Get Ready to ROCK! » Jim McCarty https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:37:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: RUFFYUNZ – Ruffyunz III https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-ruffyunz-ruffyunz-iii/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-ruffyunz-ruffyunz-iii/#comments Sun, 20 Aug 2023 22:15:53 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=90381 RUFFYUNZ - Ruffyunz IIIHyperspace Records [Release date 11.08.23] It’s safe to say that the third album offering from Ruffyunz takes up where II left off. The major change is Carmine Appice replacing Bobby Rondinelli’s drums and, at least on the cover, taking centre … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-ruffyunz-ruffyunz-iii/feed/ 0 Album review: CACTUS – Evil Is Going On (The Atco Albums 1970-72, 8 CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-cactus-evil-is-going-on-the-atco-albums-1970-72-8-cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-cactus-evil-is-going-on-the-atco-albums-1970-72-8-cds/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:01:53 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83833 Cactus_AtcoAlbums1970-72-minCherry Red [Release date 28.10.22] Quite some Cactus boxset. Cherry Red have repackaged all of the Blues Rock legends’  releases into a sturdy 8 CD box. It contains the 4 studio albums recorded 1972-74, and 4 albums’ worth of live … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-cactus-evil-is-going-on-the-atco-albums-1970-72-8-cds/feed/ 0 Album review: CACTUS – The Birth Of Cactus 1970 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/album-review-cactus-the-birth-of-cactus-1970/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/album-review-cactus-the-birth-of-cactus-1970/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:23:23 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=78336 CACTUS - The Birth Of Cactus 1970Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 21.01.22] Following other heavyweights such as Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge, Cactus fashioned their own brand of bluesy heavy rock at the turn of the sixties.  It was a supergroup in the making with ex-Fudgers Carmine … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/02/album-review-cactus-the-birth-of-cactus-1970/feed/ 0 Album review: ERIC CLAPTON AND THE YARDBIRDS Feat.SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/11/album-review-eric-clapton-and-the-yardbirds-feat-sonny-boy-williamson/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/11/album-review-eric-clapton-and-the-yardbirds-feat-sonny-boy-williamson/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:39:06 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=56567 ERIC CLAPTON AND THE YARDBIRDS Feat.SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON The Store For Music  [Release date: 09.11.18] And so to the endlessly recycled ‘Eric Clapton And The Yardbirds with Sonny Boy Williams’ (Williamson) and a few tracks from Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. This material will always hold some interest … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/11/album-review-eric-clapton-and-the-yardbirds-feat-sonny-boy-williamson/feed/ 0 Book review: JIM McCARTY with DAVE THOMPSON – Nobody Told Me: My Life With The Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Stories https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/book-review-jim-mccarty-with-dave-thompson-nobody-told-me-my-life-with-the-yardbirds-renaissance-and-other-stories/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/book-review-jim-mccarty-with-dave-thompson-nobody-told-me-my-life-with-the-yardbirds-renaissance-and-other-stories/#comments Fri, 18 May 2018 09:50:10 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=53010 JIM McCARTY with DAVE THOMPSON – Nobody Told Me: My Life With The Yardbirds, Renaissance and Other Storieshttp://www.jamesmccarty.com/ 305 pages paperback ISBN 978-0-244-96650-8 [Publication date: May 2018] ‘Nobody Told Me’ is a suitably titled autobiography that documents the life and times of Jim McCarty, The Yardbirds founder member, drummer and rock and roll hall of fame inductee. … Continue reading →

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