Get Ready to ROCK! » Rick Wakeman https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: YES – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 24 May 2024 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/#comments Sun, 26 May 2024 20:06:03 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95618 mini_SAM_0293Tonight’s show was another date in the current ‘Classic Tales Of Yes’ tour, a celebration of 50 plus years of Yessong with an emphasis on the band’s ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ opus which turn 50 in 2023.  You could argue … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/feed/ 0 Album review: WARHORSE – The Recordings 1970-72 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-warhorse-the-recordings-1970-72/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-warhorse-the-recordings-1970-72/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2024 10:31:57 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95129 warhorse-cover-150Cherry Red [Release date : 26.04.24] In 1970, on leaving Deep Purple, bassist/songwriter, Nick Simper, joined Marsha Hunt’s backing band, later striking out on its own under the band name, Warhorse. In the seventies, Metal and Hard Rock blossomed in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-warhorse-the-recordings-1970-72/feed/ 0 Album review: PROG COLLECTIVE – Dark Encounters https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-prog-collective-dark-encounters/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-prog-collective-dark-encounters/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:56:11 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94427 PROG COLLECTIVE - Dark EncountersPurple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 29.03.24] If this is “dark prog” then dark prog sounds to me like jazz/rock fusion. Once you are past the descriptors, a look at the cast list suggests this might be a rather tasty fusion … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-prog-collective-dark-encounters/feed/ 0 Album review: ANN-MARGRET – Born To Be Wild https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/03/album-review-ann-margret-born-to-be-wild/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/03/album-review-ann-margret-born-to-be-wild/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2023 01:59:23 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=87339 ANN-MARGRET - Born To Be WildCleopatra Records [Release date 14.04.23] ‘Born To Be Wild’ is what, at first look, is often called a novelty album.  Bring together a one-time Hollywood (and musical) icon (of a certain era) and hook them up virtually with a whole … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/03/album-review-ann-margret-born-to-be-wild/feed/ 0 Feature: An introduction to Christmas (rock) Music https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/12/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-christmas-music/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/12/feature-call-collect-an-introduction-to-christmas-music/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2021 16:56:57 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=77288 Jethro Tull - The Christmas AlbumChristmas comes but once a year, and with it the usual mixed bag of toons.  But not for us the familiar stylings of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ or ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’.  We like to dig deep, a bit like … Continue reading →

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