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Album review : PROCOL HARUM – Shine On Brightly (Vinyl Remaster)

Cherry Red [Release date : 23.02.23] Procol Harum’s second album, originally released in 1968. This cutting edge remaster, transferred to 12″ vinyl, takes us into the studio, listening to the recording sessions, hearing each note, each sound, near or far, … Continue reading
Album review: EMERSON LAKE & PALMER – Out Of This World: Live (1970-1997)

BMG [Release date 29.10.21] Prog legends Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP) were one of the early super groups (formed from the roots of The Nice, King Crimson and Atomic Rooster in 1970) and cemented their legacy in the first half … Continue reading
Album review: 3.2 – Third Impression

Pete Feenstra chatted to Robert Berry for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in May 2021. Frontiers Records [Release date 12.02.21] This is the end. Second and final album from 3.2. The success of the first collaboration between Robert Berry, Keith … Continue reading
Gig review: SELWYN BIRCHWOOD, JAMES LEG, THE LIMBOOS, ELLI de MON – Relache Festival, Bordeaux, 12 July 2016

Bordeaux’s Relache Festival has quickly carved an important niche on the Euro Summer Blues Festival circuit. It’s an annual umbrella for two months worth of rock/blues/soul and related music in different parts of the city. Tonight we’re treated to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Diamond Heavies, blues, boogie, Dani Niño, Elli de Mon, gig, Howlin Wolf, James Leg, Jim Morrison, John Wesley Myers, Keith Emerson, Latino, mambo, May Gaz, R&B, Ray Manzarek, Regi Oliver, Relache Festival, review, Roi Fontoira, Selwyn Birchwood, THE DOORS, The Limboos, The Nice, Tom Waits, trash blues
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THE NICE – Diary Of An Empty Day: The Nice Collection
Repertoire 2012 While many are shaped by them, fewer artists actually define their times. Yet this restlessly ambitious British combo nailed the last gasps of the 60’s with pin-sharp precision via a brace of albums for Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew … Continue reading
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Tagged Keith Emerson, The Nice
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