This week, in issue 3, I offer you a round dozen of recent releases for review, splitting the content into CD and Vinyl For your delectation, this week… ON VINYL TIMO…
I’ve recently been suffering from a build up of wax – the Doc suggested that the best way to clear it would be to do more reviewing! So here it be.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Title: My New Moon Label: Dualtone Lee has an easy-going and laid back approach to music and to his delivery. His take on country, blues, folk and R&B allows the music…
Title: Bimini Twist Label: Tiny Global They were certainly quirky in style but they also were incredibly attractive as a musical force. There was something about Young Marble Giants that forced…
Title: Chris To The Mill Label: Demon Better known perhaps as a member of the band, Squeeze and that band’s principle lyricist, Difford has now presented all three of his solo…
Title: The Visitor Label: Warner Bros I’ve noticed a growing or – depending where you look – a continuing trend when reading press reviews of Neil Young’s more recently outings. They…
Title: Hoodoo Label: BMG The blues just oozes from Moyet’s husky presentation and it’s one that has progressively matured. This essentially pop-oriented singer grew up as a member of the synth…
Title: Greatest Hits Label: Mobile Fidelity I’ve always been confused by Billy Joel. Actually, not Joel himself but the critics’ relationship with him. One of the most popular singer-songwriters in the…
Title: Cusp Label: Upset the Rhythm Sotelo apparently played all of the instruments on this rather relaxed and low key debut album of his that, reportedly, looks at significant boundaries within…
Title: Madam Madam/From Paris With Love Label: Jackpot For many UK music fans, Distel is often derided or ignored. He was seen as nothing more than a sort of French version…
Title: Without a Word Label: Demon My goodness, what a career this man has had and continues to have. This is solo album number sixteen (which ignores all of the Shadows…
Title: The Early Years Label: Hoodoo An intriguing CD collection that features the pre-fame duo under a range of guises. Broadly covering works between 1957 and 1961, the tracks include Simon…
Title: Love, Priscilla: Her 1960s Solo Recordings Label: Ace A former member of the Paris Sisters vocal trio (also featuring Albeth and Sherrell), Priscilla was the lead vocalist for the girl…
Title: The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982 Label: Sierra Clark, a simple and rather shy man, was an original member of The Byrds but his influence on music in general, was wider…
Title: Another Perfect Day Label: Mapache Gibson spent four years playing his trade with the garage-blues outfit Luke & The Apostles (good name, eh?) and then another two years with Kensington…
Title: The Forest of My Mind Label: Mapache Released in 1968 and now reissued for the first time on vinyl, this selection of folk-pop has a lightness of touch that is…
Title: There’s An Innocent Face Label: Man in the Moon He was a producer and a composer and could safely be labelled as one of the main creators of the sunshine…
