Title: Love is Strange Label: Jasmine This is a 2CD package cramming 56 tracks within from Sylvia Robinson (nee Vanderpool) and Mickey ‘McHouston’ Baker (an unruly child, ex-pool hustler and rock…
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Title: Crabby Appleton Label: Man in the Moon The band’s name is an intriguing one because it derives from a kids cartoon show. O’lCrabby was a cartoon villain on the Captain…
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Title: Ironic Label: Spectacle Ian Lowery worked as a musician, singer-songwriter and even a producer. He had a full musical career up until he sadly passed away in 2001 with a…
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Title: The Graveyard and the Ballroom/Force Label: Mute I remember seeing the band around 1985 or 86, about the time that Force hit the streets, at the Liverpool Playhouse theatre, a…
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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Title: Live at German Television: The Musikladen Concert 1981 Label: Sireena Lead by supreme frontman, Fee Waybill (former roadie for the band during its earlier incarnation, the Beans), The Tubes were…
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Title: Slade Alive! Label: Union Square The thing about Slade is that the band was around for a long, long time before it started producing those glam rock-inspired hits in the…
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Title: Truth: The Colombia Recordings 1969-1970 Label: Esoteric The band were formed by the vocals and sax work of Rick Canoff with the vocals, guitar and organ from Fred Glickstein. Back…
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Title: Fanfare Label: BMG A fascinating box set and no mistake with luxury stamped all over it, Fanfare remasters all 11 ELP albums including Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pictures at an…
