Category Archives: Reissues

MARTIN TURNER – Life Begins – Deluxe Edition

August 19, 2016

Dirty Dog Discs 2011 / Cherry Red 2016 “Argus” and other stories: former WISHBONE ASH bassist casts a playful glance over his shoulder. Recreating the past was Martin Turner’s aim in 2010, so the veteran didn’t seek a new approach … Continue reading →

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S TO S – S To S

August 12, 2016

Overcome 1978 / Sommor 2016 Angst and aggression from the quiet of Belgium where vitriol’s brewed and the luck is screwed. It was a wrong way to kick out the jams for this band, because in the late ’70s complacent … Continue reading →

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GILLI SMYTH – Mother

August 9, 2016

Charly 1978 / Esoteric 2016 Beyond the id: GONG matriarch’s transcendental trip into feminine liberation. When Gilli Smyth left her artistic tribe in mid-’70s to concentrate on raising kids, she didn’t become a housewife by default but wisely used this … Continue reading →

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SNIPS – La Rocca!

August 4, 2016

EMI 1981 / Angel Air 2016 Away with the blues to channel contemporary working class depression, original British punk eases into the ’80s. A larger-than-life character despite his low-profile, Steve Parsons, or Snips, maintained a defiantly out-of-place look in a … Continue reading →

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STEVE HACKETT – Blues With A Feeling

August 3, 2016

Camino 1994 / Esoteric 2016 A key to acolyte’s highway: most unusual, yet perfectly logical, entry in art-rock guitarist’s log. The very notion of playing blues may seem alien to those who know him as a proponent of prog rock, … Continue reading →

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