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DVD review: PANIC ROOM – Screens Live In London
Get Ready to ROCK! have followed Panic Room’s progress from the very start and many gig and album reviews have been featured. David Randall from Get Ready to ROCK! chatted to Jon Edwards shortly before the release of Panic Room’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anne-Marie Helder, Dave Foster, DVD, Gavin Griffiths, Jon Edwards, Live in London, Panic Room, prog, progressive, review, rock, Screens, Yatim Halimi
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DVD review: TOMMY EMMANUEL – Music Gone Public
CGP Sounds/Music Gone Public - [Release date: 10.02.17] Tommy Emmanuel, for those not in the know, is surely one of the finest exponents of the acoustic guitar on the planet. The affable Aussie has released a fair number of DVDs … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic guitar, Bucky Pizzarelli, DVD, Frank Vignola, Music Gone Public, review, Tommy Emmanuel, Vinny Raniola
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DVD review: JEFF BECK – Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Eagle Vision [Release date 06.10.17] Also available: CD/DVD, Bluray When I saw Jeff Beck in Birmingham in 2014 I was somewhat underwhelmed. In spite of an audience of a certain age hanging on every note the performance came across as … Continue reading
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Tagged 50th anniversary, Aerosmith, beth Hart, Billy F. Gibbons, blues, Buddy Guy, DVD, fusion, Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Hall, Live At The Hollywood Bowl, review, rock, Steven Tyler, Wet Willie, Yardbirds, ZZ Top
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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Sticky Fingers Live at The Fonda Theatre 2015
Eagle Vision [Release date 29.09.17] CD/DVD There is no doubt that 1971’s “Sticky Fingers” is my favourite album by The Rolling Stones, but for years it has also stayed as possibly my favourite album of all time. Within its ten … Continue reading
DVD review: JOE COCKER – Mad Dog With Soul
Eagle Vision [Release date 23.06.17] “Mad Dog with Soul” is the feature length documentary that is the first to really delve into the whole Joe Cocker story. Originally broadcast on Sky Arts, and made with the co-operation of the late … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, DVD, Eagle Vision, JOE COCKER, Mad Dog With Soul, review, rock, soul, The Beatles
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DVD review: Changes Begin Within (Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
Eagle Rock [Release date 01.09.17] It seems almost unthinkable in this day and age that a benefit concert would be held for a charitable foundation aimed at teaching at-risk children to meditate, and to begin to change their lives from … Continue reading
DVD review: ALICE COOPER – Welcome To My Nightmare Special Edition
Eagle Rock [Release date 08.09.17] Alice’s long available Welcome to My Nightmare, December 1975 Wembley, Empire Pool footage gets a 2017 ‘reboot’ with the addition of a same year TV special - ‘Alice Cooper: The Nightmare’. It’s the first time … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Cooper, DVD, glam, review, rock, shock rock, special edition, Tour, TV special, Vincent Price, Welcome To My Nightmare
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DVD review: DEEPLY VALE FESTIVAL– 40th Anniversary Weekend
Ozit/Dandelion [Release date: 23.06.17] Steve Hillage the big headliner at the groundbreaking 1978 Deeply Vale Festival describes the event as: “a legendary seminal event at an important moment in the development of British music culture in terms of free festivals.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 40th Anniversary Weekend, Brian John Lewis, Chris Hewitt, Crude Oil Inc, Deeply Vale, DVD, Gong, Graham Clark, Graham Massey, Guitar George Borowski, Here & Now, Jaki Windmill, Mark E. Smith, Mike Howlett, Miquette Giraud, Nik Turner, Ozit/Dandelion, Rev Mike Huck, review, Shankara Andy Bole, Spizz, Steffe Sharpstrings, Stephen Lewry, Steve Cassidy, Steve Hillage, The Beatles, The Drones, The Falls, The Psychedelic Furs, The Ruts, Victor Brox
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DVD review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live At Carnegie Hall – An Acoustic Evening
Provogue [Release date 23.06.17] From the opening Manhattan rooftop shots to the individual band instruments, the familiar team of producer Kevin Shirley and director Philippe Klose cleverly draws us into the latest J&R Adventures extravaganza. ‘Live At Carnegie Hall – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bette Middler, blues, DVD, Eric Brazilian, Gary Pinto, guitar, Hossam Ramzy, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Bonamassa Live At Carnegie Hall - An Acoustic Evening, Kevin Shirley, Philippe Klose, Reese Wynans, review, Tina Guo, unplugged, world music, Zeppelin
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DVD review: THE ROLLING STONES – Ole, Ole, Ole! A Trip Across Latin America
Eagle Vision [Release date 26.05.17] More a documentary than a concert film, “Ole, Ole, Ole! A Trip Across Latin America” was originally released in selected cinemas last September and was shown on Channel 4 at the end the year. The … Continue reading
