The Ultimate Rock N Roll Music Collection See 2008 update below
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STEVE & DORA'S
ROCK N ROLL MUSIC COLLECTION
November 2, 2000
Well, I finally decided to move into the "90s" and upgrade our music collection buy purchasing it all on CDs last week, something I have been trying to get around to for several years now.
When the smoke cleared, I had ordered 170 titles on 197 CDs, and saved well over $850.00 (including $150 in sales tax) by buying over the Internet, not to mention the time saved. Isn't technology wonderful.
After listening to WLS (Chicago AM 890) for several years on the little red AM transistor pocket radio my Grandma gave me for Christmas when I was about 6 years old, I got my first record player and 45 rpm records in 1969.
I continued buying music on vinyl LPs for my component home stereo turntable from 1974 up to about 1984. At the same time, in 1975, as soon as I got my drivers license I "upgraded" to 8-track to play on that "Killer" Craig Powerplay based component stereo system I built in my infamous White Van (which I still own and have kept in mint condition which is remarkable considering all my poor van has been through).
Around 1982 I quit buying 8-tracks and started buying cassettes and in 1988 I finally got around to upgrading everything to Cassette (the hard way - through local music stores).
One thing I find interesting is how many of the original bands and members are still performing even after 30+ years to sell out crowds and most of the early recordings are still bestsellers.
What are the odds that the current pop and country music groups will be around (or even remembered) in 5 years?
The difference is that this is the very best music ever recorded, as proven by the way each generation re-discovers “my” old favorites.
It is cool to see teenagers cranking up the same recordings their grandparents did 30 years ago!
This Music is timeless.
Rock on!
Please let me know if you know of any title that you think is missing and should be included in this Rock music collection. Thank You!
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2008 Update:
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I believe I now have complete collections of all albums released by the following 156 rock and roll bands, which I consider to be the best bands of all time. You will notice that most of this music is blues-based hard rock, southern rock, and AC/DC, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin style music (rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, hard rock).
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I love all types of high-quality music. Sometimes I am in the mood for Surf Rock/Cars music like Beach Boys/Jan & Dean type music, other times Lynyrd Skynyrd type Southern Rock, and occasionally Outlaw Country music like Johnny, Waylon, and Willie.
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I especially like highly amplified, electric guitar-driven hard rock music with prominent drums such as AC/DC, Grand Funk Railroad, The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Kiss, the late 60's blues-influenced psychedelic and acid rock like Jimi Hendrix, and EARLY heavy metal bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, and Montrose. Just about any music with heavy use of distorted electric guitars, prominent drums, electric bass guitar, pianos and other keyboards.
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To me any music that you cannot listen to and easily isolate any one part of the music (guitar, vocals, drums, bass, etc.) by itself, is just plain noise, being produced by pretenders that substitute volume, confusion, and ridiculous stage antics for the talent they lack. When was the last time you any quality musician jumping around, shaking their head until their brains are mush, or doing a goofy Britney Speers type dance on stage. Watch a video of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, or Joe Perry playing guitar and you will quickly see what I mean.
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While I do not care so much for Folk Rock or Heartland Rock and do not like Glam Rock, Pop Music, Progressive Rock, I have absolutely no use for Soft Rock, Punk Rock, New Wave, Alternative Rock, or Post-Punk crap (like U2), Rap, Grunge Rock, Britpop, Indie Rock, Nu Metal, or that damn Seattle Sound.
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Right now my music library consists of 56,932 songs on 4,719 albums (more than 167 days total playtime without repeating a track). When I get a chance, I will add the album titles to this list.
