Tag Archives: Cozy Powell

Album review: BLACK SABBATH – Anno Domini 1989-1995

Posted on May 12, 2024 by jason

BMG [Release date 31.05.24] Another solid box from BMG, and four long out-of-print albums get a release. This set features Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), Cross Purposes (1994) and Forbidden (1995). And before anyone goes “The Tony Martin Years”, this … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL – Complete Collection

Posted on April 8, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Spirit of Unicorn Music [Release date 12.04.24] Emerson Lake & Palmer had imploded by the mid-eighties and the age of prog and pomp ceremony was seemingly over. In the late seventies there had been a last flourish of excess with … Continue reading →

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Album review: TEENAGE GLAMPAGE – 80 Glambusters From The Seventies (4CD boxset)

Posted on February 20, 2023 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date 17.02.23] Glamrock stamped its imprint on the UK Pop scene in the Seventies, and perhaps overstayed its welcome. But while it reigned supreme, it produced countless unforgettable pop songs. This 4 CD anthology, Teenage Glampage, begins … Continue reading →

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Single review: MAGPIE – Dancing With The Devil

Posted on July 14, 2021 by brianmc

3MS Records [Release date 17.07.21] It’s no exaggeration to say that the late Cozy Powell’s seventies’ classic, ‘Dance With The Devil’ is etched into every rock fan’s consciousness. It’s an eminently durable mini masterpiece that has withstood sweeping changes in … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHENOMENA – Still The Night

Posted on December 6, 2020 by jason

Cherry Red [Release date 27.11.20] Tom and Mel Galley put Phenomena together in 1984. Glenn Hughes, Don Airey, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray had been enlisted…Whitesnake versus Deep Purple, a metalised marriage made in hard rock heaven. The following year they … Continue reading →

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Album review: GRAHAM BONNET – Solo Albums 1974-1992

Posted on November 18, 2020 by jason

In August 2017 Graham Bonnet chatted to David Randall about his career for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. This hour special includes several tracks featured in the latest box set. Cherry Red [Release date 27.11.20] Skegness born Graham Bonnet is … Continue reading →

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Feature: Call Collect – An introduction to COZY POWELL

Posted on April 6, 2020 by GRTR! HQ

Joe Geesin recalls Cozy Powell’s long career, the key albums, and a friendship with one of rock’s finest drummers Colin Flooks, better known as Cozy Powell, was a renowned rock drummer who, like many, lived like he played – hard … Continue reading →

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Album review: JACK BRUCE & FRIENDS – The Bottom Line Archive

Posted on January 26, 2020 by petefeenstra

Jack Bruce & Friends - The Bottom Line Archives

The Store For Music [Release date 29.11.19] This double live set from March 1980 is a welcome return to the catalogue for a jazz fusion supergroup with blues edges and occasional folk into artsy tinged vocals from Bruce. The important … Continue reading →

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Album review: WHITESNAKE – Slide It In

Posted on March 24, 2019 by jason

35th Anniversary Edition Parlophone/Rhino [Release date 08.03.19] Back when Whitesnake were a British classic rock band, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale fronted a solid blues rock band of class musicians. Formed in the late 70s, the mid 80s saw … Continue reading →

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Album review: PHENOMENA – reissues

Posted on December 22, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

Explore Rights Management Ltd [Release date 09.11.18] www.phenomenaproject.co.uk Phenomena was a concept developed by Tom Galley with brother Mel who had featured in Whitesnake and had previously worked with Glenn Hughes in Trapeze.. It brought together various rock alumni including … Continue reading →

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Album review: CINDERELLA – The Mercury Years

Posted on September 16, 2018 by jason

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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DVD review: JEFF BECK – Still On The Run: The Jeff Beck Story

Posted on April 17, 2018 by jason

Eagle Vision [Release date 18.05.18] The guitarist’s guitarist, Jeff Beck has been getting new notes and sounds out of his six strings since his rise to fame in the mid 60s, and this DVD tells the story, from comparing record … Continue reading →

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Album review: GARY MOORE – Blues And Beyond

Posted on December 2, 2017 by jason

Sanctuary/BMG (4CD + book box-set) [Release date 24.11.17] Belfast born guitarist and vocalist Gary Moore was an unparalleled legend, whose career combined hard rock and blues, and at times dipping into jazz fusion (‘Colosseum II’) and a more contemporary harsh … Continue reading →

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Album review: COZY POWELL – The Polydor Years

Posted on September 3, 2017 by jason

Caroline International [Release date 25.08.17] Drummer extraordinaire Cozy Powell is one of the biggest hitters in the hard rock word, making his name with Jeff Beck, Rainbow, Whitesnake, MSG, Black Sabbath, and Brian May; just before he died in 1998 … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – Monsters Of Rock Live At Donington 1980

Posted on April 17, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 22.04.16] CD/DVD Is it me or are Rainbow – 35 years on – viewed through rose-tinted spectacles? The studio albums are worthy but – live – there is excess, there is indulgence, and there’s a lot … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – The Polydor Years

Posted on January 28, 2015 by jason

Universal (9LP box set) [Release date 24.11.14] With the rejuvenation of both vinyl and classic rock, Universal have collated all 8 of the classic Rainbow albums in original packaging. Extravagant? Yes, resoundingly. But it’s lovely too. While a couple have … Continue reading →

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Album review: WHITESNAKE – Live In ’84 Back To The Bone

Posted on October 11, 2014 by jason

Frontiers www.frontiers.it [Released 07.11.14] Here’s a song for ya. 1984 was a good year for British rock music – and is surely epitomised by Whitesnake’s Slide It In. OK, I’m biased, possibly, but Slide It In is by far my … Continue reading →

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Album review: RAINBOW – The Singles Box Set 1975–1986

Posted on January 19, 2014 by jason

Universal (19 CD set) [Release date 2.02.14] Those lovely guys at Universal have really gone to town (again) here – and a set that will be beyond most fans’ needs (or price range); but the extravagance here matches the marvel … Continue reading →

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DVD review: RAINBOW – Live In Munich 1977

Posted on May 19, 2013 by jason

Eagle Vision (also 2CD) Originally issued in 2006, this DVD shows Rainbow live with their latest line up just prior to the release of the Long Live Rock’n’Roll album. It was filmed for the Rockplast broadcasts and hence was heavily … Continue reading →

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Interview with Lee Hutchings: director of the upcoming Cozy Powell DVD

Posted on February 11, 2013 by jason

Lee Hutchings is the director of the upcoming “Dance With The Devil: The Cozy Powell Story”, and he has been working on this along with producer Andrew Fawn. This documentary will feature exclusive and extensive interviews with family, friends, work associates and fans, … Continue reading →