Title: The A&M Years Label: Caroline Stealers Wheel were formed around the core of two people, Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan (see the review of the vinyl version of the Egan…
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Title: Matthew Fisher/Strange Days Label: Angel Air A founder member of the legendary Procol Harum, Matthew Fisher was the organist for the band, delved into production and arrangements and, after a…
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Title: 28 Classic U.S. Novelties Label: Jasmine Another crazy selection of crazy tunes of a novelty nature – we’ve been in this territory before, of course. Many will be familiar but…
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Title: Head Over Heels Label: 4AD It’s still a big call and many will disagree but, as far as I’m concerned, the Cocteau Twins were 4AD. They represented and projected everything…
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Title: Five Label: BMG There’s a sort of tradition in prog rock that keyboard players should be ‘out there’. All teeth and capes, lots of flash, loud, playing a portable keyboard…
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Title: I’m Funky Now Label: Westbound You might not know Melvin Sparks but does Grant Green tinkle any bells? If you know the soul jazz guitar of Green then Sparks’ style,…
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Title: Ducks in Flight Label: Repertoire The first time that this album has ever appeared on CD, this is a bit of a ‘lost’ album that – according to the fans…
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Title: Monsters, Vampires, Voodoos & Spooks Label: Jasmine I may have missed Halloween by the odd several months but this monster compilation is still worthy of mention. There are, as the…
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CD Rock Review Soul/R&B ReviewThe Doobie Brothers: For The Benefit of Mr Kite (and Mr Lion, Mr Elephant…)
Title: Rockin’ Down The Highway Label: Floating World An intriguing one this, because The Doobie Brothers recorded this double CD affair in 1996 as a benefit concert for the Wildlife Conservation…
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Title: Light Fuse Get Away Label: Floating World When the dearly deperted Grateful Dead, well, departed, a vacuum the size of the outer rim of the galaxy emerged. To be filled…
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Title: Live at the BBC 1970-1978 Label: Repertoire Formed in Stafford, England in 1968: the Midlands Delta as the band would have it, CBB were initially signed to Parlophone who were…
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Title: Live Album Label: Repertoire This UK outfit includes ex-Manfred Mann vocalist Paul Jones and Dave Kelly – who has been releasing music for decades – including the John Drummer Band. The album…
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Title: Upp/This Way Label: Floating World Go on, how many of you know this band, then? There may be a few aficionados out there but I’ll bet you’re in the minority.…
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Title: Topographic Drama Label: Rhino During it’s 2016 tour, Yes played its 1980 album Drama in its entirety. The first time it had ever done such a thing. More than that,…
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Title: Hotel California Label: Asylum There are plenty of hated famous bands and artists out there, although the emotion can sometimes be drawn for unexpected reasons. For example, other people’s success…
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Black Sabbath has released a luxurious and wide ranging vinyl box set covering their glory years from the 70s. Paul Rigby provides a thorough review and interviews the reissue mastering engineer,…
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Title: A Fire in the Sky Label: Rhino I’m taking an opportunity to look at a body of work that spans almost 50 years, rather than a single album and I…
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Title: The Heat is On Label: Speakers Corner I was surprised to see this reissue from the German audiophile outfit. Maybe I’ve been looking the other way for too long but…
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Title: Greatest Hits & Rock St. Trop Label: Snapper Some people thought that The Rolling Stones were the bad boys of 60s rock but those people never saw The Pretty Things.…
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Title: The Atco Albums Collection Label: Atco It’s amazing that this man had been active in the music business since the late 50s but he really didn’t become generally known until…
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Title: Hoodoo Label: BMG The blues just oozes from Moyet’s husky presentation and it’s one that has progressively matured. This essentially pop-oriented singer grew up as a member of the synth…
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Title: Diamond Cuts Label: Nettwerk Think AC/DC and you’ve basically got this Aussie rock band in one. With a bit of Rose Tattoo thrown in for good measure. The band’s debut…
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Title: Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain Label: Caroline Liverpool-born China Crisis has always been an interesting band. They take a low key organic band…
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Title: Body of Work Label: Polydor The problem with Godley & Creme, as performing musicians, as a duo is…that they were Godley & Creme, performing musicians, as a duo. The guys…
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Title: The Solid Book of Rock Label: Demon After a fallow period in the heavy metal band’s history, the period from 1991 to 2009 saw a resurgence and a gradual turn…
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Interviews VinylDevialet & Fondamenta get TOTALLY LACQUERED: Phoenix Restoration/Mastering System promises enhanced sonics
Gallic mastering engineering outfit, Fondamenta, via the French audiophile hi-fi outfit, Devialet, has launched the Lost Sessions series of vinyl using the latter’s new Phoenix system The Lost Recordings is a…
