This is another great pick from the "Lost UK Jewels" series cause the Irish based outfit WINTERS REIGN released two great albums and a stack of singles during the eighties. They released in 1985 their full‐length debut, called the “Mini Album”, recorded over the course of a year in 3

different studios. The album is a wonderful AOR affair, very much of its time with anthemic keyboard driven AOR stuff in the vein of TOBRUK, AIRRACE or FM. With the addition of 8 unreleased bonus tracks from from their post‐Winters Reign outfits Touchdown and The Foundation this is a must have for every AOR collector. First time ever on CD, digitally remastered incl. liner notes by Rob Evans and strictly limited to 500 copies !

listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW8oRzxuQRA&list=PLtN4dmtHgNq6mJbXsiJ6RlyPS49Ktzs1H&index=4

The next round of the "Lost UK Jewels" series sees Preston based SWEET SIN were a product of the very vibrant North West music scene in the ‘80s, a scene that saw the likes of Dare, Angels Or Kings, etc. all vying for attention and that elusive deal. Undeterred by lack of label interest, SWEET SIN decided to self‐release their own album in 1988: seven tracks of smouldering Hard‐Rock in the vein of Dokken, Ratt and Whitesnake. With the album having run its course, they decided during 1990 to enter the Studios once again and cut another great demo. But it wasn’t to be and the band came to a natural end. First time ever on CD, digitally remastered incl. liner notes by Rob Evans and strictly limited to 500 copies !

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0giEBpc1Y

Before the British - Norwegian outfit got signed by a Japanese label for their studio debut "Once Bitten" in 1998 they played  a couple of shows in Norway under the banner of "A Night Of Whitesnake". Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden got joyned by their friends Neil Murray and Don Airey besides the young Jorn Lande. The Japanese record company decided to release a live recording containing only stuff from the classic Whitesnake era with Moody and Marsden just a few weeks after the studio album "Once Bitten". The result was simply breathtaking, cause all the early Whitesnake classics got played with power and passion and Jorn Lande's vocals are on par with the young David Coverdale.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4kVAwCxBvA

During the mid 90s the former Whitesnake guitarists Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden spent a lot of time in Scandinavia. In Norway TNT guitarist Ronni Le Tekro introduced them to a new a singer called Johnny Lande (which later changed his name to Jorn!). Le Tekro managed to get them a deal with a Japanese label and brought in his TNT band mates Sid Ringsby and Willy Bendiksen to complete the line-up. This is very much a "Whitesnake" back to basics in all but name:- and in many ways greatly succeeds where "Whitesnake" haven't been able to. The icing on the cake are the vocals of the young Jorn Lande - he laid down some really great vocals that sound very similar to David Coverdale.

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5py3saihQc&index=2&list=PLkmtWVyw3uotcZ4qJFgyQchwi0_kHToNJ

Toto's brand new greatest hits package titled "40 Trips Around The Sun" contains 17 tracks incl. three previously unreleased recordings: “Spanish Sea” “Alone” and “Struck By Lightning” alongside newly remastered classic tracks worked on by Elliot Scheiner.  The album will be released in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Toto's self-titled debut album (1978). The core Toto members, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Joseph Williams re-entered the studio earlier this year to work on this release. The band uncovered several unfinished tracks that featured both Jeff and Mike Porcaro, one of which is now “Spanish Sea", which is originally from the "Isolation" sessions.

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerilfJQvfk