This is the very best Rock N Roll 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! AC/DC, Accept, Aerosmith, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beck, Elvin Bishop, Black Oak Arkansas, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Blues Brothers, Boston, Brownsville Station, Cheap Trick, Eric Clapton, Alice Cooper, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Rick Derringer, Doobie Brothers, Doors, Eagles, Foghat, Foreigner, Free (Rock), Golden Earring, Grand Funk Railroad, Grateful Dead, Great White, April Wine, Guess Who, Guns N' Roses, Hagar, Sammy, Head East, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Iron Maiden, James Gang, Jan & Dean, Jett, Joan & Blackhearts, Judas Priest, Kiss, Lenny Kravitz, Krokus, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Megadeth, Miller, Steve Band, Montrose, Motley Crue, Mountain, Nazareth, Ted Nugent, Poison, Elvis Presley, Queen, Quiet Riot, Rare Earth, Ratt, Rolling Stones, Roxx Gang, Skid Row, Steely Dan, Steppenwolf, Styx, Sweet, T. Rex, George Thorogood & Destroyers, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Walsh, Leslie West, The Who, Hank Williams Jr., Edgar Winter Group, ZZ Top

The Ultimate Rock N Roll Music Collection

 

See 2008 update below

 

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!

 

Feel free to email me at:

  

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2008 Update:

 

 

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).

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

My 25 favorite bands are shown below in red text

 

 

 

 

38 Special

 

Accept

 

AC-DC

 

Aerosmith

 

Airbourne

 

Alabama

 

Alice Cooper

 

Allman Brothers

 

America

 

Answer

 

April Wine

 

Bachman Turner Overdrive

 

Bad Company

 

Beach Boys

 

Beatles

 

Beck

 

Bee Gees

 

Billy Joel

 

Black Label Society

 

Black Oak Arkansas

 

Black Sabbath

 

Blue Cheer

 

Blue Oyster Cult

 

Blues Brothers

 

Bobby Vinton (For Dora)

 

Boston

 

Brownsville Station

 

Bruce Springsteen

 

Cars

 

Casanovas

 

Charlie Daniels

 

Cheap Trick

 

Chickenfoot (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, Chad Smith)

 

Cream

 

Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

Cross Canadian Ragweed

 

Damn Yankees

 

Danger Danger

 

Dangerous Toys

 

Deep Purple

 

Def Leppard

 

Dolly Parton

 

Doobie Brothers

 

Doors

 

Dr Hook

 

Eagles

 

Edgar Winter Group

 

Elvin Bishop

 

Elvis Presley

 

Eric Burdon

 

Eric Clapton

 

Firm (Paul Rodgers, Jimmy Page, Tony Franklin, Chris Slade)

 

Foghat

 

Foreigner

 

Frank Zappa

 

Free

 

Fu Manchu

 

Garth Brooks

 

George Thorogood

 

Golden Earring

 

Gov't Mule

 

Grand Funk Railroad

 

Grateful Dead

 

Great White

 

Guess Who

 

Grim Reaper

 

Guns n Roses

 

Hank Williams Jr

 

Head East

 

Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson)

 

Humble Pie

 

Iron Butterfly

 

Iron Maiden

 

Jackyl

 

James Gang

 

James Taylor

 

Jan & Dean

 

Jeff Beck

 

Jerry Reed

 

Jimi Hendrix

 

Joan Jett

 

Joe Walsh

 

Johnny Cash

 

Johnny Winter

 

Journey

 

Judas Priest

 

KC & Sunshine Band

 

Kenny Rogers

 

Kid Rock

 

Kiss

 

Kris Kristofferson

 

Krokus

 

Led Zeppelin

 

Lenny Kravitz

 

Leslie West

 

Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

MC5

 

Megadeth

 

Metallica

 

Molly Hatchet

 

Montrose (Sammy Hagar)

 

Motley Crue

 

Mountain

 

Moxy

 

Nazareth

 

Ozzy Osbourne

 

Pink Floyd

 

Poison

 

Queen

 

Quiet Riot

 

Raconteurs

 

Ram Jam

 

Ramones

 

Rare Earth

 

Ratt

 

Rick Derringer

 

Robin Trower

 

Rolling Stones

 

Rose Hill Drive

 

Roxx Gang

 

Rush

 

Sammy Hagar

 

Santana

 

Savoy Brown

 

Skid Row

 

