Japan 1st Press

Night Ranger - Midnight Madness (1983) [Japan 1st Press + Japan Remaster]

Night Ranger - Midnight Madness (1983) [Japan 1st Press + Japan Press, Digital Mastering]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 246/274 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 95/95 Mb | Scans
Genre: Hard Rock | Label: MCA Records, Inc./Warner-Pioneer

Midnight Madness is the second album from Night Ranger, released in 1983. The album contains the band's best known hit, "Sister Christian", and became the band's highest selling album, selling well over a million copies in the US.

Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Oct. 26, 2022
Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]

Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984) [1987, Japan, 1st Press]
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Country Pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 40:09 | 435,81 Mb
Label: RCA/BMG Music (Japan) | Cat.# R28P-1118 | Released: 1987-10-21 (1984-07-19)

"What About Me?" is the 16th studio album by Kenny Rogers, released by RCA Nashville. The album's title track, "What About Me?", is sung in trio with R&B singer James Ingram and Rogers' former New Christy Minstrels bandmate turned solo star Kim Carnes, which is a love song that reached number one on the AC charts and was also a pop and country hit, giving co-writer Richard Marx his 1st #1 hit as a writer. Elsewhere on the album is "Two Hearts, One Love" by Byron Hill, "The Stranger" (a story song in the vein of Rogers' previous hits such as "The Gambler" and "Lucille"), "The Night Goes On" (a R&B influenced ballad) and "Crazy" (a song Rogers co-wrote with Richard Marx which is in the style of "Through the Years") that also charted and gave Rogers yet another #1 hit and Marx his 2nd #1 hit as a writer. Though this album didn't enjoy the success of his previous albums, "What About Me?" was a hit with its strongest showing being #9 on the Country music album charts during a chart run of nearly a year.

Deep Purple - Live In Japan (1972) {1989, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Dec. 23, 2022
Deep Purple - Live In Japan (1972) {1989, Japan 1st Press}

Deep Purple - Live In Japan (1972) {1989, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 540 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 214 Mb
Full Scans | 01:16:58 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock | Warner-Pioneer Corp. #20P2-2606

Recorded over three nights in August 1972, Deep Purple's Made in Japan was the record that brought the band to headliner status in the U.S. and elsewhere, and it remains a landmark in the history of heavy metal music. Since reorganizing with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover in 1969, Deep Purple had recorded three important albums – Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, and Machine Head – and used the material to build a fierce live show. Made in Japan, its selections drawn from those albums, documented that show, in which songs were drawn out to ten and even nearly 20 minutes with no less intensity, as guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and organist Jon Lord soloed extensively and Gillan sang in a screech that became the envy of all metal bands to follow.
Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) [1986, Japan, 1st Press]

Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) [1986, Japan, 1st Press]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop-Soul, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 36:03 | 425,93 Mb
Label: Arista Records/Nippon Phonogram (Japan) | Cat.# 32RD-71 | Released: 1986-09-21 (1983-09-29)

"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" is an album recorded by Dionne Warwick, her 6th for the Arista label. It was recorded during the spring of 1983 and was released that fall. The LP was originally issued as number AL 8-8104 in the Arista Catalog. Despite strong reviews, it was a commercial disappointment, stalling at #57 on Billboard's album chart. Two singles came from the album, "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye?" (a duet with album producer Luther Vandross) which hit #4 Adult Contemporary and #27 on Billboard's Hot 100 and "Got a Date" which hit #45 on Billboard's R&B chart.
Baltimoore - Double Density (1992) / Thought For Food (1994) [Japan 1st Press]

Baltimoore - Double Density (1992) / Thought For Food (1994) [Japan 1st Press]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Scans
Zero Corporation
Hard Rock, Melodic Hard Rock

