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DVD review: WILLY DEVILLE – Live in The Lowlands

Eagle Vision [Out now] Filmed live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam in 2005, this show finds Willy DeVille on tour in support of his recent “Crow Jane Alley” album. The set list is a diverse collection of songs that reaches across … Continue reading

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DVD reviews: GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS, BRYAN FERRY, HUGH LAURIE

GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS - Live at Montreux 2013

GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS – Live at Montreux 2013 Eagle Vision [Release date 18.11.13] Having released some 16 studio albums since the late ‘70’s, George Thorogood & The Destroyers (or to give them their proper title, George Thorogood and … Continue reading

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Upcoming: New Releases – Albums/DVDs (2016)

Compiled by Jason Ritchie Updated 31/10/2016 2016 November 4th GRAHAM BONNET ‘The Book’ Frontiers BON JOVI ‘This House Is Not For Sale’ FM ‘Indiscreet 30′ (re-recorded with 7 bonus songs) Frontiers THE FRAY ‘Through the Years: The Best Of’ Epic … Continue reading

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DVD review: Martin Hannett – He Wasn’t Just The Fifth Member Of Joy Division

        Ozit  [Released 10.05.14] Described as a’ rough cut reportage style documentary based on an original idea by Anthony Ryan Carter’ a.k.a. Tosh Ryan who occupies an insightful centre-piece  to film, this fly on the wall style … Continue reading

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DVD review: SUZANNE VEGA – Solitude Standing

Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing

Wienerworld [Release date 24.03.14] Timed for release to coincide with Vega’s new studio album Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles (presumably to freeload on the coat-tails of that album’s publicity) this DVD finds Suzanne Vega performing at … Continue reading

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Album review: JOHN SEBASTIAN – Reissues

John Sebastian - Reissues

John B Sebastian, The Four Of Us, Tarzan Kid, Welcome Back plus BBC In Concert 1970 Edsel Records [Release date 10.02.14] Dylan just about nailed it when he pronounced ‘the times they are a changin’ in 1964 and John Sebastian, … Continue reading

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Album review: JOE BONAMASSA & BETH HART – Live In Amsterdam

Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart - Live in Amsterdam

Provogue (CD and DVD) [Release date 24.03.14] I have to say I’m not a huge Bonamassa or Beth Hart fan – individually or collectively.  To my mind Bonamassa is overhyped, and if my painful Liverpool Echo Arena experience is anything … Continue reading

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Album review: ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY – Takes New York, Live At The Iridium

ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY - Takes New York, Live At The Iridium

Provogue [Release date 24.02.14] A few years ago a few stellar musicians got together to explore some funky vibes.  This stellar cast included, latterly, none other than Joe Bonamassa and this side-project was to some extent overlooked as Joe wore … Continue reading

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Album review: THE DAMNED – Tiki Nightmare: Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire July 2002

The Damned - Tiki Nightmare

Salvo/Union Square (2CD/DVD) [Release date 10.02.14] Widely recognised as the first UK punk band, releasing a punk album and single (and I’m near the front of the queue to stick that up the nose of the Sex Pistols), The Damned … Continue reading

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DVD review: U.S. Festival 1983 Days 1-3

US Festival 1983 Days 1-3

Wienerworld [Release date 27.01.14] It’s weird how when you look back at this footage, just how young everyone looks, yet when you look in the mirror that same youthful young man looks back at you (well, maybe not). The U.S. … Continue reading

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Album review: ALICE COOPER – Brutally Live

Alice Cooper - Brutally Live

Salvo (CD/DVD) [Release date] It’s ironic that as Brutally Live is about to be re-released, the whole concert has been broadcast on BBC4.  So if you’ve been watching the TV schedules you’ll hopefully have had the good sense to either … Continue reading

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Album review: HEART – Fanatic Live From Caesars Colosseum

Heart - Fanatic Live From Caesars Colosseum

Ann Wilson chats about her career in the Songwriters series, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 23 March, 13:00 GMT.  More information Frontiers Records (CD and DVD Deluxe Edition) [Release date 24.02.14] Heart’s 15th studio album, Fanatic, released in October … Continue reading

