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Category Archives: ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile)
Album review: MONTROSE – I Got The Fire (6 CD Boxset)
Cherry Red/HNE Recordings [Release date: 29.07.22] If you’re looking for comprehensive CD coverage of Montrose’s journey through the seventies, look no further. That might sound like a PR man’s tagline, but it’s reflective of reality. This boxset consists of: CD1: … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bill Church, Bob James, boxset, Deep Purple, Denny Carmassi, Free, hard rock, Jump On It, Led Zeppelin, review, Ronnie Montrose, Sammy Hagar, Warner Bros
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Album review: WAYSTED : Heroes Die Young – Waysted Volume 2 (5 CD boxset)
Cherry Red/HNE [Release date 29.07.22] Waysted reformed early in the new millenium, just to prove that the world hadn’t ended. This 5 CD boxset chronicles the band’s releases from when they kick started their career in 2000, to the date … Continue reading
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Tagged album, boxset, Chris George, Danny Vaughn, Glasgow, hard rock, Pete Way, review, The Barfly, UFO
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Album review: OUSEY MANN – Is Anybody Listening
Escape Music (Release date 24.06.22) Both Chris Ousey and Steve Mann have been on the UK rock scene as long as I can remember –the former singing with Virginia Wolf, Heartland and Snakecharmer among others, the latter the loyal sideman … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chris Ousey, melodic rock, Michael Schenker Group, Ousey Mann, reve, review, Steve Mann
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Album review: SILENT RUNNING – Follow The Light
Door Records [Release date: 22.07.22] Northern Ireland’s Silent Running convincingly transitioned from Punk to Hard Rock in the eighties, and enjoyed moderate success, scoring support tours with Simple Minds, Talk Talk and Robert Palmer. Albums on EMI and Atlantic Records … Continue reading
Album review: PHIL VINCENT – No Respect
Bandcamp [Release date 22.07.22] As he aptly describes himself on his Bandcamp page, “Phil Vincent is truly a one man band. His proficiency with multiple instruments makes it possible for him to write, arrange, perform, produce and mix all of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, hard rock, melodic hard rock, No Respect, Phil Vincent, review, rock
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Album review: LESSMANN VOSS – Rock Is Our Religion
Atomic Fire Records [Release date: 22.07.22] This Lessmann Voss, Rock Is Our Religion album would be easy to write off because it seems so out of time. Bonfire’s Claus Lessmann and Mad Max’s Michael Voss are clearly not keen to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bonfire, Claus Lessmann, eighties, FM Radio, Mad Max, melodic rock, Michael Voss, review
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Album review: UFO – High Stakes And Dangerous Men / Lights Out In Tokyo (2 CD set)
Cherry Red [Release date 22/07/22] UFO’s Lights Out (1977) had been a huge album for the band in Japan. So when they toured the High Stakes And Dangerous Men album there in 1992, they would include a Lights Out set. … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Clive Edwards, hard rock, Japan, Lawrence Archer, live, Pete Way, Phil Mogg, review, studio, Tokyo
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Album review: SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE – Voodoo Nation
Provogue [Release date 24.06.22] ‘Voodoo Nation’ is Supersonic Blues Machine’s 3rd album and it works hard to make the same impact as its 2 predecessors. It’s a rock solid album with plenty of bluster, but relies heavily on formulaic choruses … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, Ana Popovic, blues, Charlie Starr, Eric Gales, Ernie Isley, Fabrizio Grossi, funk, Joe Louis Walker, Josh Smith, Kenny Aronoff, King Solomon Hicks, Kirk Fletcher, Kris Barras, Pink Floyd, reggae, review, rock, Sonny Landreth, soul, Supersonic Blues Machine, Voodoo Nation
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Album review: BUSH GOTHIC – Beyond the Pale
Website [Release date 29.07.22] Beyond The Pale is the third album from Bush Gothic, an Australian folk three piece consisting of Jenny M Thomas (vocals, fiddle), Chris Lewis (drums) and Dan Witton (double bass & vocals). Bush Gothic are a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Beyond the Pale, Bush Gothic, folk, Jenny M Thomas, review, tradtional music
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Album review: TAZ TAYLOR BAND – Nocturnal
Global Rock [Release date 15.07.22] Taz Taylor’s classic hard rock never stands still – it’s always in motion, on the move, heading somewhere. Maybe that’s a holdover from his time driving 18 wheelers across the USA for a living, before … Continue reading
Album review: COMPASS – Theory Of Tides
Escape Music [Release date 22.07.22] Second album from Compass, the band formed by Steve Newman, who is more known for his melodic rock efforts in Newman, He is joined by vocalist Ben Green, Newman bassist David Bartlett and drummer Toni … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ben Green, Compass, concept album, melodic rock, prog rock, review, Steve Newman, Theory Of Tides
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Album review: SNOWY WHITE – Driving On The 44
Pete Feenstra chatted to Snowy White in July 2022 for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. First broadcast 10 July 2022. Soulfood [Release date 11.07.22] Snowy White has always been a one guitar blues man. The fact his Les Paul Goldtop … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Carlos Santana, Driving On The 44, funk, Gregg Rolie, guitar, interview, jazz, Latino, Mark Knopfler, Max Middleton, Peter Green, Pink Floyd, radio, review, rock, Roger Waters, Snowy White, Thin Lizzy, Thomas White
