Metal Jesus & Troy picked up 27 vinyl records recently for their collections, mostly rock & metal…but with some surprises too! We also talk about Record Store Day, 8tracks, video game soundtracks and our love of the band Anthrax.
MUSIC SHOWN:
Streets of Rage
Shinobi
Panzer Dragoon
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Castlevania II
Goldenaxe I&II
Halestorm – Reanimated 3.0
The Def Leppard EP
Toto – Africa / Rosanna
Prince – Little Red Corvette / 1999
Khemmis – Hunted
Christian Mistress – Possession
Armored Saint – Win Hands Down
Anthrax – Among the Living
Steel Panther – Lower the Bar
Steel Panther – Feel The Steel
Steel Panther – All You Can Eat
Motley Crue – Too Fast for Love (original)
The Accused – Martha Splatterheads Maddest Stories ever Told
Twin Peaks – Original Score
Judas Priest – Stained Class
Judas Priest – Hell Bent for Leather
Charms – Human Error
Acid – Acid
Hellion
Exodus – Impact is Imminent
Diamond Head – Borrowed Time
** Background music by the guitar god : Ethan Meixsell **
Jesper Frostgaard asks:
I would love to hear your opinion on what is best – vinyl, cd, streaming or maybe high-res audio (like HD-tracks). And about what you use and how?
Reese Riverson asks:
What turn table would you recommend to buy for those who don’t have a very good one or wish to get one to start collecting or expand upon their vinyl collection?
Here are the new, re-issued and used records I have picked up in the last couple months.
Albums Shown:
Steve Vai – Passion & Warfare
Testament – Brotherhood of the Snake
Airbourne – Breakin’ Outta Hell
Judas Priest – Turbo
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Anthrax – For All Kings
Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six
Volbeat – Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie
Greenday – Revolution Radio
Whitechapel – Mark of the Blade
Mastodon – Blood Mountain
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Troy Nelson from KEXP joins me to talk about one of the craziest and unique vinyl records ever made: Jack White’s Lazaretto Ultra LP. There are over 10 unique things about it:
-180 gram vinyl
-2 vinyl-only hidden tracks hidden beneath the center labels
-1 hidden track plays at 78 RPM, one plays at 45 RPM, making this a 3-speed record
-Side A plays from the inside out
-Dual-groove technology: plays an electric or acoustic intro for “Just One Drink” depending on where needle is dropped. The grooves meet for the body of the song.
-Matte finish on Side B, giving the appearance of an un-played 78 RPM record
-Both sides end with locked grooves
-Vinyl pressed in seldom-used flat-edged format
-Dead wax area on Side A contains a hand-etched hologram the first of its kind on a vinyl record
-Absolutely
-Different running order from the CD/digital version
-LP utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD and digital version
Metal Jesus recommends some awesome rock & metal records to new vinyl collectors. Drop the needle, grab a cold brew and throw up the horns! \m/
Recommendations:
Deep Purple – Burn
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
AC/DC – High Voltage (Australian Edition)
Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time
Kingdom Come – In Your Face
Manowar – Fighting the World
Def Leppard – High n Dry
Scorpions – World Wide Live
KISS – Alive
The Pretty Reckless – Going to Hell
Ghost – If You Have Ghost (EP)
S.O.D. – Speak English or Die
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power
Kyuss – Sky Valley
Testament – The Gathering
Slayer – When the Stillness Comes (Single)
Judas Priest – 5 Souls (EP)
Mrs. Metal Jesus joins me for a very special music episode, where we reminisce about our favorite Metal albums & bands of the 1980s. And when we say “metal”, we don’t mean Bon Jovi, Poison or Warrant. Music is a big part of our lives and this is a nice deviation this week from video games. We hope you like it!
Mrs. Metal Jesus joins me for a very special music episode, where we reminisce about our favorite Hard Rock albums of the 1970s. And when we say “albums”, yes we mean big, black and beautiful vinyl. Music is a big part of our lives and this is a nice deviation this week from video games. We hope you like it!