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My 25 favorite bands are shown below in red text
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38 Special |
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Accept |
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AC-DC |
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Aerosmith |
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Airbourne |
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Alice Cooper |
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Allman Brothers |
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Answer |
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April Wine |
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Bachman Turner Overdrive |
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Bad Company |
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Beach Boys |
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Beatles |
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Beck |
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Bee Gees |
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Billy Joel |
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Black Label Society |
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Black Oak Arkansas |
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Black Sabbath |
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Blue Cheer |
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Blue Oyster Cult |
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Blues Brothers |
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Bobby Vinton (For Dora) |
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Bruce Springsteen |
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Cars |
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Casanovas |
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Charlie Daniels |
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Cheap Trick |
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Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith) |
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Cream |
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Creedence Clearwater Revival |
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Cross Canadian Ragweed |
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Damn Yankees |
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Danger Danger |
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Dangerous Toys |
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Deep Purple |
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Def Leppard |
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Dolly Parton |
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Doobie Brothers |
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Doors |
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Dr Hook |
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Eagles |
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Edgar Winter Group |
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Elvin Bishop |
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Elvis Presley |
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Eric Burdon |
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Eric Clapton |
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Firm (Paul Rodgers, Jimmy Page, Tony Franklin, Chris Slade) |
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Foghat |
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Foreigner |
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Frank Zappa |
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Free |
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Fu Manchu |
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Garth Brooks |
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George Thorogood |
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Golden Earring |
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Gov't Mule |
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Grand Funk Railroad |
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Grateful Dead |
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Great White |
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Guess Who |
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Grim Reaper |
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Guns n Roses |
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Hank Williams Jr |
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Head East |
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Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson) |
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Humble Pie |
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Iron Butterfly |
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Iron Maiden |
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Jackyl |
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James Gang |
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James Taylor |
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Jan & Dean |
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Jeff Beck |
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Jerry Reed |
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Jimi Hendrix |
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Joan Jett |
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Joe Walsh |
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Johnny Cash |
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Johnny Winter |
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Journey |
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Judas Priest |
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KC & Sunshine Band |
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Kenny Rogers |
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Kid Rock |
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Kiss |
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Kris Kristofferson |
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Krokus |
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Led Zeppelin |
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Lenny Kravitz |
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Leslie West |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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MC5 |
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Megadeth |
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Metallica |
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Molly Hatchet |
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Montrose (Sammy Hagar) |
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Motley Crue |
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Mountain |
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Moxy |
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Ozzy Osbourne |
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Pink Floyd |
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Poison |
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Queen |
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Quiet Riot |
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Raconteurs |
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Ram Jam |
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Ramones |
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Rare Earth |
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Ratt |
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Rick Derringer |
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Robin Trower |
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Rolling Stones |
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Roxx Gang |
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Rush |
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Sammy Hagar |
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Santana |
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Skid Row |
