Get Ready to ROCK! » John Carter https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS – You Were Made For Me, The Complete Recordings, 1963-70 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-freddie-and-the-dreamers-you-were-made-for-me-the-complete-recordings-1963-70/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-freddie-and-the-dreamers-you-were-made-for-me-the-complete-recordings-1963-70/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2026 18:07:15 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106846 freddie 150 dreamers coverCherry Red [Release date: 30.01.26] The Complete Recordings’ Boxset is a feat of logistics and research in itself, for which it deserves 5 stars, never mind the music.  136 tracks, 5 CDs. In the “Swinging Sixties” Manchester band Freddie And … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-freddie-and-the-dreamers-you-were-made-for-me-the-complete-recordings-1963-70/feed/ 0 Album review : THE FLOWERPOT MEN – Midsummer Dreaming, An Anthology 1967-70 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-the-flowerpot-men-midsummer-dreaming-an-anthology-1967-70/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-the-flowerpot-men-midsummer-dreaming-an-anthology-1967-70/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 15:36:58 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102508 FLOWER 150 POT MEN imageCherry Red [Release date : 23.05.25] English musicians/songwriters/singers, John Carter and Ken Lewis achieved limited success in the sixties, scoring two top ten hits as the Ivy League, in 1965 and 66. Meanwhile, aside from breeding an anti consumerist counterculture, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/05/album-review-the-flowerpot-men-midsummer-dreaming-an-anthology-1967-70/feed/ 0 Album review: THE FIRST CLASS – Beach Baby – The Complete Recordings (3 CD set) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:33:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86101 First-Class-front-cover-jpeg-minCherry Red [release date: 27.01.23] 1974, and the first pop single to be written by Shakespeare, ‘Beach Baby’, breaks into the US and UK charts. John Carter (not that one) was born John Shakespeare. A singer, songwriter and producer who … Continue reading →

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