Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion [Box set]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 21, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0009NSE3S
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,359 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Review

The monster 4CD audio companion to the enormously popular book, packaged in an ultra sleek, leather-like box with foil stamping and extensive band bios!

Culled from the vaults of Hollywood s premier metal superstars and influential pioneers, this retrospective features tracks by Guns N Roses forerunner Hollywood Rose, Dokken, W.A.S.P., Black N Blue, Stryper, Poison, Quiet Riot and many, many more

All tracks are vintage, performed by the original aritsts - no cover versions, no re-records, in fact, no recordings post 1993 at all!

Here in a once-in-a-lifetime box set are all the memories, all the music, the fashion and culture from Hollywood s most-remembered decade, wrapped up in one glorious stargazing vehicle we re calling Hollywood Rocks - The Audio Companion! Designed as a companion to the book HOLLYWOOD ROCKS!, this two-year project involved collecting demo cassettes, 12 vinyl, CDs, VHS and video tapes submitted by hundreds of current and former rock stars. Listen in awe to the demo-quality of an early DOKKEN. Close your eyes and pretend that you re in the studio while WARRANT refines their songwriting craftsmanship. There s no re-recorded stuff, either, since we passed on the countless submissions dated post 93! So, here they are digitally remastered and represented exactly how they were, straight from the original recordings!

MARKETING
Target Markets: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC
Full page ads in Hit Parader, Metal Edge, BW/BK, Revolver
$20,000 retail co-op budget
100s of CD samplers mailed to rock press and publicity outlets
Unique POP items including an exclusive Hollywood Rocks! cigarette lighter and guitar picks --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

DISC 1: Early 80s (1980-1985)
1. Hollywood Rose - Killing Time
2. Hellion - Run For Your Life
3. Mickey Rat - Dr. Rock
4. Plain Jane - Time Warp
5. Candy - Whatever Happened To Fun
6. Steeler - Cold Day In Hell
7. Dokken - It s Not Love
8. W.A.S.P. - F**k Like A Beast
9. Black N Blue - Hold On To 18
10. The Joneses - Looks So Good
11. The Zeros - Kokomo Joe
12. Quiet Riot - Let s Get Crazy
13. Armoured Saint - No Reason To Live
14. Rat - In Your Direction
15. Bitch - Be My Slave
16. Kery Doll - Too Good For Heaven
17. Warrant - Last Action Hero
18. Sin - Break Down The Walls (That Stop The Rock)
19. Xciter - Sleepless Nights

DISC 2: Mid-Late 80s (1985-1989)
1. Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
2. Lizzy Borden - American Metal
3. L.A. Guns (with Paul Black) - Roll The Dice Faster Pussycat - Babylon
4. Stryper - To Hell With The Devil
5. Great White - Down On Your Knees
6. Demolition Galore - Bulimia Babe
7. Harlow - Rock The Box
8. Slut - Dr. Monster
9. L.A. Guns (with Phil Lewis) - Electric Gypsy
10. Decry - Dead End Zone
11. Nitro - Bitch On My Back
12. Faster Pussycat - Babylon
13. Rough Cut - Hold On
14. Tuff - Sinner Street
15. Odin - 12 O Clock High
16. Salty Dog - Strong Medication
17. Soundbarrier - Gladiator
18. WWIII - Love You To Death
19. Rock City Angels - Hush Child
20. The Seahags - Doghouse

DISC 3: Late 80s
1. Keel - The Right To Rock (Live)
2. Jailhouse - The Innocent
3. London - Rainbow Bar & Girls
4. Cherry Street - Hellraiser
5. Junkyard - Hollywood
6. China - Love In Cold Blood
7. Bang Tango - Someone Like You
8. Black Cherry - Fading Away
9. King Kobra - Mean Street Machine
10. Motorcycle Boy - Cat s Paw
11.Tommi Gunn - Rip, Rattle And Roll
12. Stars From Mars - We Got Tonight
13. Cats In Boots - Her Monkey
14. Lions & Ghosts - Meteor Boy
15. Angora - Hey Operator
16. Virgin - I m No Angel
17. The Hangmen - Desperation Town (Live)
18. XYZ - Inside Out
19. Kills For Thrills - Commercial Suicide
20. D Molls - Action