Björn Lodin started out with his friends in Rainfall then Six feet under and when that band came apart Elektra records offered him a deal to record a solo album under his own name. Bjorn turned that down and said he would prefer to record under the band name of Baltimoore. The first two albums are soft AOR album with a lot of blues and soul feel. He would then in 1992 team up with Bulgarian guitarist Nikolo Kotzev and record two great albums with melodic hardrock that should please all fans of this type of music. The two albums are Double Density 1992 and Thought For Food 1994. These two albums are among the best in Baltimoores career and too bad they are both out of print and very hard to track down. They strongly borrow from WHITESNAKE & RAINBOW, so if your a fan of these bands it's well worth a shot.
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) {1985, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 244 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 124 Mb
Full Scans | 00:45:28 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Rock | CBS/Sony #30DP 304

Blood, Sweat & Tears is the second album by the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released on December 11, 1968. It was the most commercially successful album for the group, rising to the top of the U.S. charts for a collective seven weeks and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970. The album has been certified quadruple platinum, with sales of more than four million units in the U.S. In Canada, the album enjoyed a total of eight weeks at number 1 on the RPM national album chart.

Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) [1988, Japan, 1st Press]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Oct. 19, 2023
Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) [1988, Japan, 1st Press]

Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980) [1988, Japan, 1st Press]
R&B, Soul, Electronic, Synth-pop, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 38:47 | 401,59 Mb
Label: WEA/Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Japan) | Cat.# 32XD-853 | Released: 1988-01-25 (1980-10-20)

"The Wanderer" is the 8th studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. It was released on October 20, 1980. The inaugural release of the Geffen Records label, it became a Top 20 album in the United States, with the title track reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Angel - 5 Albums (1975 - 1979) [1992, Japan 1st Press] Restored

Angel - 5 Albums (1975 - 1979) [1992, Japan 1st Press]
Hard Rock | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & iPod M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Scans Included | 1992 | Polystar, PSCW-1088~92 | ~ 1440 or 1449 or 591 Mb

Angel was a '70s heavy metal band based on the East Coast featuring singer Frank DiMino, guitarist Punky Meadows, and keyboard player Gregg Giuffria. They had their biggest success in 1978 with the album White Hot, which featured their Top 50 cover of "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore." The group broke up after the release of Can You Feel It, but had their work repackaged in several different collections…
Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (1985) [1986, Japan, 1st Press] {Black Triangle CD}

Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (1985) [1986, Japan, 1st Press] {Black Triangle CD}
Pop/Rock, New Wave, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 40:17 | 581,59 Mb
Label: Virgin/Toshiba EMI Ltd. (Japan) | Cat.# 32VD-1013 | Released: 1986-02-01 (1985-10-21)

"Once Upon A Time" is the 7th studio album by Scottish pop rock band Simple Minds. Released on 21 October 1985 by record label Virgin (A&M in the US), "Once Upon A Time" topped the UK charts, and peaked at #10 on the US charts, spending five consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard and 16 weeks in the Top 20. Four singles were taken from the album: "Alive And Kicking" (UK #7, US #3), "All The Things She Said" (UK #9, US #28), "Sanctify Yourself" (UK #10, US #14), and "Ghost Dancing" (UK #13). Music critic MacKenzie Wilson has retrospectively praised the album for AllMusic, stating that it provided listeners with a "raw energy and solid composition not entirely captured on previous albums." He also particularly lauded singles "Alive and Kicking" and "Sanctify Yourself."
Grace Jones - Inside Story (1986) [Japan, 1st Press] {Black Triangle CD}

Grace Jones - Inside Story (1986) [Japan, 1st Press] {Black Triangle CD}
R&B, Electronic, Dance-Rock, Synth-pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 41:52 | 536,08 Mb
Label: Manhattan Records/Toshiba EMI Ltd. (Japan) | Cat.# CP32-5166 | Released: 1986-11-29 (1986-11-14)

"Inside Story" is the 8th studio album by Jamaican singer, songwriter and model Grace Jones, released in November 1986, her first with the Manhattan Records label. The album spawned the hit single "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)". "Inside Story" would become one of Jones' greatest album successes, making the Top 40 in a number of European countries. Despite being her lowest-charting album in the UK, it still sold well enough in the British market to be certified Silver there. The album also remains her last entry to date on the US Billboard 200 albums chart.