Best British Metal
The DVD Features include: Excerpts from Danish and French television performances, Australian television interviews with Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones, fan-shot bootleg performance of "Heartbreaker", Behind the scenes footage of Knebworth, and an NBC interview with the band from 1970. Disc 2. Immigrant Song / Black Dog / Misty Mountain Hop / Since I've Been Loving You / Going To California / That's The Way / Bron-Y-Aur Stomp / In My Time Of Dying / Trampled Underfoot / Stairway To Heaven / Rock And Roll / Nobody's Fault But Mine / Sick Again / Achilles Last Stand / In The Evening / Kashmir / Whole Lotta Love. While this new set presents some previously unseen footage from the same 1973 Madison Square Garden gigs, its real wonders lie in the earlier (1970) Royal Albert Hall footage and the later Earls Court (1975) and Knebworth (1979) concerts.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The maturity that they display, not to mention the raw talent, is nothing short of remarkable!!!! Robert is singing several octaves lower than normal and boy does it work! The fact that he started out singing the blues shines as bright as the sun especially in "Dazed and Confused" and (my new personal favorite) "How Many More Times". One of the best parts is the absolute beautiful quality of the black and white film. The emotion that he lets loose for this small group of teenagers is nothing short of INCREDIBLE! After introducing the band, it's as if the music takes over and he really starts move and he does NOT stop!!! I haven't yet allowed the disc to play past my obsession, but it starts out with a kickass version of "We're Gonna Groove". He is so young, and actually looks younger than he did in the 1969 Danish clip where he is dressed in an uncustomary formal shirt AND jacket (it was probably the last time he that many clothes!)."
"I thought the 3-CD "How the West Was Won" set was pretty good, but it is nothing compared to what is on these two DVDs, which make "The Song Remains the Same" look like a student film. One of the reasons I was never overly impressed with "The Song Remains the Same" was that I already had several bootleg albums of Led Zeppelin concerts from that same period, so I pretty much had live versions of everything that was in the film (albeit, with inferior sound). There is just so much here for fans of Led Zeppelin to treasure and for the first time since Bonzo's untimely death prematurely ended the group's existence I feel like I am once again listening to the greatest rock `n' roll band in the world."
"It sure seemed like most of the difference that I perceived between the two came from the fact that the performance that the performance that has been captured on the Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 Blu-ray disc, that I am comparing to the first DVD in 2-DVD Zep set, seemed incomplete."
For the first time, a major production is being brought directly to Las Vegas for its' American premiere & it's going to be BIG. Includes three bonus tracks: "I'm In Love With My Car" (as heard in the Jaguar campaign, Previously unreleased version), "Under Pressure" (Previously Unreleased - Live from ON FIRE AT THE BOWL), & "Tie Your Mother Down" (Previously Unreleased - Live from ON FIRE AT THE BOWL).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Queen!"
"This CD is only missing "Break Free", which is one of my favorite songs by Queen."
"Always a Queen fan."
"Perfect place to start."
"I am really enjoying this Queen CD!!!"
Vault covers a decade and a half of hits by the one-time wonder boys of the new wave of British metal, but perhaps inevitably concentrates on singles from the multiplatinum Pyromania and Hysteria .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Well, being its been years since I first owned this... and it wasn't on a CD then ~sighs~, you can imagine that I have replaced over used products many times. :/ I understand they want to make money themselves BUT this causes fans to re-purchase products that they shouldn't have to, in formats that they do not want."
"A must-have for any Def Leppard enthuse."
"Their stuff is difficult to find online, and this cd has all the hits."
"Very Great CD and highly recommendable for everyone to listen to."
"Excellent music and quality re ording."
"My son loved the cd."
"Great collection of hits, brings back many memories."
"All the great songs by one of my favorite bands."
Best Classic Glam Rock
Includes 'Benny and The Jets', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'Candle In The Wind', 'Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting' and 'Harmony'.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have Elton John's hits but you need to listen to his other music to get a real feel of his talent."
"Finally, the "revisited" versions from current day artists are a nice tribute to Elton, although I'll admit I probably won't listen to them again."
"Well, the SACD sounds much better than the standard CD."
"Great CD!"
"There's some good stuff here, with "Funeral for a Friend", "Candle in the Wind" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' being my favorites."
"I am assuming that the version with the bonus DVD (which I really wanted) is no longer in stock but Amazon never asked me, never checked to see if I would accept the substitute, they just the 30th anniversary CDs with no bonus DVD."
"If you already have the previous remastered version and don't want to hear extra songs like the live performances, then you can skip this version."
