Joan As Police Woman – Joanthology (2019)
Joan As Police Woman is a phenomenon. She’s one of those artists you’ll most likely have read about in a review for a major release like the Rolling Stone, in which she was described as “slinky” and...
View ArticleTangerine Dream – The Official Bootleg Series Volume Three (2019)
…Formed in Berlin in September 1967 by Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream are simply one of the most important groups to have emerged on the German music scene of the late ’60s / early ’70s. Always guided...
View ArticleVA – Lullabies for Catatonics: A Journey Through the British Avant-Pop/Art...
Previous Grapefruit genre anthologies have shown how the various strands of British psychedelia developed tangentially in subsequent years: I’m A Freak Baby observed how the blues-based, harder-edged...
View ArticleStevie Nicks – Stand Back: 1981-2017 [50 Track Edition] (2019)
…Stand Back draws on all eight of Stevie Nicks’ solo studio albums from 1981’s Bella Donna (which included such hits as “Edge of Seventeen,” “After the Glitter Fades,” the Don Henley duet “Leather and...
View ArticleAtlanta Rhythm Section – The Polydor Years (2019)
Atlanta Rhythm Section release The Polydor Years – an eight-CD boxset that contains all of the albums the band recorded for Polydor Records from 1974-1980 – via Caroline International. Fully...
View ArticleBob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (2019)
The Rolling Thunder Revue era in Bob Dylan’s career maintains a central place apparently. The 14-disc Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings is the third release in his catalogue to document...
View ArticleKing Crimson – Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008 (2019)
…Heaven & Earth comprises a whopping 18 discs, celebrating the period from December 1997 to August 2008. In this decade-plus, the “double trio” lineup of King Crimson – guitarists Robert Fripp and...
View ArticlePFM – The Manticore Studio Albums 1973-1977 (2018)
Premiata Forneria Marconi, better known in english speaking countries as PFM, were arguably the finest italian progressive rock band of the 1970’s and certainly one of the most well known. A successful...
View ArticleBruford-Borstlap – Sheer Reckless Abandon (2019)
…With two books under his belt and a new career as a public speaker, having retired from a forty year career as a recording and gigging musician a decade ago, the only way to experience drummer Bill...
View ArticleZZ Top – Goin’ 50 (2019)
The very title of Goin’ 50 suggests ZZ Top are considering their 50th anniversary as an event to be celebrated with a sense of humor. That’s appropriate. Good spirits and lascivious jokes always have...
View ArticleGlen Campbell – The Legacy [1961-2017] (2019)
Since going out of print, Capitol Records’ 2003 box set Glen Campbell: The Legacy [1961-2002] has been regularly commanding three-figure sums on the secondhand market. On June 21, Capitol and UMe issue...
View ArticleVA – Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84 (2019)
Cherry Red’s 4-CD anthology Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84 focuses on the electronic side of the post-punk era, compiling 80 examples of how musicians embraced technology and...
View ArticleTravis – The Man Who / Live at Glastonbury ‘99 [20th Anniversary Edition] (2019)
Travis‘ box set of their 1999 album The Man Who came and went quickly back in 2017, with quite a limited production (thought to be no more than 1500 in two small runs). After their successful debut...
View ArticleTangerine Dream – In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 (2019)
Tangerine Dream was among the “true pioneers of electronic and ambient music, and the albums they recorded for Virgin Records between 1973 and 1979 remain classics of the genre” – so says progressive...
View ArticleVA – Woodstock 50: Back to the Garden: The Anniversary Experience Day 1-3 (2019)
Woodstock: Back to the Garden (50th Anniversary Experience) rises above its predecessors. A considerable expansion of Rhino’s 2009 six-CD set Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur’s Farm, 50th...
View ArticleGlenn Hughes – The Official Bootleg Box Set Volume One: 1994-2010 (2018)
He’s been hailed “The Voice of Rock”, and for good reason, as this 7 CD live box set ably testifies. With vocals soaked in blues and soul, Glenn Hughes has played with and fronted many legends of rock,...
View ArticleGlenn Hughes – The Official Bootleg Box Set: Volume Two 1993-2013 (2019)
If ever there were a rock and roll trooper, it would be Glenn Hughes. Currently taking a breather having had to rearrange some tour dates, he’s certainly no quitter. Since his Deep Purple days, ‘voice...
View ArticleFrankie Newton – The Frankie Newton Collection 1929-46 (2019)
When you think of trumpet players from the swing era, usually the names of Roy Eldridge, Harry James and Harry Edison come to mind. One of the most prolific, wide ranging and respected horn players was...
View ArticleVA – Spirit of ’69: Trojan Albums Collection (2019)
…comprising 5 of the most collectable Trojan albums that attracted fans of the new reggae style throughout the latter half of ’69. In 1969 reggae and the skinhead look hit the big time in the UK. The...
View ArticleMike Cooper – Oh Really?! / Do I Know You? / Trout Steel / Places I Know /...
…The sprawling nature of Mike Cooper’s oeuvre is highlighted in a 3CD-package from BGO that collects his early work from 1969 to 1972 on Pye Records and its sub-label Dawn Records. It is five albums in...
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