Get Ready to ROCK! » Roxy Music https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Book review: On track…SPARKS, ROXY MUSIC, DAVID BOWIE https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/book-review-sparks-roxy-music-david-bowie/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/book-review-sparks-roxy-music-david-bowie/#comments Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:37:36 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=99124 Sparks 1969-1979 by Chris SuttonOn Track…Sparks 1969-1979 by Chris Sutton (Sonicbond Publishing. 2024) Chris Sutton has penned a few titles previously for SonicBond including a couple on Alice Cooper and an AC/DC one. Unlike some titles in the series this Sparks one features interviews … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/11/book-review-sparks-roxy-music-david-bowie/feed/ 0 Album review: PATTERNS ON THE WINDOW – The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1974 (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-the-british-progressive-pop-sounds-of-1974-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-the-british-progressive-pop-sounds-of-1974-3-cd-boxset/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:29:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=93623 1974-front-cover 150Grapefruit (Cherry Red) [Release date : 16.02.24] 1974. The UK seemed to be locked into an endless cycle of political and economic crises. The 3 day week. Fuel shortages, and an unheralded post war recession in full swing. Hardly a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/01/album-review-the-british-progressive-pop-sounds-of-1974-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Book review: THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE ROCK SOUND SYSTEMS – Volume 3 by Chris Hewitt https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-the-development-of-large-rock-sound-systems-volume-3-by-chris-hewitt/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-the-development-of-large-rock-sound-systems-volume-3-by-chris-hewitt/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2023 08:18:06 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=87582 The Development Of Large Rock Sound Systems - Volume 3Deeply Vale.com  [March 2203] If ever there was ever a niche left to be explored in the annals of rock and rock and roll, ‘The Development of Large Rock Sound Systems’ – Volume 3’ fills it with plenty to spare. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/04/book-review-the-development-of-large-rock-sound-systems-volume-3-by-chris-hewitt/feed/ 0 Album review: BILLY MACKENZIE – Satellite Life Recordings 1995-96, 3 CD Set https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/album-review-billy-mackenzie-satellite-life-recordings-1995-96-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/album-review-billy-mackenzie-satellite-life-recordings-1995-96-3-cd-set/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:30:51 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=80310 billy_mac_bmsa_frontCherry Red Records [Release date: 23.04.22] Billy MacKenzie died in 1997, aged 39. Beyond the band he founded with Alan Rankine, The Associates, he recorded a handful of solo albums, but many of the songs in those studio sessions didn’t … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/04/album-review-billy-mackenzie-satellite-life-recordings-1995-96-3-cd-set/feed/ 0 Album review: VARIOUS ARTISTS – Beyond The Pale Horizon, The British Progressive Sounds of 1972 (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-various-artists-beyond-the-pale-horizon-the-british-progressive-sounds-of-1972-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-various-artists-beyond-the-pale-horizon-the-british-progressive-sounds-of-1972-3-cd-boxset/#comments Tue, 25 May 2021 16:06:00 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72994 beyond_the_pale_hori_QBgsZCherry Red [Release date 28.05.21] Respected music critics have often expressed the opinion that Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry never wrote a better set of lyrics than he did for ‘Virginia Plain’, the band’s first hit single. Medium.com’s Phil Adams described … Continue reading →

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