"Can see why this is one the best music albums out there!"
Best Death Metal
SLAYER - SEASONS IN THE ABYSS (SPECIAL EDITION/180G) [ADVISORY] - VINYL.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Although Reign in Blood is generally regarded as Slayer's magnum opus, for me personally Seasons In the Abyss is definitely of their musical and lyrical prowess. The album largely turned away from the lyrical themes of Slayer’s previous works to focus on more earthly pursuits – war, murder, corruption, and greed."
"After opening some other records I bought on Amazon and being disappointed ( but not surprised ) by them being warped, scratched, scuffed, having spindle holes that are drilled too small, all the usual nonsense that comes from buying records on Amazon, I opened the Slayer to find a nicely pressed, very flat record."
"Classic Slayer, I actually got this album when it came out when I was in the 8th grade and the songs are still going strong."
"A very consistant and refined Slayer LP and the last featuring the great Dave Lombardo on drums (probably the best metal drummer of all time)."
"Original metal at its best."
"Classic metal album."
Best Black Metal
Vinyl reissue of THE grim, unholy masterpiece is an undisputed black metal classic.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Fantastic Black Metal album."
"The mpeg movie on the multimedia portion of the CD has an interview with Fenriz (drums, words) conducted and shot by Nocturno Culto (vocals, guitars). The lyrics written by Fenriz and Count Grishnakh - Varg Vikernes of Burzum, are darkly poetic and evocative, capturing in words an essence of horror that few other bands ever achieve. This is dark, evil music, to call it grim doesn't begin to describe the sound Darkthrone achieved on Transylvanian Hunger. Yes the production is intentionaly "bad", but it only adds to the cold wall of noise aesthetic Darkthrone were attempting."
"Transilvanian Hunger is one of the most influential black metal albums of all time."
"This album had quite an effect on me when I first heard it years ago and I still enjoy hearing it upon every listen..... One of my favorite from the Norwegians."
"Great digipak package."
"Fennriz is always great to listen to."
"I like this album more than the other Darkthrone albums."
"you have two types of (moronic) approaches for this album: 1) people who ignorantly worship it because they're "supposed to" 2) people who hate it for it's minimalist approach, and "bad" production. those in the first group, we all know them, and chances are at one time we were them (and probably still are if we reflect a little deeper)and the second group, your (i hate this word) typical "more riffs please" metalhead."
Best Pop Metal
young,ypung,johnson.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great album!"
"Love this album."
"Gets 10 stars in my book....R.I.P Malcolm Young!"
"The sound is tighter and fuller, and the songs seem more enjoyable and free of the dirty joke garge band sound from their early days. This is to say that ACDC still sound like ACDC only somehow better and refreshed You can probabaly even recognize the chords they are usning."
"Excellent collection of ac/DC songs!"
"Aside from the fact that it's AC/DC (which already makes it awesome) the presentation of this record excellent."
Best Alternative Metal
The materials used to create picture discs and color vinyl are not the same as traditional vinyl.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The vinyl arrived in great condition with no scuffs, scratches, or other flaws."
"There is some surface hiss and a couple of pops throughout, but if you play it loud enough the hiss is indiscernible. I'm spinning on a AT-LP120 with a classic stanton stylus/cartridge which is fairly high quality, so if you're spinning on, say, a Crosley you'll get questionable results."
"This is a great album. “Disposition” is track 10 on the CD and is track 8 (LP:1, side:2, track:3) on the picture disc version."
"Great purchase, a great item for my collection!!!"
"The most chilling part of the entire album, for me, was the very end of Faaip de Oiad, where the sounds slowly converge to a close.. the surface noise always associated with records added to that just made my hair stand."
"My original CD was beat and wanted a replacement before they quit making them."
"The artwork is incredible."
"What am I supposed to do with this CD Amazon?"
Best Progressive Metal
Rather like Metallica circa ...And Justice for All, the sound is focused heavily on texture, with vocals and guitars layered one atop the other, and heart-pounding drums underlying everything.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I missed this one."
"Love this CD, would rank it right with 10,000 days and Lateralus."
"all perfecft."
"Great CD. 10/10. Can't stream Tool's music anywhere, so I had to buy it."
"Was a birthday present for my husband."
"Needed to replace my old disc."
"21 years old and it still just as good as it was back 1996."
Best Thrash & Speed Metal
Megadeth - Rust In Peace Vinyl LP.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Rust in Peace is one of those albums that has the mark of greatness."
"Great album and a great pressing."
"I love this album."
"Great sound and no skips!"
"Good album, no problems with quality."
"I ordered this record and it's completely warped."