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October 27MRCD6: October 27 Tuesday, October 27, 2009MRCD6 - We Will Rock YulePre-Order Now. Ships December 1.MRCD6 is now available for pre-order! The link for ordering We Will Rock Yule is below. If you want to order the CD with another from the MRCD series, then check out the dedicated MRCD Page The track order is rough at this stage and the audio samples are not yet mastered. Plus I await delivery of a couple of tracks and confirmation of a couple more to possibly add to the mix. Final details will be confirmed 100% by weeks end, but the tracks below are locked in. Those that once again support this series get an additional thank you in the way of 8 bonus tracks to download once the order is placed. Links to the bonus tracks will be sent out in a day or two. When pre-ordering packages - please make sure you select the correct volume numbers and if a combination you need is not offered, please drop me a line anytime.
We Will Rock Yule Track Listing (to be finalized) and MP3 Samples: 01) Bombay BlackGoing Insane At Christmas (Previously Unreleased/Exclusive New Track) 02) KickAll I Want For Christmas (Previously Unreleased) 03) 7th HeavenMerry Christmas In Chicago 04) HeartlandMerry Christmas (Unplugged) 05) Spin Gallery TBA (Previously Unreleased/Exclusive New Track) 06) Fraze GangChristmas Time In Canada (Previously Unreleased/Exclusive New Track) 07) Keith LuBrant My Best Gift Was You 08) Goober Gun In Reflection (Merry Xmas Baby) 09) Tango DownUnder The Tree (Previously Unreleased/Exclusive New Track) 10) Secret SmileHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 11) Christmas Time Is Here Again 12) Stratocruiser Holidaze 13) Save Pluto It's Christmas Time, Alright! 14) Steve Lukather & Friends Joy to the World 15) Ides Of March (feat. Jim Peterik) Sharing Christmas (2009 Remaster) 16) Erkka Korhonen's Heavy Christmas feat. Marco Hietala Medley: The First Noel/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Carol Of The Bells (Trad/Finnish lyrics by Sauvo Puhtila) - Live at Tavastia-Club, Helsinki, Finland December 2006 (Previously Unreleased/Exclusive Track) 17) Mecca O Holy Night (Previously Unreleased/Exclusive New Track) 18) Ted Poley A Letter To SantaBonus MP3 Downloads for pre-orders:Gus SantanaHave Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasIdes Of MarchDistant TrumpetJess HarnellJess's 12 Days Of Christmas - I Believe In Father ChristmasSeven - Little Drummer BoySeven - O Holy NightTango Down - Under The Tree (Vox Accapella Rough)Tommy Denander - MiraclesTommy Denander - We Wish You A Merry ChristmasFRONTIERS EMBRACE SPIN GALLERY:Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of Spin Gallery's new album Embrace on December 4th 2009 in Europe and January 12th 2010 in the USA. The concept behind the band started in 1997, when main songwriter, producer and musician for the project Tommy Denander together, with singer and co-writer Kristoffer Lagerström made a few demos, which included the song "Grace" that first was released on Tommy's Radioactive album "Ceremony Of Innocence" and later re-recorded for the Spin Gallery debut. From that song Tommy started to develop ad idea to build up a band with multiple singers with a sound that could mix Melodic Rock in the vein of Mr Mister, TotoGiant with a more modern high tech sound and that would include more contemporary influences from Peter Gabriel, Sting and Pink Floyd. The first album entitled Standing Tall was released in 2004 and got some amazing responses, with legendary Kerrang Magazine Dave Reynolds saying The best I've heard in ten years . It also featured a few big name guests like David Foster, Michael ThompsonRandy Goodrum. For the new album the original members Kristoffer Lagerström and Tommy Denander again wanted to invite just a couple of friends 2 legendary voices sing duet with Kristoffer on the new album: Dan Reed on the song "You Do The Things You Do"Robin Beck on the radio friendly "Just A Momentary Why""Embrace" also features the great L.A. session master Glen Marks on drums and Swedish sensation Marika Willstedt on cello. Kristoffer and Tommy spent 18 months working on this album to ensure that every song is a smash and that "Embrace" lives up to the praise of the first release as well as standing the test of time with a masterful craft in songwriting, performance and production. Tommy Denander says "I hold this as the best production I've done so far and we really took every tiny little piece of the album and worked on it until we were totally satisfied, Kristoffer does an amazing job on the vocals and we had a fantastic, inspired and very creative time making it", while Kristoffer adds: "This is the album I've always wanted to make and it came out even better than I could imagine when we started this journey." Tommy produced the album and plays guitars, bass, keyboards and loops/FX with Kristoffer handling all vocals. Embrace tracklisting includes: Embrace; Stone By Stone; Just a Momentary Why (feat. Robin Beck); Brilliance of the Drugs; Eyes Wide Open; Blood In My Veins; You Do The Things You Do (feat. Dan Reed); Indulge; Without Love; Tic Toc; Everything Fades; The End.MRCD6 - We Will Rock YuleUS$23.00 each (Price Includes Worldwide Airmail Shipping) 1CD / 18 TracksPRE-ORDER NOW 
