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…
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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.…
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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.…
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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…
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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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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: 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 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: 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: 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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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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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: 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: 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.…