I just put this vinyl record player to good use for the first time in years,
it's been collecting dust for far too long.
It's made to look like an american muscle car from the sixties.
The album is '
Seeds of Change' from 1980 and it was the first solo album Kerry Livgren put out,
with guest singers on each track.
I couldn't believe my luck when I found it in one of my local vinyl stores. I guess it's a rare album
to come across these days around my parts and I don't think the owner knew what it was
because he sold it to me for only $2 U.S.
I bought it because I knew Ronnie James Dio sang on two of the tracks and because Dio was/is
one of my music heroes. One of the songs was
'To Live For the King' which is in the video above
(and it's one of the most beautiful songs I've heard) and the other being
'Mask of the Great Deceiver'.
Dio was on fire around this time. He recorded the
'Heaven and Hell' album with Sabbath
between October 1979 and January 1980 and then collaborated with Livgren on his
'Seeds of Change' album, recording those two songs between February and March 1980.