American Road Trip
What does it sound like?: This is another of those ubiquitous compilations that always seem to appear around this time of year. It’s a three cd set very loosely based around the theme of a journey...
View ArticleSteve Howe – Anthology 2 (Groups & Collaborations)
What does it sound like?: This three cd set is a companion piece to 2015’s Anthology release. That two cd album concentrated exclusively on Howe’s solo pieces, whereas this focuses on his work as part...
View ArticleSteven Wilson – To The Bone
What does it sound like?: So, what to make of Steven Wilson’s new album, the follow up to the excellent Hand.Cannot.Erase.? Well, it’s certainly not Hand part two – this is a much less overtly prog...
View ArticleThe Speed Of Sound
Author:Thomas Dolby There’s probably not too many of us who remember Thomas Dolby these days, but here he is back with his autobiography, published last year in the USA and now getting a belated UK...
View ArticleRichard Thompson – Acoustic Classics II
What does it sound like?: I’ve always been a fan of acoustic versions of songs in general – I used to love the MTV Unplugged albums that were so much in vogue at one time. My concern with this album...
View ArticleIn The Pink (Not A Hunting Memoir)
Author:Nick Sedgwick In 1974, Nick Sedgwick was approached by Storm Thorgerson to collaborate on a biography of Pink Floyd. Being a long-term childhood friend of Roger Waters, he already had an ‘in’...
View ArticleRuth and Martin’s Album Club
Author:Martin Fitzgerald Ever wondered what Tim Farron thought of NWA’s Straight Outta Compton, or maybe what J K Rowling made of the Violent Femmes? Maybe you’ve harboured a secret desire to learn...
View ArticleGlenn Hughes – The Way It Is/Return Of Crystal Karma
What does it sound like?: Who knew Glenn Hughes had such an extensive back catalogue? These two albums, originally released in 1999 and 2000, largely passed me by at the time of their original release,...
View ArticleLiza Minnelli – Results (expanded edition)
What does it sound like?: When this album was released back in 1989, it was considered something of a bold, even daring, step for Liza Minnelli. Best known musically of course for her performances of...
View ArticleLet The Electric Children Play
What does it sound like?: This three cd set is subtitled ‘The Underground Story of Transatlantic Records 1968-1976.’ For those who don’t know, Transatlantic was a small British independent label,...
View ArticleFinger pickin’ good
Anyone interested in Steve Martin and up for reviewing his forthcoming album of banjo tunes?
View ArticleYngwie Malmsteen – Fire & Ice
What does it sound like?: This is a reissue, with a couple of fairly inessential bonus tracks added, of Malmsteen’s sixth solo record, originally released in 1992. For the uninitiated, he is a Swedish...
View ArticleColosseum – Daughter Of Time
What does it sound like?: Colosseum’s third studio album, originally released in 1970, is the next in their catalogue to be given a(nother) rerelease, with the addition of three bonus tracks. This...
View ArticleFairport Convention – Come All Ye:The First Ten Years
What does it sound like?: Band archivist Andrew Batt has put this sprawling seven cd box together. It’s a mixture of unreleased material combined with difficult to find obscurities, live material, and...
View ArticleCarole King – Tapestry:Live In Hyde Park
What does it sound like?: It seems to be the season for releasing concerts from Hyde Park. Hot on the heels of the Paul Simon set comes this Carole King show, recorded in July of last year, in the same...
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Earthbound
Crimson’s live album gets a deluxe reissue in November. Details are on the SDE site – I won’t copy the link as it always seems to cause problems – but looks like Colin H has already been there
View ArticleSatanic playback
21/09/2017 Next Thursday (21 September) from 7pm, UMC and RicherSounds will be hosting an album playback of the 50th anniversary remastered version of the Rolling Stones ‘Their Satanic Majesties...
View ArticleRobin Trower – Time And Emotion
What does it sound like?: As a teenager, I was quite a big fan of Robin Trower, Bridge of Sighs being a regular fixture on my turntable for a number of years. I must confess I’ve rather lost track of...
View ArticleThe Sisters Of Mercy – Some Girls Wander By Mistake
What does it sound like?: This 180 gram vinyl box set (which also comes with a download code) is in part a reissue of the original 1992 compilation album, which rounded up the band’s recordings between...
View ArticleThe Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye
Author:David Lagercrantz Given the success of the first ‘sequel’ to the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, The Girl In The Spider’s Web, published in 2015, it was inevitable that a further novel...
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