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		<title>Album review: MARK SPIRO- 2+2=5: Best of + Rarities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 17:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/07/album-review-mark-spiro-225-best-of-rarities/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mark_spiro1.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="MARK SPIRO - Best of and Rarities" title="MARK SPIRO - Best of and Rarities" /></a>Frontiers Records (Release Date 10.07.20) Mark Spiro is probably best known as one of those outside collaborators who in the late eighties and early nineties sprinkled their songwriting gold dust to give the added touches that turned potential singles into &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/07/album-review-mark-spiro-225-best-of-rarities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/07/album-review-mark-spiro-225-best-of-rarities/">Album review: MARK SPIRO- 2+2=5: Best of + Rarities</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: SOLEIL MOON &#8211; Warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/album-review-soleil-moon-warrior/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SOLEIL-MOON-Warrior-150x150.jpeg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="SOLEIL MOON - Warrior" title="SOLEIL MOON - Warrior" /></a>Frontiers [Release date 09.08.19] Soleil Moon formed as a collaboration between singer Larry King (Michael Thompson Band) and keyboardist John Blasucci (Dennis De Young) back in 1999 and have released two albums to date, both of which any self-respecting AOR &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/album-review-soleil-moon-warrior/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/08/album-review-soleil-moon-warrior/">Album review: SOLEIL MOON &#8211; Warrior</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND &#8211; Love &amp; Beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 18:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andynathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/05/album-review-michael-thompson-band-love-beyond/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Michael-Thompson-Band-Love-and-Beyond-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Michael Thompson Band- Love-and-Beyond" title="Michael Thompson Band- Love-and-Beyond" /></a>Frontiers [Release Date 26.04.19] Michael Thompson is one of the most respected session guitarists in rock – alongside Steve Lukather and Bruce Gaitsch he is probably the go-to man, particularly for the so-called West Coast sound where soft rock and &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/05/album-review-michael-thompson-band-love-beyond/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/05/album-review-michael-thompson-band-love-beyond/">Album review: MICHAEL THOMPSON BAND &#8211; Love &#038; Beyond</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: CULVER KINGZ &#8211; This Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/album-review-culver-kingz-this-time/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ck-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="CULVER KINGZ - This Time" title="CULVER KINGZ - This Time" /></a>Escape Music [Release date 24.06.16] Culver Kingz maybe a new name, however the ideas for the musical pairing started back in 1983 when Michael Thompson and Billy Trudel planned a band called Slang. Sadly this never came to fruition and &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/album-review-culver-kingz-this-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/album-review-culver-kingz-this-time/">Album review: CULVER KINGZ &#8211; This Time</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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