Get Ready to ROCK! » Spirit https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:08:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : SPIRIT – Sea Dream (4CD Expanded and Remastered boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-spirit-sea-dream-4cd-expanded-and-remastered-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-spirit-sea-dream-4cd-expanded-and-remastered-boxset/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:20:25 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105578 SPIRIT - Sea DreamCherry Red [Release date : 28.11.25] Californian band, Spirit, blossomed in the fertile fields of psychedelic rock. They came together in 1967, the year of “The Summer Of Love”, a year later they released their self titled debut. Its febrile … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/album-review-spirit-sea-dream-4cd-expanded-and-remastered-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review : CAN’T SEEM TO COME DOWN – The American Sounds of 1968 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-cant-seem-to-come-down-the-american-sounds-of-1968/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-cant-seem-to-come-down-the-american-sounds-of-1968/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:36:28 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96406 AMERICAN SOUNDS 1968 150Cherry Red [Release date : 19.07.24] In 1968, the comedown from 1967’s “Summer Of Love” quickly dissipated, leading directly into a year of inventive, eclectic rock music, often groundbreaking, frequently influential. That’s reflected in the 3 CDs of Cherry Red/Grapefruit’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/07/album-review-cant-seem-to-come-down-the-american-sounds-of-1968/feed/ 0 Quick plays: JOANNA CONNOR, AL STAEHELY, BETWEEN BEACH AND FOREST https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/07/quick-plays-joanna-connor-al-staehely/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/07/quick-plays-joanna-connor-al-staehely/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2023 14:32:52 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=89345 Joanna ConnorJoanna Connor – Best of Me Quarto Valley Records [Release date 09.06.23] Chicago blues guitar great Joanna Connor releases her 15th album. Joining Joanna Connor are her regular “Wrecking Crew” touring band: Shaun Gotti Calloway (bass); Dan Souvigny (guitar, keys); … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/07/quick-plays-joanna-connor-al-staehely/feed/ 0 Album review: SPIRIT – Sunrise And Salvation, The Mercury Era Anthology (Remasters, 8 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/album-review-spirit-sunrise-and-salvation-the-mercury-era-anthology-remasters-8-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/album-review-spirit-sunrise-and-salvation-the-mercury-era-anthology-remasters-8-cd-boxset/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2021 15:02:31 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75725 SPIRIT-SUNRISE-COVERCherry 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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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/album-review-spirit-sunrise-and-salvation-the-mercury-era-anthology-remasters-8-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: SPIRIT – Son Of America (3CD reissue/remaster) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-spirit-son-of-america-3cd-reissueremaster/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/03/album-review-spirit-son-of-america-3cd-reissueremaster/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:47:10 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=71650 SPIRIT - Son Of AmericaCherry Red Records [Release date 26.03.21] Californian band, Spirit, blossomed in the fertile fields of psychedelic rock. A year after forming in 1967, the year of “The Summer Of Love”, they released their self titled debut, on Ode Records (now … Continue reading →

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