Get Ready to ROCK! » sixties https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:57:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review – WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN : Story Of US Folk Music 1963-69 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-when-will-they-ever-learn-story-of-us-folk-music-1963-69/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-when-will-they-ever-learn-story-of-us-folk-music-1963-69/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:04:36 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=103780 STORY 150 OF US FOLKCherry Red [Release date 29.08.25] The transition of folk music into chart-aimed rock and pop accelerated through the sixties, especially in the USA. This 4 CD set is cleverly constructed to show that evolution, disc by disc. So, on Disc … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-when-will-they-ever-learn-story-of-us-folk-music-1963-69/feed/ 0 Album review : FANNY – The Reprise Years 1970-1974 (4 CD set) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-fanny-the-reprise-years-1970-1974-4-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-fanny-the-reprise-years-1970-1974-4-cd-set/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:20:23 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=97127 FANNY image 150Cherry 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-fanny-the-reprise-years-1970-1974-4-cd-set/feed/ 0 Album review : VARIOUS ARTISTS – I See You Live On Love Street, Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-75 (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-various-artists-i-see-you-live-on-love-street-music-from-laurel-canyon-1967-75-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-various-artists-i-see-you-live-on-love-street-music-from-laurel-canyon-1967-75-3-cd-boxset/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:07:29 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94409 VARIOUS ARTISTS - I See You Live On Love Street, Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-75Cherry 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/03/album-review-various-artists-i-see-you-live-on-love-street-music-from-laurel-canyon-1967-75-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: CLIMB ABOARD MY ROUNDABOUT (British Toytown Sounds, 1967-1974) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:56:14 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83751 Climb-Aboard-front-cover-jpeg-minCherry 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-climb-aboard-my-roundabout-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/feed/ 0 Album review: THE HOOTENANNY – Plays The Songs Of Ron Ryan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/08/album-review-the-hootenanny-plays-the-songs-of-ron-ryan/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/08/album-review-the-hootenanny-plays-the-songs-of-ron-ryan/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2022 12:48:22 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=82356 THE HOOTENANNY - Plays The Songs Of Ron RyanThink 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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