Digitally remastered edition. This mini-LP sleeve reproduces all the components of the original album and are their exact replicas in compact-disc size (5.3 x 5.3 inches), with authentic single or gatefold cardboard jackets and paper sleeves. In addition to the above, the release includes a black finish CD complete with the original label to give it the look and feel of the original record album. The music is encoded using state of the art, high definition remastering in 96 kHz / 24 Bit audio.
Samson was a British hard rock band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson. They are best known for their first albums with future Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, then known as "Bruce Bruce", and drummer Thunderstick, who wore a leather mask and performed on stage in a metal cage…
Jimmy & The Boys were an Australian shock rock and new wave band, active from 1976 to 1982. They pioneered the use of shock theatrics in Australia with an act that revolved around vocalist and contortionist Ignatius Jones and transvestite keyboard player Joylene Thornbird Hairmouth. They had mild chart success with a cover of The Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" and scored their only Australian top 10 single with the Tim Finn penned "They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk to Me" which was supposedly written about an inmate in a mental institution. The group recorded two studio albums, Not Like Everybody Else (November 1979) and Teddy Boys Picnic (July 1981) and in 1982, shortly after issuing their live album In Hell with Your Mother, they disbanded.
After their great debut album "First Strike With The Devil", Hitten from Spain, one of the best bands of the new wave of traditional heavy metal, return with a massive album. "State Of Shock" is fresh and passionate, but also faithful to the spirit of 80s Heavy Metal…