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I’m slowly building up my Priest vinyl collection - fun fact - I once shared a cliff top railway carriage with KK Dowling going up to upper Bridgnorth

😂 excellent video introduction to your channel

I’ve subbed across after spotting your comment on the MGK contest- as we both have AXE in our channel names I felt it was obligatory (And it’s my favourite Floyd song 🎵) Great entry and good luck with the channel 👍🫡🇬🇧

I’d would be cool if you could get over here, Nick. But I’d prefer it if I could get to Wales. That’s just me being selfish. It’s funny you picked Sting and Kiss because the video I watched just before yours was Vinyl Martini’s, and Jack also picked Sting and Kiss.

What a great video! I loved all the photos interspersed throughout. Jim Reeves! New jazz record to me. Cool you saw Queen a couple of times. Nice Uriah Heep concert memory with your daughter. Thanks for hopping on the contest. New to your channel and just subscribed, Cheers! ✌️

Too many zeros in a trillion, I’m here just to say hi to Dexter and Chico.

Hey Nick! I'm with you on Sting. Hope you tick that one off your bucket list! HEEP! Thanks for the shout out! 1990......Good luck!

Hello Im Paul and just tripped on the channel..Roxy,Sab with Dio..nice queen collection...remember that DP live..love Uriah Heep underrated imo..Im gonna have to look into La Chinga...Subbed to you btw..great stuff great tag.Thanx for sharing and take care

Strangers In the Night. Best Live album for sure.

Sorry, I just came here looking for Dexter.

Hello! Thanks for doing my tag! Great picks & fast responses, I love it!! 😊🙏

I’m still trying to convince myself to make a vid performance of “The Wizard.” My low self confidence says more about me than it does”… um, yeah.”

Hey Nick! Why did you decide to do 3-6? This starts out with their best, and no way (IMHO) were they going to be able to match 'Crime', and they didn't come close. That's more of a compliment to 'Crime' than it is an indictment on 'Crisis.' "Fool's Overture" is the best song they did that did not appear on 'Crime.' It is rare that I give 'BIA' a spin, as it was so overplayed, it is an album I never need to hear again. Loved this!

Hey, Speedy Gonzales! Some exciting picks there. How wonderful to see La Chinga show up! Hurrah! Uriah Heep (looks odd following hurrah doesn't it?) and Queen. Oh, dear. I'm starting to forget what else you said that made me go "Yeah!" Black Sabbath perhaps. Good stuff! I'm looking forward to the Rush video. And if you don't believe me, well then, that says more about you than it does... um, yeah.

Hey Nick! When I saw "fluffy" in the title, I was hoping for a lot of Dexter screen time. Love the Queen picks! Thank you for the shout out! Looking forward to your Rush breakdown. Cheers!

My goodness, Nick! My mind is sprinting to keep up! It’s like you’re whisking me past a smorgasbord and there’s no time to stop and try anything! I recently have heard a lot about Badfinger. I think I’ll have to listen to them. Badfinger, Blackfoot, and… shoot, one other. Back in Black! Yes, it is even better than I remembered! Thank you again. How touching you hear my channel singled out. And yes, we are buds, chums, pals. We’ll get that online chat sorted eventually. I’ll be looking out for more CwtAE videos then. Still got a backlogue of your other channel videos waiting.

This reminds me of Walt Disney who once said, if you got the money honey, we got your disease (maybe it was someone else).

Great collection bro!

Very sorry I missed this! I found I wasn't getting notifications from your music channel, Nick. As always, your a pleasure to listen to. Do you write out everything or does the eloquence just naturally flow from your tongue? As you know, Uriah Heep reside in the pantheon of my favourite bands. Look at Yourself is my favourite, but all albums have some excellent tracks. I love the good wizard / bad wizard duel between guitar and drums in The Magician's Birthday, and The Spell for it's powerful slower mid-section has been a favourite since I first heard the cassette back in the mid-eighties. I hope you'll get a few more of these up in the 2025!

Hey Nick! Love the mighty Heep, top 10 band for me. 'LAY' to "SF' is one of the best 4 album stretches in rock history. Gary Thain was such an underrated bassist. Ken Hensley is my 2nd fav right behind Jon Lord. I missed the 'Conquest' tour, but have seen them 6 times. First was in 1973, which was a strange bill with Earth, Wind & Fire, and the last was the same tour you saw. Cheers!

