Get Ready to ROCK! » 5.1 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:49:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: BIRDSONG AT MORNING – Signs And Wonders https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-birdsong-at-morning-signs-and-wonders/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-birdsong-at-morning-signs-and-wonders/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:17:39 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=55822 BIRDSONG AT MORNING - Signs And WondersBlue Gentian Records [Release date 22.08.18] ‘Signs And Wonders’ is a remarkably ambitious album from a band based around singer/songwriter/vocalist Alan Williams.  But then this is a band that released a 4-CD box set debut in 2011.  This time the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-birdsong-at-morning-signs-and-wonders/feed/ 0 Album review: BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST – Reissues https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/06/album-review-barclay-james-harvest-reissues/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/06/album-review-barclay-james-harvest-reissues/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:29:20 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=38535 Barclay James Harvest - Everyone Is Everybody ElseEsoteric [Release date: April & June 2016] For many readers BJH will conjure up images of a slightly rockier Moody Blues and, indeed, the band recognised that assertion in their song ‘Poor Man’s Moody Blues’.  The band originally signed to … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/06/album-review-barclay-james-harvest-reissues/feed/ 0 Album review: ANTHONY PHILLIPS – Private Parts & Pieces I-IV, Wise After The Event, Sides (reissues) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/04/album-review-anthony-phillips-reissues/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/04/album-review-anthony-phillips-reissues/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:14:33 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=37056 Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & PiecesThis complete programme was first broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in March 2015.  Anthony Phillips chats to David Randall about his career, with tracks from his solo albums including “The Missing Links” series and his more recent collaboration … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/04/album-review-anthony-phillips-reissues/feed/ 0 Album review: SIMPLE MINDS – Sparkle In The Rain (box set) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/album-review-simple-minds-sparkle-in-the-rain-box-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/album-review-simple-minds-sparkle-in-the-rain-box-set/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:48:31 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=28042 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/03/album-review-simple-minds-sparkle-in-the-rain-box-set/feed/ 0 Album review: JETHRO TULL – Benefit (A Collector’s Edition) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/11/album-review-jethro-tull-benefit-a-collectors-edition/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/11/album-review-jethro-tull-benefit-a-collectors-edition/#comments Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:54:06 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=15114 Jethro Tull - BenefitEMI [Release date 28.10.13] ‘Collector’s Edition’ is about right.  If, like me, you owned the vinyl, upgraded to CD, and then invested in the 2001 remaster (compete with 4 bonus tracks), then you’ll need to seriously question whether the latest, … Continue reading →

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