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Giant 1989

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to GIANT

Steve Hackett Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 7th May 2017 photo Steve Goudie 27

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to STEVE HACKETT

Roy Buchanan - Alligator Records pubilicity photo, 1985

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to ROY BUCHANAN

Molly Hatchet in 1978

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to MOLLY HATCHET

Feature: Call Collect: An introduction to CHRISTOPHER LEE and his music

Night Ranger - HRH AOR – Pwllheli, Wales, Friday 9 March 2018

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to NIGHT RANGER

Rory Gallagher - Isle of Wight 1970

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to RORY GALLAGHER

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to DEMON

WISHBONE ASH - The Tivoli, Buckley, 3 November 2018

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to WISHBONE ASH

Cozy Powell

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to COZY POWELL

Focus - Hard Rock Hell Prog, Pwllheli, 21-22 March 2014

Feature: Call Collect: An introduction to FOCUS

Blue Oyster Cult

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to BLUE OYSTER CULT

Bob Catley - Magnum

Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to MAGNUM

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