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Category Archives: Reissues
Album review: SAXON – The Eagle Has Landed
BMG [Release date 19.10.18] To coincide nicely with their latest opus Thunderbolt, we get this reissue of Saxon’s classic 1982 live album. This rounds off the BMG reissues of the Carrere and Phonogram catalogue. Originally a single LP, this comes … Continue reading
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: NAZARETH – Loud & Proud Box Set
BMG (2LP, 2 double LP, 3*7”, 32 CD) [Release date 28.09.18] Scottish rock legends Nazareth celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, and issue a new album to boot, with their new line-up. It’s a few years since any reissue campaign, and … Continue reading
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Tagged blues rock, box set, classic rock, Dan McCafferty, hard rock, Loud & Proud, Manny Charlton, Nazareth, Pete Agnew, review, rock, Zal Cleminson
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Album review: STATUS QUO – Deluxe Editions – 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain’t Complaining
earMUSIC [release date 17.08.18] These albums are the next in line to get the Deluxe Edition reissue treatment which covers the band’s output during the 1980’s. This was a period which saw band members come and go, the ‘End Of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1982, 80s, Ain't Complaining, Alan Lancaster, album, Back to Back, blues, End Of The Road, Francis Rossi, In The Army Now, Margurita Time, Ol Rag Blues, review, Rick Parfitt, rock, Status Quo, The Wanderer, Wembley. Live Aid
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Album review: HOGJAW – Rise To The Mountains
Snakefarm Records [Release date 2015] Hogjaw embark on their maiden UK tour this autumn and they have a new album, ‘Way Down Yonder’ to promote, along with this, their 2015 album which is now getting a full UK release via Spinefarm … Continue reading
Album review: CINDERELLA – The Mercury Years
Caroline Records [Release date 28.09.18] US rock band Cinderella formed in the early 80s, and had some notable success in the late 80s and early 90s. And a great live band they were too. They split in the mid 90s, … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, box set, Cinderella, Cozy Powell, hair metal, hard rock, Jeff Paris, Jon Bon Jovi, Ken Hensley, melodic, review, The Mercury Years, TOM KEIFER
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Album review: BOBBIE GENTRY – The Girl From Chickasaw County (Box set)
UMC [Release date 21.09.18] It’s always frustrating when a ‘definitive’ box set promo amounts to a couple of discs of largely alternative versions, demos, and live recordings. In other words, a handful of album tracks and, in this case, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobbie Gentry, box set, country, Glenn Campbell, pop, review, singer, songwriter, The Girl From Chickasaw Country
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Album review: THE COCKNEY REJECTS – The Wild Ones (re-issue)
Cadiz Music [release date 04.06.19] Originally released in 1982, this Cockney Rejects album was the first foray for the creators of Oi! and street-punk into classic Rock. ‘The Wild Ones’ came along at a low point for the band. The … Continue reading
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Album review: SAXON – Thunderbolt (Tour edition)
Silver Lining [Release date 07.09.18] To promote their forthcoming tour, Saxon’s latest opus gets a swift rerelease with a couple of bonus tracks. Formed in the late 70s, Saxon were front runners in the era’s New Wave of British Heavy … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Biff Byford, classic metal, Motorhead, NWOBHM, review, rock, Saxon, Thunderbolt, tour edition
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Album review: ANGEL – The Casablanca Years
Caroline International [Release date 14.09.18] Formed in Washington DC in the mid 70s, Angel were allegedly discovered playing in a nightclub by bassist Gene Simmons, and subsequently signed Kiss’ then label Casablanca. A big lush sound and the band dressed … Continue reading
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Tagged Angel, box set, classic rock, Frank Dimino, Gene Simmons, Gregg Giuffria, Kiss, melodic, pomp rock, prog, Punky Meadows, review, The Casablanca Years
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Album review: GRAHAM GOULDMAN – Love And Work
Graham Gouldman chatted to David Randall on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 12 August 2018. More information (and additional interview) Wienerworld [Release date 17.08.18] If ‘Love And Work’ had been released back in the seventies or eighties it would … Continue reading
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Tagged 10CC, album, Chris Braide, Graeme Pleeth, Graham Gouldman, Henry Priestman, Love And Work, Mick Wilson, pop, review, singer, songwriter
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Album review: SAXON – Reissues (Innocence Is No Excuse, Rock The Nations, Destiny)
BMG [Release date 10.08.18] BMG complete their run of the CD remasters from Saxon and take in the mid to late 80s. This trio of albums by the NWoBHM legends are often overlooked, and looking back now they are far … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Biff Byford, Destiny, heavy rock, Innocence Is No Excuse, metal, reissue, review, Rock The Nations, Saxon
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Album review: ROY BUCHANAN – My Babe
