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Cars, The: The Road to Heartbeat City Collector's Series (Ltd. Ed. Extended Vinyl)

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Cars, The: The Road to Heartbeat City Collector's Series (Ltd. Ed. Extended Vinyl)The Road to Heartbeat City Collector's Series bundles the first five Cars' albums together in one awesome package!! This bundle includes: The Cars The Cars Original Master The Cars Candy O (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, 2XLP Vinyl) The Cars Panorama (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, 2XLP Vinyl) The Cars Shake It Up (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, Color, 2XLP Vinyl) The Cars Heartbeat City (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, Opaque White, 2XLP Vinyl) The Cars were formed in 1976

 

The Road to Heartbeat City Collector's Series bundles the first five Cars' albums together in one awesome package!!

This bundle includes:

  1. The Cars -The Cars - Original Master
  2. The Cars -Candy-O - (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, 2XLP Vinyl)
  3. The Cars -Panorama - (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, 2XLP Vinyl)
  4. The Cars -Shake It Up (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, Color, 2XLP Vinyl)
  5. The Cars -Heartbeat City (Ltd. Ed. Expanded, 180G, Opaque White, 2XLP Vinyl)

The Cars were formed in 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts by Ric Ocasek (vocals/rhythm guitar) and Benjamin Orzechowski (known professionally as Benjamin Orr) (bassist/vocals). The original line up consisted of Ocasek, Orr, Elliot Easton (lead guitar), David Robinson (drums) and Greg Hawkes (keyboardist).

The Cars were considered "New Wave"- which basically was power pop that included electronic music. In the 70's, New Wave was also called Post Punk. In the 80's, it had morphed into synth driven pop and in many ways dominated top 40 radio. It played a major role in early MTV. It includes bands like Blondie, Tears for Fears, Elvis Costello, The Talking Heads, The Go Gos, Duran Duran, The Bangles, Madness, The Cure, The Knack, The Pretenders and even The Police.

Modern bands that have been influenced heavily by this style range from the Strokes to The Killers and many more.

New Wave really broke from the independent club scene in the 70's and The Cars were one of the early standouts of the style. They really merged rock and new wave together.

The band signed with Elektra in 1977. Elektra's big acts at the time were The Eagles and Jackson Browne. So, the Cars were the only New Wave band on the label. They released their self titled debut in 1978. - It was recorded with legendary producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen). It included the hit singles "Just What I Needed", "My Best Friend's Girl", and "Good Times Roll".

The Cars went on to sell over a million units. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard 200 in 1979. It remained on the chart for 139 weeks. Rolling Stone ranked the album #284 in its massive "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. The self-titled LP has since gone 6X Platinum.

In June of 1979, the band released its second album, Candy - O. It featured the bands first Top 20 hit - "Let's Go". Once again, the album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200. Candy-O is 4X platinum.

Panorama was released in 1980. This is definitely the most experimental album of The Cars career, and once again, they recorded with Roy Thomas Baker. The record peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200, producing one single and eventually going platinum.

In 1981, The Cars released Shake It Up. They purchased a studio in Boston and named it Syncro Sound. This was the last album produced by Roy Thomas Baker, peaking at #9 on Billboard Pop Albums. It delivered the bands first top ten single with the title track "Shake It Up" and went to #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #2 on Mainstream Rock. Shake It Up also featured the singles "Cruiser", "Since You're Gone", "Think It Over", and "Victim of Love". The album is now 2X Platinum.

The band took a break after Shake It Up. Both Ocasek and and Hawkes released solo projects. In 1984, the band reunited and decided to make a key change in the producer. They went to London and recorded with Robert "Mutt" Lange. Although Lange had recorded a ton of huge acts, he had just finished a run of records starting in 1980 that included AC/DC - Back In Black, Foreigner - 4, Def Leppard - High N Dry, AC/DC - For Those About To Rock We Salute You, and Def Leppard - Pyromania. Next up was Heartbeat City.

Heartbeat City contains five American Top 40 singles. "Drive" and "You Might Think" were both Top 10 singles. Radio singles included "You Might Think", "Its Not The Night", "Magic", "Drive", "Hello Again", and "Why Cant I Have You". The album peaked at #3 on Billboard 200, and #25 on UK Albums (OCC). The singles also received significant airplay on MTV and the album went 4X Platinum.

In April, The Cars were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. It's been 40 years since the bands self-titled debut and 34 years since the career defining Heartbeat City. The band was nominated for three Grammy Awards, has 13 Top 40 Singles, four straight Top 10 Albums, MTV Video of the Year Award, and Multiple MTV and Billboard nominations.

