RhoDeo 1240 Goldy Rhox 77

Hello, today the 77th post of Goldy Rhox, classic pop rock. In the darklight today are an English symphonic rock band formed in 1970.  The group from Birmingham released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. They were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.

Despite early singles success in the United Kingdom, the band were initially more successful in the United States, billed as "The English guys with the big fiddles" They soon gained a cult following despite lukewarm reviews back in their native United Kingdom. By the mid-1970s, they had become one of the biggest-selling acts in music. From 1972 to 1986, they accumulated 27 Top-40 hit singles in both the UK and the US. The group also scored 20 Top 20 UK hit singles, as well as 19 Top-20 hit singles in the US. The band also holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100, Top 40 hits of any group in US chart history without ever having a number one single. They sold over 50 million records worldwide during the group's active period of recording and touring.

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Most of the albums i 'll post made many millions for the music industry and a lot of what i intend to post still gets repackaged and remastered decades later, squeezing the last drop of profit out of bands that for the most part have ceased to exist long ago, although sometimes they get lured out of the mothballs to do a big bucks gig or tour. Now i'm not as naive to post this kinda music for all to see and have deleted, these will be a black box posts, i'm sorry for those on limited bandwidth but for most of you a gamble will get you a quality rip don't like it, deleting is just 2 clicks...That said i will try to accommodate somewhat and produce some cryptic info on the artist and or album.

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Todays mystery album was the sixth studio album by the band, released in  September 1976. The second album to be recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, the album proved to be the band's long awaited breakthrough in the UK: after seeing their previous three studio recordings fail to chart in their home market, todays mystery album became their first top ten album in the UK. It became a huge global success and would consolidate the band's position as one of the biggest selling rock bands in the world, reaching multi-platinum status in the US and UK, The album sold five million units worldwide within its first year of release. The cover art features their famous logo, designed by Kosh, for the first time. This logo would be included on several of the group's subsequent releases. Here in it's remastered version.


Goldy Rhox 77   (flac 373mb)

Goldy Rhox 77   (ogg 134mb)


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