Ultimate Rhoads

Various pics of RR Enjoy

Cheers for sharin, the last one is new to me, got any more like that?

That last one I remeber as the back cover to a book, or the last page, or something.
Ahh...the betrayal of what was once my memory...

That last one in el Paso is very sad for me, that is the last boot show that we have of Randy and was about a month before he died.
In that picture Tommy is coming down the steps so I guess it was the end of the show before they took a bow which I suppose follows the point at which the tape was turned off.

very sad indeed.

Ian

whoopiecat wrote:That last one I remeber as the back cover to a book, or the last page, or something.
Ahh...the betrayal of what was once my memory...

Yeah you are right Whoopie that pic is in the opening page of the Ozzy HM photo book by Shinko music publishing. It's a great book to look out for and its full of great photos of Randy on stage and off.

Thanks GI I have that book...well, sort of. Can you believe when I was a kid, I actually bought two and cut them up to add those pages to the scrapbook I have? After all these years, I think a couple of pages were lost over the years, as I started it in '82 and was finished with the bulk of it by '85.
Do you remember if Shinko did one on just Heavy Metal of the day in general?
I seem to remember one that had Ozzy, Priest, Maiden, UFO, Scorps. I remember most of these acts each had a volume of their own. I think AC/DC wound up with two.

I Know those Books!!!& in fact did the same thing,actually my older brother started it,but cut up those books for the Scrapbook.

whoopiecat wrote:Thanks GI I have that book...well, sort of. Can you believe when I was a kid, I actually bought two and cut them up to add those pages to the scrapbook I have? After all these years, I think a couple of pages were lost over the years, as I started it in '82 and was finished with the bulk of it by '85.
Do you remember if Shinko did one on just Heavy Metal of the day in general?
I seem to remember one that had Ozzy, Priest, Maiden, UFO, Scorps. I remember most of these acts each had a volume of their own. I think AC/DC wound up with two.

Your memory has been giving a big jolt its all coming back to you now Eh! You are on the right lines. I have the collection of HM photo books they did individual books on Led Zep, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Ozzy and possibly Status Quo ?. Then they had a few books with various bands, one was titled 'HM Photo book - Heavy Metal in Japan'. This had loads of bands in it Rainbow Saxon Rush Kiss Y&T MSG Priest UFO Twisted Sister Aerosmith VH Def Leppard Gillan Thin Lizzy AC/DC Motley Crue Blackfoot + more. Then a very similar one entitled Metal Age this had other bands like WASP Iron Maiden ZZ Top Accept Lita Ford Journey Nightranger Motorhead + others. Then the last one which i think is very rare is the HM/USA book this had alot of Metal bands like Manowar Amored Saint BlacknBlue Queensryche WASP Quiet Riot + more. A great collection and i never get bored looking through them it brings back loads of memories of the 80's metal scene and days of going to see the same bands back at the time Oh! Happy Days

Wow! Thanks for the info kind Sir! We have a local record chain here called Newbury Comics. Obviously times have changed, but back in the 80's, they had lots of vinyl, mags & books from Europe and Japan. I've still got a baggie full of Rhoads pins (badges) that I got from there that wound up all over my denim jacket
Lastly, were these common photographers that contributed to the series, (Halfin, Zlozower, etc.), or were they from Japan?
Thank you again,
Tom

whoopiecat wrote: Lastly, were these common photographers that contributed to the series, (Halfin, Zlozower, etc.), or were they from Japan?
Thank you again,
Tom

The books varied slightly but the main nucleus of known Rock photographers like Halfin, Sobel, Ellis, Preston,Cox,Costello, Zlozower etc. The Japanese photographers did make up a big percentage of the photos in the compilation books.

Nice pics, at least half of them are new to me
By any chance, Does anyone have a colored version of this?


I been looking a colored version but no luck

same here i've tried looking but no goose! i'd love to see it in color,but the dark black and white gives it one mysterious feel!!

Yeah, can't believe its hard to find a color version of that pic!
I agree with that, but I think the coloring will make it awe inspiring

yeah it will and we can get a better look at that board of his too!!!!!

I'm sure that was taking on black & White film. It has only appeared in the RR Guitar World collectors edition from 2006. Then it showed up in the Guitar Legends special collectors edition 2008. I'm sure its from the Ross Halfin Palladium NY 1981 set.