Dakota (USA)

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Dakota (USA)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 17 Jan 2019, 07:26

Dakota - Dakota (1980) (Rock Candy Remastered 2012)

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Year : 1980 (Rock Candy Remastered 2012)
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 123 mb


Bio:

Dakota is a US based melodic rock group active during the late 1970s and early 1980s, not to be confused with the British pop-rock band of the same name active from 2007–2010. Dakota first achieved moderate success with their 1979 self-titled album Dakota,but the band's popularity increased rapidly while performing as the opening act for Queen on their 1980–1981 The Game Tour.The band released their second and best-selling AOR album, titled Runaway, in 1984.The band experienced several line-up changes during the 1980s and eventually stopped performing in 1987.During the 1990s and 2000s original member Jerry Hludzik continued to record a number of records under the Dakota name, featuring guest musicians, friends and also his son Eli Hludzik. In 2014, original members Jerry Hludzik and Bill Kelly reunited and teamed up with Jon Lorance and Eli Hludzik to record a new Dakota album titled Long Road Home, which is set for release on September 30th, 2015.

Album:

DAKOTA is one of the best representatives of the pure '80s AOR sound, and their self-titled debut highly deserved this Rock Candy 'Remastered & Reloaded' reissue.Formed by vocalists / guitarists Jerry Hludzik and Bill Kelly, Dakota had their roots in the late '70s as ex members of The Buoys and Jerry/Kelly Band, before signing to Columbia / CBS in 1980.That same year they released their self-titled album which yielded a regional hit across the country called "If It Takes All Night" (regional hit means that some radio stations played it, and most didn't).Thanks to this moderated success and manager contacts, Dakota later snagged the opening slot on part of Queen’s U.S. tour, which included three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden.Dakota's self-titled debut sports a sumptuous AOR coat blending pomp rock, West Coast and classic AOR, with hints of Le Roux, Toto, Trillion and Styx.Opener and first single "If It Takes All Night" launched Dakota's career combining superb guitar melodies, breezy vintage keyboards and an anthemic, fantastic chorus. The verses are pure midtempo magic but in the chorus the song explodes with tons of harmony vocals."Crazy For Your Love" is a much calmer smooth AOR in the vein of Le Roux, with a West Coast approach and a big groove."Possession" rocks with a sustained riff and synth arrangements, while follower "You Can't Live Without It" is a dreamy ballad with classic pianos. "One Step" returns to the rockier territory, with an early '80s trademark sound including staccato keyboards and a great chorus."Restless" starts slowly but soon evolves into a hooky rocker with irresistible harmonic vocals and an outstanding melodic line."Crazy Love" has a radio friendly sound, while "It Gets Easier" includes lovely vocal cascades and a feel-good vibe.This Rock Candy re-issue at 24-bit remastering from original source tapes is just awesome. Not only the sound is terrific, it includes two very good Bonus Tracks as well."The Higher You Rise" is an awesome early Eighties AOR tune with synths and layers of vocals, and "Give Love Another Try" has a magical melodic rock refrain, great guitars and swirling keys."Dakota" is a truly superlative slice of period-perfect AOR.

Line-Up:

Bill Kelly - vocals, guitars
Jerry Hludzik - vocals, guitars
Louie Cossa - keyboards
Jeff Mitchell - keyboards, background vocals
Bill McHale - bass, background vocals
John Robinson - drums
Jon Lorance - guitar
Rick Manwiller - keyboards, vocals [Bonus]
Tony Romano - drums [Bonus]

Tracklist:

01. If It Takes All Night 4:50
02. Crazy For Your Love 3:37
03. Posession 3:54
04. You Can't Live Without It 3:35
05. One Step 4:40
06. Lady 3:28
07. Restless 4:29
08. Crazy Love 4:10
09. It Gets Easier 4:07
10. The Higher You Rise 3:36 (Bonus Track)
11. Give Love Another Try 3:25 (Bonus Track)

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Re: Dakota (USA)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 17 Jan 2019, 08:16

Dakota - Runaway (1984) (Rock Candy Remastered 2012)

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Year : 1984 (Rock Candy Remastered 2012)
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 123 mb


Bio:

Dakota is a US based melodic rock group active during the late 1970s and early 1980s, not to be confused with the British pop-rock band of the same name active from 2007–2010. Dakota first achieved moderate success with their 1979 self-titled album Dakota,but the band's popularity increased rapidly while performing as the opening act for Queen on their 1980–1981 The Game Tour.The band released their second and best-selling AOR album, titled Runaway, in 1984.The band experienced several line-up changes during the 1980s and eventually stopped performing in 1987.During the 1990s and 2000s original member Jerry Hludzik continued to record a number of records under the Dakota name, featuring guest musicians, friends and also his son Eli Hludzik. In 2014, original members Jerry Hludzik and Bill Kelly reunited and teamed up with Jon Lorance and Eli Hludzik to record a new Dakota album titled Long Road Home, which is set for release on September 30th, 2015.

Album:

A milestone in AOR history, DAKOTA's "Runaway" is a must have into any collection.Yeah, it was reissued this year alongside the other Dakota 2016 albums already featured in this blog here a couple weeks ago, but the one to get is this Rock Candy remastered CD which truly makes justice to the sound of this incredible masterpiece for the genre.Founded by vocalists / guitarists Jerry Hludzik and Bill Kelly, DAKOTA had their roots in the '70s as ex members of The Buoys and Jerry/Kelly Band, before signing to Columbia and releasing their eponymous debut in 1980.In 1984 Dakota released this, their 2nd album "Runaway", now regarded as an '80s AOR milestone. Recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine, the album contains nine of the most celebrated AOR / Melodic Rock tracks ever recorded.It is the songwriting of Hludzik and Kelly that makes an immediate impact; laced with copious melody, huge hooks and musical support from a long list of the best L.A. Session cats.You will recognize all the players that were involved in this album such as Paul Jackson JR, Steve Porcaro, Richie Zito, Neil Steubenhaus and Bill Champlin to name few.The sound is a fine blend of Pomp rock, catchy Melodic Rock and sumptuous AOR, with touches of Trillion, Styx, Peter Frampton and Toto.Superb melodies with stylized layered harmonies, twin guitars balanced with two keyboard players, and solid bass and drums that provide a dynamic rhythm.The album opens up with the classic tune "Runaway". This is a perfect AOR-song that has everything from big hooklines, fluffy keyboards and harmony vocals. Pure ecstasy."Heroes" is a lovely mid-tempo song with great piano / keyboards in the background through the whole song. In some moments it sounds very much like Meat Loaf going AOR. "Into The Night" goes in the same style as "Runaway". The sound is huge and filled with awesome hooklines ala Survivor. Bill Kelly sings like a God on this one and the harmony / background vocals are fantastic."Angry Men" starts off slow with Bill sounding like David Brickle but turns out to a rocker in the chorus. The whole song smells Survivor for a long way and I'm sure that Peterik & Sullivan would have loved to have this song on the 'Vital Signs' album.The guitar / keyboard interplay stands out on "When The Rebel Comes Home", then "Love Won't Easy" is another big, monster AOR song, and "If Only I'd Known It" is more of a ballad, with a delicious melodic guitar solo.This 24-bit Rock Candy remastering from original source tapes is just awesome.Not only the sound is terrific, the reissue includes two excellent bonus tracks as well; "Believin`" is a straigh ahead AOR-rocker with lovely keyboards and a killer chorus with great background vocals. "More Love" sounds kinda like a Franke & The Knockouts tune, very '80s radio friendly.Dakota's "Runaway" is an AOR masterpiece that should belong to any AOR collection, indeed any music collection in general.

