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Dio
"The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2"
Release date: October 9

01. Killing the Dragon
02. Push
03. The Eyes
04. Along Comes A Spider
05. Better In The Dark
06. Fever Dreams
07. Black
08. Feed My Head
09. Shivers
10. Hunter Of The Heart (live)
11. One More For The Road
12. Lord Of The Last Day
13. Electra (bonus track)
14. As Long As It's Not About Love
15. This Is Your Life
16. Metal Will Never Die (bonus track)
17. Prisoner Of Paradise (bonus track)

So, too soon to start accusing the Dio estate of milking the fanbase? How many more releases can we expect with piecemeal bits of unreleased material?

And we're still waiting on the live DVD from Japan 1985:

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I'd more than welcome some milking of the Dio catalog.

Start with some proper QUALITY CD releases of Elf's Carolina County Ball (LA 59) and Trying to Burn the Sun. I have a quality CD copy of the first Elf album, but I am unable to locate CD versions of the other two albums unless it is a subpar quality release.

How about a compilation of Ronnie's pre-Elf recordings? Yes, in this case I know the sound would be rough as hell (doubt they could find any source material without heavy surface noise) and the material is completely different than what Dio became known for...but it would still be a nice release for the diehards that would like to have official versions of these tracks in their collection.

Deluxe versions of Dream Evil, Lock Up the Wolves and Strange Highways would be more than welcome.

Any comments on this early Elves collection? Is it worthwhile? I've seen it in stock at 'Rama before.


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Singles collection box on the way. I started a thread regarding it in the Collector's Corner forum.

Yes, too soon! This is actually a very worthy collection covering 1996-2006 and includes 4 rare cuts (3 studio and one live). Aside from the lame cover art this is one I will now purchase.
Although Angry Machines was terrible and Magica was not my thing, Killing The Dragon and Master Of The Moon were really good. I've never heard any of the rare cuts before.

Bump: track listing, release date, cover art now added.

Also some info:

Due October 9, "The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2" will feature 17 songs, including three bonus tracks, including one that hasn’t been released before.

The project is the follow-up to the gold-certified "The Very Beast Of Dio."

The new CD picks up exactly where the first volume left off — from 1996 onward. And in addition to featuring such latter-day Dio classics as "Killing The Dragon", "Push" and "Fever Dreams", the compilation will also include several rarities that fans have long requested on a single disc — "Electra" (which previously was only a part of the ultra-rare "Tournado" box set), "Prisoner of Paradise" and "Metal Will Never Die".

On October 9, Dio will release "The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2."

The companion compilation to the original, gold-certified “Very Beast Of Dio,” the new package will feature 17 songs, including three bonus tracks.

“The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2” picks up exactly where the first volume left off — from 1996 onward. And in addition to featuring such latter-day Dio classics as "Killing The Dragon", "Push" and "Fever Dreams", the compilation will also include several rarities that fans have long requested on a single disc — "Electra" (which previously was only a part of the ultra-rare "Tournado" box set), "Prisoner of Paradise" and "Metal Will Never Die".

A full audio preview of the new album is now available at Dio’s website here.
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Dio
"The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2"
Release date: October 9

01. Killing the Dragon
02. Push
03. The Eyes
04. Along Comes A Spider
05. Better In The Dark
06. Fever Dreams
07. Black
08. Feed My Head
09. Shivers
10. Hunter Of The Heart (live)
11. One More For The Road
12. Lord Of The Last Day
13. Electra (bonus track)
14. As Long As It's Not About Love
15. This Is Your Life
16. Metal Will Never Die (bonus track)
17. Prisoner Of Paradise (bonus track)

All the rare tracks snippets (I didn't want to spoil things and listen to the whole songs, though I might later!) sound killer and the song selection is excellent, even from the lackluster albums! Sound quality also seems really nice-at least from what I can tell. A definite buy for me.

Bump:
Added Amazon link-this comes out next week.