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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Interviews VinylDevialet & Fondamenta get TOTALLY LACQUERED: Phoenix Restoration/Mastering System promises enhanced sonics
Gallic mastering engineering outfit, Fondamenta, via the French audiophile hi-fi outfit, Devialet, has launched the Lost Sessions series of vinyl using the latter’s new Phoenix system The Lost Recordings is a…
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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: 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…
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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: The Percy Sledge Way Label: Bear Family A pioneer of country soul but known more for his deep soul vocal delivery, Sledge will be forever known for his big soul…
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Title: 94 East featuring Prince Label: Charly “I grew up on the borderline, I never grew upon one particular culture… Minneapolis is so far behind other major cities in the country,…
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Rock Review VinylZweistein: The Weird, Wonderful and Slightly Strange Story of an Early-Life Crisis
Title: Trip Flipout Meditation Label: Wah Wah I’ve seen some things in my time…but this? The album itself is a legend of krautrock (even though it really isn’t krautrock at all)…
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Title: Musique Electronique du Cosmos Label: Wah Wah Perrey loved electronic music but, despite his pioneering status and despite the fact that he has been rather lumped with the more avant-garde…
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Title: Galaxy My Dear Label: Wah Wah Prog fans may be familiar with an Italian band from the early 70s called Biglietto per l’Inferno, who were formed in 1972. They where…
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Title: Spirit Label: Speakers Corner There’s a lot of people out there who, when they here the word ‘funk’ lose interest. For many people, funk can be a bit niche in…
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Title: Crossing Label: Speakers Corner Maybe that’s why younger pianists constantly look towards him as an inspiration. Maybe that’s why he’s seen as an epitome of cool. Maybe that’s why he…
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Title: The Singles Label: Mute This triple vinyl multi-gatefold edition features all of the band’s singles (some fascinating, some very silly indeed, some rare but all worthy). In fact, it collects…
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Title: Third Eye Blind Label: Rhino Taking the name from the metaphysical concept of a person’s mind’s eye, the music here is a lighter version of the grunge genre that this…
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Title: …Est Mort, Vive Gong Label: Tiger Bay …or, of course, Gong is Dead, Long Live Gong. Originally released in 1977 in France on the Tapioca label with different art, this…
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Featuring a specially-created LP/CD set of their debut album, Paul Rigby examines the anniversary Doors reissue and talks to the original recording engineer on the project, Bruce Botnick It was fifty…
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Title: Dogon A.D. Label: International Phonograph Inc. Sax-only jazz groups are not exactly rare but the World Saxophone Quartet were – maybe ‘are’ – the best known of the bunch with…
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Electronica/Electro Review Soul/R&B Review VinylCOLOURBOX: in conjunction with fine arts photographer, Wolfgang Tillmans
Title: Music of the Band (1982-1987) Label: 4AD If you had a casual relationship with the legendary early days of the 4AD label, you may have missed one of the label’s…
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Title: Collected Solo Work Label: Demon Who would have thought that Suede would get back together after all this time? But 2013’s excellent Bloodsports was followed up by the even better…
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Title: Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000 Label: Modern Harmonic This one has been released for Record Store Day. Looking at the sleeve art of this album, you might assume…
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Title: The Magnificent Seven Label: Soundtrack Factory Somewhere on my shelves I have a box set of films containing: The Magnificent Seven, Return of the Magnificent Seven, Guns of the Magnificent…
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Title: Viva Cannonball Label: Vinyl Lovers As alto saxophonists go, Adderley was one of the greats. The sound he produced was full of passion but it was also buoyant and sparkling…
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Title: Jazz at the Plaza Label: Vinyl Lovers I suppose that you can successfully blame the Colombia record label for this one. OK, praise them, then. Imagine planning a party and…
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Title: Lightnin’ Hopkins Label: Vinyl Lovers This LP has already been issued by Smithsonian/Folkways and was called The Roots of Lightnin’ Hopkins. Recorded back in 1959, this LP was one of…
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Title: The Complete Session In Its Original Sequence Label: Waxtime A million dollars? These days, for that amount of money, it is possibly to get yourself a ham sandwich and a…
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Title: Cure for Pain Label: Music on Vinyl The band was formed in 1990 by Mark Sandman (who died in 1999 during a performance in Italy) the vocalist and bass man…
