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	<title>Get Ready to ROCK! &#187; The Motors</title>
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		<title>Album review: KIDS ON THE STREET, UK POWER POP AND NEW WAVE 1977-81 (3 CD Boxset)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/album-review-kids-on-the-street-uk-power-pop-and-new-wave-1977-81-3-cd-boxset/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/KIDS-ON-THE-STREET-PACKSHOT-min-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="KIDS-ON-THE-STREET-PACKSHOT-min" title="KIDS-ON-THE-STREET-PACKSHOT-min" /></a>Cherry Red [release date: 25.11.22] Kids On The Street is a great title for this 3 CD, 77 track compilation, emphasising the uncomplicated vitality of that era&#8217;s popular music. The better informed will know it&#8217;s from The Stiffs&#8217; song of &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/album-review-kids-on-the-street-uk-power-pop-and-new-wave-1977-81-3-cd-boxset/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/11/album-review-kids-on-the-street-uk-power-pop-and-new-wave-1977-81-3-cd-boxset/">Album review: KIDS ON THE STREET, UK POWER POP AND NEW WAVE 1977-81 (3 CD Boxset)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: ANDY McMASTER &#8211; Rays On The Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 12:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-andy-mcmaster-rays-on-the-water/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ANDY-McMASTER-Rays-On-The-Water-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="ANDY McMASTER - Rays On The Water" title="ANDY McMASTER - Rays On The Water" /></a>Generally Speaking Records [Release date 09.04.21] Pianist, bassist, vocalist and songwriter Andy McMaster is a name best known as (alongside bassist, guitarist and vocalist Nick Garvey) a founder member of The Motors, a band who mixed pub rock and rock’n’roll &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-andy-mcmaster-rays-on-the-water/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/album-review-andy-mcmaster-rays-on-the-water/">Album review: ANDY McMASTER &#8211; Rays On The Water</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Feature: What THE MOTORS mean to me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GRTR! HQ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-the-motors-mean-to-me/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/motors1.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="The Motors - 1978" title="The Motors - 1978" /></a>Joe Geesin reveals his first vinyl purchase and a longer term love of the pop rock band The Motors Many will remember the track &#8216;Airport&#8217;, by The Motors, or at least recognise it, a pop track often played on television &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-the-motors-mean-to-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/04/feature-what-the-motors-mean-to-me/">Feature: What THE MOTORS mean to me</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY – Strange Men, Changed Men (The Complete Recordings 1978-1981)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 12:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/album-review-bram-tchaikovsky-strange-men-changed-men-the-complete-recordings-1978-1981/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/bram-tchaikovsky-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY – Strange Men, Changed Men (The Complete Recordings 1978-1981)" title="BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY – Strange Men, Changed Men (The Complete Recordings 1978-1981)" /></a>Cherry Red [Release date 27.04.18] Bram Tchaikovsky left The Motors in 1978 after playing on their 1977 debut album. Born Peter Bramall, he’d been christened Bram Tchaikovsky by fellow Motor, Andy McMaster. This new 3CD set collects all three albums &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/album-review-bram-tchaikovsky-strange-men-changed-men-the-complete-recordings-1978-1981/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/05/album-review-bram-tchaikovsky-strange-men-changed-men-the-complete-recordings-1978-1981/">Album review: BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY – Strange Men, Changed Men (The Complete Recordings 1978-1981)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: 4th LABYRINTH – Quattro Stagioni</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2015 19:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/06/album-review-4th-labyrinth-quattro-stagnioni/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" src="http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/4thlabyrinth.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="4th Labyrinth - Quattro Stagioni" title="4th Labyrinth - Quattro Stagioni" /></a>&#160; 4th Labyrinth Music [Release date 04.09.15] Described as classic progressive rock &#38; pop band, 4th Labyrinth is much more than that. They are a band that reaches well beyond the 4 seasons concept of the album title. And while &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/06/album-review-4th-labyrinth-quattro-stagnioni/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2015/06/album-review-4th-labyrinth-quattro-stagnioni/">Album review: 4th LABYRINTH – Quattro Stagioni</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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