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Book review: On track…ANTHONY PHILLIPS 1977-1990 by Alan Draper

Posted on April 17, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
On track...ANTHONY PHILLIPS 1977-1990 by Alan Draper

Anthony Phillips chatted to David Randall about his career in March 2015.  First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio where he is a Featured Artist. Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 25.04.25] When this new “On track…” tome landed at GRTR! … Continue reading →

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Book review: Richard Houghton – LED ZEPPELIN – Whole Lotta Love – A People’s History

Posted on April 11, 2025 by alanjones
Richard Haughton - Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love - A People's History

Spenwood Books [Publication Date: 01.12.24] We’ve all heard or read about the history of one of the greatest rock bands to bestride the world through film, television and a number of mighty tomes over the years. From “Hammer Of The … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track… DAVID BOWIE, GERRY RAFFERTY, TALKING HEADS, THE BEATLES, DEEP PURPLE

Posted on March 12, 2025 by GRTR! HQ
David Bowie 1983-2016

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication dates Feb.-Mar. 2025] The On track… series continues and the first of 2025 includes David Bowie 1983-2016, the perfect complement to the earlier tome covering 1964-1982. This time Don Klees reflects the genre-changing nature of Bowie, especially … Continue reading →

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Book review: THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE ROCK SOUND SYSTEMS, VOLUME 4 by Chris Hewitt

Posted on October 17, 2024 by petefeenstra
Chris Hewitt -The Development Of Large Rock Sound Systems,Volume 4

Dandelion Books [Publication date 23.10.24] You might imagine that this being Volume 4 of ‘The Development of Large Rock Sound Systems’, that there would be a natural chronology at play. Not so, for having dealt with the history of the … Continue reading →

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Book review: GET YER ‘AIR CUT by Alan Clayson

Posted on October 16, 2024 by petefeenstra
Alan Clayson - Get Yer 'Air Cut

Oldcastle Books  [Publication date 17.09.24] They say you should always try and start a book with a bang, or at least a significant event. Alan Clayson’s ‘Get Yer Air Cut’ most certainly does that, opening with a 15 year old’s … Continue reading →

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Book review: Rock Classics – MEAT LOAF – BAT OUT OF HELL by Geoffrey Feakes

Posted on September 16, 2024 by andynathan
Rock Classics – MEAT LOAF – BAT OUT OF HELL by Geoffrey Feakes

Sonicbond Publishing (Publication date: 26.04.24) Having issued numerous tomes in their two series of  ‘On Track’ song by song analysis, and looking at a band in a particular decade, Sonicbond take this to a fresh level of detail with a … Continue reading →

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Book review: REMEMBERING LIVE AID by Andrew Wild

Posted on August 25, 2024 by jason
live aid

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.08.24] Although the fortieth(!) anniversary of Live Aid is next July, this book by Andrew Wild gets in early on any anniversary events/books and is a great way to jog the memories of those who were … Continue reading →

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Album review: FAST EDDIE CLARKE – Make My Day The Rock ’n’ Roll Story Of…

Posted on August 18, 2024 by jason
FAST EDDIE CLARKE - Make My Day

BMG [Release date: 06.09.24] Guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke came to prominence as the guitarist for Motorhead, playing on Motorhead (1977, Chiswick), and Bomber, Overkill, Ace Of Spades, No Sleep ‘Till Hammersmith and Iron Fist (1979-82, all on Bronze), and a … Continue reading →

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Book review: ULTRAVOX – Every Album, Every Song by Brian J Robb

Posted on August 4, 2024 by jason
Ultravox - Every Album, Every Song

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 26.07.24] Ultravox had 17 UK top 40 singles between 1981 and 1984, yet never had a number one single. ‘Vienna’ was famously kept of the top spot by Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’ (a song that … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…THE DIVINE COMEDY by Alan Draper

Posted on May 11, 2024 by jason
On Track...THE DIVINE COMEDY by ALAN DRAPER

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 29.02.24] At end of the 1980s Neil Hannon formed his first line-up of The Divine Comedy. In 1989, he signed a deal with independent label, Setanta Records, which led to The Divine Comedy becoming the label’s … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…OASIS, NEIL YOUNG, AC/DC, PROCOL HARUM (every album, every song)

Posted on May 9, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
On track...Oasis by Andrew Rooney

Sonicbond Publishing www.sonicbondpublishing.com [Publication dates 26.01.24*, 29.02.24**, 05.04.24***, 10.05.24****] The wide spread of the On Track… series is confirmed by Paul Tornbohm’s dissection of Carpenters*. Surveying the pop duo’s output from 1969, Tornbohm approaches his task from the viewpoint of a … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…MAGNUM – every album, every song – by Matthew Taylor

Posted on April 27, 2024 by GRTR! HQ
On track...MAGNUM - every album, every song - by Matthew Taylor

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 26.04.24] The merits of these “On track…” books lie in the authors’ comprehensive trawling of sources as much as subjective opinion. Matthew Taylor’s expose of Magnum drives a balance between the two. He has used a … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track…THE POLICE – Every Album, Every Song by Peter Braidis

