Sammy Hagar "Three Lock Box (Japan, 2013 SHM-CD, Geffen Records, UICY-75596)"

Three Lock Box is the seventh studio album by the American rock vocalist Sammy Hagar, released on December 6, 1982 by Geffen Records. This album has appearances by Loverboy's Mike Reno, Journey's Jonathan Cain and Mr. Mister's Richard Page. The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 album charts on April 9, 1983. His only top 20 solo hit, "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy", reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983 and #3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock songs chart.

The lyrics to the title track presented a story with a more philosophical bent: "It's got to do with deep sea diving, when you look for a buried treasure. The ultimate treasure would be a sunken treasure with three locks on it, because that means it was the most valuable stuff that the queen had on that ship. And you need three different guys with keys to open it, that way no one could steal it. So a 'Three Lock Box' to me is within yourself. If you unlock the treasure of your physical, and your mental and your spiritual potential - those three in balance - you are a real human being and almost godly."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sammy Hagar, except where stated.

1. "Three Lock Box" 3:22
2. "Remote Love" 3:54
3. "Remember the Heroes" Jonathan Cain, Hagar 5:58
4. "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" 3:30
5. "In the Room" 3:42
6. "Rise of the Animal" 5:30
7. "I Wouldn't Change a Thing" 3:19
8. "Growing Up" 3:16
9. "Never Give Up" Keith Olsen, Alan Pasqua 3:14
10. "I Don't Need Love" Bill Church, Hagar, David Lauser, Gary Pihl 3:08

Montrose "Paper Money (Japan Edition, Mini-Replica SHMCD CD)"

Paper Money is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Montrose, released on October 11, 1974, by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Ted Templeman and is the band's final recording with original vocalist Sammy Hagar. It marks the arrival of new bass player Alan Fitzgerald, replacing original bassist Bill Church.

Paper Money was the band's highest-charting release, reaching No. 65 on the Billboard 200. To promote the album, the band appeared live on The Midnight Special television show, performing "Paper Money" and "I Got the Fire".

After building acrimony between Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar reached a peak during the band's 1974–75 European tour to promote Paper Money, Hagar parted ways with the band in early February 1975 and was replaced by vocalist Bob James.

Although the liner notes for the CD edition of Paper Money state that Ronnie Montrose was offered the lead guitar slot for Mott the Hoople when he left the Edgar Winter Group, the guitarist has stated that this never happened.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Underground" Ilene Rappaport 3:33
2. "Connection" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 5:42
3. "The Dreamer" Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Montrose 3:36
4. "Starliner" (instrumental) Montrose 3:36

Side two

1. "I Got the Fire" Montrose 3:06
2. "Spaceage Sacrifice" Hagar, Montrose 4:55
3. "We're Going Home" Montrose 4:52
4. "Paper Money" Hagar, Montrose 5:01

Montrose "Montrose (Japan Edition, Mini-Replica SHMCD CD)"

Montrose is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Montrose, led by guitarist Ronnie Montrose. It was produced by Ted Templeman and released by Warner Bros in 1973. Montrose marks the recording debut of vocalist Sammy Hagar, who would later achieve international success as a solo artist and as a member of the American hard rock band Van Halen.

Montrose was guitarist Ronnie Montrose's first record leading his own band, after having done session work for various musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock and Edgar Winter. The band included Denny Carmassi on drums, Bill Church on bass, and a then-unknown Sammy Hagar (at that time 'Sam Hagar') on vocals. Ronnie Montrose chiefly used a Gibson Les Paul, a Fender Bandmaster amp, and a Big Muff fuzzbox by Electro-Harmonix in recording the album.

