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		<title>Album review: FRANKIE MILLER &#8211; Full House and Double Trouble (remasters w/bonus tracks)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 13:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/album-review-frankie-miller/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/frankie-miller-double-1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="frankie miller double 1" title="frankie miller double 1" /></a>Rock Candy Records [Release date 30.07.21] With 3 outstanding albums under his belt, but no substantial success, you could have forgiven Frankie Miller for just accepting his fate. Judging by his genre hopping fourth album, Full House, (1978) he never &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/album-review-frankie-miller/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/08/album-review-frankie-miller/">Album review: FRANKIE MILLER &#8211; Full House and Double Trouble (remasters w/bonus tracks)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: PAUL CARRACK &#8211; London Palladium, 14 March 2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andynathan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=65153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/03/gig-review-paul-carrack-london-palladium-14-march-2020/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/P1180166-1024x929.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="PAUL CARRACK- London Palladium, 14 March 2020" title="" /></a>He may not be the household name his talent deserves, but after being a founder member of Ace, singing on some of Squeeze and Mike and the Mechanics best loved hits, and a respected session musician with a long list &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/03/gig-review-paul-carrack-london-palladium-14-march-2020/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/03/gig-review-paul-carrack-london-palladium-14-march-2020/">Gig review: PAUL CARRACK &#8211; London Palladium, 14 March 2020</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS Album Launch Party – The Imperial, London, 28 March 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-and-the-mechanics-the-imperial-london-28-march-2017/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mike-11.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="MIKE + THE MECHANICS Album Launch Party – The Imperial, London, 28 March 2017" title="MIKE + THE MECHANICS Album Launch Party – The Imperial, London, 28 March 2017" /></a>What are we to make of this Mike + The Mechanics album launch party on the back of a nearly completed UK tour and a recent high profile Royal Albert Hall date? The answer is probably that the band wish &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-and-the-mechanics-the-imperial-london-28-march-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-and-the-mechanics-the-imperial-london-28-march-2017/">Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS Album Launch Party – The Imperial, London, 28 March 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS &#8211; Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 March 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-bridgewater-hall-manchester-15-march-2017/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/170315_matm5.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="MIKE + THE MECHANICS - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 March 2017" title="MIKE + THE MECHANICS - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 March 2017" /></a>With only two tracks from the album featured in the set, the Word Of Mouth Tour 2017 billing &#8211; to celebrate that album&#8217;s 25th anniversary last year, turned out to be something of a misnomer. But, let&#8217;s be honest, the &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-bridgewater-hall-manchester-15-march-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/03/gig-review-mike-the-mechanics-bridgewater-hall-manchester-15-march-2017/">Gig review: MIKE + THE MECHANICS &#8211; Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 15 March 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>PAUL CARRACK &#8211; Good Feeling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/08/paul-carrack-good-feeling/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/paul_carrack3-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Paul Carrack - Good Feeling" title="paul_carrack3" /></a>www.paulcarrack.net Paul Carrack is in that comfortable twilight zone at the moment.  He tours regularly and releases albums on his own label.  In short it&#8217;s all on his own terms and his adoring fans love him for it. Carrack has &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/08/paul-carrack-good-feeling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/08/paul-carrack-good-feeling/">PAUL CARRACK &#8211; Good Feeling</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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