Title: From a Page/In The Present Live From Lyon Label: Yes 97 LLC Not the current line up, I have to say, this box set of three CDs actually includes Chris…
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Title: Dan Reed Network/Slam Label: Mercury For this funk-rock outfit, both the debut self-titled album and the second album, Slam (produced by Nile Rodgers, no less), have now been reissued with…
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All of the band’s albums have been offered love and attention from Abbey Road and are here in full, including Outlandos D’Amour (1978), Reggatta de Blanc (1979), Zenyatta Mondatta (1980), Ghost…
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Title: The Collection Label: Floating World Goodness, this man had a tough life. It’s all there, abandoned by his parents when he was no age at all, having to work instead…
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Title: Kent-Modern’s Black Music Legacy 1963-1972 Label: Kent This label was situated in 5810 South Normandie in Los Angeles, next to the clubs of South Central Los Angeles and not far…
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Title: Bayswater Beat Girls 1964-1967 Label: Ace In Live It Up!, we’re looking at a compilation of British girl singers here but not any old British girl singers. This collection of 25…
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Title: Live in Concert 1987 Label: Esoteric Building a Bridge to Your Heart, anyone? With that classic false count-in? A big, 1987 hit for this outfit. Not so much a supergroup…
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A range of CD box sets are reviewed by Paul Rigby including those from Darts, America, Renaissance, Marty Wilde and Samson plus a compilation of movie themes… The related packaging design…
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Title: Human’s Lib/Dream into Action Label: Cherry Red I’ve been watching a few recorded vintage episodes of Top of the Pops via BBC TV’s BBC Four. The time is the mid-80s…
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Title: Just For A Moment: Music 1973-1997 Label: UMC Ronnie Lane may best be known for being the bass player, songwriter and occasional vocalist for the Small Faces and the Faces.…
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Title: Deadlines Label: Esoteric The Strawbs were a strange group – which was an immediate attraction to many future fans. They emerged from a folkie tradition, more bluegrass to be honest,…
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Title: Quivers Down the Backbone Label: Jasmine When your name is Fred Heath and you run a band called the Five Nutters, then you could be forgiven for thinking that that…
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Title: Live at the Witch Trials/Dragnet Label: Cherry Red/Fall Sound Archive The Fall Sound Archive has been launched and, to celebrate the fact, the first two albums from the group form…
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Title: Breaking Up is Hard To Do Label: Jasmine A multi-talented guy, you can’t deny it. He sang, he played piano, he wrote songs for himself and for others and he…
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Title: In A Wild Sanctuary/Gandharva/All Good Men Label: Righteous Krause was a former manager of the Weavers folk group and producer at Elektra, he teamed up with Beaver who was a…
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Title: Gonna Make it Alone Label: Atomicat If there is one organisation to take advantage of a fad, fashion or, indeed, controversy then its a record label. They’ve been doing it…
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Title: 60 Juvenile Delinquent Wrecks Label: RPM What a little treasure trove of Droogs we have here. As the subtitle says this is a selection of Rock’n’Glam (and a Flavour of Bubblegum)…
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Title: The CBS Singles Collection 1982-1994 Label: Edsel He offered a combination of soul and pop with an extended talent. Although he sang many covers, he also wrote a fair amount…
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Title: At The BBC Label: Craft Presented as a slip-case CD box set, this set squeezes in eight CDs and a single DVD (you can pick the title up as an…
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Title: AndOarAgain Label: Sundazed Like his cultural compatriot, Syd Barrett, Alexander Spence – at least in those quarters that are unfamiliar with his brief creative output – is best known for…
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Title: Field Day Label: Esoteric For those who may not be aware, Phillips was one of the founders of the then prog group, Genesis. The Genesis fronted by Peter Gabriel. When…
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Title: The Island Years Label: Caroline If you ever see one of those TV documentaries on the history of punk you’re bound to have experienced a brief introduction on the range…
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Title: Jazz On A Summers Day Label: Charley A beautiful, yet compact, package, it features two 10” LPs, 40-page hardback book, CD and DVD. Often cited as the one of greatest…
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Title: You and the Night and the Music Label: Roni Music Jackson is the daughter of guitarist Ron Jackson and when she is not modelling or dancing she has sung with…
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Title: Strange-Eyed Constellations 2 Label: Disco Gecko We’ve had to wait a while since the original passed our senses, 2015 was the launch date of the original. Then again, the contents…
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Featuring remixes, rarities, hi-res digital audio and more, Paul Rigby reviews the Super Deluxe box set version of Sgt Pepper and compares it with previous stereo and mono editions The original…