What about Henry Mancini?

I never followed them much after purchasing Demons and Wizards. Being honest, I never followed many other bands either, after their big debut albums. The formative years of my rock soul were impeded by my stint in the US Navy's Submarine Surface and afterwards, Life's other trials and tribulations such as divorce, remarry, divorce, remarry, career loss, raise children, blah blah blah. And so I missed the bus on being able to exploit my dream of rock stardom, or at best, a career playing acoustic guitar in local taverns.

Yes, I really like “strangers in the night”, Frank Sinatra was something else, wasn't he? I’ll get my coat now.

You mentioned still having a collection of cassettes, so do I. But I don't have a player anymore. Would you know of one to recommend for me to purchase? And also, I don't have a turntable anymore so would you have a recommendation for one of those. I don't have a lot to spend so there's that. (I still play "The Wizard" on acoustic from time to time, I should record myself playing it, and trying to sing it!)

I have owned a copy of the original, although not a first pressing, since about 1981, and still play it regularly. The new version does sound crisper in places, probably due to updated recording techniques, BUT, for me, the drums on the new version of Liar sound horrendous.

Thinking now of your video reviewing the sound quality and your comments about the album title being called Queen I, I was reminded (just now) that ZZ Top named their debut Their First Album because they hoped there would be a second. I do appreciate a beautiful package for an album. High quality pulp and paper material, bonus recordings, and any other additional memorabilia makes it a treasure to own. I don’t have anything quite like that but my wife has a couple.

I was listening to all your comments of praise for the sound quality and I was thinking, “Yes, I hear you, but…” And then you mentioned the re-recording of some parts and, er, yes, but… And then the words about Freddy’s voice, and ah, see? And then finally you said it: You prefer the original, and you prefer it for all the reasons I could have thought of given enough time to consider. There are many albums from the early seventies and even later that contain fantastic music, but the recording quality is lacking. I often think, “If only the recording quality or mixing was better.” However, I also feel remixing and even re-recording parts so many decades later is like doctoring an old photo to say, “This is how I really wanted to look when I was 15.” I’m all for a good remastering. Steven Wilson does fantastic work. But remixing, re-recording, and adding things they originally wanted to have but couldn’t (Yes, Dave Mustaine, I’m thinking of your Megadeth remixes), to me that’s just not honest treatment of a historical artifact. I loved hearing your review, Nick. Coming from a veteran Queen fan whose opinions I know and trust, I can rest assured I’ve heard the best review out there.

Brian May said they re-named it Queen 1 because that's what the band referred to it as for years whenever they talked about it. Pretty simple reason, really.

Queen, Queen, Queen, what about Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds Singin' in the Rain?

I never switch off a tune by Queen that I hear on my radio. Yes, I still listen to FM radio. But only in the car. Queen hasn’t been added to my Spotify yet. There are many such classic rock bands that aren’t. It’s a different listening experience. (Speaking of listening experience, your audio sounded as good as I’ve ever heard in this video. Looks like mic placement is just right. 😎)

Hi, Nick! Well, it’s only Friday morning here and I’m sure I saw your comment on my latest video on Monday. But somehow I felt I was… er… needing to know how you are doing. From your last email, I understand you are or have been busy, and I know you have videos coming up on both your channels. So, no doubt, you are keeping or being kept occupied. I just checked in on both your channels, and while I still have a couple of videos begun in my watch history for your photography channel, I was bumped sideways a little once I noticed I hadn’t watched this little gem. As usual, it’s always a pleasure to hear you recount your music experiences (and life experiences too, as it were) in your, may I say, charmingly understated manner. I’m pretty sure you could make potting a daisy sound chill, mundane, and delightfully whimsical and self-effacing all at once. I don’t know. I struggle for an adequate description. Let’s just say that I always enjoy your presentation style.

Thank you for doing this video! I believe that what they did from 1976 to 84' was one of the greatest runs in music history from Sad WIngs to Defenders, even though we're only focusing on the middle albums of the group. It's fair to mention that the American release of Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather) had Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) on it, which was and still a big hit live.

What a fuckin awesome night Ian and Billy took it to another level ..

Hey there new subscriber here, the drummer from judas priest runs a hotel near me

Right on. Ian. Get on the psychedelics.

