Paperback Writer
Everybody had a hard year in 2020, but over the past 12-plus months, fans of the Beatles were treated to many great books on the group. Along with...
Steve Matteo
Yusuf / Cat Stevens – ‘Mona Bone Jakon’ and ‘Tea for the Tillerman’ 50th-anniversary boxsets reissues
Ever since the 50th anniversary of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by the Beatles in 2017, record companies have been undertaking massive reissue projects of albums marking...
It’s Time for the Zombies
Many groups from the British Invasion endured beyond the first pop wave of that sound. Of course, groups like, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who,...
Paul McCartney – ‘McCartney’ (1970)
It’s difficult writing about Paul McCartney’s debut solo album without separating it from the tensions and drama that surrounded its release and the break-up of the Beatles. The...
Crazy Diamonds Shine on at the Roundhouse in London
Pink Floyd fans are having quite a year. There are several superb reissues and new projects finally getting released. One of the most surprisingly successful projects is Nick...
The Land of Sensations & Delights: The Psych Pop Sounds of White Whale Records, 1965–1970 (2020)
The vinyl record revival and continuing interest in the music of the 60’s has spurned crate-digging record collectors to seek out the most obscure and forgotten artists of...
Rolling Stone: Life and Death Of Brian Jones
Rolling Stone: Life and Death Of Brian Jones (Dudeski/Chip Baker Films), distributed by MVD Visual, is directed by Danny Garcia. Garcia has made several music documentaries focusing on...
Paul McCartney – ‘Flaming Pie’ (Paul McCartney Archive Collection 2020)
Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles career can be divided up in many ways. He has worked solo, with his band Wings, collaborated with other artists on brief side projects, worked...
Liam Gallagher – ‘MTV Unplugged (Live at Hull City Hall)’ (2020)
For many music fans, MTV Unplugged, which kicked off in 1989, seems like some ancient relic from the past, from a music video channel that for a long...
France Gall – ‘Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son’, ‘Baby Pop’, ‘1968’ (2020)
Like a breath of fresh air coming to save the pop world from aggression and electronic overkill, Jack White and his Third Man Records have reissued three albums...