The Blackened Air: Clear Vinyl LP Modern Talking USE YOUR ILLUSION I remastered

USE YOUR ILLUSION I remastered for the first-time ever from high-resolution 96kHz 24-bit transfers from the original stereo 1/2-inch analog master tapes

His energized interpretations of songs

It’s a reunion that was unexpected at the outset - even by the band members themselves - but the end result after getting their collective legs back is an album that true Venom fans will gladly add to the top of their playlists

and the updated branding of a longtime bandleader who'd decided to expand his reach

Soft Like a Flower

The Blackened Air: Clear Vinyl LP Modern Talking USE YOUR ILLUSION I remasteredOn The Blackened Air (her second album but first for Touch and Go, originally released in 2002), Nina Nastasia and her band are not content to just support a vocal melody; they pry it apart and look down its throat. The stringed and wind instruments (viola, cello, mandolin, accordion, bowed saw, acoustic and electric guitars) reach up out of the songs into rarefied territory. Little stories of Peeping Toms and the police lights they bring with them,