Piledriver is the fifth album by the English Rock Band Status Quo, released in December 1972. It was the first to be produced by the group themselves, their first on the Vertigo label after their departure from Pye Records, and the first to reach the UK charts, with a highest position of No. 5 and 37 weeks on the chart.

After Southern rockers Blackfoot scored the first significant hit of their career, 1979's STRIKES, Rickey Medlocke and his crew went right back into the studio, issuing Blackfoot's fourth album, TOMCATTIN', one year later. While it didn't spawn any rock radio favorites, TOMCATTIN' is another solid slice of tough hard rock.

Blackfoot lets it rip on such standouts as the album opener, "Warped," as well as "On the Run," "Dream On" (no relation to the Aerosmith song of the same name), and "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme." TOMCATTIN' proved that these Southern boys were going to stand their ground and bash out more Skynyrd-esque rock, no matter what the prevailing trends.

Ram Jam is an album released by Ram Jam in 1977. The first track on the album, the single "Black Betty", is Ram Jam's best known song. It reached the #7 position in the UK singles chart in September 1977. The album reached #34 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart in the US.

Slade in Flame was an album by the British glam/hardrock group Slade released on November 29, 1974. The album contains songs from the film of the same name "Slade In Flame". The album reached #6 on the English album chart and produced two hit singles, "Far Far Away" and "How Does it Feel?" (see track listing below). The band tried to give the album a "sixties" feel, as its eponymous film was set in 1966.

Bill Perry (William Sanford Perry, born in Goshen, New York on December 25, 1957) was an American blues musician. The guitarist, songwriter and singer toured throughout the U.S. and Europe. In the 1980's, he was the main guitarist for Richie Havens. He also toured with Garth Hudson and Levon Helm around the same time. He died in Sugar Loaf, New York on July 17, 2007, at the age of 49.

Live in Europe is considered by many critics to be a landmark live recording, as it carefully blends the musicians with the crowd to create a gig-like atmosphere so craved by those who enjoy or produce live albums. Gallagher always insisted that his studio albums failed to capture the raw energy of his live acts and as a result released a number of live albums, many of which contain what are considered the “definitive versions” of some of his better known songs. Bob Dylan requested to record the song Going to my hometown that features on this album with Gallagher, but this recording never happened.