Steely Dan

 

Steppenwolf

 

Steve Miller Band

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan

 

Stonerider

 

Stray

 

Styx

 

Supagroup

 

Sweet

 

T. Rex

 

Talking Heads

 

Ted Nugent

 

Thin Lizzy

 

Three Dog Night

 

Todd Rundgren

 

Tom Petty & Heartbreakers

 

Tora Tora

 

UFO

 

Uriah Hepp

 

Van Halen

 

Van Zant

 

Various Artists (44 albums/collections total)

 

Velvet Revolver

 

War

 

Waylon Jennings

 

Whitesnake

 

Who

 

Willie Nelson

 

Wishbone Ash

 

Yardbirds

 

ZZ Top

 

On January 13, 2009, I took Dora, Lisa, and Kimberly to see AC/DC in St. Louis (first rock concert the kids have ever been to).  After a lot of hard work, I came up with 4 floor seat tickets in the 5th row from the stage.  They performed several songs from their "Back In Black" album (the all-time best-selling album ever released by a band) and to experience it in person was something we will remember the rest of our lives.  The band could not have been more enthusiastic and Angus Young was at his very best. It has been 8 years since AC/DC toured in the USA (I was beginning to fear that we would not get to see AC/DC without traveling to Australia), and given the band member's ages (all ranging from Brian Johnson at 61 down to Angus Young at 53), it may be the last.

 

 

What's next?

 

 

 

Eventually, I plan to add some of the following bands to our music collection:

 

 

 

Other Southern Rock Bands I am considering:

 

 

 

 

Alligator Stew

 

Artimus Pyle Band

 

Asphalt Ballet

 

Atlanta Rhythm Section

 

Black Crowes

 

Blackfoot

 

Calvin

 

Copperhead

 

Danny Joe Brown

 

Delta Moon

 

Dickey Betts and Great Southern

 

Dixie Dregs

 

Doc Holliday

 

Drive By Truckers

 

Elvin Bishop

 

George Mccorkle

 

Georgia Satellites

 

Hayseed Dixie

 

Henry Paul Band

 

Hourglass

 

Laidlaw

 

Little Feat

 

Mama's Pride

 

Marshall Tucker Band

 

Moon Dog Mane

 

Outlaws

 

Ozark Mountain Daredevils

 

Point Blank

 

Pride and Joy

 

Raging Slab

 

Rebel Meets Rebel

 

Savoy Truffle

 

Screamin Cheetah Wheelies

 

Sea Level

 

Steepwater Band

 

Stillwater

 

Swampdawamp

 

Tishamingo

 

Toy Caldwell

 

Widespread Panic

 

 

Other Bands I am considering (mostly for Dora):

 

 

 

 

Bing Crosby (Christmas Music)

 

Bob Dylan

 

Bon Jovi

 

Bryan Adams

 

Buddy Holly

 

Chicago

 

Chuck Berry

 

David Allan Coe

 

David Bowie

 

Dire Straits

 

Earth, Wind & Fire

 

Electric Light Orchestra

 

Elton John

 

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

 

Fleetwood Mac

 

Genesis

 

Iron Horse

 

Jason Bonham Band

 

Jefferson Airplane/Starship

 

Jethro Tull

 

Kings of Leon

 

Marshall Tucker Band

 

Neil Diamond

 

Neil Young

 

Pure Prairie League

 

Reckless Kelly

 

Robin Trower

 

Roy Oberson

 

Scorpions

 

Shooter

 

Storyville

 

The Four Horsemen

 

The Outlaws

 

The Stranglers

 

Tina Turner

 

Van Morrison

 

Yes

 

 

Specific Albums (for Dora):

 

 

 

 

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 01/30/1977

 

Michael Jackson - Thriller

 

Nirvana - Nevermind

 

Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain 06/25/1984

 

Simon & Garfunkel - Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 06/20/1972

 

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

 

U2 - The Joshua Tree

 

 

 

November 2, 2000

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AC/DC Razors Edge

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AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip

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Accept Balls To The Wall

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Aerosmith Aerosmith

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Aerosmith Big Ones

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Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Mercury)

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Bad Company 10 From 6

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Bad Company Bad Company

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Beach Boys Greatest Car Songs

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Beatles 1967-70 (blue album) (2 CD Set)

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Beatles Abbey Road

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Beatles Beatles (white Album) (2 CD Set)

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Beck Midnight Vultures

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Bishop, Elvin Struttin' My Stuff

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Black Oak Arkansas High On The Hog

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Black Oak Arkansas Hot & Nasty-Best Of Black Oak

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Black Oak Arkansas Raunch N' Roll Live

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Black Sabbath Best of (Limited Deluxe) [IMPORT](2 CD Set)

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Black Sabbath Black Sabbath

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Black Sabbath Paranoid

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Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper: The Best Of...

