Everon "Paradoxes (2004 Reissue, Russia, Irond Records, IROND CD 04-DD197)"

Everon es una banda de Hard Rock/Melodic Heavy Metal Progresivo de Krefeld , fundada en 1989 .

Ralf Janssen, Christian Moos y Michael Schymik ya llevaban unos años tocando juntos. Este periodo se caracterizó por el pragmatismo y la búsqueda de un estilo propio, una dirección musical definida y un cantante adecuado. En 1989, Oliver Philipps conoció a la banda a través de un anuncio en una revista musical. Philipps ya había grabado dos álbumes con su banda " Jester's Palace ", pero, lamentablemente, el grupo se había disuelto. Los tres antiguos miembros de Everon quedaron impresionados por el talento de Philipps como compositor, teclista y guitarrista. Finalmente, Philipps también demostró su valía como cantante. Las capacidades técnicas de la banda se potenciaron con el uso de teclados y otros generadores de sonido electrónicos, dando como resultado un sonido de alta tecnología que fusionaba melodía y potencia.

La banda contactó con Eroc . El exbaterista de la banda Grobschnitt había producido previamente para Philip Boa , entre otros . Eroc le ofreció a Everon el uso de los estudios Woodhouse para grabar un álbum. Everon aceptó la oferta y grabó su álbum debut, Paradoxes, bajo la dirección de Eroc. Cuando el álbum estaba casi terminado a finales de 1992, Everon ya había recibido ofertas de casi todos los sellos independientes de rock progresivo . Finalmente, Everon firmó con SI Music.

Mientras buscaban la portada del álbum , la banda se topó con algunos bocetos del artista australiano Gregory Bridges . Les llevó un tiempo averiguar el nombre del artista y contactarlo. Después de mostrarle a Bridges las primeras demos del álbum, aún sin terminar, rechazó todas las demás ofertas y le ofreció a Everon la portada de todo el disco.

Paradoxes se lanzó en mayo de 1993 y captó la atención incluso fuera de la escena del rock progresivo. Rápidamente se convirtió en uno de los dos álbumes más vendidos del catálogo de SI Music. El álbum recibió nueve de diez puntos de "Heavy oder Was" (Alemania), ocho de diez de la revista japonesa de metal "Burrn!", y la banda fue aclamada como el descubrimiento del año por diversas publicaciones.

Tracklist:

1. Face The World 6:22
2. Private Warriors 5:11
3. Circles 6:23
4. Shadowboxing 5:34
5. Paradoxes 9:38
6. Reflections 6:54
7. It Almost Turned Out Right 3:38
8. Marching Out 7:21
9. Open Windows 5:48

Recording information:

Recorded at Woodhouse Studios, Netherlands.

Constancia "Lost And Gone [Japan, King Records Co. Ltd., KICP-1398]"

Constancia is a Swedish Progressive Metal band, formed in Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden in 2007.

Their debut album, Lost And Gone was released July 3rd, 2009.

Tracklist:

1. Fallen Hero 04:22   
2. Troublemaker 03:57  
3. Blind 04:02  
4. Little Big You 03:14   
5. The King Is Calling 03:35   
6. Dying by Your Flames 03:52   
7. Save Me 04:15  
8. No One like You 03:58
9. Life Is a Mystery 06:04
10. I Never Said Goodbye 04:09
11. Wish I Could Fly 05:24
12. www.lostandgone.com 06:39  
13. Wasted 04:14  

Time:  57:45

Recording information:

Keyboards recorded at MRM Studios

Guitars recorded at Stark Music Studios

Bass recorded at Kidroom Studios

Vocals recorded at Loudis Studio and Flow Music Studio

Drums recorded at Studio Trum Peter

Mathias Holm's solo recorded at Broad Way 45 Studios

Mixed at Chrome Studios, Stockholm, Sweden 2009

Blue Öyster Cult "Secret Treaties (2001 Reissue, Remastered, The Blve Öyster Cvlt Cöllection, USA, Columbia/Legacy, CK 85480)"

Secret Treaties is the third studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on April 5, 1974 by Columbia. It features the same band members and production team as their previous album.

The album spent 14 weeks in the US album charts, peaking at No. 53. It was certified gold by the RIAA in 1992.

In 1975, a poll of readers of the British magazine Melody Maker voted Secret Treaties the "Top Rock Album of All Time". In 2010, Rhapsody called it one of the all-time best "proto-metal" albums.

It is the only BÖC album that does not feature a track with lead vocals sung by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. The band also did not write any of the lyrics to the album, handing that duty to producer Sandy Pearlman, rock critic Richard Meltzer and singer Patti Smith.

The cover, with art by Ron Lesser, depicts the band standing beside and sitting on a German ME 262 fighter aircraft; this scene is inspired by the song of the same name.

While the LP cover has the band name in red (a darker red on the Japanese LP), on the CD it is in lime green.

Lyrics to the lead-off track "Career of Evil" were written by future punk poet Patti Smith, a longtime contributor to the band (and, at the time, girlfriend of BÖC keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Allen Lanier).

A few changes were made to "Career of Evil" on the single version. The vocals are different: only Eric Bloom is heard for most of the song, instead of Bloom and Albert Bouchard singing together. Also, one verse was removed ("Pay me..." to "...kneeling in the rain"). Part of the bridge was changed also, presumably to make the song more acceptable to radio: "do it to your daughter" became "do it like you ought to." The line "I want your wife to be my baby tonight" was changed to "I want your life to be mine, maybe tonight".

The transition between the tracks "Harvester of Eyes" and "Flaming Telepaths" is marked by a piece of classical music played on a music box. Members of the band recall that it was something the sound engineer had found on an unlabeled recording, but they could not identify it. The piece and its composer were uncredited on the album. It has since been identified as an excerpt from a waltz by Ion Ivanovici called Waves of the Danube (Donauwellen). The source of the original recording remains a mystery.

"Career of Evil" was the inspiration for the title of the 2015 novel of the same name written by J.K. Rowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

The compilation Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult contains a version of "Flaming Telepaths" without the music box intro. The original version with the complete sound effects is found on the compilation Workshop of the Telescopes.

The psychedelic folk group Espers covers "Flaming Telepaths" on their CD The Weed Tree in 2005.

In addition the conventional 2 channel stereo version the album was also released in a 4 channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system.

The album was reissued on the Super Audio CD format in 2016 by Audio Fidelity. This edition contains both the stereo and quad mixes.

Track listing

1. "Career of Evil" Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:59
2. "Subhuman" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom 4:39
3. "Dominance and Submission" Sandy Pearlman 5:23
4. "ME 262" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:48
5. "Cagey Cretins" Richard Meltzer Albert Bouchard 3:16
6. "Harvester of Eyes" Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:42
7. "Flaming Telepaths" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser 5:20
8. "Astronomy" Sandy Pearlman Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard 6:28

2001 CD remaster bonus tracks

1. "Boorman the Chauffeur" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Joe Bouchard Joe Bouchard, Murray Krugman 3:13
2. "Mommy" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom 3:32
3. "Mes Dames Sarat" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Allen Lanier Allen Lanier 4:07
4. "Born to Be Wild" (non LP single) Mars Bonfire Mars Bonfire 3:40
5. "Career of Evil" (single version) Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:00

Total length: 56:07

Tracks 1-8: originally recorded and released in 1974 as Columbia KC 32858.

Tracks 9-11: previously unreleased outtakes from the "Secret Treaties" sessions.

Track 12: from Columbia single 3-10169, recorded 1974.

Track 13: A-side of Columbia single 3-10046, recorded 1974.

Recording information:

Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers

Tim Geelan, Jerry Smith – engineers

Lehman Yates, Lou Schlossberg – recording

John Berg – cover design

Bruce Dickinson – production (2001 remaster)

Thom Cadley – mixing on tracks 10 and 11 (2001 remaster)

Vic Anesini – remastering (2001 remaster)

Blue Öyster Cult "Secret Treaties (2014 Reissue, Remastered, 30th Anniversary BURRN! Selection HM/HR, Blu-spec CD2, Japan, Sony Records, Intl., SICP 30661)"

Secret Treaties is the third studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on April 5, 1974 by Columbia. It features the same band members and production team as their previous album.