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Steely Dan |
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Steppenwolf |
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Steve Miller Band |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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Stonerider |
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Supagroup |
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Sweet |
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T. Rex |
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Talking Heads |
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Ted Nugent |
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Thin Lizzy |
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Three Dog Night |
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Todd Rundgren |
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Tom Petty & Heartbreakers |
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Tora Tora |
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UFO |
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Uriah Hepp |
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Van Halen |
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Van Zant |
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Various Artists (44 albums/collections total) |
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Velvet Revolver |
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War |
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Waylon Jennings |
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Whitesnake |
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Who |
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Willie Nelson |
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Wishbone Ash |
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Yardbirds |
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ZZ Top |
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What's next? |
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Eventually, I plan to add some of the
following bands to our music collection: |
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Other Southern Rock Bands I am
considering: |
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Alligator Stew |
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Artimus Pyle Band |
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Asphalt Ballet |
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Black Crowes |
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Blackfoot |
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Calvin |
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Copperhead |
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Danny Joe Brown |
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Delta Moon |
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Dickey Betts and Great Southern |
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Doc Holliday |
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Drive By Truckers |
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Elvin Bishop |
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George Mccorkle
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Hayseed |
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Henry Paul Band |
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Hourglass |
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Laidlaw |
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Little Feat |
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Mama's Pride |
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Marshall Tucker Band |
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Moon Dog Mane |
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Outlaws |
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Point Blank |
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Pride and Joy |
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Raging Slab |
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Rebel Meets Rebel |
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Screamin Cheetah Wheelies |
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Sea Level |
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Steepwater Band |
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Swampdawamp |
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Tishamingo |
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Toy |
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Widespread Panic |
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Other Bands I am considering (mostly for
Dora): |
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Bing Crosby (Christmas Music) |
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Bob Dylan |
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Bon Jovi |
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Bryan Adams |
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Buddy Holly |
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Chuck Berry |
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David Allan Coe |
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David Bowie |
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Dire Straits |
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Earth, Wind & Fire |
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Electric Light Orchestra |
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Elton John |
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Emerson, |
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Fleetwood Mac |
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Genesis |
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Iron Horse |
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Jason Bonham Band |
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Jethro Tull |
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Kings of |
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Marshall Tucker Band |
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Neil Diamond |
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Neil Young |
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Pure Prairie League |
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Reckless Kelly |
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Robin Trower |
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Roy Oberson |
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Scorpions |
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Shooter |
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Storyville |
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The Four Horsemen |
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The Outlaws |
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The Stranglers |
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Tina Turner |
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Van Morrison |
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Yes |
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Specific Albums (for Dora): |
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Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell |
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Michael Jackson - Thriller |
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Nirvana - Nevermind |
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Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain |
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Simon & Garfunkel
- Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits |
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Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life |
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U2 - The Joshua Tree |
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AC/DC Back In Black |
$11.99 |
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AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap |
$7.99 |
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AC/DC High Voltage |
$7.99 |
