Get Ready to ROCK! » Edgar Broughton https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Book review: Hello Tolworth, I’m Ziggy by Tim Harrison https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/book-review-hello-tolworth-im-ziggy/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/book-review-hello-tolworth-im-ziggy/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:49:59 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=93648 HELLO TolworhGood Life Publishing [Publication date:17.09.21] ‘Hello Tolworth, I’m Ziggy, The life And times of the Toby Jug pub – And The Launch of David Bowie’s Most Famous Character’ is a meticulously researched book that is at its best when covering … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/book-review-hello-tolworth-im-ziggy/feed/ 0 Album review: TRACTOR – Tractor 50th Anniversary Edition (red vinyl) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/album-reviewtractor-tractor-50th-anniversary-edition/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/album-reviewtractor-tractor-50th-anniversary-edition/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:02:41 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=81811 Tractor 50thOzit /Morpheus Records [Release date 01.07.22] Previously reissued by Ozit as a CD to mark the album’s 30th anniversary, The 50th anniversary of ‘Tractor’ is given a 3 sided, double-set on red vinyl release, contextualised by a pictorial collage with … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/07/album-reviewtractor-tractor-50th-anniversary-edition/feed/ 0 Gig review: VINCENT FLATTS FINAL DRIVE – Kings Head Theatre, London, 7 June 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/gig-review-vincent-flatts-final-drive-kings-head-theatre-london-7-june-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/gig-review-vincent-flatts-final-drive-kings-head-theatre-london-7-june-2019/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2019 11:41:43 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=59903 VIncent Flatts Fina Drive by CathThere ‘s something indefinable about the true spirit of rock and rock. And whatever it is, Vincent Flatts Final Drive front man Steve “Bertie” Burton has it in buckets. It’s not just the spontaneous humour, the belligerent phrasing, the way … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/06/gig-review-vincent-flatts-final-drive-kings-head-theatre-london-7-june-2019/feed/ 0 Gig review: FAMILY FAREWELL SHOW – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 18 December 2016 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/gig-review-family-farewell-show-shepherds-bush-empire-london-18-december-2016/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/gig-review-family-farewell-show-shepherds-bush-empire-london-18-december-2016/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2017 14:29:12 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=43063 Advertised as ‘Ladies & Gentleman…Last Orders Please’ this may or may not be Family’s last hurrah, but on the off chance that it is, the band plays with discipline, craft, nuanced restraint, humour and plenty of conviction. The 7 piece … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/gig-review-family-farewell-show-shepherds-bush-empire-london-18-december-2016/feed/ 0 Album review: CRIMSON STONE – Crimson Stone https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/12/album-review-crimson-stone-crimson-stone/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/12/album-review-crimson-stone-crimson-stone/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:58:14 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=34978 Crimson Stone - Crimson StoneLa Choza De Doe [Release date 07.06.15] Which came first the chicken or the egg?  Put it another way, do bands like Crimson Stone try to fit a pre-existing musical mould? Crimson Stone show just enough imagination within a huge … Continue reading →

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