Get Ready to ROCK! » John Deacon https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Book review: QUEEN in the 1970s by James Griffiths https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-queen-in-the-1970s-by-james-griffiths/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-queen-in-the-1970s-by-james-griffiths/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:02:10 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=87763 Queen in the 1970s by James Griffiths‎Sonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.03.23] This book scores highly on two counts. Firstly, the author is a big Queen fan and that comes through in the writing, as opposed to a dry biography written by a jobbing writer. Secondly, in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-queen-in-the-1970s-by-james-griffiths/feed/ 0 Book review: QUEEN – Every Album, Every Song (On Track) by Andrew Wild https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/12/book-review-queen-every-album-every-song-on-track-by-andrew-wild/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/12/book-review-queen-every-album-every-song-on-track-by-andrew-wild/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2018 20:37:53 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=56982 QUEEN - Every Album, Every Song (On Track) by Andrew WildSonicbond Publishing [Publication date 08.11.18] Nicely timed by this new publisher Sonicbound (future titles in the series include ones on Blue Oyster Cult, Yes and Roy Wood & The Move), a book on Queen and their music as the film … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/12/book-review-queen-every-album-every-song-on-track-by-andrew-wild/feed/ 0 Book review: Somebody to Love: The Life, Death & Legacy of Freddie Mercury https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/book-review-somebody-to-love-the-life-death-legacy-of-freddie-mercury/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/book-review-somebody-to-love-the-life-death-legacy-of-freddie-mercury/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:03:30 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=43851 Matt Richards & Mark Langthorne Blink Publishing There have been many books published on both Queen and Freddie Mercury, so why another one and what is its hook? Well the two authors here have included the usual Queen story of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/02/book-review-somebody-to-love-the-life-death-legacy-of-freddie-mercury/feed/ 0 Album review: QUEEN – On Air https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/album-review-queen-on-air/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/album-review-queen-on-air/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:33:54 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=43168 Virgin EMI [Release date 04.11.16] Queen have always given the fans a treat around Christmas time in recent years with live releases and now we have the complete BBC radio sessions. There is this, the standard 2CD version and a 6CD … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/01/album-review-queen-on-air/feed/ 0 Album review: QUEEN – Live At The Rainbow ‘74 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/09/album-review-queen-live-at-the-rainbow-74/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2014/09/album-review-queen-live-at-the-rainbow-74/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 20:01:56 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=22859 Queen - Live At The Rainbow Virgin/EMI [Released 09.09.14] Previously unreleased two live concerts from March and November 1974 recorded at the legendary Rainbow venue in London. These are available in numerous formats, from the single CD (of the November gig reviewed here) through to an … Continue reading →

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