Get Ready to ROCK! » Buried Treasures https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:29:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 KANSAS ‘Power’ MCA (1986) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/kansas-power-mca-1986/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/kansas-power-mca-1986/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:19:00 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/26/kansas-power-mca-1986/ ‘Power’ is one of the band’s best albums in my humble opinion. This album was the first after the band reformed in 1985. They had split a couple of years earlier after a couple of albums featuring the Elefante brothers, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/kansas-power-mca-1986/feed/ 0 Y&T ‘Down For The Count’ A&M (1985) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/yt-down-for-the-count-am-1985/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/yt-down-for-the-count-am-1985/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:17:00 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/26/yt-down-for-the-count-am-1985/ Y&T had been going as far back as the mid-70′s and prior to this album they had released a string of well received albums including ‘Mean Steak’ and ‘Black Tiger’. Main man Dave Meniketti has a nice raw vocal amply … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/yt-down-for-the-count-am-1985/feed/ 0 XTC ‘Apple Venus – Volume 1′ Cooking Vinyl (2003) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/xtc-apple-venus-volume-1%e2%80%b2-cooking-vinyl-2003/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/xtc-apple-venus-volume-1%e2%80%b2-cooking-vinyl-2003/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:14:00 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/26/xtc-apple-venus-volume-1%e2%80%b2-cooking-vinyl-2003/   Ahhh XTC a fine band who started out in the late 70′s New Wave boom and have since spread their musical wings in any direction that takes their fancy. Sadly due to main man Andy Partridge’s stage fright problems … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/xtc-apple-venus-volume-1%e2%80%b2-cooking-vinyl-2003/feed/ 0 DIRTY WHITE BOY ‘Bad Reputation’ Polydor (1990) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/dirty-white-boy-bad-reputation-polydor-1990/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/dirty-white-boy-bad-reputation-polydor-1990/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:13:00 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/26/dirty-white-boy-bad-reputation-polydor-1990/ Sadly Dirty White Boy only ever did this one album but boy is it a corker! Formed around ex-Guffria vocalist David Glenn Eisley and former David Bowie guitarist Earl Slick they rocked big time with plenty of slide guitar courtesy … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/dirty-white-boy-bad-reputation-polydor-1990/feed/ 0 DISTANCE ‘Under The One Sky’ Reprise Records (1989) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/distance-under-the-one-sky-reprise-records-1989/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/distance-under-the-one-sky-reprise-records-1989/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:11:00 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/01/26/distance-under-the-one-sky-reprise-records-1989/   The Distance were a natural successor to the Powerstation who featured legendary producer Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson and replacing Robert Palmer was Robert Hart. Musically this has some great funk rock numbers such as ‘Give It Up’, neat … Continue reading →

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