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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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: 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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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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Title: Dead Man’s Pop Label: Rhino The difference between The Impediments and The Replacements seems to be a matter of semantics. The sort argued over a fifth pint of beer on…
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Title: The Singles Label: Demon In many ways, I’m still trying to make my mind up abut The Bluetones. Were they the next step from the baggy Madchester era of music?…
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Title: Boomer’s Story Label: Music On Vinyl “Rock as it is known today just doesn’t interest me at all,” said Ry Cooder to The Guardian in 2011. “I hate commercial music.…
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Title: Rubberband Label: Rhino Miles Davis joined Warner Bros in 1985 and began recording this album later that same year with producers Randy Hall and Zane Giles. Davis was reported to have…
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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,…