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		<title>Album review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; s/t</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-w-a-s-p-st/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 14:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-w-a-s-p-st/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="140" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wasp-e1778450303896.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="WASP" title="WASP" /></a>Madfish [Release date 21.05.26] Record label Madfish have been working some of the early W.A.S.P. catalogue, including The Savage 7 CD boxset. Here is the band’s 1984 debut and in line with all the other Madfish releases I’ve encountered, it &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-w-a-s-p-st/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-w-a-s-p-st/">Album review: W.A.S.P. &#8211; s/t</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : VON GROOVE &#8211; Born To Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/VON-GROOVE-150-Born-image1.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="VON GROOVE 150 Born image" title="VON GROOVE 150 Born image" /></a>Frontiers Music [Release date : 15.05.26] There can be few more explosive opening tracks than Von Groove’s ‘Once Is Not Enough’ from their self titled debut, 1992. 30 years later : they’ve got the band back together – Michael Shotton, &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/album-review-von-groove-born-to-rock/">Album review : VON GROOVE &#8211; Born To Rock</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Single review: PARKER BARROW &#8211; Blinded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/single-review-parker-barrow-blinded/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/pb-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="pb" title="pb" /></a>Blinded is taken from Parker Barrow&#8217;s forthcoming album Hold The Mash, and you’d be forgiven for thinking you were listening to a new Stones single with the opening riff, as guitarist Alex Bender says the riff was given life as &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/single-review-parker-barrow-blinded/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/05/single-review-parker-barrow-blinded/">Single review: PARKER BARROW &#8211; Blinded</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : DEGREED &#8211; Curtain Calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-degreed-curtain-calls/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DEGREED-150-Curtain-image.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="DEGREED - Curtain Calls" title="DEGREED - Curtain Calls" /></a>Frontiers [Release date 24.04.26] Eighth full length album from respected Swedish Hard Rock band, Degreed&#8230;Robin Eriksson, Mats Eriksson, Mikael Blanc and Daniel Johansson. Their sound is impossible to categorise. Is it toughened up AOR, melodic hard rock, metallised hard rock &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-degreed-curtain-calls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-degreed-curtain-calls/">Album review : DEGREED &#8211; Curtain Calls</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review : URIAH HEEP &#8211; Beautiful Dream, The Recordings 1975-77 (4CDs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-uriah-heep-beautiful-dream-the-recordings/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="128" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/URIAH-150-HEEP-Beautiful-Dream.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="URIAH 150 HEEP Beautiful Dream" title="URIAH 150 HEEP Beautiful Dream" /></a>Cherry Red [Release date 24.04.26] Return To Fantasy (1975) High And Mighty (1976) Firefly (1977) Innocent Victim (1977) Cherry Red’s latest Uriah Heep boxset, Beautiful Dream, is essentially a follow up to their Shadow And The Wind set released last &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-uriah-heep-beautiful-dream-the-recordings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/04/album-review-uriah-heep-beautiful-dream-the-recordings/">Album review : URIAH HEEP &#8211; Beautiful Dream, The Recordings 1975-77 (4CDs)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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