kolushew · 18-Авг-12 11:35(12 лет 4 месяца назад, ред. 13-Июн-14 19:35)
Дискография 1989-2009 Жанр: Melodic Hard Rock/AOR Страна: U.S.A Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: image+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 1 час 41 минута Источник (релизер): собственные рипы с фирменных CD Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
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Vocalist John Elefante began his musical career in 1981 when he replaced Steve Walsh in the classic rock group Kansas. He spent the next four years on tour – a period in which the albums 'Vinyl Confessions' (1982) and 'Drastic Measures' (1983) were recorded - only to part ways with Kansas following the departure of its other Christian members, Kerry Livgren (guitars/keyboards) and Dave Hope (bass). The artist proceeded to put together a seven song demo, but when unable to secure a solo deal, joined forces with his brother Dino and helped produced the 'California Metal' compilation for Regency Records. The two ended up one track short and, as a result, added a song originally written for Kansas entitled "Wasn’t It Love" under the Mastedon moniker. When Regency later requested a full length album, the seven songs from the demo formed the foundation of Mastedon’s 1989 full length debut, 'It’s A Jungle Out There'. Mastedon first appeared on the infamous 'California Metal' compilation, released on Regency Records in 1987. Their debut album, however, wasn't out until 2 years later. I heard the title track from this album, named 'It's A Jungle Out There!', on the 'Metal Mission' sampler, thus finding out about Mastedon the good old fashioned way.
I loved this ruff and rocking hard rock tune so much, I soon bought the full LP. I quickly learned that the rest of the album, while not far removed from its title track, was still a bit different, mostly due to the different vocalists appearing on the various tracks. I really love Dave Robbins' (X-Sinner) gritty vibe. So although Dave Amato (Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon), Perry Lee (Tracer Fox) and John Elefante himself all deliver solid work, they are still of another variety.
The music is time typical melodic hard rock, with a distinct '70's flare. The 2 opening tracks remind me a bit of the "softer" bands from the LA, Sunset Strip scene. The rest of them though, are much more melodic. Each track is very well done, but as a whole the album feels a bit too "safe". It just paddles along the same Def Leppard, Petra, Whiteheart, Kansas etc. line of melodic hard rock, and doesn't add anything to the genre at all. Sure, this is well produced, and there are no duds here at all. But the album just gets a tad boring. 'It's A Jungle Out There' is proof that having a star line-up doesn't always equal a successful album. Don't get me wrong though, it isn't a bad album, and there are some really good songs here. They just never top the opening title track.
In 2009 Frontiers Records reissued this album, and added 3 bonus tracks. "Wasn't It Love" is from the 'California Metal' compilation. The last 2 tracks were recorded during Mastedon's only live appearance, ever, the Cornerstone festival in 1991.
Killer tracks: It's A Jungle Out There, Glory Bound, This Is The Day, Island In The Sky, Right Hand 'Lofcaudio' was the second, and initially the last, album from Mastedon. It was released only a year after the debut, but this time on the Elefante brothers own record company, Pakaderm Records.
The all-star cast this time sees the return of Dave Amato, alongside John Elefante on vocals. 2 new singers also appears in Tom Bowes (Tower Of Power) and James Dean Longacre (Life9). Most notable perhaps is the addition on Tony Palacios (Guardian) on guitar. He gives the music a slight metallic edge. But for the most part Mastedon continues with their patented brand of melodic hard rock. As was the case with the debut, the production on this album is pristine, albeit a tad too polished perhaps? The Elefante brothers were sort of famous for sanding down the edges on many of the band they produced. Again, not all the tracks on 'Lofcaudio' are as exciting as the best ones. But a track like "Holiest One", for example, delivers extremely catchy melodic hard rock.
Since this album has yet to see a reissue, it is very hard to get a hold of. I was very glad when I upgraded my old cassette version to CD.
Killer tracks: Holiest One, When It All Comes Down, Taken Down Below, Thief In The Night Raise your hands everyone who thought we'd get a new Mastedon album again! Thanks to the Italian label, Frontiers Records, and their love for melodic metal and hard rock, we know have the aptly entitled '3' out. The label also reissued the band's debut album, 'It's A Jungle Out There'.