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Album review: JOHN STEEL – Distorted Reality
Global Rock [Release date: 15.07.22] This 3 album/double CD set from Ivan Stalev (John Steel) is quite a coup for SFM’s new metal/rock spinoff label, Global Rock. Effectively, the package backs up the release of Steel’s new album, Distorted Reality, … Continue reading
Album review: TRACTOR – Tractor 50th Anniversary Edition (red vinyl)
Ozit /Morpheus Records [Release date 01.07.22] Previously reissued by Ozit as a CD to mark the album’s 30th anniversary, The 50th anniversary of ‘Tractor’ is given a 3 sided, double-set on red vinyl release, contextualised by a pictorial collage with … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brit psych, Dave Addison, drums, Edgar Broughton, guitar, hard rock, Hawkwind, Jim Milne, John Brierley, John Peel, Man, Nick Mason, Ozit Records, Pink Floyd, prog, psychedelia, red vinyl, review, Steve Clayton, Steve Miller, Tractor, Tractor 50th Anniversary Edition
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Album review: THE KUT – GRIT
Criminal Records [Release date 08.07.22] “The Kut” is essentially the band’s songwriter and vocalist Maha and ‘Grit’ is the second album. The barometer is set somewhere between the American rock and roll of The Runaways, the post-punk attitude of Girlschool, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, GRIT, indie, pop, punk, review, The Kut
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Album review: DAVID PAICH – Forgotten Toys
The Players Club/Mascot [Release date 19.08.22] The first thing to say about this, the first solo “album” from the long-serving Toto keyboard player, it’s very short and it’s very Toto. By using band-mates Joseph Williams (vocals, co-producer/writer) and Steve Lukather … Continue reading
Album review: THE UK SUBS – Yellow Leader
Cherry Red [release date 8.07.22] And they said it wouldn’t last… back in print for the first time in 7 years, The UK Subs 25th studio release gets a coloured vinyl makeover. Yellow Leader 2022 is an 18 track double … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alvin Gibbs, Charlie Harper, double vinyl, Jamie Oliver, Jet, Pat Collier, punk, review, rock, Roy Lichtenstein
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Album review: AMONGST LIARS – S/T
Website [Release date 08.07.22] Formed the end of 2019, Amongst Liars are a 4 piece from Eastbourne/Brighton. They released their first single ‘Over and Over’ in February 2020, at just about the worst time to launch a new band, but … Continue reading
Album review: ORIANTHI – Live In Hollywood (CD and DVD)
Frontiers Music [Release date: 15.07.22] For the uninitiated, Greek/Australian blonde bombshell Orianthi Panagaris is a platinum selling, guitar playing rock artist whose songs have registered many millions of hits online. That’s when she’s not been treading the boards with Michael … Continue reading
Album review: CHAS CRONK – Liberty
Renaissance Records [Release date 11.02.22] It’s only when you look at the Discography in the liner note that you may realise that Chas Cronk has been a long-time member of The Strawbs but also worked with Steve Hackett and Rick … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chas Cronk, classic rock, Dave Bainbridge, Dave Lambert, Liberty, pop, prog, progressive, review, The Strawbs
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Album review: BELLA HARDY – Love Songs
Noe Records [Release date 08.07.22] Recorded over just three days, ‘Love Songs‘ is Bella Hardy‘s tenth solo album. The album features seven traditional numbers with four self-penned originals, all loosely based on the album title. She is joined by Mike … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bella Hardy, folk, Love Songs, Mike Vass, review, singer songwriter
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Album review: PETER GOALBY – I Will Come Runnin’
Cherry Red Records [Release date 06.05.22] Like buses, you wait ages for a Peter Goalby album, then two come along in quick succession. On this album, like last year’s ‘Easy With The Heartaches‘, it features songs originally recorded in the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic rock, Foreigner, I Will Come Runnin’, melodic rock, Peter Goalby, review, Robin George, rock, Uriah Heep
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Album review: CROSSING RUBICON – Perfect Storm
Frontiers [Release date: 08.07.22] Crossing Rubicon is a marriage made in the world of post Grunge AOR. That world might look and sound just like it did in the eighties, only much smaller, but there’s a greater expectation now especially … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, AOR, Cenk Eroglu, Frontiers, John Bisaha, melodic rock, the Babys, Winger
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Album review: ARDOURS – Anatomy Of A Moment
Frontiers [Release date: 08.07.22] A merger of two musical forces who once crossed paths, Ardours are Mariangela (Tristania) Demurtas, who sings and writes. And Kris Laurent, who writes, plays all instruments and produces. Their album, Anatomy Of A Moment, frames … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Electronic Rock, Kris Laurent, Mariangela Demurtas, pop, review, symphonic, Tristania
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Quick plays: LIPS TURN BLUE, O’KANE & BLOCK, CTP
LIPS TURN BLUE MIG Music [Release date 04.05.22] Lips Turn Blue feature Don Mancuso (a former member of Black Sheep which featured Lou Gramm who guests on this album), keyboardist Eric Bieber, bassist Mike Mullane, drummer Roy Stein and vocalist … Continue reading
