Get Ready to ROCK! » Jazz rock https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:52:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: IAN GILLAN BAND – Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-ian-gillan-band-down-the-road-the-complete-ian-gillan-band-story/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-ian-gillan-band-down-the-road-the-complete-ian-gillan-band-story/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:49:31 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107445 IAN GILLAN BAND - Down The RoadEdsel/Demon Music Group [Release date 27.03.26] After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, vocalist Ian Gillan dipped into a number of business ventures outside of music, before contributing to Roger Glover’s Butterfly Ball live show at the Royal Albert Hall, which … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-ian-gillan-band-down-the-road-the-complete-ian-gillan-band-story/feed/ 1 Feature: Albums that time forgot…PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG – Time Is The Key (1979) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/feature-albums-that-time-forgot-pierre-moerlens-gong-time-is-the-key-1979/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/feature-albums-that-time-forgot-pierre-moerlens-gong-time-is-the-key-1979/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:32:29 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=103285 PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - Time Is The Key (1979)Arista SPARTY 1105 (1979) When most people think of Gong they think of “Flying Teapot”, a quirky, idiosyncratic approach by long-time leader Daevid Allen and maybe Steve Hillage’s passage to wider attention. What sometimes gets overlooked are the later years … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/feature-albums-that-time-forgot-pierre-moerlens-gong-time-is-the-key-1979/feed/ 0 Album review: FOCUS – Focus 12 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-focus-focus-12/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-focus-focus-12/#comments Thu, 30 May 2024 19:09:23 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95708 FOCUS - Focus 12David Randall chatted to Thijs van Leer for his weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio playing tracks from the new album.  First broadcast 9 June 2024 and featured in the second hour. Spirit Of Unicorn Music [Release date … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-focus-focus-12/feed/ 0 Album review: MANDOKI SOULMATES – A Memory Of Our Future https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-mandoki-soulmates-a-memory-of-our-future/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-mandoki-soulmates-a-memory-of-our-future/#comments Thu, 16 May 2024 17:08:55 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95460 MANDOKI SOULMATES - A Memory Of Our FutureRed Rock Music/Inside Out Music [Release date 10.05.24] I think it fair to say that Leslie Mandoki doesn’t do things half-arsed. Several years ago a couple of reissues were accompanied by an expansive press kit, a real thick tome that … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-mandoki-soulmates-a-memory-of-our-future/feed/ 0 Interview: JOHN McCOY & DAVE QUINCY https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/interview-john-mccoy-dave-quincy/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/interview-john-mccoy-dave-quincy/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:34:11 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94531 ZZEBRA - Hungry Horse (Live In Germany 1975)Fusion/prog rock band Zzebra recorded two studio albums in the mid 70s (and a 3rd in 1975 that remained unreleased for 35 years), and some wonderful music that should have been much more in the public eye. Joe Geesin recently interviewed … Continue reading →

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