The album spent 14 weeks in the US album charts, peaking at No. 53. It was certified gold by the RIAA in 1992.

In 1975, a poll of readers of the British magazine Melody Maker voted Secret Treaties the "Top Rock Album of All Time". In 2010, Rhapsody called it one of the all-time best "proto-metal" albums.

It is the only BÖC album that does not feature a track with lead vocals sung by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. The band also did not write any of the lyrics to the album, handing that duty to producer Sandy Pearlman, rock critic Richard Meltzer and singer Patti Smith.

The cover, with art by Ron Lesser, depicts the band standing beside and sitting on a German ME 262 fighter aircraft; this scene is inspired by the song of the same name.

While the LP cover has the band name in red (a darker red on the Japanese LP), on the CD it is in lime green.

Lyrics to the lead-off track "Career of Evil" were written by future punk poet Patti Smith, a longtime contributor to the band (and, at the time, girlfriend of BÖC keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Allen Lanier).

A few changes were made to "Career of Evil" on the single version. The vocals are different: only Eric Bloom is heard for most of the song, instead of Bloom and Albert Bouchard singing together. Also, one verse was removed ("Pay me..." to "...kneeling in the rain"). Part of the bridge was changed also, presumably to make the song more acceptable to radio: "do it to your daughter" became "do it like you ought to." The line "I want your wife to be my baby tonight" was changed to "I want your life to be mine, maybe tonight".

The transition between the tracks "Harvester of Eyes" and "Flaming Telepaths" is marked by a piece of classical music played on a music box. Members of the band recall that it was something the sound engineer had found on an unlabeled recording, but they could not identify it. The piece and its composer were uncredited on the album. It has since been identified as an excerpt from a waltz by Ion Ivanovici called Waves of the Danube (Donauwellen). The source of the original recording remains a mystery.

"Career of Evil" was the inspiration for the title of the 2015 novel of the same name written by J.K. Rowling under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

The compilation Don't Fear the Reaper: The Best of Blue Öyster Cult contains a version of "Flaming Telepaths" without the music box intro. The original version with the complete sound effects is found on the compilation Workshop of the Telescopes.

The psychedelic folk group Espers covers "Flaming Telepaths" on their CD The Weed Tree in 2005.

In addition the conventional 2 channel stereo version the album was also released in a 4 channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system.

The album was reissued on the Super Audio CD format in 2016 by Audio Fidelity. This edition contains both the stereo and quad mixes.

Track listing

1. "Career of Evil" Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:59
2. "Subhuman" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom 4:39
3. "Dominance and Submission" Sandy Pearlman 5:23
4. "ME 262" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:48
5. "Cagey Cretins" Richard Meltzer Albert Bouchard 3:16
6. "Harvester of Eyes" Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom, Donald Roeser 4:42
7. "Flaming Telepaths" Sandy Pearlman Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Donald Roeser 5:20
8. "Astronomy" Sandy Pearlman Albert Bouchard, Joe Bouchard 6:28

Japan bonus tracks

1. "Boorman the Chauffeur" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Joe Bouchard Joe Bouchard, Murray Krugman 3:13
2. "Mommy" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Richard Meltzer Eric Bloom 3:32
3. "Mes Dames Sarat" (outtake from the Secret Treaties sessions) Allen Lanier Allen Lanier 4:07
4. "Born to Be Wild" (non LP single) Mars Bonfire Mars Bonfire 3:40
5. "Career of Evil" (single version) Patti Smith Albert Bouchard 3:00

Total length: 56:07

Tracks 1-8: originally recorded and released in 1974 as Columbia KC 32858.

Tracks 9-11: previously unreleased outtakes from the "Secret Treaties" sessions.

Track 12: from Columbia single 3-10169, recorded 1974.

Track 13: A-side of Columbia single 3-10046, recorded 1974.

Recording information:

Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman – producers

Tim Geelan, Jerry Smith – engineers

Lehman Yates, Lou Schlossberg – recording

John Berg – cover design

Bruce Dickinson – production (2001 remaster)

Thom Cadley – mixing on tracks 10 and 11 (2001 remaster)

Vic Anesini – remastering (2001 remaster)