Your new CDs and downloads for 2015.

Shane Speal - 12 Stones (not a Christian album--only got because of his phenomenal cigar box guitar skills)

Casting Crowns - Glorious Day-Hymns Of Faith (Cracker Barrel Exclusive)

NYVES Anxiety

Worldview - The Chosen Few

Worldview - The Chosen Few
Harmony - Remembrance

I was off work today so decided to hit the nearby local thrift shops and found the following:

Cassette -
California Metal - "California Metal"
Idle Cure - "2nd Avenue"

I also found the following on VHS -
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla's Revenge
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Godzilla King Of The Monsters
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle For Earth

I guess this means I need to pull the old VCR out of mothballs and fire it up, huh?

Dynamis wrote:

I was off work today so decided to hit the nearby local thrift shops and found the following:

Cassette -
California Metal - "California Metal"
Idle Cure - "2nd Avenue"

I also found the following on VHS -
Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla's Revenge
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Godzilla King Of The Monsters
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla
Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle For Earth

I guess this means I need to pull the old VCR out of mothballs and fire it up, huh?

I don't mean to ruin the movies for you, but I'm pretty sure Godzilla wins.

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I don't mean to ruin the movies for you, but I'm pretty sure Godzilla wins.

Except against King Kong!

Within Silence - Gallery Of Life.

Chris, I see you have ordered "The Chosen Few" from Worldview.
I wonder how that CD is.

Dynamis wrote:

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I don't mean to ruin the movies for you, but I'm pretty sure Godzilla wins.

Except against King Kong!

  Dang I haven't seen that flick since I was in middle school!

rockerVu2 wrote:

Within Silence - Gallery Of Life.

Chris, I see you have ordered "The Chosen Few" from Worldview.
I wonder how that CD is.

Here's what I posted in the "Worldview News" thread

BearDad wrote:

Pre-order from Amazon.com arrived yesterday.

First Impression (based of a single spin)

• good, solid album by a group of professionals. 
  
• love the growling vox mixed with clean vox on the first couple of songs
  
• nice occasional use of violins, piano, and other symphonic-type instruments 
  
• lyrics are straight forward; no doubt these are Christians singing Christian songs
  
• pretty mellow overall. No thrash, speed, power, etc; just straight forward, thumping rock.  The mosh pit residents can take a break!
  
• Worth the money? yes. Worth the wait?  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  

Finally found an original 90's copy of Depeche Mode - Violator on vinyl. Unfortunately it's Portugese print which hasn't got a photo/lyrics printed inner sleeve, but the cover and vinyl are VG+, so i can't complain

Leah - "Kings & Queens"

I purchased the CD earlier this afternoon at Zia's Record Exchange.  Initially, I searched the "Metal' section and could not find it and got kind of bummed (thinking I was going to have to order it online and wait a week or more before hearing it).  I was even considering the download route.

However, as I was browsing the 'Rock/Pop' section I happened to glance over and found it among the other letter 'L' titles- three copies as a matter of fact!  My only guess is that they thought she must be a pop diva without researching the artist first...

Dynamis wrote:

Leah - "Kings & Queens"

I purchased the CD earlier this afternoon at Zia's Record Exchange.  Initially, I searched the "Metal' section and could not find it and got kind of bummed (thinking I was going to have to order it online and wait a week or more before hearing it).  I was even considering the download route.

However, as I was browsing the 'Rock/Pop' section I happened to glance over and found it among the other letter 'L' titles- three copies as a matter of fact!  My only guess is that they thought she must be a pop diva without researching the artist first...

Very cool.  I miss Zia's, fantastic store.

Dynamis wrote:

Leah - "Kings & Queens"

I purchased the CD earlier this afternoon at Zia's Record Exchange.  Initially, I searched the "Metal' section and could not find it and got kind of bummed (thinking I was going to have to order it online and wait a week or more before hearing it).  I was even considering the download route.

However, as I was browsing the 'Rock/Pop' section I happened to glance over and found it among the other letter 'L' titles- three copies as a matter of fact!  My only guess is that they thought she must be a pop diva without researching the artist first...

Perhaps, but after listening I'm sure you'll agree that while she's not really pop or rock, it's sometimes hard to call her metal as well.

Reign - Reign

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Perhaps, but after listening I'm sure you'll agree that while she's not really pop or rock, it's sometimes hard to call her metal as well.

