Mungo Jerry – ‘A & B Sides and E.P. Tracks 1970–75’ (2019)
When is a one-hit wonder not a one-hit wonder? When successive singles rack up 29 weeks in the top 10 and 72 in the top 40, except in...
Brian R. Banks
Surrender To The Rhythm: The London Pub Rock Scene Of The Seventies (2020)
Just released on Cherry Red’s subsidiary Grapefruit is a triple CD wallet of an influential music scene that bridged at least two important periods of modern music: early...
Beau – ‘The Magic Of Public Relations’ (2020)
Born in 1946 in North England, Trevor Midgley has always loved words and word-play, reflected in stage-names too: C.J.T. Midgley first took the stage in The Raiders, who...
Sir Lord Baltimore – ‘Complete Recordings 1970-2006’ (2020)
If we travelled back to a time when media reaction was singular rather than pandemic (bringing back the true meaning of viral!), hindsight might provide an interesting panorama...
Mike Cooper: ‘Five Albums On Three Discs’
This important release showcases a musician influential in the blues boom of the 1960s who, by the 1970s, was adapting that form to other styles. From the next...
Beau – ‘Damascus Road’ (2019)
Beau – Damascus Road (Cherry Red Records 2019) To celebrate the exact day in April 1969 when Beau (i.e. Trevor Midgley) released his debut album for John Peel’s legendary...
I’m A Freak 2 Baby: A Further Journey through The British Heavy Psych & Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73 (2019)
I’m A Freak 2 Baby: A Further Journey through The British Heavy Psych & Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-73, Various Artists 3CD CLAMSHELL Boxset (Grapefruit/Cherry Red CRSEGBOXO50 2019)...
Mountain – “Flowers of Evil” / “The Road Goes Ever On” (2018) review
Mountain - “Flowers of Evil” / “The Road Goes Ever On” (BGO Records, 2018) Your first image of Mountain might be their natty hippy clothes ransacked from Haight...
Bror Gunnar Jansson: Blues Tradition for the 21st Century
One of the rarely lauded treats of mass media is that different cultural genres can be explored and experienced simultaneously. Watching the T.V. series Damnation I was struck...
Barclay James Harvest – ‘Barclay James Harvest’ (1970)
Music-finders all, how do we come to our stuff today in this new century? Much of course forms the core of our collection, as if DNA-like essence from...