Almost 20 years have passed since 'Lofcaudio', the last album by Mastedon. Still, '3' takes off exactly where 'Lofcaudio' stopped. This is high class melodic hard rock, with that unmistakable American flare. To me that means strong hooks, harmony vocals, big production and a layer of keyboards. Sure, this is vocal driven hard rock, but the edgy guitars are also important. On Mastedon's 2 previous albums, the lead vocal job was shared by several singers. This time John Elefante is doin' it himself . And to be honest, I cannot believe he didn't do this earlier. The man has a perfect voice for this kind of music; melodic, smooth, yet powerful. The guitar work is split between Dave Amato, who also played on the earlier albums, and the legend, and former Kansas band mate, Kerry Livgren. So you know this is taken good care of. Musically this is just what you'd expect from John and company, a perfect blend of older Mastedon, Kansas and John's solo work.
'3' is very well produced, as could be expected from a product with the Elefante brothers at the helm. And even though it has an upgrade in sound, it is absolutely void of any modern influences. The music seeks to satisfy those of us who love the hard rock and melodic metal from the late '70's through the '80's. Mission accomplished! I also love the strong spiritual aspect of this CD. A song like "One Day Down By The River (See You Real Soon) is an awesome worship tune. I wonder if the label has any agenda against it though, since they didn't print all the lyrics in the booklet? Oh well, I can still appreciate what John is singing! This album is so good, I had to re-evaluate the earlier albums from Mastedon. I also think I have to put it on my list of favorites from 2009.
'3' was released through Frontiers Records for the European market only. John Elefante also released it as a solo effort for the American market. The solo album version is called 'Revolution Of Mind', and can be ordered through John's website. The European version has a cover version of the Kansas classic, "Dust In The Wind" as a bonus track. I wonder of this is the same version John released as a single in 2006?
Killer tracks: Revoution Of Mind, Slay Your Demons, Nowhere Without Your Love, One Day Down By The Lake (See You Real Soon), Questions (It's About Time), Lying
1989 – It's Jungle Out There (Remasered 2009, Frontiers (Italy), FR CD 433)
Продолжительность: 56:56 Треклист:
1. It's A Jungle Out There - 3:51
2. Glory Bound - 4:18
3. This Is The Day - 4:12
4. Love Inhalation - 4:40
5. Islands In The Sky - 3:45
6. Get Up - 4:00
7. Love that Will Survive - 4:04
8. Innocent Girl - 3:39
9. Shine On - 4:25
10. Right Hand - 6:04 bonus tracks
11. Wasn't It Love (from "California Metal" compilation 1987) - 4:38
12. Islands In The Sky (Live At Cornerstone '91) - 3:34
13. Right Hand (Live At Cornerstone '91) - 5:46 Состав группы: John Elefante (Kansas) - lead vocals (3,5,6,11,12,13), backing vocals, keyboards, drums Perry Lee - lead vocals (4,8), Dave Robbins - lead vocals (1) , Dave Amato (Reo Speedwagon) - lead vocals (2,7,10), backing voacls Dave Pack (Ambrosia), Michelle Lynn & Coni Gayle - lead vocals (9) Dino Elefante - bass, guitar, backing vocals John Pierce (Pablo Cruise), John Patitucci (fretless on 9), Jimmy "Flim" Johnson - bass David Raven, Phil Rowland - drums
Лог создания рипа
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011 EAC extraction logfile from 16. August 2012, 21:28 Mastedon / It's A Jungle Out There! Used drive : SlimtypeDVD A DS8A5SH Adapter: 0 ID: 1 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source% TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 3:51.47 | 0 | 17371 2 | 3:51.47 | 4:18.52 | 17372 | 36773 3 | 8:10.24 | 4:12.30 | 36774 | 55703 4 | 12:22.54 | 4:40.20 | 55704 | 76723 5 | 17:02.74 | 3:45.07 | 76724 | 93605 6 | 20:48.06 | 4:00.73 | 93606 | 111678 7 | 24:49.04 | 4:04.52 | 111679 | 130030 8 | 28:53.56 | 3:39.65 | 130031 | 146520 9 | 32:33.46 | 4:25.70 | 146521 | 166465 10 | 36:59.41 | 6:04.68 | 166466 | 193833 11 | 43:04.34 | 4:38.53 | 193834 | 214736 12 | 47:43.12 | 3:34.69 | 214737 | 230855 13 | 51:18.06 | 5:46.20 | 230856 | 256825 Range status and errors Selected range Filename D:\My Music\Mastedon - lossless discography\Mastedon - 1989 It's A Jungle Out There!