Thursday, May 14, 2020

Frank VESTRY: "My Collection"

Rating: - (compilation)
Label: Lions Pride Music
Review by Kimmo Toivonen

Frank Vestry may not be a household name, but he does have a long history. This album is collection (no surprise!) of songs from his career, starting with Jack Starr's Burning Starr album "Rock The American Way". It also features songs from the bands Laneslide, Last Temptation, The Pack and Devias. One third of the album's songs originate from the highly-rated Marcello-Vestry album (2008), on which he collaborated with Danger Danger members Rob Marcello and Bruno Ravel.

Despite being from various songs, the album sounds rather cohesive. The production quality  varies, but the musical style stays pretty much the same. Depending of the era they were originally recorded, the songs come with typical stylings of the time, but in the end, it's AOR, melodic hard rock all the way.

Mr. Vestry has a great voice for this kind of material, sounding to my ears like a relaxed Mike Reno (Loverboy). Yeah, I like this... so much that I need to get my hands on the original releases these songs came from.

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