My most accurate guess would be a joining of symphonic metal, Gothic rock and Celtic music.  "Kings & Queens" is reported to be her heaviest album.

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Reign - Reign

Good choice- I got this several weeks ago.  It is a bit more progressive than expected, plus the group mixes both male and female vocals.

Dynamis wrote:

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Reign - Reign

Good choice- I got this several weeks ago.  It is a bit more progressive than expected, plus the group mixes both male and female vocals.

I'm really bummed because I didn't get a chance to listen to it this weekend, and I forgot to bring it to work today....so I still haven't heard it.  I'm not a huge fan of prog, so I'm hoping the longer songs don't leave me unsatisfied.

A couple dude's I trade with have hooked me up with a bunch of albums I've wanted for quite some time - At thrift store prices too !

On their way are:

Kim Hill – Kim Hill 1988 
Kim Hill –Talk about life 1989
Michael W Smith – I’ll lead you home
Newsboys – Adoration 2003 
Phil Joel – Deliberate People 
Point of Grace -Life, Love and other mysteries 
Relient K – Mmhmm 2004 
Relient K – Relient K 2000 
Relient K – Two lefts don’t make…
Skillet –Awake 2009 
Steven Curtis Chapman –Real Life Conversations 1988 
Steven Curtis Chapman –First Hand 1989 
Wes King –A room full of stories 
Wes King –What matters most 
Awesome God - A Tribute To Rich Mullins 1998 
Brainstorm Bisquits 1995
Never Say Dinosaur (Petra Tribute) 1996 
No Compromise- Remembering the music of Keith Green 1992 
WOW 1996  
WOW 1998 1997 
WOW 2003 2002 
Van Halen III by Van Halen  (with Christian vocalist Gary Cherone)
The Definitive Collection by Thin Lizzy 
Millennium Collection - 20th Century Masters by Extreme (Again Gary Cherone)
Greatest Hits by Lenny Kravitz (who also has a Christian faith)
Here and Now by Trace Balin

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

Never Say Dinosaur (Petra Tribute) 1996 

I didn't even know there was a Petra Tribute.  Are there any hard rock bands or is it all CCM/pop artists?

The Petra tribute is good... not sure if you'd like it as it's mostly 90s popular bands like Audio Adrenaline, Plankeye, Galactic Cowboys, MxPx, Sixpence None the Richer, Grammatrain, Jars of Clay and the like.

It's NOT "the Sweet Family Tribute" crud... it's much better put together and has some really good interpretations (not as good as Petra themselves, but pretty good nonetheless)

I don't usually do so good with the local thrift stores; usually all they have is junk. However, I scored big today!











I know most folks probably just threw up at seeing the Pavarotti one! LOL!

The Stryper one is a duplicate; I thought my current copy was digital only (oops).  <== TRADE FODDER!

There were a couple of Opeth CDs I passed on, but I'm seriously considering going back to get them (they confuse me; wikipedia says they are heavy metal, but everything I hear on YT is so ... mellow!). There were also three Overkill CDs and a couple of Metal Blade compilation CDs that I wasn't interested in. I was just very surprised at the number of heavy metal CDs there!

I also picked up some great big band records at a garage sale. Three guesses at how old the homeowners were!

BearDad wrote:

I know most folks probably just threw up at seeing the Pavarotti one! LOL!

I just thought it was going to be a "one of these doesn't go with the others" games.

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

A couple dude's I trade with have hooked me up with a bunch of albums I've wanted for quite some time - At thrift store prices too !

On their way are:

Kim Hill – Kim Hill 1988 
Kim Hill –Talk about life 1989
Michael W Smith – I’ll lead you home
Point of Grace -Life, Love and other mysteries
Wes King –A room full of stories 
Wes King –What matters most 
No Compromise- Remembering the music of Keith Green 1992 

You got some nice stuff there. I still need to pick up some of these as well. Kim Hill and that Point of Grace album are excellent. Wes King is another one of those underrated gems. That Keith green tribute is a classic.

I picked up Geoff Tate's S/T at a Salvation Army thrift store for a buck. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was mildly surprised. I was happy to hear it was not a Queensryche type of album; I love it when people from (or formerly from) a well-known band do something completely different when on their own.