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Blues Brothers Definitive Collection

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Boston Boston

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Boston Don't Look Back

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Boston Greatest Hits

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Brownsville Station Best Of - Smoking In The Boys Room

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Cheap Trick At Budokan-Complete Concert (2 CD Set)

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Cheap Trick Greatest Hits

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Clapton, Eric Cream Of

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Cream Very Best Of Cream

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Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle-20 Greatest Hits - Vol. 1

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Deep Purple Fireball

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Deep Purple Machine Head

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Deep Purple Made In Japan

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Deep Purple Very Best Of Deep Purple

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Def Leppard Vault-Greatest Hits

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Derringer, Rick All American Boy

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Derringer, Rick Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo-Best

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Doobie Brothers Best Of Doobies

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Doors Best Of Doors (2 CD Set)

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Dr. Hook Greatest Hits (And More) - Note: This one is for Dora

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Eagles Greatest Hits '71-75

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Eagles Hotel California

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Foghat Best Of Foghat

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Foghat Best Of Foghat Vol. 2

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Foghat Energized

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Foghat Foghat (1st Album)

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Foghat Foghat (Rock & Roll)

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Foghat Fool For The City

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Foghat Rock N Roll Outlaws

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Foghat Stone Blue

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Foreigner Very Best & Beyond

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Free (Rock) Best Of Free (Downloaded – could not find on CD)

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Golden Earring Continuing Story Of Radar Love

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Grand Funk Railroad Capitol Collectors Series

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Grateful Dead Skeletons From The Closet

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Great White/April Wine Back To Back Hits

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Guess Who Greatest Hits

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Hagar, Sammy Best Of Sammy Hagar

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Hagar, Sammy I Never Said Goodbye

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Hagar, Sammy Nine On A Ten Scale

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Hendrix, Jimi Blues

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Hendrix, Jimi Electric Ladyland

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Iron Maiden Best Of The Beast

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James Gang Greatest Hits

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Jan & Dean From Surf City To Drag City (2 CD Set)

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Jett, Joan & Blackhearts Fit To Be Tied

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Kiss Destroyer

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Kiss Double Platinum

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Kiss Dressed To Kill

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Kravitz, Lenny Greatest Hits

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Megadeth Hidden Treasures Ep

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Megadeth So Far So Good...So What

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Miller, Steve Band Living In The USA

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Montrose Montrose

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Montrose Paper Money

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Montrose The Very Best Of Montrose

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Motley Crue Girls Girls Girls

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Motley Crue Greatest Hits

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Motley Crue New Tattoo

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Motley Crue Shout At The Devil

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Motley Crue Too Fast For Love

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Mountain Over The Top (2 CD Set)

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Nazareth Greatest Hits

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Nazareth Hair Of The Dog

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Nazareth Hot Tracks

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Nugent, Ted Cat Scratch Fever

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Nugent, Ted Double Live Gonzo (2 CD Set)

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Nugent, Ted Free For All

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Nugent, Ted Great Gonzos - Best Of Ted Nugent

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Nugent, Ted Nugent

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Nugent, Ted Ted Nugent

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Poison 1986-96-Greatest Hits

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Presley, Elvis 50 Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 1, Parts 1 & 2  (2 CD Set)

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Queen Greatest Hits I & II (2 CD Set)

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Quiet Riot Super Hits

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Rare Earth Very Best Of Rare Earth

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Ratt Ratt & Roll 8191

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Rolling Stones Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass)

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Steely Dan Decade Of Steely Dan

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Styx Greatest Hits

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Sweet Best Of Sweet

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Sweet Desolation Boulevard

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T. Rex Electric Warrior

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Van Halen 5150

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Who Who's Next

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ZZ Top Fandango

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ZZ Top Greatest Hits

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ZZ Top Tres Hombres

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ZZ Top XXX

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Total Titles – 170                        Total CDs  – 197

$1854.02

 

 

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