Title: Take It Easy Label: Music on Vinyl “So we lost the American War of Independence. So what! We’ve got the Walker Brothers and that’s more than equalled the score.” Only…
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Title: Of Rivers and Religion/After The Ball Label: BGO John Fahey & His Orchestra? His Orchestra? Anyone who has a passing interest in the finger picking work of John Fahey will be…
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CD Singer-Songwriter ReviewRobert Rotifer’s Not your door: a poet piece that demands your attention
Title: Not Your Door Label: Gare du Nord There’s Robert and there’s Rotifer. The latter is a band lead by Robert but this album is just Robert plus friends. So, it’s…
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Title: Hallelujah I’m A Dreamer Label: Archer Well, isn’t this a bit of a find? I must admit that I failed miserably to come across Lavere’s last album, the 2014 issue, Runaway’s…
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Title: I Love Today Label: Repertoire To say that I was shocked to receive an album by Padovani, was an understatement. If you have no clue as to the identity of…
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Title: Out of Nowhere Label: Sireena Well, what a pleasant surprise. I was almost startled to see this LP as I pulled it out of the Sireena mailer. For those unsure about…
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Singer-Songwriter Review VinylArlo Guthrie’s Alice Restaurant: Woody Guthrie’s son makes a name for himself
Title: Alice’s Restaurant Label: Pure Pleasure The fifth child of the legendary Woody Guthrie who, indeed, gave him his first guitar at the age of six, Arlo Guthrie hardly shot to…
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Title: The Calm Before Label: Ici D’Ailleurs When you’re the guy who has penned Semtex for Third Eye Foundation and has reworked creations by Mogwai, Tarter and Thurston Moore, you don’t expect…
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Folk Review Singer-Songwriter Review VinylJohn Martyn’s Solid Air on half speed mastered vinyl from Abbey Road
Title: Solid Air Label: Island The reason for the reissue of this classic album isn’t so much the album itself but it has been chosen, as it where, to illustrate the…
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CD Singer-Songwriter ReviewJay And the Americans’ She Cried, The Early Years: vocal group harmonies
Title: She Cried – The Early Years Label: Jasmine Not too many people remember that this outfit actually took on The Beach Boys and The Four Seasons at their own game and…
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Title: Release/Show Me To The Stage Label: Chiswick Gross was an intriguing artist who was best known for his work in the soft rock genre but made his name as a…
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Title: Prospect Hill Label: Music Maker Ah, a good time can be had with our Dom and that’s no lie. Ostensibly seen as a folk artist, the first track on this…
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Title: The Weasel is at The Bridge Label: Waltz Time Although this is Chin Keeler’s second album, don’t dismiss the man as a beginner. He has been involved in a variety…
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Title: 60 Hits From the Original Chilled Generation Label: Sony Music Compilations, eh? What are they good for? A rhetorical question that often, where the major labels are concerned, most people…
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Title: Kid Face Label: Full Time Hobby Singer-songwriter, Crain was given the name of this album as a nickname because of her eternally youthful appearance. Her voice belies this moniker, of…
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Title: Sweet ’n Salty Popcorn Label: Croydon Municipal Well, this is a weird one and no mistake. Popcorn, you see, is a ‘scene’. A retro scene. One that was created…
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CD Title: From The Fifties And Sixties Label: Fantastic Voyage When I read the title of this 3CD compilation, my heart dropped a bit because I assumed that it would be…
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Title: Tell ‘Em I’m Gone Label: Sony Music It’s his first album in all of five years, recorded in Los Angeles, Dubai, Brussels and London (I always wonder why that’s necessary,…
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Title: American Covers of UK Hits Label: Jasmine Back in the early 50s, the charts in the UK were full of American songs covered by UK artists. Their proliferation sparked comment,…
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Title: Slow Dazzle Label: Wax Cathedral This album, originally released in 1975, features the talents of Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, along with noted guitarist Chris Spedding and Brian Eno, spotlighted on synths.…
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Title: Holy Ghosts Label: Demon The Echo & the Bunnymen frontman with the haunting vocal range has had an intriguing solo career: leaving the Bunnymen in 1988 and continuing his solo…
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IGOR WAKHEVITCH’s Logos (***** Fauni Gena). Doesn’t ring a bell? Nurse With Wound fans may have seen his name on Steve Stapleton’s infamous list on the front of his debut album: a list…
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From the jazz trio, LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS, “The Hottest New Group In Jazz” (**** Pure Pleasure) was the trio’s second recording for Columbia, a contract that saw a peak in…
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Welcome to the third in a series of vinyl round-ups. Where we take an audiophile look at vinyl issues, looking at both content but also pressing and mastering quality. In this…
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Welcome to the second in a series of vinyl round-ups. Where we take an audiophile look at vinyl issues, looking at both content but also pressing and mastering quality. In this…
