Category Archives: Reissues

ROY BUCHANAN – My Babe

September 15, 2018

Waterhouse 1980 / Angel Air 2018 Dancing the night away, golden-fingered guitarist tries to wave goodbye only to bring home unhappy smile and stay on track. Roy Buchanan died – or was killed – in a prison cell thirty years … Continue reading →

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STONE THE CROWS & MAGGIE BELL – Best Of

September 10, 2018

Angel Air 2018 Most prominent moments of Scotland’s finest purveyors of Mississippi blues and its mighty spin-offs – majestically tragic and eternally vibrant. They might be giants, yet this group’s career turned out to be short-lived – or, rather, cut … Continue reading →

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IAN HUNTER Feat. Mick Ronson – Live At Rockpalast

September 8, 2018

MiG 2011 / 2017 Climbing up the mountains without falling down the holes, a couple of HOOPLE lads deliver a night to remember. Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson were firm friends from the time David Bowie had saved the failing … Continue reading →

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PETER BANKS – The Self-Contained Trilogy

September 6, 2018

HTD 1993, 1997; One Way 1996 / The Right Honourable 2018 Former YES axeman’s oft-overlooked hat-trick of low-profile individual endeavors creates an arc of arcane narrative. This is a paradox but the invariably individual Peter Banks always preferred running with … Continue reading →

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NIRVANA – Black Flower

September 4, 2018

Metromedia 1969 / Esoteric 2018 Semi-mythical album from original psychedelic duo who fractured under the weight of their cinematic vision. They may have devised a first rock-opera in “The Story Of Simon Simopath” in 1967 and had been blackened on-screen … Continue reading →

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