Have these ever been on CD? I was only a casual listener. Is the debut on CD as well? I know Paul Stanley produced the debut and Todd Rundgren produced "Walking Wild". Also, are these any good? I know it's AOR and "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya" was a good song, but was this wimp rock or pomp rock, or just good AOR?

They were both available as imports, now out of print and going for $25-$40 used at Amazon. Here are the forthcoming Wounded Bird reissues:

Product Description
CD reissues of the 1980 and 1981 albums from the Boston-based Rock quartet who were originally mentored by Kiss' Ace Frehley. The band's Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea would later help form the group Alcatrazz. Wounded Bird. 2009.

  

Better than average AOR, IMLO. I remember their debut being considered almost prog by WNEW-FM in New York City, kinda like they treated the first Foreigner album.

I have "Explorer Suite" on CD. Think it's English. May have even bought it in the UK. The sound is OK. A little bright in that '80s kinda way, but fine. I always thought the title track was terrific and still do. Bought the CD for that alone. As for the rest, I agree with Linda.

First CD available at Amazon (Linda can make the link IMWAN-friendly):



http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000005NO3/?tag=imwan-20

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I also have the live CD:



http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000TAO3Y/?tag=imwan-20

Not as good as the first album. Saw them open for Kiss on the Dynasty tour, and I really liked them. I've had the first release on vinyl, cassette, 8-track and CD. Somewhere, I have a 12" vinyl promo with six live tracks from the 1979 tour.

Alan