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The Top 50 Morrissey Rarities Compiled by Travis Gravell Since breaking from The Smiths in 1987, a band whose lifespan lasted but five glorious years, Morrissey has worked as a solo artist for more than two decades. In that time, he has amassed an enormous body of work, to be enjoyed, inspected and collected. With the acclaiming of The Smiths as the most influential band of all time by the …

Memories of THE PLASTIC ONO BAND

Klaus Voormann and Alan White talk to Spencer Leigh The album, Live Peace In Toronto 1969, by The Plastic Ono Band was released exactly 40 years ago. It was put onto CD in 1995, but maybe, like The Beatles’ albums, it should be given some sparkling new, digital remastering and issued in a special edition. On the other hand, maybe not. John Lennon never intended this to be a perfect live …

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Season’s Bleatings 100 Unlikely Christmas Records

Gift-wrapped by Spencer Leigh The rumour started in the middle of summer that Bob Dylan had recorded a Christmas album. Bob, famed for testing his fans’ patience, appeared to be going that extra mile; but, on the other hand, it’s a logical step. Theme Time Radio Hour has demonstrated his love for the Great American Songbook and, irrespective of the lyrical content, some of the …

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JUNIOR BOYS OWN - Junior Boys Own: A Boys Own Odyssey – Acid House Scrapes & Capers

Monumental compilation marking 20 years since Boys Own spearheaded the UK’s acid house revolution The late 80s acid house revolution changed the way people partied, made music, dressed and fought the law, sparking a global movement which still continues to grow. In comparison, punk was like a short-lived dress rehearsal for the main youth-quake. From 1988, Boys Own were at the …

ALBUM REVIEW From Issue 370

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - Live At The Paradiso 14:04:07

Stroke your chins… musos at work! Filmed to stream on the now defunct internet site Fabchannel.com, this is the current and most compact Van Der Graaf line-up of Peter Hammill, Guy Evans and Hugh Banton, reinventing themselves following their 2005 reformation and their then recent split with saxophonist David Jackson. In the interview that’s this disc’s extra, …

DVD REVIEW From Issue 370

The Sound With The Pound: An Anthology Of 60s Mersey Beat Groups by Manfred Kuhlmann

He loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah! You can tell that Manfred Kuhlmann has been working on The Sound With The Pound for several years, because the foreword is written by Johnny Guitar from Rory Storm & The Hurricanes. Guitar sadly died 10 years ago, while this book’s punning title was devised by Cavern DJ Bob Wooler, who himself passed away in 2002. Based in …

BOOK REVIEW From Issue 370

CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS - London Greenwich O2 (28th September, 2009)

View: first tier, middle Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett are still around and still cut the mustard! They stuck to a scorching pre-1965 track-list, The Shadows playing two instrumental sets either side of the break, with Hank not missing a lick, or step, as the famous Shadows choreography was put through its paces. The set was stuffed with hits, …

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