Title: Volumes 1 & 2 Label: Third Man Until Third Man drew my attention to it, the Ann Arbor festival had completely past me by. It took place across 1-3 August,…
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Title: Hassan’s Walk Label: Pure Pleasure Originally released in 1983 on Nimbus West Records in Los Angeles, USA, Pure Pleasure has offered jazz fans a real prize. If for no other…
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He joined Bill Haley as a young member of the Comets and was thrust straight into the limelight, in the lead guitar role. Paul Rigby talks to Johnny Kay about his…
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Title: Miles Smiles Label: Mobile Fidelity Often thoughtful and sometimes brooding, you often had the feeling that Miles Davis self analysed while he played that famous, economical, ‘cool’, often muted, trumpet.…
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Title: Lone Wolf: The Roost Alternates Label: Run Out Groove A man with a sax, Sonny Stitt was skilled on both tenor and alto although if you shoved an alto in…
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Titles: Nazareth/Exercises/The Fool Circle Label: Salvo A new batch of individual vinyl LPs from the band has been released from Salvo and I managed to grab three often ignored titles to…
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Title: Ogdens Nut Gone Flake Label: Charly There are classic albums, then there’s classic albums, then there’s this stone cold classic from the little mod lads. A stormer, you might say.…
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Title: 50 Years Don’t Stop Label: Warner Bros I have to admit, when I initially heard that Fleetwood Mac were releasing a new compilation of their works, I slumped just a…
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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: Live and Direct Label: Music on Vinyl Aswad largely considered to be Britain’s greatest ever reggae band, this West London outfit began with Brinsley “Dan” Forde on guitar and vocals…
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Title: Absolutely The…Uniques Label: Music on Vinyl Trios were a popular group format in the early 60s as ska became a popular phenomenon in Jamaica. In this rocksteady/reggae case, the trio…
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Title: Everything is Everything Label: Speakers Corner Frustrating. That’s Donny Hathaway. That this soul man, with a smooth voice, an accomplished interpreter of the protest song, a singer who some believed…
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Title: Rejuvenation Label: Demon Thought they’d all died? Or had retired to become postmen, street cleaners and shelf packers in Tescos? Oh no. Simple Minds might have moved out of the…
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Title: The Complete Landsdowne Recordings 1965-1969 Label: Jazzman The Lansdowne label was founded by British producer/writer Denis Preston, in 1956. The West London company produced works for Joe Harriott, Amancio d’Silva, Stan…
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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: The Max Roach Trio featuring the Legendary Hasaan Label: Speakers Corner It’s an intriguing album. Partly because Hasaan’s name is emblazoned upon the sleeve, retaining a larger font size even…
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Title: The Soul of a Bell Label: Speakers Corner Flip over this new reissues and take a quick look at the 11 tracks listed on the rear and you’ll notice that…
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Title: Ray Charles Presents David Newman Label: Speakers Corner Although Ray Charles’ name is on the front of the sleeve and his piano is heard within, this album was a launch…
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Title: At the Control Dubwise Label: Music on Vinyl Known to punk fans as a producer who worked with the Clash, Mikey Dread was much more than that. He had a…
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Title: The Birth of Ska Label: Music on Vinyl Taking the Jamaican styles of mento (itself a combination of African and Latin rhythms plus British folk) and the Trinidad and Tobago…
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Title: Masque Label: Music on Vinyl Moving onwards from any successful and accepted genre can be difficult. Hard core prog bands like Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer did well in…
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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: Music by Xolotl Label: Wah Wah Born in France, Xolotl moved to California when he was 17 although he offered a rather enigmatic opinion of his home base, “I am…