*You can listen to more on Episode 6 of the Blind Tiger Record Club Podcast with Guest Kevin Lee:

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Caylee T.
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Holy moly that story definitely had me hooked! Kieran was definitely a character that I immediately adored. She has obviously had to deal with a butt load of too high expectations from her father (who is 🤬).. She has been helpless when it came to finding out her affinity with so many years of no answers & perceived failure. When Ronan, gives her a small inkling of hope that she be a Beast Tamer, she jumps into it. But again she doesn’t seem to fit. But when she runs into Gabe again, she ends up helping him & rethinking her life in Alfemir. And when the opportunity comes she decides leaving is the best option. But when Ronan demands he comes with her & then the random appearance of Bastian, she is feeling very overwhelmed. After she chooses to fall with them, they land on earth exactly where Gabe is located only to run into Steele who is a person that I was finding hard to like. After training, she eventually finds out she does have an affinity & it’s one that no longer exist & is incredibly powerful but also has a prophecy attached to it. I feel incredibly bad for her on she learns about the prophecy & Steele’s connection with it too. But that ending, with the battle scene & Niz….yeah definitely was not expecting that but hello I am all here for it too! Absolutely amazing start of a series & I for sure will be waiting for the next one to come out. Amazing job!
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BobbiJo- SpicyBookswBB
Louisville, US
★★★★★ 5
So good!
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Wings of Stars was a fantastic first book to a new series. It grabbed me in its clutches within the first chapter and kept ahold of me. This new world of M Sinclair and RL Caulder’s is all about angels and mythical creatures. It’s full of drama from all points. From Kieran’s awful home life to keeping the stars alive and everything in between. Kieran is our FMC and despite everything she keeps her spirit and defiance. Keeping to their norm, there is a group of guys for our FMC but they definitely aren’t established yet, and not fully cemented yet into being a group rather than her choosing between them. Ronan is so sweet and gives off Daddy vibes Gabe is also sweet and wants the best of everything for Kieran and will defend her against anyone Bastian is slightly unhinged but I loved him immediately Steele is a jerk… just as you find redeeming qualities, he screws up again… but yet I still want him to redeem himself. There’s another one… but if I gave his name I would be spoiling a plot twist so you will just have to find out yourself… but you’ll love him as much as I do. This is a slow burn but the little bit of spice we do get is hot, especially with the dirty talk.
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Gabby C.
Draper, US
★★★★★ 5
Angels and the Fallen — Breathtaking Start
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This book was EVERYTHING I expected it to be and more. Leave to R.L. Caulder and M. Sinclair to give us yet another amazing book! Kieran and her guys hooked me from the very beginning and did not let go. Found family is one of my favorite tropes and it was done so well in this book. Couple that along with an FMC trying to find her place in the world and I was practically drooling over this book. The world building, the conflict, the wyverin sidekick — it all was done so well that it felt fresh and real. Each love interest felt real and unique in their own ways. I felt connected to each one and like they were truly different people. I love that so much in a book and these two authors never miss with their love interests. Multi POV, Reverse harem, who did this to you, and a magical world highlighting the angels and the fallen. This book has everything and it does it so well. Big thank you to R.L. Caulder and M. Sinclair for the arc copy! I cannot wait for book 2!
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Chrystal
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★★★★★ 4
A new take 🤔
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I’m not going to go into what this book is about — by now you e already read the synopsis and have an idea — but I will give a couple of insights. Definitely a different take on angels and their fall; I like it. This is an interesting start to a new series - YES, this does end on a cliffhanger so be prepared for that. I’m eager for the next book (and hopefully the last in this series — sometimes the author(s) will switch it up depending on how the story flows for them) in this series. I’m hoping that a certain male character redeems himself because he’s a dick that will make the meaning of mixed signals jealous lol. You ever watch that old movie — I think it’s call Mommy Dearest? — yea, let’s switch that up to daddy. That man would make a perfect husband to mommy dearest. I recommend this book because while these authors are well known for their cliffhangers, they are also well known for putting out good stories.
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M Weidner
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I liked the worlds and the characters. The prophesy is confusing in that I would think, since all worlds ore on a path to destruction, the angels would want their world to be saved. I am sure there is more evil that will be revealed as the series proceeds. I dislike a prolonged “poor little me” trope and the main character has moved past that, thankfully, and began to show a fierce attitude as the novel progressed. The last portion of the novel had some great action. It’s worth reading, just be patient with a slow start.
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