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Back on Sep 10th 2011, I happened to stumble upon an artist named Bob Catley (Magnum). I was browsing through some Youtube videos and saw the album cover of his latest solo album "Immortal" (2008) and decided to click the videos "You Are My Star", "End Of The World" and the mighty title track "We Are Immortal"...Wow, what a great vocalist, what a great band and surely some fantastic music! I can't believe Bob Catley was 61 when he sang these great tunes...I emailed some video links to my friend who knew the band Magnum from the 80's...He hadn't heard any Bob Catley songs and I hadn't heard any Magnum songs...So that was that night, then some time went by...
Last night, for some reason, I had to find these Bob Catley links from the Youtube again. I also checked my emails from last year. What I didn't notice in my friend's reply message on Sep 10th 2011 was his playful signature: Storyteller of Night. I now thought that must be some of the Magnum albums/songs. Every single time when my friend uses some kind of band/artist/album/song name as a part of his signature, it means that he's been listening to that music for a long time (maybe even back from the day when that music was new) and that music will shake my world too...So I searched for this name from the discography and then from the Youtube...As it turned out, the name of the album and the song was "On A Storyteller's Night". Oh man, what a fantastic song!!! I feel this song was custom-made for me, I feel that when Magnum made this song they must have known subconsciously that decades later on a distant cold night of Feb 24-25th 2012 some rock-hungry Sabbathman would find this song for the first time and go crazy about it...
The cover artwork alone is astounding!!! It has the kind of warm and cozy "storytelling" vibe that I love best, the atmosphere, the fire, the elves, the lurking little animals, all the little details...Well, I've always loved artwork like this, beginning from the days of my childhood when I was introduced to the world of fantasy...
I decided to look for this great album right there and then. I almost immediately found the 25th anniversary Deluxe Expanded Edition from the auction site, brand new!!! It was sold by a known seller for only 12,50 € + 1,60 € postage costs...
Last night was indeed a Storyteller's Night...
"He is the King of all kings, the keeper of light...He holds eternity's wings"
'Discovery' was indeed quite the discovery; I'd only known Daft Punk from the music video of One More Time I used to catch on MTV as a kid.
Never knew there was an entire album and even a whole music film behind it. Kickass listening to this stuff now.
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
Megadeth - Rude Awakening
Armored Saint - Armored Saint
Black Country Communion - Live Over Europe
"I can honestly say it’s truly been an honor to play at his side for all these years, his music will live on forever." ~ Tony Iommi (Speaking of Ronnie James Dio)
Well I don’t want no preacher telling me about the god in the sky
No I don’t want no one to tell me where I’m gonna go when I die
I wanna live my life, I don’t want people telling me what to do
I just believe in myself, ’cause no one else is true
"Even with so much bad blood between us... It's funny... Now that I'm actually face to face with him again... The hatred is gone. All I feel is a deep sense of longing. And pity. Did Zero really hate me? Or... Did he fear me?" - Big Boss
Fireball - 25th Anniversary Edition - Deep Purple
The Final Frontier - Iron Maiden
A Different Kind Of Truth - Van Halen
Flick Of The Switch - AC/DC
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
74 Jailbreak - AC/DC
Who Made Who - AC/DC
From Fear To Eternity - The Best Of 1990-2010 - Iron Maiden
Single Cuts - Judas Priest
Blizzard Of Ozz (2011 remaster) - Ozzy Osbourne
L.A. Woman 40th Anniversary - The Doors
Beyond Magnetic - Metallica
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
Imagine (remastered) - John Lennon
A Hard Days Night - The Beatles
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
I just got approved for a credit card so went on a litlle shopping spree!
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