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AC/DC Highway To Hell |
$11.99 |
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AC/DC Live-Special Collector Edition (2 CD Set) |
$20.95 |
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AC/DC Razors Edge |
$11.99 |
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AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip |
$11.99 |
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Accept Balls To The Wall |
$7.99 |
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Aerosmith Aerosmith |
$20.95 |
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Aerosmith Get Your Wings |
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Aerosmith Toys In The Attic |
Box Set) |
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Aerosmith Big Ones |
$9.90 |
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Aerosmith Greatest Hits |
$7.99 |
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Aerosmith Rocks |
$7.99 |
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury) |
$8.99 |
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bachman-Turner Overdrive II |
$7.90 |
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive Best of BTO Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Remastered Hits |
$9.90 |
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive Not Fragile |
$6.65 |
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Bad Company 10 From 6 |
$11.99 |
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Bad Company Bad Company |
$7.99 |
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Beach Boys Greatest Car Songs |
$4.64 |
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Beach Boys Original Gold (2 CD Set) |
$10.68 |
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Beatles 1967-70 (blue album) (2 CD Set) |
$24.45 |
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Beatles Abbey Road |
$11.99 |
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Beatles Beatles (white Album) (2 CD Set) |
$24.45 |
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Beck Midnight Vultures |
$11.90 |
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Bishop, Elvin Struttin' My Stuff |
$7.99 |
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Black Oak Arkansas High On The Hog |
$7.99 |
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Black Oak Arkansas Hot & Nasty-Best Of Black Oak |
$11.35 |
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Black Oak Arkansas Raunch N' Roll Live |
$10.68 |
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Black Sabbath Best of (Limited Deluxe) [IMPORT](2 CD Set) |
$19.90 |
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Black Sabbath Black Sabbath |
$7.99 |
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Black Sabbath Paranoid |
$9.90 |
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Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper: The Best Of... |
$7.77 |
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Blues Brothers Definitive Collection |
$7.99 |
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Boston Boston |
$7.99 |
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Boston Don't Look Back |
$6.65 |
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Boston Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Brownsville Station Best Of - Smoking In The Boys Room |
$7.99 |
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Cheap Trick At Budokan-Complete Concert (2 CD Set) |
$13.49 |
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Cheap Trick Greatest Hits |
$7.99 |
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Clapton, Eric /B.B. King Riding With The King |
$9.90 |
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Clapton, Eric Cream Of |
$12.79 |
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Clapton,Eric Unplugged |
$9.90 |
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Cooper, Alice Billion Dollar Babies |
$7.99 |
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Cooper, Alice Greatest Hits |
$7.99 |
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Cooper, Alice Killer |
$7.99 |
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Cooper, Alice Last Temptation |
$6.65 |
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Cooper, Alice Love It To Death |
$7.99 |
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Cooper, Alice School's Out |
$7.99 |
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Cooper, Alice Welcome To My Nightmare |
$7.99 |
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Cream Very Best Of Cream |
$11.99 |
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Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle-20 Greatest Hits - Vol. 1 |
$11.99 |
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Deep Purple Fireball |
$7.99 |
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Deep Purple Machine Head |
$7.99 |
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Deep Purple Made In Japan |
$11.35 |
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Deep Purple Very Best Of Deep Purple |
$7.99 |
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Def Leppard Vault-Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Derringer, Rick All American Boy |
$6.65 |
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Derringer, Rick Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo-Best |
$7.99 |
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Doobie Brothers Best Of Doobies |
$7.99 |
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Doors Best Of Doors (2 CD Set) |
$16.70 |
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Dr. Hook Greatest Hits (And More) - Note: This one is for Dora |
$7.99 |
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Eagles Greatest Hits '71-75 |
$11.99 |
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Eagles Hotel California |
$11.99 |
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Foghat Best Of Foghat |
$11.35 |
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Foghat Best Of Foghat Vol. 2 |
$7.99 |
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Foghat Energized |
$7.99 |
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Foghat Foghat (1st Album) |
$7.99 |
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Foghat Foghat (Rock & Roll) |
$7.99 |
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Foghat Fool For The City |
$7.99 |
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Foghat Rock N Roll Outlaws |
$7.99 |
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Foghat Stone Blue |
$7.99 |
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Foreigner Very Best & Beyond |
$11.99 |
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Free (Rock) Best Of Free (Downloaded – could not find on CD) |
$9.90 |
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Golden Earring Continuing Story Of Radar Love |
$7.99 |
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Grand Funk Railroad Capitol Collectors Series |
$7.99 |
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Grateful Dead Skeletons From The Closet |
$7.99 |
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Great White/April Wine Back To Back Hits |
$4.64 |
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Guess Who Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction [PA] [Explicit Lyrics] |
$11.99 |
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Hagar, Sammy Best Of Sammy Hagar |
$4.64 |
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Hagar, Sammy I Never Said Goodbye |
$7.99 |
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Hagar, Sammy Nine On A Ten Scale |
$11.35 |
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Hagar, Sammy Red Voodoo |
$11.35 |
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Hagar, Sammy Ten 13 |
$9.90 |
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Hagar, Sammy Unboxed |
$7.99 |
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Head East Flat As A Pancake |
$7.99 |
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Hendrix, Jimi Are You Experienced? |
$11.99 |
