Get Ready to ROCK! » Midge Ure https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:29:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: SLIK – The Complete Slik Collection (2 CDs) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-slik-the-complete-slik-collection-2-cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-slik-the-complete-slik-collection-2-cds/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 01:36:49 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=97840 SLIK 2 CD set image 150Cherry Red [Release date : 11.10.24] This is as much a story about two songwriters, Scotland’s Bill Martin and Irishman, Phil Coulter, as it is the story of Scottish band Slik who enjoyed a 3 year lifespan, 1975-1977. Martin and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-slik-the-complete-slik-collection-2-cds/feed/ 0 Book review: REMEMBERING LIVE AID by Andrew Wild https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/book-review-remembering-live-aid-by-andrew-wild/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/book-review-remembering-live-aid-by-andrew-wild/#comments Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:56:11 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=97245 live aidSonicbond Publishing [Publication date 30.08.24] Although the fortieth(!) anniversary of Live Aid is next July, this book by Andrew Wild gets in early on any anniversary events/books and is a great way to jog the memories of those who were … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/book-review-remembering-live-aid-by-andrew-wild/feed/ 0 Book review: ULTRAVOX – Every Album, Every Song by Brian J Robb https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/book-review-ultravox-every-album-every-song-by-brian-j-robb/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/book-review-ultravox-every-album-every-song-by-brian-j-robb/#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:45:09 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96852 Ultravox - Every Album, Every SongSonicBond Publishing [Publication date: 26.07.24] Ultravox had 17 UK top 40 singles between 1981 and 1984, yet never had a number one single. ‘Vienna’ was famously kept of the top spot by Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’ (a song that … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/book-review-ultravox-every-album-every-song-by-brian-j-robb/feed/ 0 Album review: INDIA ELECTRIC CO – The Gap https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/album-review-india-electric-co-the-gap/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/album-review-india-electric-co-the-gap/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:48:57 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=65996 INDIA ELECTRIC CO - The GapPre-order here [Release date 01.05.20] India Electric Co. – the duo comprising of vocalist Cole Stacey and multi-instrumentalist Joseph O’Keefe – are back with their second album, five years on since their debut, ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me’ was … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/album-review-india-electric-co-the-gap/feed/ 0 Gig review: REWIND SCOTLAND – Scone Palace, Perth, 20 – 21 July 2019 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-rewind-scotland-scone-palace-perth-20th-21st-july-2019/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/07/gig-review-rewind-scotland-scone-palace-perth-20th-21st-july-2019/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:21:12 +0000 david.wilson http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=60913 I am sure every generation will lay claim to having all the best music. The music being played on TV and radio during your formative years is what you absorbed and, by default, sticks with you through life. For me and … Continue reading →

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