The Yardbirds – “Yardbirds ‘68” (2017) review
The Yardbirds - Yardbirds ‘68 (Jimmy Page Records, 2017) Nearly fifty years after the band called it quits, the mythical, often bootlegged, 30 May 1968 live performance of The...
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The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (Criterion Collection Blu Ray/DVD 2017) Readers of this website likely don’t need to be told what the Monterey Pop Festival is. The three-day...
“Rock Covers” by Robbie Busch, Jonathan Kirby and Ed Julius Weidermann (2014) review
“Rock Covers” by Robbie Busch, Jonathan Kirby and Ed Julius Weidermann (Taschen 2014) Measuring 550 pages in length, “Rock Covers” is a hardbound coffee-table sized book containing photographs...
Billy And The Kids – “The Two Singles 1965-67” reissue
Billy And The Kids - The Two Singles 1965-67 (Julian Records/Feathered Apple) Here are the kids from East Wenatchee (WA), who recorded two fabulous 45s on the Julian label....
Various Artists – “The Invisible & Divided Sea” (2017) review
Various Artists - The Invisible & Divided Sea (Bearsuit Records, 2017) This economic label sampler features 17 tracks from 16 international artists clocking in at one hour. In typical...
Atomic Rooster – “Sleeping For Years: The Studio Recordings 1970-1974” (2017) review
Atomic Rooster - Sleeping For Years: The Studio Recordings 1970-1974 (Esoteric Recordings, 2017) Formed by former Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (“Fire”) members Vincent Crane (organ, piano, synthesizer, vocals)...
Headroom – “Head in the Clouds” (2017) review
Headroom - Head in the Clouds (Trouble In Mind Records, 2017) https://headroomnhv.bandcamp.com/album/head-in-the-clouds Unlike what the album’s title suggests, Head In The Clouds is not a lofty floating hypnotic...
The Rolling Stones – “Their Satanic Majesties Request” [50th Anniversary Special Edition] (1967) review
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request [50th Anniversary Special Edition] (ABKCO Records, 1967/2017 reissue) Wonderful, but not needed ... Ahhhh … these special numbered editions. Allow me...
Goodness Live Performance at Seattle’s Easy Street Records Sunday 12 November
Goodness began in Seattle in 1994, during the height of the grunge explosion. Led by former Hammerbox vocalist Carrie Akre, they released three studio albums between 1995-99. In...
Stack Waddy – “So Who The Hell Is Stack Waddy?” (2017) review
Stack Waddy - So Who The Hell Is Stack Waddy? (Cherry Red Records, 2017) Once upon a time—September 1969 to be precise—a band formed in Timperley near Manchester...