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Album review: CAST – reissues (All Change, Mother Nature Calls, Magic Hour, Beetroot)

Cast - All Change

Edsel Records [Release date 03.02.14] Cast embarked on their traditional low-key pre-Christmas dates in 2013 and celebrated their 20th anniversary with a new album ‘Troubled Times’.  With their first four albums now expanded to deluxe editions, the time is perhaps … Continue reading

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Album review: LEAF HOUND – Live In Tokyo

        Ripple Records ( Release date – 13th January 2014) Leaf Hound are a band of legend. Born in 1969 the band underwent a couple of line-up changes before releasing their first album ‘Growers Of Mushrooms’. This … Continue reading

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DVD review: WILKO JOHNSON – Live At Koko

Wilko Johnson - Live At Koko

Cadiz Music [Release date 18.12.13] The biggest weight of expectation on a night of high emotion probably lay in the lap of the multi-camera crew, rather than the band themselves. For on a night that happily didn’t turn out to … Continue reading

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DVD review: THE DOORS – Live At The Bowl 68 / Soundstage Performances / Live In Europe 1968

THE DOORS – Live At The Bowl 68 / Soundstage Performances / Live In Europe 1968

Eagle Vision [Release date 15.10.13] The Doors ‘Live At The Bowl ‘68’ / ‘Soundstage Performances’ / ‘Live In Europe 1968’ triple DVD box set judiciously mixes recycled and restored concert footage with insightful bonus interviews from band members and their contemporaries. … Continue reading

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DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Perfect Strangers Live

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live (DVD)

Eagle Records – Out Now Deep Purple have experienced eight main member reshuffles since they first formed in Hertford back in 1968, however, it has been universally accepted that it is the work of the Mark II line up (Gillan/ … Continue reading

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DVD review: TED NUGENT – Ultralive Ballisticrock

Ted Nugent - Ultralive Ballisticrock (DVD)

Frontiers – Out Now. Theodore Anthony Nugent is a man who has, of late, managed to find himself in the spotlight for reasons that have more to do with his staunch conservative political views, rather than his musical abilities. There … Continue reading

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DVD review: JON ANDERSON – Tour Of The Universe

Store For Music www.thestoreformusic.com Although this is released this year by Store For Music, this DVD first saw the light of day back in 2005 when it was released by Classic Pictures. A word of caution for fans as the … Continue reading

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DVD Review: SPRINGSTEEN AND I

Springsteen & I

Eagle Vision [Release Date 28.10.2013] Bruce Springsteen is an artist who seems to inspire a unique awe and affection among his fans, so it somehow seems appropriate that he is the subject of a music film with a difference. Concert … Continue reading

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DVD review: VARIOUS – The Sunflower Superjam 2012

The Sunflower Superjam 2012

Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2DVD) www.thesunflowerjam.com The Sunflower Jam was started back in 2006 by Jacky Paice, wife of Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice and sister-in-law to the late Jon Lord, as a charity event to raise funds … Continue reading

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DVD review: STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL – Birmingham

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Absolute [Release date 14.10.13] Somewhere, in the bowels of my long player collection lies a pristine copy of Cockney Rebel’s The Psychomodo acquired circa 1974.  It is, however, many, many years (quite possibly decades) since it last saw the rubber … Continue reading

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DVD review: GRAHAM PARKER – This Is Live

The Store For Music [Release date 18.11.13] Graham Parker & The Rumour are back! In fact GP hasn’t really been away. Yes he’s been absent from the UK for years, but across the pond he’s been studiously working on his … Continue reading

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Album review: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY – Unblackened

Black Label Society - Unblackened

Armoury Records [Release date 23.09.13] Recorded at the Club Nokia in Los Angeles this highlights Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society in acoustic mode, well as acoustic as Zakk Wylde can get! Derek Sherinian (Black Country Communion/Dream Theater) is … Continue reading

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DVD review: MORRISSEY – 25Live

Eagle Rock www.eagle-rock.com This live DVD was shot at the intimate Hollywood High School in Los Angeles to mark Morrissey’s twenty five years as a solo artist. It’s a fans set list including some Smiths classics like ‘Meat Is Murder’ … Continue reading

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