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Album review: GREENSLADE (remastered and expanded)

Esoteric [Release date 28.09.18] When Warner Brothers’ then-fledgling UK arm scored a hit debut with Curved Air’s ‘Airconditioning’ it was clear there was something in this new progressive rock music and the London office A&R scouts duly sallied forth to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BBC, Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson, Greenslade, prog, prog rock, Progressive Rock, radio, review, sessions, Tony Reeves
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Album review: SIMPLE MINDS – Acoustic In Concert

Eagle [Release date 16.06.17] CD/DVD Well, if Status Quo can do it, why not Simple Minds? The Scottish band’s eighties heyday was always predicated on big, anthemic, arrangements and in this BBC Radio 2 gig we get trimmed down versions … Continue reading
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Tagged Acoustic In Concert, album, BBC, Charlie Burchill, Hackney Empire, Jim Kerr, live, pop, review, rock, Simple Minds
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Album review: QUEEN – On Air

Virgin EMI [Release date 04.11.16] Queen have always given the fans a treat around Christmas time in recent years with live releases and now we have the complete BBC radio sessions. There is this, the standard 2CD version and a 6CD … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BBC, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, On Air, Queen, radio, review, Roger Taylor, Virgin EMI
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DVD review: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO – Live In Hyde Park

Eagle Vision [Release date 11.09.15] Having being very lucky to be at this concert I was witness to Jeff Lynne and ELO’s first UK gig in nearly thirty years. Jeff Lynne was joined by longtime ELO member Richard Tandy, with … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, documentary, DVD, ELO, Jeff Lynne, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Live In Hyde Park, Radio 2, review, rock. concert
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Album review: SIMPLE MINDS – Sparkle In The Rain (box set)

Universal [Release date 16.03.15] 5-disc box set If New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) marked the beginning of Simple Minds departure from their new waves roots, Sparkle In The Rain – their 6th album, released in 1984 and produced by Steve Lillywhite … Continue reading
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Tagged 5.1, album, BBC, box set, DVD, live, pop, radio, reissue, review, rock, session, Simple Minds, Sparkle In the Rain
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Album review: BRIDGET ST. JOHN – Dandelion Albums & BBC Collection

Cherry Red Records [Release date 16.02.15] 4-disc boxed set Bridget St. John no doubt influenced a generation of female folkies and this three-album retrospective will go some way to confirming that legacy. A handsome box set, collecting her output for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ask Me No Questions, BBC, boxed set, Bridget St. John, Dandelion Albums & BBC Collection, folk, In Concert, John Martyn, John Peel, radio, review, sessions, singer, Songs For The Gentle Man, songwriter, Thank You For...
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Album review: TEN YEARS AFTER – The Friday Rock Show Sessions Live At Reading 1983

Talking Elephant [Release date 21.07.14] 6 March 2013 was a sad day for British rock, when it was announced that Alvin Lee had died suddenly. He was 68 but had seemed to be invincible. However, with Ten Years After and … Continue reading
Album review: DEEP PURPLE – In Concert ’72 (2012 Mix)

Parlophone [Release date 16.06.14] The music industry is a great place for recycling. Never more so than in terms of album reissues and one wonders why the powers that be cannot render definitive versions from the start? This BBC recording … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BBC, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, In Concert '72 (2012 Mix), Jon Lord, radio, review, Richie Blackmore, rock, Roger Glover
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Album review: BLODWYN PIG – Pigthology

Gonzo Multimedia [Release date 10.06.13] This release promises much – previously unheard recordings from influential blues rock band Blodwyn Pig led by original Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams. Unreleased material from this band (especially the formative years) must be as … Continue reading
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Tagged album, BBC, Blodwyn Pig, blues, compilation, gig, Jack Lancaster, Jazz rock, John Peel, live, Mick Abrahams, Pigthology, radio, review, rock, session
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