Monday, October 26, 2009MELODICROCK NEWS OF THE HOUR!:MRCD6 - We Will Rock Yule will be available for pre-order (hopefully) tomorrow - complete with new package prices that include past volumes. Purchasing just the new MRCD6 disc will be $23.00including airmail shipping and handling costs. The price should have fallen a little from the last 2CD release, but the value of the US dollar against the Australian dollar has declined some 20% in value since the release of MRCD5, so this CD is costing a lot more to produce and ship. However, I think the artists lined up to participate have delivered some great songs. Some you will know and some you won't, thanks to the inclusion of some brand new recordings and a couple of unreleased gems. A final track listing has not been sorted yet - that's the delay in pre-orders. I'm still waiting for final delivery on a couple of songs and that will hopefully happen in the next 24 hrs. Confirmed tracks so far lined-up as part of MRCD6 are: - Heartland - Merry Christmas (Unplugged) - Bombay Black - Going Insane At Christmas (Brand New, Exclusive Track) - Kick - All I Want For Christmas (Previously Unreleased, Exclusive Track) - Spin Gallery - TBA (Brand New, Exclusive Track) - Tango Down - Under The Tree (Brand New, Exclusive Track) - 7th Heaven - Merry Christmas In Chicago - Fraze Gang - Christmas Time In Canada (Brand New, Exclusive Track) - Stratocruiser - Holidaze - Helix - Christmas Time Is Here Again - Keith LuBrant - My Best Gift Was You - Ted Poley - A Letter To Santa - Goober Gun - In Reflection (Merry Xmas Baby) - Next Big Thing - It's Christmas Time, Alright! - Ides Of March - Sharing Christmas (2009 Remaster) - Secret Smile - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Steve Lukather & Friends - Joy to the World - Erkka Korhonen's Heavy Christmas feat. Marco Hietala - Medley: The First Noel/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Carol Of The Bells (Trad/Finnish lyrics by Sauvo Puhtila) - Live at Tavastia-Club, Helsinki, Finland December 2006 (Exclusive Track) A few more to come...stand by... All pre-orders will recieve a link to several additional bonus downloads! This is very early days, but yes....rumors are true, I am looking at the possibilities of holding another MelodicRockFest show in the USA in the first half on 2010! A few artists have been contacted and I have a dream list of others that I'd love to see take part. We'll see... I'll be working on seeing what can be done to top the first event over the next month or two. No, it won't be in South Bend (although wasn't that venue spectacular!). It will most likely be in Chicago itself this time - a smaller venue, but an even bigger line-up I hope! I'm going to need some big sponsorship to make this work, so if anyone has any interest in this or any other aspect of what MRF2 could offer, let me know. Thoughts / questions / comments / suggestions - E-Mail me now...and stay tuned!
GIANT'S PROMISED LAND: What better way to add to a giant news day than a two minute sneak preview of the brand new Giant single Promised Land! No line-up details have been released as yet, but the audio has - so check it out now! And a teaser photo of the 2009 line-up is included just to stir things up a little further.Download: Giant - Promised Land
DALTREY ROCKS LA: By Gerry Gittelson, Melodicrock.com Los Angeles Correspondent / Los Angeles - Roger Daltrey is 65, but the Who singer can still belt it out with the best of 'em, and his solo concert performance Saturday, Oct. 19 at the intimate Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles was a rare treat to see one of the world's most famous rock singers in such a small place that we could nearly reach out and touch him. A crowd of 2,000 roared its approval when Daltrey worked in "Who Are You" as the second song of the set, and the legendary performer was keen to hold onto the momentum. Looking British-rock-star-cool in a white button-down shirt and casual jeans, Daltrey was in fine vocal form not remarkable vocal form like the first time I saw the Who at the Forum in 1979 (my first concert, by the way), but certainly worth the price of admission. This was the fifth night of Daltrey's nationwide trek, and he added "Behind Blue Eyes" because he said so many requested it. The selection was one of three tracks from the Who's amazing 1971 album "Who's Next," and indeed it was a well-delivered highlight, along with the others, "Baba O'Reilly""Going Mobile." For me, "Baba O'Reilly" was the best song of the night, and Daltrey's majestic vocals came through loud and clear. And also deserving a nod of gratitude was guitarist Simon Townshend, younger brother of Who guitarist Pete Townshend. Simon did a great job all night, and he was spot-on during his "Don't cry " vocal segment during "Baba O'Reilly," which will always be "Teenage Wasteland" to me. There were a few other Who highlights, particularly "Squeeze Box," which was a bit unexpected considering he left out all material from "Tommy," including "Pinball Wizard," which would have been nice to enjoy. In all, a very successful and convincing performance by Daltrey. He returns to the Who soon for another tour, so who knows when he will do another solo tour it had only been 24 years since the last one so, indeed, this was something special. Openers Paper Zoo proved an interesting warm-up warm-act. A (relatively) young, unhonored Los Angeles fivesome with no significant experience or fan following, Paper Zoo did the improbable winning over a crowd who did not know a thing about them. With a retro sound that leans heavily toward "Sergeant Pepper"-era Beatles with a little avant-garde experimentation thrown in, it's not easy to pigeon hole just where Paper Zoo might fit in today's pop world. But there is definitely something there. Paper Zoo played their instruments well, they performed with confidence, and you can tell they're hungry for success. The group is supporting Daltrey on every stop, and it's worth arriving early to check them out. Judging by their performance Saturday, Paper Zoo could use a chorus-driven hit or two, but they're definitely on the right track. This tour is a nice push start, certainly a big break considering there are thousands of unknowns that would love to be in Paper Zoo's place, and now it is up to the band to parlay this opportunity into something more substantial than applause.
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