The album was not a big seller on release, peaking at No. 133 on the US Billboard 200. "Rock Candy" and "Bad Motor Scooter" were the only tracks to receive much radio airplay. It has been reported that the band's label, Warner Bros., did not know how to market Montrose, and, already having the Doobie Brothers and Deep Purple to cover the rock and hard rock genres, saw the band as something of a redundancy on their roster of artists. In 1974, the album was issued in Europe via Germany under the title Rock the Nation. This release duplicated the track listing of the U.S. album, but had a different front sleeve image, replacing the band's photo with that of a large-busted blonde girl sporting a pink see-through blouse. Montrose eventually proved to be an international sleeper hit, selling in excess of one million copies and attaining platinum status in 1986.

Some critics have arguably labeled it the "first American heavy metal album". Often cited as "America's answer to Led Zeppelin", it is held to be influential among hard rock/heavy metal musicians.

Montrose was voted as the 4th best Metal Album of All Time by Kerrang! magazine in 1989. That same year, Hit Parader named it within the Top 100 Heavy Metal albums of all time.

English heavy metal band Iron Maiden recorded "Space Station #5" as B-side of the single "Be Quick or Be Dead" in 1992.

"Make It Last" was covered by Van Halen in their early club days (available on Van Halen bootlegs).

Track listing

Side one

1. "Rock the Nation" (Ronnie Montrose) 3:03
2. "Bad Motor Scooter" (Sammy Hagar) 3:41
3. "Space Station #5" (Hagar, Montrose) 5:18
4. "I Don't Want It" (Hagar, Montrose) 2:58

Side two

1. "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) 2:59
2. "Rock Candy" (Denny Carmassi, Bill Church, Hagar, Montrose) 5:05
3. "One Thing on My Mind" (Hagar, Montrose, J. Sanchez) 3:41
4. "Make It Last" (Hagar) 5:31

Megadeth "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!"

The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! is the sixteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 2, 2022, on frontman Dave Mustaine's Tradecraft label via Universal. It is the first Megadeth album to feature drummer Dirk Verbeuren, the second Megadeth album to feature guitarist Kiko Loureiro, and their first studio album in six years since Dystopia (2016), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in the band's career. In production for more than two years, the album was produced by Mustaine and Chris Rakestraw. During the album's recording, founding bassist David Ellefson was dismissed from the band due to a sex scandal. His bass parts were removed from the album and were re-recorded by Testament bassist Steve Di Giorgio.

The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! took more than two years to materialize, with the recording sessions taking place between May 2019 and towards the end of 2021, the longest time Megadeth has taken to record an album up to this point. The album's release had been delayed several times. It was originally intended to be released in 2019, before its ultimate release in September 2022.

On May 10, 2019, Megadeth entered the studio in Franklin, Tennessee with co-producer Chris Rakestraw to begin pre-production of the album. In June, the band announced the cancellation of then-upcoming shows, as Mustaine had been diagnosed with throat cancer; Despite Mustaine's illness, the band vowed to continue working on the album. On November 6, 2018 Mustaine shared a video on Twitter teasing a track from the album, which at the time, was originally set for release in the next year.

The band re-entered the studio in Nashville in mid-2020 to resume recording their new album, by now tentatively planned for release in 2021. While hosting a Masterclass "Front Row Live" for fans via Zoom on January 9, 2021, Mustaine announced the album's title as The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!, but indicated that the title might be subject to change.

An early 2022 release was scrubbed due to issues with vinyl printing and distribution. The album was later delayed further to a September 2022 release.

On May 10, 2021, sexually explicit videos of David Ellefson were posted on Twitter. The videos were reportedly recorded by a fan that Ellefson was in correspondence with. Initially accusations of child grooming were raised against Ellefson, although both parties denied this. The fan publicly claimed she was a consenting adult. Ellefson subsequently contacted the authorities to seek charges for revenge porn and presented the police with evidence related to the allegations. An official statement released the next day from Megadeth stated that the situation was being "watched closely". Following the incident, Mustaine announced Ellefson's departure from the band on May 24, 2021. His already-recorded bass parts were subsequently removed from the album and rerecorded by Steve Di Giorgio of Testament.

