Get Ready to ROCK! » 3 CDs https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:59:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS I Like It (3 CD Anthology) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:25:42 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96882 gerry_and_the_pacemakers 150Cherry Red [Release date 16.08.24] As the sixties’ “Merseybeat” pop explosion recedes further into the past, ten album, multiple hits band, Gerry And The Pacemakers seem less and less likely to get the credit they deserve. And so this anthology … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/feed/ 0 Album review : CAN’T SEEM TO COME DOWN – The American Sounds of 1968 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-cant-seem-to-come-down-the-american-sounds-of-1968/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-cant-seem-to-come-down-the-american-sounds-of-1968/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:36:28 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96406 AMERICAN SOUNDS 1968 150Cherry Red [Release date : 19.07.24] In 1968, the comedown from 1967’s “Summer Of Love” quickly dissipated, leading directly into a year of inventive, eclectic rock music, often groundbreaking, frequently influential. That’s reflected in the 3 CDs of Cherry Red/Grapefruit’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-cant-seem-to-come-down-the-american-sounds-of-1968/feed/ 0 Album review : UFO – Covenant + Sharks + Live (3 CD) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-ufo-covenant-sharks-live-3-cd/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-ufo-covenant-sharks-live-3-cd/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2024 11:05:50 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94902 ufo_covenantsharks 150Twin reissue package plus a bonus CD, from British rock legends, UFO. Covenant (2000), Sharks (2002) and Live At Blind Melons (1995). The problem with releasing a career high album like Walk On Water (1995), the band’s de facto “comeback” … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-ufo-covenant-sharks-live-3-cd/feed/ 0 Album review: CLIMB ABOARD MY ROUNDABOUT (British Toytown Sounds, 1967-1974) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:56:14 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83751 Climb-Aboard-front-cover-jpeg-minCherry Red [Release date: 28.10.22] The British Toytown Pop Sound of the late sixties was not a genre with staying power, but it was fun while it lasted. The very nature of its aesthetic – vaguely humorous songs describing mythical … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/feed/ 0 Album review: STATUS QUO – Quo’ing In, The Best Of The Noughties (2CDs/3CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/09/album-review-status-quo-quoing-in-the-best-of-the-noughties/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/09/album-review-status-quo-quoing-in-the-best-of-the-noughties/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:49:27 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=82962 quoin inearMusic [Release date 16.09.22] Quo’ing In… is a compilation album from one of rock’n'roll’s great survivors, Status Quo. It looks back on the band’s recordings released since the year 2000, embellishing the material selected with up to date studio rerecordings, … Continue reading →

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