Jingle Jangle Morning - The U.S. 1960’s Folk Rock Explosion

Jingle Jangle Morning – The U.S. 1960’s Folk Rock Explosion

Between the years 1965-1970, the US witnessed a quite astonishing growth in the area of folk rock which, perhaps unsurprisingly, has its origins in...
Hawkwind Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Hawkwind Live at the Royal Albert Hall (3CD Set)

Told, when Hawkwind gate-crashed the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, and Hendrix dedicated a song to ‘the cat with the silver face,’ (Nik Turner),...

Motörhead – We Take No Prisoners: The Singles 1995-2006

After twenty years fighting the good fight, many bands feel the need to ease up a bit, maybe even rest on their laurels, but...
Ring The Bells And Sing

Progressive sounds of 1975 – Ring The Bells And Sing

Ring The Bells And Sing is the latest in Esoteric Recordings’s series of focussing on the music released in a particular year. This new...
Grapefruit

Grapefruit Records’s Can’t Seem To Come Down – The American Sounds Of 1968, Various...

This is Grapefruit’s subsequent follow-up to 2023’s March of the Flower Children, which focussed on the music of 1967. In that year, 'All You...
MOTÖRHEAD

MOTÖRHEAD – Another Perfect Day

1983 was a strange year in the rock world, Ian Gillan was the vocalist in Black Sabbath following Ronnie James Dio’s departure, Rush were...
Blackmore´s Night - Shadow Of The Moon (25th Anniversary Edition)

Blackmore’s Night – Shadow Of The Moon (25th anniversary edition)

Ritchie Blackmore made his name, not just as a guitar God in the late sixties and throughout the seventies with Deep Purple and Rainbow...
Asia photo by Mike Inns.

Asia – Fantasia: Live in Tokyo

At first glance, there are some noticeable parallels between the unlikely pairing of Asia and Crosby Stills & Nash (CSN). Both were formed by...
Status Quo

Status Quo: Quo’ing in – The Best of the Noughties

Everybody knows Status Quo, they’ve been around so long they’re part of the scenery people take for granted. Everyone and their maiden auntie knows...
Hawkwind - We Are Looking In On You

Hawkwind – We Are Looking In On You

At the risk of being certified as insane, I’m going to start by suggesting there’s a case for Hawkwind to be considered as one...