February is about to end, and I’m not heading out on the hunt until the coming Tuesday (March 1st), so I figured I’d get this update out on time for a change! It was a pretty slow month for new releases at the record store but not online…..I may have to start ordering a little [...]
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CD Scavenger Hunt (February update)
Posted: February 26, 2011 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Black Metal, Cauldron, Classic Rock, Crowbar, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Gary Cherone, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hurtsmile, Lemmy, Lemmy Kilmister, Melodic Rock, Metal, Motorhead, Mr. Big, Music, Nelson, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Stryper, Thrash, Thrash Metal
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CD Scavenger Hunt (January update) – The first hunt of 2011!
Posted: February 21, 2011 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Bret Michaels, Classic Rock, Damageplan, Death Metal, Electric Wizard, Glam, Hard Rock, Hardcore Superstar, Heavy Metal, Holy Grail, King Lizard, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Of Fire, Rock, Speed Metal, The Rolling Stones, Thrash, Thrash Metal, W.A.S.P.
Better late than never! I realize it’s the middle of February and I’m a couple of weeks late but the hunt is always going! Taking a quick look back at last year…..I bought 178 different music items totalling $1820, that’s only about $35 a week and I’ve been known to spend a LOT more than [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt (December update) – The final update of 2010
Posted: December 24, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Black Metal, Bret Michaels, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Ebay, Erik Norlander, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Helix, Jackal, Jaded Heart, Lana Lane, Letter X, Melodic Rock, Mercyful Fate, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rattlebone, Rock, Rocket Scientists, Samson, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Tokyo Blade, Tyketto
2010 is almost over and it’s been a good year for buying music. There have been so many new albums, so many reissues and so many discovered treasures that it’s been hard to keep up! Actually, I didn’t keep up…..I have literally hundreds of albums on my desk and in boxes next to it that I [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt (November update)
Posted: November 30, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: 707, Amanda Somerville, Anthrax, AOR, Black Country Communion, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Classic Rock, David 'Rock' Feinstein, Death Metal, Derek Sherinian, Dio, Domain, Glam, Glenn Hughes, Glenn Tipton, GWAR, Halford, Hard Rock, Heaven & Hell, Heavy Metal, Helloween, Issa, Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa, Johnny Crash, Kevin Russell, Kiske/Somerville, Kotipelto, Megadeth, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metallica, Michael Kiske, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rob Halford, Rock, Ronnie James Dio, Sharon, Slayer, Speed Metal, The Big 4, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Timo Kotipelto, W.A.S.P., Yngwie Malmsteen
In an attempt to not only keep track of my purchases, and to also keep this post from being two months late, I am actually going to add to this post throughout the month! A genius of an idea…..not sure why I hadn’t thought of it before. The added bonus is that I can clear up [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt (October 2010 update)
Posted: November 1, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: Angel Dust, Angra, AOR, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dimmu Borgir, Ebay, Glam, Grave Digger, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Lana Lane, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal
I’m trying to get back into regular posting, especially catching up on what I’ve been buying. With two months full of purchases sitting on my desk, the goal was to catch up quick and, hopefully, be prepared for November’s and December’s updates. I got September’s update posted a couple days ago so here’s the October [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt (September 2010 update)
Posted: October 31, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: Accept, Alabama Thunder Pussy, Alice Cooper, AOR, Black Metal, Blind Guardian, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Glam, Halford, Hard Rock, Heart, Heavy Metal, Kamelot, Lordi, MainEEaxe, Megadeth, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Pantera, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rob Halford, Rob Zombie, Rock, Speed Metal, Tarja Turunen, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Yngwie Malmsteen
It’s been a while since I posted my latest purchases and I have about two months worth right now! I will try and catch up as quick as I can, my purchases always slow down as the year ends so I should have October’s wrap up in early November. So here it is…..September 2010′s update….. Online [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt – August 2010 update
Posted: August 31, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Axel Rudi Pell, Bangalore Choir, Black Label Society, Black Metal, Black Sabbath, Buckcherry, Cain's Alibi, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Ebay, Eclipse, Gene Simmons, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Jorn, Jorn Lande, Lillian Axe, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Predator, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Skull Fist, Speed Metal, Tarot, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Tokyo Blade, Uncle Sam, Zakk Wylde
The buying never stops! Here’s a list of albums I picked up throughout August….. Online Cain’s Alibi – s/t (1996) – $25: I featured this CD in my Wanted column back in July 2009 and one of the band members, Paul Miller, was nice enough to leave a comment on the post. I ended up [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt – A month’s worth of purchases! (Part 3)
Posted: August 2, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Black Majesty, Black Metal, Cannibal Corpse, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hell Yeah, In This Moment, Jester, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metalcore, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Sister Sin, Snew, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal
So this whole “month of purchases” has really turned out to be about 6 weeks worth…..that’s what happens when you don’t keep up with posting! Buy, buy, buy…..that seems to be my motto lately, I just wish I had more time to listen! So here is what is left from the last few weeks….. Newbury Comics [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt – A month’s worth of purchases! (Part 2)
Posted: July 29, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: Anthrax, AOR, Best Buy, Black Metal, Bret Michaels, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Dokken, Glam, Halford, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, Newbury Comics, NWOBHM, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Power Metal, Primal Fear, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rhapsody, Rhapsody Of Fire, Rob Halford, Rock, Sabaton, Sister Sin, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Vince Neil, Witchery, Y&T
OK, so what was a month of purchases has taken me extra time to post because I’m lazy! So here is Part 2 of this installment of CD Scavenger Hunt, the first part will be the post before this one! All of these CDs come from my local record store, Newbury Comics, except for the [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt — A month’s worth of purchases! (Part 1)
Posted: July 13, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: Airbourne, AOR, Bang Camaro, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Danger Angel, Death Metal, Ebay, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Lamb Of God, Melodic Rock, Metal, Metalcore, Music, Nevermore, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Savage Grace, Sinbreed, Speed Metal, Stephen Pearcy, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Visions Of Atlantis
It’s been a long month but I am on the verge of vacation so I’m hoping to post a little more but I have been listening to music…..and buying! A lot of cool new releases came out and I found a lot of cool bargains over the last month so this is going to be [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt – update 5/30/10
Posted: May 30, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Avantasia, Black Metal, Casanova, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Ebay, Eddie Ojeda, Exodus, Extreme, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Iced Earth, Masterplan, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Stephen Pearcy, Tempest, Thrash, Thrash Metal, Triumph
I was doing so well this month posting albums reviews and catching up on my listening…..then Ronnie James Dio passed away and I’ve been a little “off”. Not sure what the deal is but when RJD passed away, I didn’t really feel like listening to music all that much. I still bought things though so [...]
CD Scavenger Hunt – “Buyer Be Aware” edition
Posted: May 14, 2010 in CD Scavenger HuntTags: AOR, Avantasia, Black Metal, Classic Rock, Death Metal, Glam, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, Melodic Rock, Metal, Music, NWOBHM, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock, Speed Metal, Thrash, Thrash Metal
You didn’t misread the title, this is going to be the “Buyer Be Aware” edition, not “buyer beware”. What I am going to update you all on is my pure, single-minded boneheadedness when it came to CD shopping this past Tuesday at the local record store. I was not thinking when I bought my two [...]