Thank you Peter That means so much coming from you :-) I agree on Stained Class - but it’s not so much the songs as the production. It just doesn’t feel “heavy”. I love Killing Machine though but probably because it popped my Priest cherry so to speak!! I do though much prefer the early stuff over the more modern releases.

You really have such a way to express an album, Nick. Wonderful work! And thank you for mentioning my channel! As you probably have heard me say, Sin After Sin is one of my favourite Priest albums. It was the second one I bought, and I think part of the fascination was that it was not eighties heavy metal, so no one around me was listening to this (similar to Scorpions’ Virgin Killer). Shockingly perhaps, I didn’t actually own copies of Stained Class or Killing Machine until the end of 2011! They both have some great songs, but neither album resonates with me as strongly as Sin After Sin or even British Steel. Nevertheless, both albums are extremely important in the development of things to come. I wanted to type a comment several times during your video, but now I’ve forgotten what I wanted to say. I do agree that The Rage is such a fantastic track! It remains my favourite from British Steel. Well done! I look forward to seeing who comes next!

This group reminds me of another heavy metal group with a very similar style, Alabama.

Excellent unboxing. I got mine a few days ago and i am ecstatic.

Oh well done! 1979 has been a popular year and it's clear why. Love your take on this! Also brand new to your channel so have subbed and looking forward to catching up on your videos. Any friend of Peter is a friend of mine! Thanks for jumping on this.. you're entered! -Alex

This was a great video to watch. Sorry to hear about your health plaguing your physical strength. But your content was very engaging for me. I have a bid on The Cult’s Electric and so far no one else is bidding, so I’ll finally get a proper taste of that band. How’s Songs from the Wood? That’s the one JT album I’m still thinking to get and possibly Heavy Horses. For that matter, Trespass is the one Genesis album I want that I still haven’t bought. I just bought UFO’s Obsession last year, I think. It was never available on Amazon, so I bought it from Yahoo Japan Auction. Nice choice with 2112. Not the best one but a landmark album for the band for sure. Some good rockers on side two. I’d never heard of Nick Drake before, but someone mentioned him recently in one of these Beer & Vinyl contest entries and now you have. That often happens. Sin After Sin is one of my favourite JP albums with Sinner, Raw Deal and Dissident Aggressor being fantastic in my opinion. I’m looking forward to your Judas Priest 3-6 video!

You've almost got me convinced to buy a new turntable instead of the macro lens I want!

OK, but what about Dean Martin, that great philosopher who once said, “when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that’s amore”.

I recognize that second track because a guy in my drama class in grade 11 liked to play that song everyday on a portable cassette player. Everyday! For many days on end!

Excellent opening line! You could go on like that in a Faulty Towers fashion. I actually watched this last night but didn't have time to comment. I love how those early eighties compilations get heavy metal... er, confused? Billy Squire, was it? Northern Vinyl Guy talked about a mid-eighties comp that included something from Rush's Power Windows - one of their least heavy albums! - as well as a few other contestable choices. But it was an exciting time and I think it's very cool that there are some excellent tracks included by bands who never got a record cut. That's like those compilation albums of sixties garage and psychedelic rock that have that one track that screams HEAVY METAL IS COMING! I've been on my toes waiting for another music-based video from you, Nick. Later, I will check out your The Cult live video. And I think Electric has moved up the list to become my next purchase. I found a used copy in great condition in the Amazon Market Place and another in an online flea market. One is a 2005 remaster, so I'm a bit worried about the loudness war effect. The other is a 1997 remaster, same year as the Rush remasters I bought. I wonder if the album is on the Dynamic Range index web site. Then I can see which copy has the better sound quality.

Quality show 👏

Ian's voice goes from strength to strength! What a man! ❤ I adore Ian Astbury! Wish I was there! A long long time since they performed Brother Wolf Sister Moon, beautifully haunting and mesmerising! Love the Love album 🐺🌕 TYSMFS Ian is My Mirror 🪞 my Heart ❤ my Soul 🤍

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Lucky you señor Nick, all I got delivered from Walmart was a set of Fruit of the Loom underwear in assorted colors.

OK, I’m one of the 17. I want you to know that in 1980 while you were listing to music, I was working in the coal mines of Acapulco 25 hours a day so that I could put food on the table for my 12 hungry children and my 3 wives. Yes, I know, I’ll get my coat now.