Angel Air Records [Release date 17.08.18] It wasn’t until the mid-1980s – and a series of albums for the Alligator label – that Roy Buchanan really found his calling on album: fiery, blues rock. Back in the 1970s when he … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, guitar, guitarist, My Babe, reissue, review, rock, Roy Buchanan
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Album review: MARILLION – Smoke/Mirrors (reissues)
earMUSIC [Release date 25.05.18] You need deep pockets in 2018 to keep up with the almost constant Marillion ‘product’ output. As well as the single CD Steven Wilson-Brave stereo remix, this month sees the release of Part 3 of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005, album, Butlins, convention, live, Marillion, Minehead, Mirrors, prog, Progressive Rock, review, Smoke
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Album review: TWELFTH NIGHT – Fact And Fiction
F2 Music/Festival [Release date 11.06.18] Twelfth Night were one of the bands to emerge in the early to mid-80′s boom in prog rock that was spearheaded by Fish-era Marillion. ‘Fact And Fiction’ was originally released back in 1982, Twelfth Night’s first proper … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Brian Devoil, classic album, expanded, Fact And Fiction, Geoff Mann, neo prog, prog rock, Progressive Rock, reissue, review, rock, Twelfth Night
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Album review: JON BUTCHER AXIS – Stare At The Sun
Escape Music [Release date 25.05.18] The second Jon Butcher Axis album, originally released in 1984, gets a first time release on CD by Escape Music, following on from the self-titled album released earlier this year. Joining Jon Butcher on the album … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Escape Musc, Jon Butcher, Jon Butcher Axis, melodic, melodic rock, reissue, review, rock, Stare At The Sun
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Album review: RAMSEY LEWIS – Funky Serenity, Solar Wind, Sun Goddess (reissue)
BGO Records www.bgo-records.com [Release date 18.05.18] I immediately recognised three of the albums on this 2-disc four album compilation. In fact that’s the great thing about BGO releases. They tend to bring together a series of albums spanning a couple … Continue reading
Album review: NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN – Looking At You…, The Nature Of Things, Divine Emotion (reissue)
BGO [Release date 18.05.18] Back in the late 1970s/early 1980s it wasn’t unusual for fusion funk bands to be drummer-led. We might recall Maurice White in Earth, Wind & Fire but then of course, there was Lenny White and Harvey … Continue reading
Album review: ROSE TATTOO – Blood Brothers
Golden Robot Records [Release date 18.05.18] When it comes to good Aussie heads down, blues based rock n roll, played with a sense of urgency there are only three bands that come immediately to mind. AC/DC, Cold Chisel and Rose … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Angey Anderson, Blood Brothers, blues rock, hard rock, Pete Wells, re-issue, review, rock 'n' roll, Rose Tattoo
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Album review: GENE CLARK – Gene Clark Sings For You
Omnivore Recordings [Release date 15.06.18] After leaving The Byrds, Gene Clark’s solo output contained some wonderful music, even though releases were fairly sporadic – particularly in his later years. There have been a small number of archival releases since his … Continue reading
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Tagged album, country, country rock, Gene Clark, Gene Clark Sings For You, review, The Byrds, the Rose Garden
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Album review: BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY – Strange Men, Changed Men (The Complete Recordings 1978-1981)
Cherry Red [Release date 27.04.18] Bram Tchaikovsky left The Motors in 1978 after playing on their 1977 debut album. Born Peter Bramall, he’d been christened Bram Tchaikovsky by fellow Motor, Andy McMaster. This new 3CD set collects all three albums … Continue reading
Album review: MANSUN – Attack Of The Grey Lantern
Kscope [Release date 08.06.18] Mansun’s ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ gets a 21st anniversary re-issue with all the bells and whistles you’d expect. This reissue is remastered from the original multi-tracks and is available on all digital platforms and as a media book … Continue reading
Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Supersonic Years The Seventies Singles Box Set
BMG [Release date 08.06.18] This is no ordinary reissue; for a catalogue that has been reissued more times stamps have first day covers, last year’s 8LP + crucistick box took reissues to a new sonic and packing level, and this … Continue reading
Album review: DAVE GREENSLADE – Cactus Choir
Angel Air [Release date: 18.05.18] While it’s done the rounds before, this is a timely reissue for ‘what Dave did next’ post-the winding up of his eponymous progressive rock ensemble. The ex-Colosseum keyboards whizz had recorded a quartet of acclaimed … Continue reading
Album review: SAXON – Denim And Leather, Power And The Glory, Crusader (reissues)
BMG [Release date 25.05.18] BMG continue with their Saxon reissue campaign and have produced fine editions of their fourth, fifth and sixth albums. And we can announce these the same week as the first three remasters (Saxon, Wheels Of Steel … Continue reading
