This week, in issue 3, I offer you a round dozen of recent releases for review, splitting the content into CD and Vinyl For your delectation, this week… ON VINYL TIMO…
Last week I offered you a dozen or more pieces of vinyl for review. This time I’m mixing it up a little, splitting the content into CD and vinyl For your…
I’ve recently been suffering from a build up of wax – the Doc suggested that the best way to clear it would be to do more reviewing! So here it be.…
Title: Recurring Dreams Label: Kscope It’s a group without any original members. A combination of living memorial and pension scheme for the estate of founder, Edgar Froese. As such, I would…
Title: Afraid of Sunlight Label: Parlophone Ahhh, yes, this was the one. This was the album that really set post-Fish Marillion onto a new and steady pathway. It provided a new…
Title: The Everly Brothers Label: Demon The duo’s debut release proved to be incredibly successful for the Kentucky brothers as well as providing a touchstone to host of future music stars.…
Title: The Comforts of Madness Label: 4AD Formed in 1987 in Leeds, the band’s third demo recording attracted the attention of 4AD’s Ivo Watts-Russell who saw the group play in 1989.…
Title: Coat of Arms Label: SPV No, this is not another review of a classic album from the band’s catalogue this is, wait for it, a new album! In fact, the…
Title: The Josh White Stories Vols: I & II Label: Jasmine He sang a combination of blues and folk but he was also part of the New York scene populated by…
Title: Justified Man, The Studio Albums 1995-2003 Label: Purple Records You might know Glenn Hughes for his time with the rock outfit, Deep Purple (from 1973 to 1976), Black Sabbath, Trapeze (for…
Title: Perhaps Label: Cherry Red Billy Mackenzie and Alan Rankine, straight from Edinburgh, Scotland, managed to pull it off. They managed to produce a creative entity that was, in my eyes…
Title: Like A Virgin Label: Sire She was a force in music, changing the scene with a combination of pop and disco dance-infused rhythms while lifting other people’s edgy themes and…
He should have been a big star, says Paul Rigby, but Jack Scott’s music career perfectly followed the ups and downs of the pop music business of the time. Jack Scott…
Title: Before the Beginning, Vol.1: Live 1968 Label: We Are Vinyl This is the first of – I assume – two proposed sets that mirror the earlier CD releases of the…
Title: Crossroads Revisited: Selection From the Crossroads Guitar Festivals Label: Rhino Eric Clapton runs a charity organisation, based in Antigua, in the West Indies. Founded to run and maintain a rehabilitation…
Title: …But Seriously Label: Rhino The fourth solo outing from Phil Collins, …But Seriously was initially released in 1989. A quick count on the fingers reveals that the piece has now…
Title: Green River/Willy and the Poor Boys Label: Craft Newly reissued after some love and attention from Abbey Road, both of these Creedence albums were initially released in 1969: it was…
Title: Halloween 73 Label: Zappa Records OK, I’m a little late on the Halloween thing but I just had to include this collection.. It includes two complete Halloween shows recorded on…
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…
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…
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…
Title: Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival Label: earMUSIC Spanning The Who’s appearance in the famous live 1970 festival, the content does include a few lesser know pieces including I…
Title: The Timeless Nowhere Label: Rune Grammofon This is a four LP collection of new material and rarities. Four vinyl LPs, that is plus two extra CDs that duplicates the material.…
Title: The Soft Parade Label: Rhino Originally released in 1969, many Doors fans would look upon this album as one of the band’s lesser efforts. Lesser in terms of Jim Morrison’s…
Title: Birds of Fire Label: Speakers Corner To call the Mahavishnu Orchestra a fusion group or a jazz-rock combo would be to over simplify the talent. Lead and indeed founded by…
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…