Album review: LITTLE RIVER BAND – The Big Box (6 Disc incl DVD)
The Store For Music [Release date 28.04.17] The only problem with this welcome 5-CD/DVD boxed set is repetition. In more recent years Little River Band have seemingly sought to reinvent their past with not a lot of new material. (Some … Continue reading
Album review – GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS – Live At Rockpalast – Dortmund 1980
MIG Music [release date – 24.02.17] George Thorogood live is akin to a tornado hitting your town, fast, furious and guaranteed to lay waste to all before him. This package was recorded for posterity back when he and The Destroyers … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, blues, CD, Dortmund, DVD, George Thorogood, live, MIG Music, rock, Rockpalast, Who Do You Love
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Album review: PAT TRAVERS – Live At Rockpalast – Cologne 1976
MIG Music [Release date – 24.02.17] This album package is one of a number of releases from MIG Records (Made In Germany in case you were wondering!) which feature old recordings from Rockpalast. They have recorded many gigs across Germany … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976, blues, CD, DVD, Iron Maiden, live, Live In Cologne, MIG Music, Nicko McBrain, Pat Travers, Peter Cowling, rock, Rockpalast
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DVD review: ROBIN BIBI – Colour House Blues Live!
Stonkin’ Production [Release date 08.01.17] ‘Colour House Blues Live!’ is a stripped down duo affair which finds guitarist Robin Bibi with his bass player Tony Marten (who doubles on acoustic guitar and banjo) in unplugged mode. The duo explore a … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustc guitar, blues, Colour House Blues Live!, DVD, Guitar Slim, John Martyn, No More A Secret, review, Robert Johnson, Robin Bibi, Tony Marten, unplugged
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Album review: MARILLION – Marbles In The Park
earMUSIC [Release date 20.01.17] 2-CD/DVD/Bluray Available on 2xCD, DVD, and Blu Ray formats, Marbles In The Park – the centrepiece of the 2015 Marillion weekend convention at Center Parcs, Port Zelande, in The Netherlands – is a curious release. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluray, CD, DVD, Ian Mosley, live, Marbles In The Park, Marillion, Mark Kelly, Netherlands, Pete Trewavas, prog, progressive, review, rock, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, weekend
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DVD review: JOAN ARMATRADING – Me Myself I – World Tour Concert
429 Records [Release date 11.11.16] Hardly the most ‘original’ of titles for Joan Armatrading’s globetrotting swansong, but befitting as, believe it or not, her ‘farewell’ tour which lasted almost two years, and saw her play 235 dates across four different … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, Joan Armatrading, Me Myself I - World Tour Concert, pop, review, rhythm and blues, rock, singer, songwriter, soul
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DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – California Jam 1974
earMUSIC [Release date 09.12.16] I was beginning to think that ‘remastering’ is a marketing ‘con’ and not about bringing consumers a truly superior product. After all, is it really possible to make a sow’s purse out of a pig’s ear … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluray, California Jam 1974, David Coverdale, Deep Purple, DVD, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, review, Richie Blackmore, Roger Glover
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DVD review: IGGY POP – Post Pop Depression Live at The Royal Albert Hall
Do you ever watch a DVD of a gig and think ‘I wish I’d been there’? Filmed in support of Pop’s recent, and 17th, solo album ‘Post Pop Depression’ and featuring a band comprising of Josh Homme (who co-wrote and … Continue reading
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Tagged Artic Monkeys, DVD, Iggy Pop, Josh Homme, Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Post Pop Depression, punk, Queens of The Stoneage, review, rock
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Upcoming: New releases (CD/DVD) January-March 2017
Compiled by Jason Ritchie Updated 13.02.17 2017 January 6th DEREK DAVIS (BABYLON A.D.) ‘Revolutionary Soul’ HALESTORM ‘ReAniMate 3.0′ (covers EP) MAGNUM ‘In The Valley Of Tears – The Ballads’ SPV/Steamhammer YOU ME AT SIX ‘Night People’ 13th ACCEPT ‘Restless And … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, album, CD, DVD, forthcoming, new, release
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DVD review: BRYAN ADAMS – Live At Wembley
Eagle Rock [Release date 14.10.16] Finally released 30 years after the event, this DVD captures the second of his sold out shows at Wembley stadium. Bryan Adams was promoting his recently released ’18 ‘Till I Die’ album and there is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, Bryan Adams, classic rock, DVD, Eagle Rock, live, Live At Wembley, review, rock, Wembley Stadium
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