"Night Stalkers" features rapper Ice-T on vocals, and "is about the 160th Battalion with the U.S. Army, and it's all the black-ops helicopters that go in at night." "Killing Time" focuses on a former girlfriend of Mustaine's. The first clip released from the album (which was released on Cameo) was titled "Life in Hell".

According to Mustaine, "Dogs of Chernobyl" is not about the war in Ukraine, but "is a love song". Prior to the album's production, Mustaine had been diagnosed with throat cancer. He revealed that his treating radiologist contributed "a couple of phrases and some information about the radiation poisoning when everyone got sick at Chernobyl" to the song's lyrics.

Two cover songs are featured on various editions of the album. Sammy Hagar features on a cover of his solo song, "This Planet's on Fire". "Police Truck" is a heavier cover of the Dead Kennedys song.

The website sickdyingdead.com was launched on June 20, 2022 to promote the album.

As of September 2022, four singles have been released from the album. The first, "We'll Be Back" was released via streaming services on June 23, with "Night Stalkers" following on July 22.

The third single to be released was "Soldier On!" on August 12. The title track was released as a single on September 2, the same day as the album.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dave Mustaine, except "Dogs of Chernobyl" by Mustaine and Tony Cmelak.

1. "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!" Mustaine 5:04
2. "Life in Hell" Mustaine/Dirk Verbeuren   4:12
3. "Night Stalkers" (featuring Ice-T)  Mustaine/Kiko Loureiro/Verbeuren  6:38
4. "Dogs of Chernobyl"  Mustaine/Loureiro   6:14
5. "Sacrifice"  Mustaine/Loureiro   4:08
6. "Junkie" Mustaine 3:39
7. "Psychopathy"  Mustaine/Loureiro  1:20
8. "Killing Time" Mustaine/Loureiro   5:13
9. "Soldier On!" Mustaine 4:54
10. "Célebutante"   Mustaine/Loureiro   3:51
11. "Mission to Mars"   Mustaine/Loureiro   5:24
12. "We'll Be Back"  Mustaine/Loureiro   4:29

Total length: 55:10

Recording information:

Mastered at Sterling Mastering, Nashville, TN.

Montrose "The Very Best Of Montrose"

Montrose was a California-based hard rock band formed in 1973 and named after guitarist and founder Ronnie Montrose. The band's original lineup featured Montrose and vocalist Sammy Hagar, who would later go on to greater fame as a solo artist and as a member of Van Halen. Rounding out the original foursome were bassist Bill Church and drummer Denny Carmassi. The group disbanded in early 1977.

The Very Best of Montrose is a greatest hits album by the hard rock band Montrose. It was released in 2000 on Rhino Records. The album contains songs from the group's five albums, the first four in consecutive years in the mid-seventies and another from 1987.

Track listing

1. "Rock the Nation" (Montrose) 3:03
2. "Bad Motor Scooter" (Hagar) 3:41
3. "Space Station #5" (Hagar, Montrose) 5:18
4. "Rock Candy" (Carmassi, Church, Hagar, Montrose) 5:05
5. "I Got the Fire" (Montrose) 3:06
6. "Spaceage Sacrifice" (Hagar, Montrose) 4:55
7. "We're Going Home" (Montrose) 4:52
8. "Paper Money" (Hagar, Montrose) 5:01
9. "All I Need" (Alcivar, Carmassi, Fitzgerald, James, Montrose) 4:21
10. "Twenty Flight Rock" (Ned Fairchild/Eddie Cochran) 2:43
11. "Clown Woman" (Montrose) 4:21
12. "Dancin' Feet" (Montrose, James) 4:05
13. "Let's Go" (James, Montrose, Alcivar, Carmassi) 4:15
14. "Jump on It" (James, Montrose, Alcivar, Carmassi) 3:37
15. "Music Man" (Montrose) 4:16
16. "M for Machine" (Montrose) 3:59
17. "Stand" (Montrose) 4:46
18. "Ready Willing and Able" (Montrose) 4:19