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I've always enjoyed they're tunes especially 'Ballroom Blitz', 'Blockbuster' and 'Fox On The Run'. I still love the haunting sound of the song 'Love Is Like Oxygen'. The band really progressed on and showed how much they had developed creatively.

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Rare Hard Rock Version of Song:
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Sweet and Slade were the first bands that really caught my attention as a kid, made me want to grow my hair! Seems odd now that they weren't allowed to play on their early records, and the early stuff is such a contrast to how they developed. Shame Brian Connelly went so young, he seemed to have it all.

"Action" is probably my favourite sweet track, possibly Def Leppard's too!

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Hell yeah, I love that band. Desolation Blvd was one of the best hard rock records of the 70's,IMO. Sweet FA and Solid Gold Brass were two of my favorites. I always thought Queen ripped off their vocal style, with those layered harmony parts.

Been a fan since....well..............the 70's



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[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbEuRzlhIs[/video]

I listened to Desolation Blvd a few months ago and was knocked out by how great the mix still sounds. That reverb is just as sweet as ever through headphones.

STUPID QUESTION ALERT - Sweet in particular always had a 'trademark' backing vocal with VERY high octave voices in there. Was that backing singers, early harmonizer tricks, or guys like Queen's Roger Taylor who could actually hit that high ?

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