Tag Archives: sixties

Album review : FANNY – The Reprise Years 1970-1974 (4 CD set)

Posted on August 18, 2024 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 23.08.24] Signed by Reprise Records (owned by Frank Sinatra) in 1970, all girl group, Fanny, recorded and released 4 albums between then and 1974. Formed by sisters June and Jean Millington, on guitar and bass, … Continue reading →

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Album review : VARIOUS ARTISTS – I See You Live On Love Street, Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-75 (3 CD Boxset)

Posted on March 11, 2024 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date : 22.03.24] For those geography lovers among us, LA’s Laurel Canyon Boulevard snaked up through the hills from Hollywood then down into the San Fernando Valley (as in “Valley Girls”), with little avenues branching off left … Continue reading →

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Album review: CLIMB ABOARD MY ROUNDABOUT (British Toytown Sounds, 1967-1974)

Posted on October 21, 2022 by brianmc

Cherry Red [Release date: 28.10.22] The British Toytown Pop Sound of the late sixties was not a genre with staying power, but it was fun while it lasted. The very nature of its aesthetic – vaguely humorous songs describing mythical … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE HOOTENANNY – Plays The Songs Of Ron Ryan

Posted on August 13, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

Think Like A Key Music [Release date 02.09.22] By all accounts, Ron Ryan was the writing force behind several of The Dave Clark Five’s hits in the sixties. He was introduced to Clark via his brother, early band member Mick … Continue reading →

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Album review: BUBBLEROCK IS HERE TO STAY VOLUME 2 (3 CD set)

Posted on June 16, 2022 by brianmc

Grapefruit/Cherry Red [Release date : 17.06.22] To give this 3 CD Boxset its full title: Bubblerock Is Here To Stay: Volume 2: The British Pop Explosion, 1970-73. In the world of sixties and seventies pop, the single was the king. … Continue reading →

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Album review: RONNI LE TEKRO – Bigfoot TV

Posted on March 27, 2022 by brianmc

Tekro Music / Rough Trade [Release date: 18.03.22] Fast approaching 60, Oslo born guitarist, Ronni Le Tekro, ex TNT, is not for slowing down. He’s guested on some interesting albums of late, but Bigfoot TV is his first solo outing … Continue reading →

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Album review: SPIRIT – Sunrise And Salvation, The Mercury Era Anthology (Remasters, 8 CD Boxset)

Posted on October 3, 2021 by brianmc

Cherry Red [release date: 08.10.21] Accidentally or on purpose, Spirit managed to avoid true success, giving the firm impression that if their career ever got anywhere near the glittering shop window of fame, they put the pedal to the metal, … Continue reading →

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Album review: MIKE SPONZA – Made In The Sixties

Posted on January 15, 2019 by petefeenstra

In January 2019 Pete Feenstra chatted to Mike Sponza and played tracks from the album ‘Made In The Sixties’ First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 20 January 2019 Epops Music [Release date 22.06.18] “Made In The Sixties” is … Continue reading →

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Book review: RADIO CAROLINE – The True Story Of The Boat That Rocked – Ray Clark

Posted on March 15, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Easter Sunday, 2024 Get Ready to ROCK! Radio recreates the sound of the sixties celebrating the 60th anniversary of pop radio pioneer Radio Caroline. “The Eclectic Mix”, Sunday 31 March, 18:00 GMT The History Press [Publication date 03.02.14] 256pp, paperback … Continue reading →