This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 will follow very soon. I have a mixture of news and reviews for you, this time around. Both vinyl and CD…
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VINYL REVIEWS: 24 MARCH 2023
I have reviews of a 18 vinyl releases here. So I’ll give you a quick run down of the creative work itself of course but also comments on the packaging, the…
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MUSIC MAGAZINE – 7 OCTOBER 2022
More vinyl news in this Music Magazine (well newsy previews) for you and well, this might take longer than I thought…getting through my back log here, that is. That’s what you…
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CD NEWS & REVIEWS: 15 TITLES COVERED!
A total of 15 discs for this CD section covers various genres and combines extended news items and longer-form reviews, including mastering comments JAMIE COE Title: Summertime Symphony Label: Jasmine If there…
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Title: Gary Crowley’s Punk And New Wave Label: Demon Crowley has worked under many titles: DJ, NME scribbler, TV presenter and more. Now he has collected 77 tracks of a rare…
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Title: Over Rock And Roll Label: Spectrum An interesting 2CD compilation from this Universal imprint, it examines the rock’n’roll outpt from the Chess label. Itself arguably more famous for its blues…
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I’m A Freak Baby: sometimes life changes music and then music changes lives
Title: A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72 Label: Grapefruit A big title for big music stuffed onto three CDs totalling 48 tracks and featuring…
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Title: Local Objects Label: ECM I get so used to ECM trios and quartets that it becomes a bit of a shock when you come across an ECM CD that features…
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Title: IRL Remixes 2000-2015 Label: Independent The first 15 years of the Independent label is celebrated with this 2CD package which takes a look at the label’s back catalogue and offers…
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Title: Out in the Streets Again: The Soul Sounds of Scepter Label: Sundazed Scepter was one of the most important independent, US-based soul labels and run by…a woman! I’m not being…
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Title: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney & Harrison Label: Ace I normally cringe when a Beatles covers CD is produced. I wonder why these people bother. I say this because most…
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Title: More Hot 100 Chartbusters of the 70s Label: Ace This is a compilation and, all things being equal, I hate compilations. When I used to write within in the computer…
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CHARLIE FEATHERS: He’ll drive you out of the room or rivet you to your chair
Title: Sun Singles Label: Bear Family Of late, a range of classic albums has filled this column. Sometimes, though, classic cuts do not and cannot fill an album. Yet they are…
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Jerry Ross’ Some Kind Magic: Latest Release in the Songwriter Series
Title: The Songs of Jerry Ross Label: Ace His career spanned several decades and he was responsible for some of the most well crafted pop songs of the sixties, there are…
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Title: Various Label: Cherry Red Oh, how a time and a place can knock you for six. Blimey. I was about to give this box set a right ol’serious review. Studious,…
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Title: Classic 45s Label: Demon The first is a series of box sets from Demon concentrates upon the classic 7” single and then themes them into slip cover-type box sets that…
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Title: 1956-1962 Label: Jasmine Although I tend not to actively seek them out, whenever I do hear themes to films and, especially, TV programmes, then I tend to wallow in the…
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A Compilation of Synth Wave tracks: although not quite as advertised
Synth Wave Title: Volume 1 Label: Electro London Also contact: [email protected] According to the label, what we have here is “some of the world’s freshest innovative electronic music. Electro, synth pop,…