DISC 4: Early 90s
1. Electric Angels - Def Generation
2. Burning Tree - Planned Disaster
3. Jetboy - Feel The Shake
4. Big Bang Babies - 8 Arms
5. Lypswitch - Sexx On The Sun
6. Syanide Kick - Hollywood Angel
7. Darling Cruel - Changed
8. Saigon Saloon - Days Gone By
9. Rebel Rebel - Tonight s Your Night To Rock & Roll
10. Spiders & Snakes - California Slide
11. Hardly Dangerous - Take Me To The Mountain
12. Skull - I Like My Music Loud
13. Yesterday s Tear - Cold
14. Pretty Boy Floyd - Shut Up!
15. Blackboard Jungle - Chicago
16. Love/Hate - Wish It Was Summer
17. Mondo Cane - High On A Dream
18. Fizzy Bangers - Hai Karate
19. Alleycat Scratch - Take A Bite Outta Me

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 'Hollywood Rocks:Audio Companion'-Various Artists (Cleopatra/Deadline), August 16, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion (Audio CD)

A 4-CD box set,with 78 songs,informative booklet and an elaminated 'backstage' pass that actually looks real.Can Cleopatra STILL put out a must-have release or what?If you were attending live concerts in the '80's and early '90's,then you should remember at least most of these glam/metal/hair bands.Since I didn't have a CD player until a few years ago,there are many tracks here that I never did get on CD.Tunes like Armored Saint-"No Reason To Live",Mickey Ratt(early Ratt)-"Dr.Rock",,Lizzy Borden-"American Metal",Jetboy-"Feel The Shake",the original cut of W.A.S.P.-"Animal(I F*** Like A Beast)",Quiet Riot-"Let's Go Crazy" and Hellion-"Run For Your Life" more than bring back pleasant memories.Before rap and country had virtually taken over,before concert tickets started costing an arm and two legs,before Ebay existed and used record stores started dropping like flies,there was the '80's music scene.What a way to relive it.Recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you were into the metal scene in the early '80's, this is probably for you, January 27, 2006

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Hellion Zephreid (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion (Audio CD)

First off, 78 songs on 4 discs. What a great value for the money. OK, the production on most of these songs is fair at best but this is truly only a snapshot of an era. If you are checking this out and you can remember hearing in magazines more than 20 of these bands, this is a great way of going back in time to a time forgotten. Most of these songs are demo quality but who doesn't want to hear Ratt, Black 'n' Blue, Sound Barrier, Great White, etc. again. If you are reading this then the answer is YOU. Get out the old Circus, Hit Parader and Melody Maker magazines to take a trip down memory lane. If you lived this, you are truly lucky. I could only read about that scene here in Pittsburgh. Loss of 1 star due to the sound quality but this is still a rather good package. Info on each band included as well.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the only Hollywood-metal collection you need., October 30, 2005

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Mr.Vengeance (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hollywood Rocks: Audio Companion (Audio CD)

(My review scale: 1- Bad, 2- Average, 3- Good, 4- Very Good, 5- Excellent/Classic)

Hollywood Rocks! is the musical companion to the book by the same name. It sifts through the heyday of the Hollywood Metal scene, covering the years 1980-1992. This four cd package provides a taste of virtually every band to record during that period, from the most famous bands like Ratt (named Rat on this collection for legal reasons) and Poison, to the obscure acts like Kery Doll and Stars From Mars. A fantastic collection!

Most of the first disk is unreleased or obscure material. You have songs from Hollywood Rose, the famous precurser to Guns n' Roses, and Mickey Rat (pre-Ratt). Early takes of classic songs from Dokken, WASP, and Quiet Riot, are intertwined with bands you've maybe heard of before, but never actually heard play.

There are far too many bands and songs here to mention them all. Other notables being two lineups of L.A. Guns, Stryper, Armoured Saint, Keel, Faster Pussycat and Black and Blue. A couple of ommisions, inluding Motley Crue and Guns n' Roses, which I assume the rights could not be obtained. However this doesn't take away from the strength of this box set.

The set comes with a few small extras, which are not particularly exciting, but the booklet is wonderful, with band bios for each track. When you read it, you see how many of these bands cross-bred over the years. Members changing from one group to another on a regular basis. It's no wonder the Hollywood scene thrived, considering all these guys seem to have worked together at one time.

One complaint would be some of the sound quality. A handful of these songs are early demos which can only be described as sub-standard as far as sound goes. It doesn't affect the overall package for me, though.

A strong boxset that any 80's metal fan should own.