Line-Up:

Jerry Hludzik - lead and backing vocals, guitars
Bill Kelly - lead and backing vocals, guitars
Rick Manwiller - acoustic piano, fender rhodes, ans main synthesizers
Danny Seraphine - drums
Neil Stubehaus - bass guitar
Bill McHale - bass guitar
Bill Champlin - backing vocals on "Angry Men"
Ernie Watts - saxophone on "Over And Over"
Chris Pinnick, Richie Zito, Paul Jackson Jr. - additional guitars
Michael Boddicker, Steve Porcaro, David "Hawk" Wolinski - additional synthesizers

Tracklist:

01. Runaway 5:03
02. Tonight Could Last Forever 4:41
03. Heroes 4:13
04. When The Rebel Comes Home 4:17
05. Love Won't Last 4:11
06. Into The Night 4:52
07. Angry Men 4:37
08. If Only I'd Known It 4:27
09. Over And Over 4:29
10. Believin' 4:19 (Bonus Track)
11. More Love 3:22 (Bonus Track)

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 16 Nov 2020, 17:07

Dakota - Long Road Home (2015)

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Year : 2015
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 123 mb


Bio:

Dakota is a US based melodic rock group active during the late 1970s and early 1980s, not to be confused with the British pop-rock band of the same name active from 2007–2010. Dakota first achieved moderate success with their 1979 self-titled album Dakota,but the band's popularity increased rapidly while performing as the opening act for Queen on their 1980–1981 The Game Tour.The band released their second and best-selling AOR album, titled Runaway, in 1984.The band experienced several line-up changes during the 1980s and eventually stopped performing in 1987.During the 1990s and 2000s original member Jerry Hludzik continued to record a number of records under the Dakota name, featuring guest musicians, friends and also his son Eli Hludzik. In 2014, original members Jerry Hludzik and Bill Kelly reunited and teamed up with Jon Lorance and Eli Hludzik to record a new Dakota album titled Long Road Home, which is set for release on September 30th, 2015.

Album:

After a hiatus of 11 years, American classic AORsters DAKOTA reunited to record a brand new album titled "Long Road Home". Original band members Jerry Hludzik and Bill Kelly joined up with John Lorance, Eli Hludzik and various guest artists to record the new album at SI Studios, Pennsylvania. And how Dakota sounds 2015? Better than never!Due to the strained relations with Columbia Records, as well as personal differences between band members, Dakota played their final performance at Scranton's Montage Amphitheater in 1987 in front of roughly 17,000 fans. The band stopped, but the band members pursued personal projects. During the 1990s and 2000s original member (and Dakota's mastermind) Jerry Hludzik continued to record three more records under the Dakota name, featuring a variety of session musicians, friends and also his son Eli Hludzik, achieving a high success in Europe and Japan.Precisely from one of these Hludzik-Dakota records are taken six tracks here, but completely re-worked. The rest are brand new compositions. And what songs!Let me put this straight: "Long Road Home" is AWESOME.Dakota have crafted in 2015 the album all fans of the 'true' American '80s AOR wanted: the sound, the arrangements, all is pure gold here.Just check the pulsating midtempo 'Push', the keyboard-driven 'Secrets', or the melodic rock heaven of "Remember When" (duet with Bill Champlin)... these cuts alone worth the purchase.There's more gems in the rocking and ultra-melodic 'Heaven Or Hell', the wonderful 'You Threw It All Away' (some Night Ranger on it), the melodic sheen of '1-2-3 Baby Baby' (are we in 1983 again?) or the super ballad 'One From The Heart' in the Survivor vein.You don't need more examples... go and buy Dakota's "Long Road Home" right now.As said, it's pure gold, and let me tell you: a future classic.

Line-Up:

Jerry Hludzik - lead vocals, bass
Bill Kelly - guitars, vocals
Jon Lorance - guitars
Eli Hludzik - drums
Rick Manwiller - keyboards, vocals
Bill Champlin - guest vocals

Special Guests:

Lenny Mecca - bass on all tracks
Rick Manwiller (11), Ricky Delin (13), Allesandro DelVecchio (1,2,3,4,6,8,12,14), Jostus Dobrin (5,7,9,10) - keyboards
Tommy Denander (2,3,13) - guitars
JR Robinson (2,8), Danny Serphine (5) - drums

Tracklist:

01. Long Road Home
02. Push
03. Secrets
04. Remember When (Duet With Bill Champlin)
05. Heaven Or Hell
06. You Threw It All Away
07. All Through The Night
08. These Eyes
09. 1-2-3 Baby Baby
10. Jenny At Midnight
11. One From The Heart
12. Live It Up
13. Fall Like A Tear
14. When The Party Is Over
15. Don't Stop Believin' (Bonus Track)

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