Title: Welcome to Hell Label: BMG The uniquely British heavy rock phenomenon, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) allowed heavy rock to evolve and move forwards by adopting elements…
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Title: BBC Radiophonic Music Label: Silva Screen Formed in 1956, the BBC’s Radiophonic Music was created to be the in-house music team, creating incidental and title music for a host of…
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Title: The Vinyl Collection 1995-2001 Label: Demon Cast popped up along with a host of other bands during the Brit-pop era in the mid-90s, although they had to fight their corner…
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Title: The Essential Album Collection Vol.1 Label: BMG Classic krautrock all the way from Munich and all the way from 1970 when Popol Vuh were initially formed. They were the first…
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Title: Loose Salute Label: Music on Vinyl Who would have thought that an ex-Monkee would end up being a space cowboy? More than that, who would have thought that his solo…
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Title: I Love Marijuana Label: Music On Vinyl Hardly subtle, is it? A multi-talented producer, song-writer and performer, this comparatively little known (in broader terms at least) man from Jamaica is…
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Title: The Crossing Label: Music On Vinyl The band’s debut release from 1983, this rock outing had an expansive and anthemic feel to it. Big, bold rhythms and arrangements with hooks…
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Title: Voyage aux fonds de la Mer Label: Wah Wah We’re taking a trip to the bottom of the sea on this outing with Alain Meunier. The LP was originally released…
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Title: Cinco No.2 Label: Rhino A box set of five LPs from the beardy rockers, the whole is packaged within a slip case box and is mastered nicely via Rhino. The…
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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: Sukram Gurk/Siloah Label: Wah Wah A German band touching on classic krautrock, prog, a bit of psych and folk too. Siloah really were a group, living on a farm as a commune,…
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Title: Jazz In Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden Label: BBE This 5LP vinyl box set reveals a long-lost series of concert tapes. In fact this music was originally…
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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: Extended Label: Chrysalis I have harboured a secret love for the end of many Ultravox’s songs. An odd revelation, I admit. The reason? Ultravox liked to stop singing near…
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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…
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Title: Evenfall Label: Disco Gecko A low-toned ambient piece that fits snugly into the soundscape genre, this album features six pieces that flow gently in the wind. There’s the solitude of…