\Mastedon - It's A Jungle Out There!.wav Peak level 100.0 % Extraction speed 4.4 X Range quality 100.0 % Test CRC BB9A6E3F Copy CRC BB9A6E3F Copy OK No errors occurred AccurateRip summary Track 1 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [A429DBD0], AccurateRip returned [C92DDD04] (AR v2) Track 2 not present in database Track 3 not present in database Track 4 not present in database Track 5 not present in database Track 6 not present in database Track 7 not present in database Track 8 not present in database Track 9 not present in database Track 10 not present in database Track 11 not present in database Track 12 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [87E78617], AccurateRip returned [C60FB9FC] (AR v2) Track 13 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [5C88A80F], AccurateRip returned [EB247D48] (AR v2) 3 трек(и) не удалось проверить на точность 10 трек(и) не содержатся в базе AccurateRip No tracks could be verified as accurate You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database End of status report ==== Log checksum D4CAB07E10D4BA70239A39453CCD5218A5B4D8BBD123DBC7E0D28FBA24E2E5DA ====
1990 – Lofcaudio (Pakaderm (U.S.A), 7012503262)
Продолжительность: 41:01 Треклист:
1. Holiest One - 4:49
2. Life On The Line - 4:29
3. Run To The Water - 3:58
4. When It All Comes Down - 4:31
5. Taken Down Below - 4:34
6. Stampede (instrimental) - 2:27
7. Living For You - 4:48
8. Thief In The Night - 2:47
9. People Of This Time - 4:55
10. It Is Done - 3:43 Состав группы: John Elefante - lead & backing vocals (1,3,5,10), keyboards Dave Amato - lead & backing vocals (2,4,9), guitars Tom Bowes - lead vocals (8) James Dean Longacre - lead vocals (7) Bob Carlisle - backing vocals Dino Elefante - guitars, bass Tony Palacios (Guardian), Michael Thompson, Steph Burns - guitars John Pierce - bass John Andrew Schriener - keyboards David Raven, Phil Rowland & Mac Jack - drums
Лог создания рипа
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011 EAC extraction logfile from 17. August 2012, 5:32 Mastedon / Lofcaudio Used drive : SlimtypeDVD A DS8A5SH Adapter: 0 ID: 1 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source% TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 4:49.65 | 0 | 21739 2 | 4:49.65 | 4:29.30 | 21740 | 41944 3 | 9:19.20 | 3:58.20 | 41945 | 59814 4 | 13:17.40 | 4:31.20 | 59815 | 80159 5 | 17:48.60 | 4:34.70 | 80160 | 100779 6 | 22:23.55 | 2:27.00 | 100780 | 111804 7 | 24:50.55 | 4:48.15 | 111805 | 133419 8 | 29:38.70 | 2:47.22 | 133420 | 145966 9 | 32:26.17 | 4:55.73 | 145967 | 168164 10 | 37:22.15 | 3:43.40 | 168165 | 184929 Range status and errors Selected range Filename D:\My Music\Mastedon - lossless discography\Mastedon - 1990 Lofcaudio\Mastedon - Lofcaudio.wav Peak level 97.7 % Extraction speed 1.6 X Range quality 99.9 % Test CRC F13547B1 Copy CRC F13547B1 Copy OK No errors occurred AccurateRip summary Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [716979FB] (AR v1) Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [C900C789] (AR v1) Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [D5D61611] (AR v1) Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [F74709D0] (AR v1) Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [9E994695] (AR v1) Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [45E7A34C] (AR v1) Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [4125425E] (AR v1) Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [F113D67F] (AR v1) Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [061594B4] (AR v1) Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 2) [C56EDC05] (AR v1) All tracks accurately ripped End of status report ==== Log checksum EB2592387813E8477D8DB3974576EF7EB7943ED32B05812DA4FBF461DF11EDCC ====
2009 – Mastedon 3 with John Elefante (Frontiers (Italy), FR CD 432)
Продолжительность: 59:50 Треклист:
1. Revolution On Mind - 4:06
2. Slay Your Demons - 4:19
3. Nowhere Without Your Love - 6:19
4. One Day Down By The Lake (See You Real Soon) - 10:43
5. Water Into Wine (Fassa Rokka) - 4:44
6. Questions (It's About Time) - 5:17
7. You Can't Take Anything - 4:34
8. Lying - 5:33
9. Western World - 5:11
