Category Archives: Reissues

JEFFERSON STARSHIP – Freedom At Point Zero

Posted on October 26, 2012 by jason

Rock Candy Records Formed from the ashes of West Coast band Jefferson Airplane in the early 70s, Jefferson Starship (later just Starship) kept that influence in their brand of hard rock and power pop.  This album, originally released, saw a … Continue reading →

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RAINBOW – Reissues

Posted on October 26, 2012 by jason

On Stage (2CD) Long Live Rock’n’Roll (2CD) Universal Universal continue their excellent, if long overdue appraisal of the Rainbow catalogue, with the former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore producing some of the best and most classic hard rock to come … Continue reading →

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STRING DRIVEN THING – The Machine That Cried

Posted on October 24, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
String Driven Thing - The Machinbe That Cried

(Esoteric) Signing to act-breakers Charisma should have assured better fortune for this electric violin-driven four-piece but in the notes of Esoteric’s reissue guitarist Chris Adams, band co-founder with wife Pauline, grumbles over the label’s preoccupation with Genesis as neglectful of … Continue reading →

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GENTLE GIANT – I Lost My Head

Posted on October 24, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Gentle Giant - I Lost My Head

(EMI) Writer Daryl Easlea muses over the meaning of the word ‘contrapuntal’ in his excellent notes with fresh band interviews accompanying a great value 4CD box of albums recorded for the Chrysalis label (plus rarities and unreleased) by this epitome … Continue reading →

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RORY GALLAGHER – Reissues

Posted on October 3, 2012 by GRTR! HQ
Rory Gallagher - Against The Grain

Sony Music [Release date 01.10.12] The second batch of Rory Gallagher reissues – taken from the original quarter inch masters – chronicles his time with Chrysalis in the late seventies. Gallagher’s ascendant star had waned a little by 1975′s Against the … Continue reading →

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