Or, part one of a quest to discover whether it’s worth buying those early Stones albums on vinyl… We were in the pub. The conversation, a couple of hours in, had turned to how the skeleton of a dinosaur would… Read More ›
Rock Music
Why Sticky Fingers on Vinyl Isn’t Always A Bad Thing…
Ten reasons why The Rolling Stones’ Classic Sticky Fingers should be in your record collection Classic Rock Magazine this month is a particularly excellent read as it is a “Vinyl Special”. They have some things that regular readers of Every… Read More ›
New Ray Davies Biography: A Complicated Life by Johnny Rogan
Kinks fans have been spoiled of late with a number of books about the band, particularly as for many years there was no definitive Kinks bio. Both Davies brothers penned their own versions of the tale with Ray’s X-Ray and Dave’s… Read More ›
A Look at a Classic Tom Petty Tune: Walls (Circus)
Hidden away on the soundtrack to a relatively obscure indie flick that gave Jennifer Aniston one of her earliest (critically acclaimed) lead roles a couple of years into her reign as “Friends” Queen Rachel, Tom Petty wrote “Walls”. It’s one… Read More ›
John Lydon Reveals Sid Vicious Beauty Secrets In New Autobiography “Anger Is An Energy”
Alongside Iggy Pop, John Lydon is widely regarded as the Godfather of TV Adverts Punk. Lydon’s infamy was secured this week in 1976 when The Sex Pistols swore on the Bill Grundy TV show, and called him a “dirty old… Read More ›
The Recording of David Bowie’s “Heroes”
On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, David Bowie’s “Heroes”, written and recorded at Hansa Studios just a few hundred yards from the Wall, remains a landmark recording and perhaps Bowie’s best-loved song. It is also… Read More ›
“One Of The Greatest Records Ever Made”: Dexy’s “Don’t Stand Me Down”
In March 1985, Kevin Rowland, lead singer and songwriter of Dexy’s Midnight Runners was facing total ruin. “Don’t Stand Me Down”, his labour of love and an album he had spent two years of his life writing, recording and mixing,… Read More ›
Help Launch Zoe Howe’s New Book About Lee Brilleaux!
Lee Brilleaux was the charismatic singer of Dr Feelgood. An Alpha Male and hard drinking front man, backed by a tight band, including the bug-eyed mop-topped Wilko Johnson. Wilko Johnson and Lee Brilleaux parted company at the height of their success,… Read More ›
Unreleased Gems: Neil Young’s Chrome Dreams – Rust Edition
Good news: Neil Young has announced a Record Store Day exclusive: a limited vinyl box-set re-release of his “Ditch Trilogy” of albums, plus Zuma. Sadly, however, there’s an album missing from that stellar line up. Chrome Dreams might well be… Read More ›
Wilko Johnson Attends Signing For LP with Roger Daltrey: Going Back Home
Fourteen months have passed since Wilko Johnson’s public announcement of his diagnosis of terminal cancer of the pancreas. The former Dr Feelgood guitarist and current National Treasure expected the cancer would claim him in October last year, but he’s nothing… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 so far: Bruce Springsteen – “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
Whilst the class of albums such as “Born To Run” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” leap out like an over-enthusiastic Ant and Dec at the end of one of their celebrity “japes”, Springsteen’s later albums are perhaps more… Read More ›
The Best Records of 2014 So Far: #1 – Royal Blood
You know those music blogs that keep you up to date with all the latest releases and introduces you to fledgling indie bands that are going to be the next big thing? Well, as my regular readers know, this is… Read More ›
The Led Zeppelin Controversy: Who Wrote The Songs?
It is easy now to look at the relative fortunes of the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones – who doubtless regularly bathe in asses milk and feast on panda and swan – with the poor, early blues… Read More ›
The Top Ten Greatest Double Live Albums
Bloated, over-indulgent and long winded. But that’s enough about (insert the name of your least favourite politician here), let’s talk about Double Live albums. When Noel Gallagher talked about double albums to Rolling Stone Magazine recently he was referring to… Read More ›
The Top Ten Best Beatles Books
Want to know which are the best Beatles Books? With the release of the first part of Mark Lewisohn‘s trilogy of books on the Beatles “Tune In” I thought it might be worthwhile taking a look at the plethora of… Read More ›
