Get Ready to ROCK! » Simon Phillips https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: ROBERT REED – Sanctuary IV https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:07:41 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106918 ROBERT REED - Sanctuary IVTigermoth Records [Release date 16.04.25] I can’t quite understand Robert Reed’s obsession with Mike Oldfield. ‘Tubular Bells’ was a landmark album but in some respects very much of its time. Yes, it made greater impact in 1973 because of Oldfield’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/feed/ 0 Album review: MANDOKI SOULMATES – A Memory Of Our Future https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-mandoki-soulmates-a-memory-of-our-future/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-mandoki-soulmates-a-memory-of-our-future/#comments Thu, 16 May 2024 17:08:55 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95460 MANDOKI SOULMATES - A Memory Of Our FutureRed Rock Music/Inside Out Music [Release date 10.05.24] I think it fair to say that Leslie Mandoki doesn’t do things half-arsed. Several years ago a couple of reissues were accompanied by an expansive press kit, a real thick tome that … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/album-review-mandoki-soulmates-a-memory-of-our-future/feed/ 0 Album review: BENJAMIN CROFT – We Are Here To Help https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-benjamin-croft-we-are-here-to-help/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-benjamin-croft-we-are-here-to-help/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:40:33 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=93971 BENJAMIN CROFT - We Are Here To HelpGalactic Receiver [Release date 03.05.24] www.benjamincroftmusic.com You could be forgiven thinking that Benjamin Croft is the latest U.S. fusion export. But Benjamin is British and this is his third solo album. He has worked in the States but relocated to … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/02/album-review-benjamin-croft-we-are-here-to-help/feed/ 0 Album review: DARWIN – Darwin 2: A Frozen War https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/10/album-review-darwin-darwin-2-a-frozen-war/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/10/album-review-darwin-darwin-2-a-frozen-war/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:17:19 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=68721 DARWIN - Darwin 2 A Frozen WarIndie [Release date 06.11.20] A follow-up to 2018’s highly enjoyable ‘Origin Of Species’ and this latest album certainly proved challenging for the band, as they explain - “The writing for the album continued as we wrapped ‘Origin of Species’ in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/10/album-review-darwin-darwin-2-a-frozen-war/feed/ 0 Album review: INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT – Sorcery Inside/Life Motion https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/album-review-intelligent-music-project-sorcery-inside-life-motion/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/06/album-review-intelligent-music-project-sorcery-inside-life-motion/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:47:39 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66860 INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT V - Life MotionIntelligent Music [Release date 12.02.20, 24.12.18*] There must be something in the Bulgarian water. One time Uriah Heep vocalist John Lawton has also used that country’s musicians in recent years and actually appears on the first two ‘Intelligent’ releases. This … Continue reading →

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