Get Ready to ROCK! » Jazz rock https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:53:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: SOFT MACHINE – Slightly All The Time, The Recordings 1970-1974 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/10/album-review-soft-machine-slightly-all-the-time-the-recordings-1970-1974/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/10/album-review-soft-machine-slightly-all-the-time-the-recordings-1970-1974/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:07:51 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=111440 sm1Sony [Release date 30.10.26] Now here’s a serious box, magnificent, and Canterbury progressive band Soft Machine are as deserving as any, through the quality of their output and their influence too. Formed in the mid 60s (from the ashes of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/10/album-review-soft-machine-slightly-all-the-time-the-recordings-1970-1974/feed/ 0 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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