Get Ready to ROCK! » Brian Wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:23:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : THE FLOWERPOT MEN – Midsummer Dreaming, An Anthology 1967-70 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-the-flowerpot-men-midsummer-dreaming-an-anthology-1967-70/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-the-flowerpot-men-midsummer-dreaming-an-anthology-1967-70/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 15:36:58 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102508 FLOWER 150 POT MEN imageCherry Red [Release date : 23.05.25] English musicians/songwriters/singers, John Carter and Ken Lewis achieved limited success in the sixties, scoring two top ten hits as the Ivy League, in 1965 and 66. Meanwhile, aside from breeding an anti consumerist counterculture, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-the-flowerpot-men-midsummer-dreaming-an-anthology-1967-70/feed/ 0 Album review : STREETLIGHT – Night Vision https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-streetlight-night-vision/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-streetlight-night-vision/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:31:57 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101194 STREETLIGHT - Night VisionFrontiers Music [Release date : 14.03.25] After an artfully conceived AOR debut in 2024, Streetlight’s trajectory remains on an upward curve. And, to no one’s surprise, pretty well everywhere you scratch the paint on Night Vision, you’ll find the 1980s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-streetlight-night-vision/feed/ 0 Album review : JON ANDERSON AND THE BAND GEEKS – True https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-jon-anderson-and-the-band-geeks-true/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-jon-anderson-and-the-band-geeks-true/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:26:55 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=97077 JON ANDERSON BAND GEEKS image 150Frontiers [Release date : 23.08.24] An almost 80 year old Jon Anderson, and the Band Geeks will be finishing off their second annual US tour in September. Just about when their first album, True, is being released by Frontiers. Quite … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-jon-anderson-and-the-band-geeks-true/feed/ 0 Album review: THE FIRST CLASS – Beach Baby – The Complete Recordings (3 CD set) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:33:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86101 First-Class-front-cover-jpeg-minCherry Red [release date: 27.01.23] 1974, and the first pop single to be written by Shakespeare, ‘Beach Baby’, breaks into the US and UK charts. John Carter (not that one) was born John Shakespeare. A singer, songwriter and producer who … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/feed/ 0 Album review: JELLYFISH – When These Memories Fade (boxset 7″ singles) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/09/album-review-jellyfish-when-these-memories-fade-boxset-7-singles/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/09/album-review-jellyfish-when-these-memories-fade-boxset-7-singles/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:21:41 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83049 Jellyfish CoverNewland+ [Release date: 30.09.22] This boxset of 7×7” Jellyfish singles is truly a step back in time to when vinyl was king. An A side and a B side. On the A side was the song the label wanted radio … Continue reading →

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