Get Ready to ROCK! » The seventies https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : MR BIG – The Albums 1976-1978 (3 CD set) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-mr-big-the-albums-1976-1978-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-mr-big-the-albums-1976-1978-3-cd-set/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2023 17:09:16 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=90405 MR BIG - The Albums 1976-1978Cherry Red [Release date 18.08.23] This Mr. Big (the UK band) boxset is as close to a full blown “life and career” retrospective of the original iteration of the band as we’re likely to get. It comprises the 3 most … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/08/album-review-mr-big-the-albums-1976-1978-3-cd-set/feed/ 0 Album review: WHAT A GROOVY DAY – The British Sunshine Pop Sound, 1967-72 (3 CD boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-what-a-groovy-day-the-british-sunshine-pop-sound-1967-72-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-what-a-groovy-day-the-british-sunshine-pop-sound-1967-72-3-cd-boxset/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:12:29 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86365 Sunshine-Pop-front-cover-jpeg-min-150x150Cherry Red/ Grapefruit [Release date 27.02.23] Sunshine Pop – a worldwide phenomenon, though most popular in the USA and the UK – predated the age of psychedelia only by a matter of months. Legendary but hitless sixties UK band, Tony … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-what-a-groovy-day-the-british-sunshine-pop-sound-1967-72-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: THE FIRST CLASS – Beach Baby – The Complete Recordings (3 CD set) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:33:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86101 First-Class-front-cover-jpeg-minCherry Red [release date: 27.01.23] 1974, and the first pop single to be written by Shakespeare, ‘Beach Baby’, breaks into the US and UK charts. John Carter (not that one) was born John Shakespeare. A singer, songwriter and producer who … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-first-class-beach-baby-the-complete-recordings-3-cd-set/feed/ 0 Album review: STEVE GIBBONS BAND – Rollin’-The Albums 1976-78 (5CD boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-steve-gibbons-band-rollin-the-albums-1976-78-5cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/01/album-review-steve-gibbons-band-rollin-the-albums-1976-78-5cd-boxset/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:50:44 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=77812 steve_gibbons_rollin_lrgPete Feenstra chatted to Steve Gibbons for Get Ready to ROCK! radio.  First broadcast 16 January 2022. Cherry Red [Release date 07.01.22] The Steve Gibbons Band family tree has so many branches, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s an … Continue reading →

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