10. That's What You Do - 4:55 bonus track
11. Dust In The Wind (Kansas cover) - 4:09 Состав группы: John Elefante – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards Dino Elefante – additional guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Dave Amato – lead guitar Kerry Livgren (Kansas, Proto-Kaw) – lead guitar Anthony Sallee (White Heart) – bass guitar Tim Smith – bass guitar on "Slay Your Demons" Dan Needham – drums Jr McNeely – additional guitar on "Questions"
Лог создания рипа
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011 EAC extraction logfile from 16. August 2012, 22:22 Mastedon with John Elefante / Mastedon 3 Used drive : SlimtypeDVD A DS8A5SH Adapter: 0 ID: 1 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 6 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : No Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source% TOC of the extracted CD Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector --------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 0:00.00 | 4:03.70 | 0 | 18294 2 | 4:03.70 | 4:16.70 | 18295 | 37564 3 | 8:20.65 | 6:17.00 | 37565 | 65839 4 | 14:37.65 | 10:41.10 | 65840 | 113924 5 | 25:19.00 | 4:42.31 | 113925 | 135105 6 | 30:01.31 | 5:15.29 | 135106 | 158759 7 | 35:16.60 | 4:32.28 | 158760 | 179187 8 | 39:49.13 | 5:31.61 | 179188 | 204073 9 | 45:20.74 | 5:09.09 | 204074 | 227257 10 | 50:30.08 | 4:53.50 | 227258 | 249282 11 | 55:23.58 | 4:08.69 | 249283 | 267951 Range status and errors Selected range Filename D:\My Music\Mastedon - lossless discography\Mastedon - 2009 Mastedon 3\Mastedon with John Elefante - Mastedon 3.wav Peak level 100.0 % Extraction speed 1.8 X Range quality 99.9 % Test CRC C41E99A9 Copy CRC C41E99A9 Copy OK No errors occurred AccurateRip summary Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [3265A76D] (AR v1) Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [DF922AC8] (AR v1) Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [FE58914E] (AR v1) Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [6F14FFE3] (AR v1) Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [3D342BE5] (AR v1) Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [2CC4A864] (AR v1) Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [80AADA60] (AR v1) Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [B6F46370] (AR v1) Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [41280D8A] (AR v1) Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [6F5B78DB] (AR v1) Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 6) [1468A21B] (AR v1) All tracks accurately ripped End of status report ==== Log checksum 0D2AEE547FEFD809B40ABFD6ED66A7DE78F97301A4F043783C5A5C5ADB69CADA ====
ух ты!!! А я и не знал, что это группа Элефанта. Название слышал, а саму группу не слыхал. Когда Элефанты пришли в Канзас это меня очень расстроило. А вот когда посмотрел ДВД с Элефантом, понял, что он реально поёт не хуже Велша. А если сравнивать нынешнего Велша и Элефанта, то это как небо и земля. Уолша сейчас слушать просто не реально.
Сольник у Элефанта НУ ОЧЕНЬ понравился
Спасибо посмотрел это http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qFNAD-as90&list=AL94UKMTqg-9DyOl_zIfqZtUGAC76...amp;feature=plcp и офигел!! Очень качественная музыка, реально круче Канзаса того времени(ну 88го)
ахренеть, глядите чего я нашёл http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aXkTQEa9NQ&feature=related
55485348А 82й Канзас очень даже ничего себе с Элефантом!!!
Серёга, не поверишь, я плевался от 82 и 83го, при чём я вначале даже не знал, что там другой состав. Я был в кировской области в то время и записал их на бобину в студии звукозаписи. Думал обдурили. Если в 82м хоть что то напомнило о канзас, то 83й был полная попа. И долго они мне не нравились, пока не посмотрел ДВД 82 года. Элефант реально талантище! Как классно он исполнил ранние вещи. Вот именно с того времени я и изменил мнение о Элефанте.
И сейчас могу слушать 82 и 83й без тошноты. Кстати, это так к слову: мне щас и 79й понравился, я ж его терпеть не мог
kolushew[/b
была раньше катушка с женским вокалом не могу найти днём с фонарями этот альбом в цифре может попадётся вам Fighter -1991 – The Waiting - Hard Rock, Arena Rock в качестве.
