Get Ready to ROCK! » The Byrds https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 01 May 2026 10:38:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : THE LONG RYDERS – High Noon Hymns https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-the-long-ryders-high-noon-hymns/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-the-long-ryders-high-noon-hymns/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:46:13 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107427 THE LONG RYDERS - High NoonCherry Red [Release date: 13.03.26] The Long Ryders are a band who’ve been long associated with the advent of the Paisley Underground movement in the early eighties. Also Punk, Country Rock, Clarence White, Gene Clark, Walter Hill and The Byrds. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-the-long-ryders-high-noon-hymns/feed/ 0 Album review : GENE PARSONS – Kindling And Beyond, The Solo Recordings 1973-1986 (5 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-gene-parsons-kindling-and-beyond-the-solo-recordings-1973-1986-5-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-gene-parsons-kindling-and-beyond-the-solo-recordings-1973-1986-5-cd-boxset/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:10:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107190 GENE PARSONS - Kindling And Beyond, The Solo Recordings 1973-1986Cherry Red [Release date: 20.02.26] There can’t have been a music fan who lived through the sixties or the seventies who were unaware of The Byrds and/ or The Flying Burrito Brothers. And if they knew them, they would know … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/02/album-review-gene-parsons-kindling-and-beyond-the-solo-recordings-1973-1986-5-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 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 : JINGLE JANGLE MORNING – The 1960′s US Folk Rock Explosion, https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-jingle-jangle-morning-the-1960s-us-folk-rock-explosion/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-jingle-jangle-morning-the-1960s-us-folk-rock-explosion/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:36:41 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=101532 jingle 150 jangle cover imageCherry Red [Release date : 28.03.25] From the beginning to the end, this is five star stuff. Heavily influenced by The Beatles “invasion” of the USA in the sixties, electrified Folk Rock became the currency of US rock’n’roll. This 3 … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/03/album-review-jingle-jangle-morning-the-1960s-us-folk-rock-explosion/feed/ 0 Album review : FAT MATTRESS – How Can I Live ? Complete Recordings (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-fat-mattress-how-can-i-live-complete-recordings-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-fat-mattress-how-can-i-live-complete-recordings-3-cd-boxset/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:37:05 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=100435 FAT MATTRESS – How Can I Live ? Complete Recordings (3 CD Boxset)Cherry Red [Release date : 24.01.25] Two years in the career of an artist is only a moment in time.  That’s how long English Rock Band, Fat Mattress lasted.  During those years (1969-70) the band wrote and recorded three albums. … Continue reading →

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