Quiet Riot - The Randy Rhoads Years - (1993) - Vinyl - {Korean Pressing} 24-Bit/96kHz + 16-Bit/44kHz

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Quiet Riot - The Randy Rhoads Years - (1993) - Vinyl - {Korean Pressing} 24-Bit/96kHz + 16-Bit/44kHz

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“The Randy Rhoads Years” is a compilation album from Quiet Riot that features songs from Randy Rhoads’ time with the band in the late 1970s. It features previously unreleased material and some remixed songs from Quiet Riot’s first two albums which were released only in Japan. These two albums, Quiet Riot and Quiet Riot II, have yet to see any sort of release outside of Japan due to the wishes of the Rhoads family. None of the songs on The Randy Rhoads Years are the same versions that appear on the original two Quiet Riot albums. At the request of the Rhoads family, longtime Quiet Riot vocalist Kevin DuBrow remixed all the tracks, except the previously unreleased “Force of Habit” as its multitrack master tapes had been lost. Lead vocals were re-recorded on all tracks except “Force of Habit” by Kevin DuBrow. In one case, he rewote the lyrics with ex-Rainbow drummer Bobby Rondinelli. This track, “Last Call for Rock ‘n’ Roll” was formerly titled “Mama’s Little Angels” on Quiet Riot. The guitar tracks were played through Carlos Cavazo’s Marshall amplifiers to duplicate the sound that Randy Rhoads achieved in Ozzy Osbourne’s band. According to DuBrow, Rhoads was never happy with his guitar tone while in Quiet Riot, but very satisfied with his tone while with Osbourne as he could afford better equipment by then. The song “Trouble” was sped up as DuBrow felt the original was too slow. DuBrow also added wah-wah to one guitar solo, playing the pedal himself through the original guitar tracks. Again, Rhoads could not afford a wah-wah pedal at the time of recording, but wished he had played the solo with one. “Afterglow (Of Your Love)” from Quiet Riot II was stripped down, leaving just Rhoads’ acoustic guitar in an “unplugged” arrangement. The sole live track, “Laughing Gas”, featured an extended guitar solo that was spliced together from two separate recordings. It featured pieces of Rhoads’ later songs “Goodbye to Romance”, “Dee”, and perhaps his best known song, the hit “Crazy Train”. The package features only six of the Japanese album tracks in remixed or re-written versions. The rest of those songs remain unreleased outside Japan. The rest of the album is filled out with unreleased songs.

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Quiet Riot - The Randy Rhoads Years - (1993) - Vinyl - {Korean Pressing} 24-Bit/96kHz + 16-Bit/44kHz

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