Album Notes

For over 8 years Derek McDonald has been producing high quality music compilations. Polishing of Metal is the latest in that legacy. Now with a more robust design than the past releases, Polishing of Metal takes CD technology father than it has ever gone before! Manufactured by a major label but distributed independently, Polishing of Metal sees author Derek McDonald take you on a journey 35 years in the making with over 8 years of research behind him. Discover the most diverse form of music since Jazz to evolve. Featuring over 900 album reviews, 1304 band biographies, 19 videos, 5 hours of music, color photographs, thousands of pages of digital text, and web links, this interractive multimedia experience is perfect for the novice and experienced "metalhead" alike. Illustrated and Alphabetized. Also features updates to The Alliance and Recorded History past projects! The disc features over an hour of MP3 encoded music not listed in the track listings on this display, not to mention at least another hour of music videos! This disc is quite simply the best bang for your buck - a true bargain. A MUST HAVE FOR HEAVY METAL FANATICS! NO collection is complete without it! 2CD set. Software operation is MAC & PC compatible. Requires Adobe Acrobat v5 or better, MP3 player software, CD player, WMV compliant video player software, 128MB RAM, 466Mhz or faster computer and ISO 9660 CD/DVD-ROM 12x or faster and MC-OS or Windows 95 or better.