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Book review: MARTIN HANNETT – His Equipment And Strawberry Studios by Chris Hewitt

Dandelion Records & Books [Publication date 07.04.17] Given the fact that the author Chris Hewitt has already released the exhaustive DVD ‘Martin Hannett – He Wasn’t Just The Fifth Member Of Joy Division’ and the book ‘The Pleasures Of The … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged A Certain Ratio, book, Chris Hewitt, Chris Sieve, Durutti Column, Factory records, Frank Zappa, Happy Mondays, His Equipment And Strawberry Studios, John Cooper Clark, Joy Division, Magazine, Martin Hannett, New Order, OMD, Peter Hook, Phil Spector, producer, Reabid records, review, Rob Gretton, Strawberry studios, The Buzzcocks, The Psychedelic Furs, the Stone Roses, Tony Wilson, U2
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DVD review: Martin Hannett – He Wasn’t Just The Fifth Member Of Joy Division

Ozit [Released 10.05.14] Described as a’ rough cut reportage style documentary based on an original idea by Anthony Ryan Carter’ a.k.a. Tosh Ryan who occupies an insightful centre-piece to film, this fly on the wall style … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, DVD REVIEWS
Tagged Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Chris Hewitt, Durutti Column, DVD, Hawkwind, He Wasn't Just The Fifth member of Joy Division, John Cooper Clarke, Joy Division, Magazine, Martin Hannett, New Order, Ozit, review, The Buzzcocks, Tom Hewitt, Tony Wilson, Tosh Ryan, U2, Victor Brox
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Album review: HEART – Magazine (Hybrid SACD)

Audio Fideltiy [Release date 18.03.14] Heart’s album ‘Magazine’ had a chequered history. After the initial success with ‘Dreamboat Annie’ the band fell out with the small label Mushroom Records. A legal dispute ensued as they tried to get out of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Ann Wilson, Audio Fidelity, Heart, Magazine, Nancy Wilson, reissue, review, rock, SACD
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Backstage Hero: TIM JONES – Record Collector
How did you become involved in the music business? I applied to an ad in The Guardian for an Editorial Assistant with RC and got the job! Mostly due to having written a lot of articles and books previously,though on … Continue reading
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Tagged December 2011, interview, Magazine, music, record collector, Tim Jones
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