38 Special - Rockin' Into The Night

Size: 88.4 MB
Time: 38:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980
Styles: Rock
Art: Front, Back

1. Rockin' Into The Night [3:58]
2. Stone Cold Believer [4:18]
3. Take Me Through The Night [4:14]
4. Money Honey [3:09]
5. The Love That I've Lost [4:30]
6. You're The Captain [4:26]
7. Robin Hood [4:39]
8. You Got The Deal [4:45]
9. Turn It On [4:34]

With this album, 38 Special incorporates some arena rock elements into its sound.
The title track, written by three members of Survivor, became the band's first big hit (peaking at #43 during a nine-week run on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart),[2] and marked the first of many songs Jim Peterik would write for and with the band.

"Money Honey" is a cover of a 1953 song by Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters.
Don Barnes – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

Rockin' Into The Night

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38 Special - Classics

Released: 2016
Size: 154.5 MB
Time: 67:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Southern Hard Rock
Art: Full

1. Little Sheba [4:55]
2. Hold On Loosely [4:37]
3. Twentieth Century Fox [3:44]
4. Rock And Roll Strategy [4:34]
5. Tear It Up [4:37]
6. You Definitely Got Me [5:09]
7. The Sound Of Your Voice [4:56]
8. Midnight Magic [4:21]
9. Teacher, Teacher [3:14]
10. Undercover Lover [4:12]
11. Against The Night [3:34]
12. First Time Around [4:01]
13. Deja Voodoo [5:58]
14. Fade To Blue [4:34]
15. Find My Way Back [4:57]

Initially, .38 Special were one of many Southern rock bands in the vein of the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd; in fact, the band was led by Donnie Van Zant, the brother of Skynyrd's leader, Ronnie Van Zant. After releasing a couple of albums of straight-ahead Southern boogie, the band revamped its sound to fall halfway between country-fried blues-rock and driving, arena-ready hard rock. The result was a string of hit albums and singles in the early '80s, highlighted by "Caught Up in You," "If I'd Been the One," "Back Where You Belong," and "Like No Other Night." .38 Special's popularity dipped in the late '80s as MTV-sponsored pop and heavy metal cut into their audience. Though the band had its biggest hit in 1989 with the ballad "Second Chance," it proved to be their last gasp -- they faded away in the early '90s, retiring to the oldies circuit.

Donnie Van Zant (vocals) formed the Jacksonville, FL-based .38 Special in 1975 with Jeff Carlisi (guitar), Don Barnes (guitar, vocals), Ken Lyons (bass), Jack Grondin (drums), and Steve Brookins (drums). Two years later, the band signed with A&M Records and released its eponymous debut. Neither 38 Special or its follow-up, Special Delivery, received much attention, but the group began to build up a following through its constant touring. Bassist Lyons left before the recording of 1979's Rockin' Into the Night, the album that demonstrated a more melodic, driving sound; he was replaced by Larry Junstrom. Rockin' Into the Night became a moderate hit, but 1981's Wild-Eyed Southern Boys was a genuine hit, going platinum and generating the Top 40 "Hold On Loosely." Special Forces, released in 1982, was even more popular, spawning the Top Ten single "Caught Up in You." Tour de Force (1983) and Strength in Numbers (1986) were both successes, and the band continued to be a popular touring outfit. Barnes and Brookins left in 1987; Barnes was replaced by Danny Chauncey.

Classics

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38 Special - Drivetrain

Released: 2004
Size: 127.0 MB
Time: 55:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Sthn` Rock
 Art: Front , Back, CD

1. Something I Need [4:00]
2. Hurts Like Love [4:43]
3. Haley's Got A Harley [4:04]
4. Jam On [4:57]
5. Make Some Sense Of It [4:40]
6. Quick Fix [3:57]
7. The Squeeze [5:04]
8. The Play [5:15]
9. Bad Looks Good On You [5:04]
10. Trooper With An Attitude [3:27]
11. Hiding From Yourself [5:06]
12. Sheriff's County Line [5:07]

With Lynyrd Skynyrd off the road from the late '70s through the early '80s, an enormous void was created in the Southern rock genre, and such similarly styled acts as .38 Special came to the rescue. Although the group peaked during the early days of MTV ("Hold On Loosely," "Caught Up in You," etc.), .38 Special continued to issue albums, albeit on a less regular basis, throughout the '90s. But after the release of 1997's Resolution, the only new albums to surface from the band were a live set (1999's Live at Sturgis) and, quite oddly, a Christmas set (2001's A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night). By 2004, seven years had passed since their last all-new studio album, and the "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys" were finally ready to deliver a new set, Drivetrain. Surprisingly, the boys have almost completely bypassed the melodic rock approach that made hits out of the aforementioned tunes, as they've toughened up their sound considerably. In fact, it almost appears as though the group is focusing solely on winning over the biker crowd, as evidenced by the tough, almost Zeppelin-like rocker "Hurts Like Love" or from such song titles as "Haley's Got a Harley" and "Trooper With an Attitude." Not exactly what you'd expect from the same band that once supplied the theme song to the 1984 teen comedy drama Teachers. ~ Greg Prato .38 Special (Rock): Don Barnes (vocals, guitar); Donnie Van Zant (vocals); Danny Chauncey (guitar, keyboards); Bobby Capps (keyboards, background vocals); Larry Junstrom (bass instrument); Gary Moffet (drums).

Drivetrain

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