Get Ready to ROCK! » Dutch https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:07:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Feature: Call Collect: An introduction to FOCUS https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-focus/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-focus/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:13:27 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=65438 Focus - Hard Rock Hell Prog, Pwllheli, 21-22 March 2014In their own words, Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman discuss the early days of Focus and their wider success…and demise in the late 1970s.  This feature is based on interviews in 1990 for a ‘Record Collector’ article published in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-focus/feed/ 0 Album review: JAN AKKERMAN – Jan Akkerman (1977 reissue) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/01/album-review-jan-akkerman-1977-reissue/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/01/album-review-jan-akkerman-1977-reissue/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2016 22:41:13 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=35553 JAN AKKERMAN - Jan AkkermanEsoteric Recordings [Release date 29.01.16] “Jan Akkerman”, the 1977 album with the distinctive “guitar in bed” cover, was Akkerman’s answer to Jeff Beck’s ‘Blow By Blow’ two years earlier.  This was the Dutch guitarist’s first solo album since splitting from … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/01/album-review-jan-akkerman-1977-reissue/feed/ 0 Quick plays: ORANGE OUTLAW, NEGACY, ARCHANGEL https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/08/quick-plays-orange-outlaw-negacy-archangel/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/08/quick-plays-orange-outlaw-negacy-archangel/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:32:45 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=32211 ORANGE OUTLAW – Desert WolfORANGE OUTLAW Desert Wolf Self release [Release date 01.03.15] Album covers can be deceiving at times, going by the lone wolf in the desert I had this pegged as a stoner rock workout, how wrong could I be! Orange Outlaw … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/08/quick-plays-orange-outlaw-negacy-archangel/feed/ 0 TOYZ – The Infinite Road https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/01/toyz-the-infinite-road/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2013/01/toyz-the-infinite-road/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:19:39 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=5930 Toyz - The Infinite RoadEvery so often a disc shows up that looks just the same as a million others – classic prog-rock cover, picture of the band looking completely normal, track-list titles that would sit on any other album; ‘Departure’, ‘Face The Mirror’, … Continue reading →

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