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Hendrix, Jimi Blues |
$11.99 |
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Hendrix, Jimi Electric Ladyland |
$11.99 |
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Hendrix, Jimi Experience Hendrix-Best Of Jim |
$12.79 |
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Hendrix, Jimi Live At Woodstock (2 CD Set) |
$14.69 |
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Holly, Buddy Collection (2 CD Set) |
$22.35 |
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Iron Maiden Best Of The Beast |
$11.35 |
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James Gang Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Jan & Dean From Surf City To Drag City (2 CD Set) |
$23.05 |
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Jett, Joan & Blackhearts Fit To Be Tied |
$11.99 |
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Judas Priest Best Of-Living After Midnight |
$7.99 |
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Kiss Destroyer |
$7.99 |
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Kiss Double Platinum |
$13.49 |
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Kiss Dressed To Kill |
$7.99 |
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Kiss Hotter Than Hell |
$7.99 |
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Kravitz, Lenny Greatest Hits |
$9.90 |
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Krokus Definitive Collection |
$11.35 |
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Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin |
$11.35 |
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Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 2 |
$11.35 |
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Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 3 |
$11.35 |
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Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 4 |
$11.35 |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd All Time Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd One More From The Road (2 CD Set) |
$18.15 |
Megadeth Hidden Treasures Ep |
$7.99 |
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Megadeth So Far So Good...So What |
$7.99 |
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Miller, Steve Band Living In The USA |
$4.64 |
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Montrose Montrose |
$7.99 |
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Montrose Paper Money |
$7.99 |
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Montrose The Very Best Of Montrose |
$9.90 |
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Motley Crue Girls Girls Girls |
$11.35 |
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Motley Crue Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Motley Crue New Tattoo |
$9.90 |
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Motley Crue Shout At The Devil |
$11.35 |
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Motley Crue Too Fast For Love |
$11.35 |
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Mountain Over The Top (2 CD Set) |
$16.70 |
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Nazareth Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Nazareth Hair Of The Dog |
$7.99 |
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Nazareth Hot Tracks |
$7.99 |
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Nugent, Ted Cat Scratch Fever |
$7.99 |
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Nugent, Ted Double Live Gonzo (2 CD Set) |
$13.49 |
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Nugent, Ted Free For All |
$7.99 |
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Nugent, Ted Great Gonzos - Best Of Ted Nugent |
$7.99 |
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Nugent, Ted Intensities In Ten Cities |
$6.65 |
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Nugent, Ted Nugent |
$9.90 |
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Nugent, Ted Ted Nugent |
$7.99 |
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Poison 1986-96-Greatest Hits |
$7.99 |
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Presley, Elvis 50 Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 1, Parts 1 & 2 (2 CD Set) |
$20.95 |
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Queen Greatest Hits I & II (2 CD Set) |
$20.95 |
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Quiet Riot Super Hits |
$6.65 |
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Rare Earth Very Best Of Rare Earth |
$7.99 |
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Ratt Ratt & Roll 8191 |
$7.99 |
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Rolling Stones Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) |
$11.99 |
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Rolling Stones Hot Rocks (2 CD Set) |
$25.15 |
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Roxx Gang Things You've Never Done Before |
$10.90 |
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Skid Row Forty Seasons-Best Of Skid Row |
$11.35 |
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Skid Row Skid Row |
$7.99 |
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Steely Dan Decade Of Steely Dan |
$11.99 |
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Steppenwolf All Time Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Styx Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Sweet Best Of Sweet |
$7.99 |
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Sweet Desolation Boulevard |
$7.99 |
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Sweet Solid Gold Sweet (2 CD Set) |
$11.90 |
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T. Rex Electric Warrior |
$7.99 |
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Thorogood, George & Destroyers Anthology (2 CD Set) |
$14.02 |
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Thorogood, George & Destroyers Baddest Of The Bad |
$11.35 |
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Van Halen 5150 |
$7.99 |
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Van Halen Best Of Van Halen - Vol. 1 |
$11.99 |
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Various Artists Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box (7 CD Box Set) |
$69.95 |
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Various Artists The Ultimate Rock 'N' Roll Collection (2 CD Set) |
$16.70 |
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Vaughan, Stevie Ray Greatest Hits |
$11.99 |
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Vaughan, Stevie Ray Greatest Hits - Real Deal -Vol. 2 |
$11.99 |
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Vaughan, Stevie Ray Texas Flood [Re-master] |
$7.77 |
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Walsh, Joe Best Of Joe Walsh-Millennium C |
$7.99 |
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West, Leslie As Phat As It Gets |
$11.35 |
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Who My Generation-Very Best Of The Who |
$11.99 |
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Who Who's Next |
$11.99 |
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Williams, Hank Jr. Vol. 1-Greatest Hits |
$6.65 |
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Winter, Edgar They Only Come Out At Night |
$6.65 |
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ZZ Top Best Of ZZ Top |
$11.35 |
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ZZ Top Eliminator |
$11.35 |
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ZZ Top Fandango |
$11.35 |
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ZZ Top Greatest Hits |
$11.35 |
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ZZ Top Tres Hombres |
$7.99 |
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ZZ Top XXX |
$11.35 |
Total Titles – 170 Total CDs – 197 |
$1854.02 |
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Purchased From: Black = AllDirect.com (October 2000) Blue = MyMusic.com (October 2000) Fuchsia = Circuit City (spring of 1998) |
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