Posted on April 14, 2024 by jason
The Police On Track Every Album, Every Song

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 12.04.24] Forming when punk was starting to become a force, The Police – drummer Stuart Copeland, vocalist/bassist Sting and guitarist Andy Summers – released five albums between 1978 and 1983, coupled with a succession of hit … Continue reading →

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Book review: Hello Tolworth, I’m Ziggy by Tim Harrison

Posted on January 31, 2024 by petefeenstra
HELLO Tolworh

Good Life Publishing [Publication date:17.09.21] ‘Hello Tolworth, I’m Ziggy, The life And times of the Toby Jug pub, and the launch of David Bowie’s most famous character’ is a meticulously researched book that is at its best when covering Bowie … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track … BOB DYLAN, HAWKWIND, YES, LOU REED, THE JAM (Sonicbond Publishing)

Posted on December 9, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
On track...Bob Dylan 1962-1970

“For the fan a chance to revisit songs and albums and for newcomers a roadmap to hopefully enhance their listening habits. Of course in an age of renewed vinyl interest these books may be the perfect complement.” We catch up … Continue reading →

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Book review: Decades – MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND in the 1970s by John Van der Kiste

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Davoski
Book review: Decades - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band in the 1970’s (John Van der Kiste)

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 27.01.23] After seeing the Earth Band live this Summer and being very pleasantly surprised, I found this book in my pile of review material and so I’m following up that excellent gig in Budapest with a … Continue reading →

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Book review: ON TRACK… REO Speedwagon- every album, every song by James Romag

Posted on July 9, 2023 by andynathan
ON TRACK... REO Speedwagon- every album, every song by James Romag

Sonic Bond Publishing (Release Date 28.04.23) The ever growing On Track series is now spreading its wings to bands with at best cult status in the UK, in this case REO Speedwagon who, despite three big power ballad hits in … Continue reading →

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Book review: SLADE in the 1970s (Decades) by Darren Johnson

Posted on July 3, 2023 by jason
Slade in the 1970s

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 26.05.23] Slade were one of the biggest British bands of the 1970s, three UK number one albums (and one in Australia),  six number one singles in the UK and Irish charts, numerous top 10 hit singles and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: DEFINITELY: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF DEF LEPPARD

Posted on July 2, 2023 by andynathan
DEFINITELY: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF DEF LEPPARD

Genesis Publishing [Release Date 09.05.23] Def Leppard’s profile is as high now as at any time since their eighties heyday. The Stadium tour travelled America and has hit the UK this summer, ‘Diamond Star Halos’ was released  to general acclaim … Continue reading →

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Backstage Heroes: DARREN JOHNSON

Posted on June 15, 2023 by jason
Slade in the 1970s

Author and reviewer Darren Johnson has three published books to date, with ‘Slade in the 1970s’ recently published by SonicBond Publishing. Here we find out more about his introduction to rock music, why he loves glam rock in particular, all … Continue reading →

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Book review: On Track….EAGLES- every album, every song by John Van der Kiste

Posted on May 3, 2023 by andynathan
On Track....EAGLES- every album, every song by John Van der Kiste

SonicBond publishing (Publication date 03.03.23) For the latest in the ‘On Track’ series John Van Der Kiste has the unenviable task of saying something fresh about one of the best selling artists of all time, whose story has already been … Continue reading →

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Book review: MAGIC The David Paton Story (David Paton)

Posted on April 25, 2023 by GRTR! HQ
MAGIC The David Paton Story (David Paton)

Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date  28.04.23] It seems to be a trend for musicians – some of whom aren’t exactly thrust centre stage in the pantheon of rock – to write their biographies.  Perhaps it’s a Lockdown thing or a sense … Continue reading →

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Book review: QUEEN in the 1970s by James Griffiths

Posted on April 17, 2023 by jason
Queen in the 1970s by James Griffiths

‎Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.03.23] This book scores highly on two counts. Firstly, the author is a big Queen fan and that comes through in the writing, as opposed to a dry biography written by a jobbing writer. Secondly, in … Continue reading →

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Book review: On track….VAN HALEN- every album, every song by Morgan Brown

Posted on April 15, 2023 by andynathan
On track....VAN HALEN- every album, every song

Sonicbond Publishing (Release Date 24.02.23) The latest in the ever expanding ‘On Track’ series finds author Morgan Brown with the unenviable task of saying something fresh about Van Halen, given how much has already been written, especially after Eddie Van … Continue reading →

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Book review: FLEETWOOD MAC IN THE 1980s by Don Klees

Posted on March 20, 2023 by jason
Fleetwood Mac in the 1980s Don Klees

SonicBond Publishing [Publication date 27.01.23] During the 1980’s Fleetwood Mac only released two albums, 1982’s ‘Mirage’, which topped the US album charts, and 1987’s ‘Tango In The Night’, which saw the band top the UK album charts with sales to … Continue reading →

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