Features the incredible vocals of Chris Ousey (who would later form Heartland), killer riffs and guitar work from Nick Bold, super heavy drums from Jason Bonham and a brace of the finest songs ever comitted to a British AOR album. Oh, did we mention that it was produced by Queen drummer Roger Taylor?
VIRGINIA WOLF ’PUSH’: Second and final album from this wonderful melodic rock quintet pushing their sound to greater Heights and boasting tremendous material. Chris Ousey is on fire and the production by Kevin Elson (Europe, Journey, REO Speedwagon) is just what the doctor ordered. Contains two bonus tracks.
MAJOR LABELS ARE a fickle beast - licensing therefore is pitted with issues that often prevent scheduled release at the very last moment causing great disapointment all round, so we will not attempt to list forthcoming titles in future except in very few circumstances where the signs are all but a whisker away from completion. Just keep an eye on this page for a quick update of what is and what is not on deck. We can confirm however, with 100% accuracy, that following the above anouncements Rock Candy will also be working on these titles for reissue this year… Heavens Edge ‘S/T’ + Bonus Tracks, Orion The Hunter, Barry Goudreau, The Godz ‘S/T’, Witness ‘S/T’ + Bonus Tracks,’Mother’s Finest ‘Iron Age’, Badlands ‘S/T’ + Bonus Track, Badlands ‘Voodoo Highway’, Vandenberg ‘S/T’, Jeff Paris ‘Race To Paradise’, Melidian ‘Lost In The Wild’, Stan Bush ‘S/T’, Sandy Stewart ‘Cat Dancer’… and many, many more for early next year including long in the planning stage Export ‘Living In Fear Of The Private Eye’ + ‘Contaband’, Roadmaster, Axe and the complete overhaul of the Strangeways catalogue.