Issue #350

JUNE 2008

JUNE 2008

Robert Plant
Talking ’bout Alison Krauss, Led Zep, record collecting, wine, football and Billy Fury Plus 70 years of electric guitar, Eddie Grant, Sparks

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60s GEMS Some of the golden decade’s hidden treasures get their chance to shine
SPARKS The perennially cool and quirky brotherhood are back with a bang, on and off stage
GUITAR RECORDS We celebrate the milestones of electric guitar mastercraft from 1970 to the present
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss We catch up with the Led Zeppelin legend and his country-rock partner
PORCUPINE TREE Britain’s most collectable alt.prog rock band come under the miscroscope
Acker Bilk Just About As Good As It Gets
Air Moon Safari: Anniversary Edition
Andrew Weatherall Watch The Ride
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Barclay James Harvest After The Day: The BBC Recordings 1974-1976
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Electricity
Cassius Clay I Am The Greatest!
Danny Kirwan Second Chapter
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich The BBC Sessions
David Axelrod Seriously Deep
Deep Purple The Very Best Of
Deicide Till Death Do Us Part
Demented Are Go The Day The Earth Spat Blood/Go Go Demented
Denny Garrard Sinister Morning
Gene Vincent Blue Jean Bop!/Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
Gentle Giant Three Friends
Hollywood Brats Hollywood Brats
Humble Pie Town & Country
Iglomat Iglomat
Iron Maiden Somewhere Back In Time: The Best Of 1980- 1989
Ivor Cutler A Flat Man
Jackie De Shannon Her Own Kind Of Light: The Best Of Jackie De Shannon
Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Volume 2
Jackson Conti Sunjinho
Jethro Tull This Was: Collector’s Edition
Jim Noir Jim Noir
Joe Satriani Professor Satchifunkilus & The Musterion Of Rock
John Miles Rebel
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash På Österåker
Ken Nicol Initial Variations
Kenny Burrell A Night At The Vanguard
Kim Simmonds Struck By Lightning
Liverpool Five The Best Of
Lloyd Price Mr Personality: Million Sellers & More From ABC
Love Forever Changes: Collector’s Edition
Love Affair/LA New Day
Madonna Hard Candy
Marie “Queenie” Lyons Soul Fever
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees Western Eagle
Martina Topley-Bird The Blue God
Mary Hampton My Mother’s Children
Mellow Candle Swaddling Songs
Michael Bloomfield Between The Hard Place & The Ground/Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’
Morton Feldman The Viola In My Life
Mother Earth Stoned Woman
Mythos Mythos
Nazareth The Newz
Onslaught Shadow Of Death
Os Mutantes A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio
Otis Redding Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul: Collector’s Edition
Pacific Gas & Electric Get It On
Pink Fairies Finland Freakout 1971
Portishead Third
Principal Edwards The Devon Tapes
Professor Longhair Tipitana: The Complete 1949-1957 New Orleans Recordings
Rory Gallagher The Essential
Rose Tattoo Rose Tattoo
Sebadoh Bubble & Scrape
Section 25 Dirty Disco: Best Of 1978-2008
Showaddywaddy Jump, Boogie & Jive
Simon & Garfunkel Live 1969
Sparks Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
Steve Winwood Nine Lives
Sunglasses After Dark Sunglasses After Dark
Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man: The Best Of
Ten Years After Watt
The Cute Lepers Can’t Stand Modern Music
The Free Pop Electronic Concept A New Exciting Experience
The Futureheads This Is Not The World
The Kingsmen Louie Louie: The Best Of The Kingsmen
The Lords Of Altamont The Altamont Sin
The Lords Of The New Church Rockers
The Rolling Stones Shine A Light
The Specials The Best Of
The Tornadoes Charge Of The Tornadoes
Toto The Collection
Various Fairytales Can Come True
Various artists The Bees: The Sound Selection
Various artists Brasilika: Mixed By Andy Votel
Various artists Computer Incarnations For World Peace II
Various artists Cosmic Disco? Cosmic Rock! Mixed & Edited By Daniele Baldielli & Marco Dionigi
Various artists Early Girls Volume 5
Various artists Flying High Again: The World’s Greatest Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne
Various artists The George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1-45
Various artists Heather & Glen
Various artists Mobilee: Back To Back Volume Two
Various artists Rebirth Essentials Volume One
Various artists Strange Pleasures: Further Sounds Of The Decca Underground 1966- 75
Various artists The Very Best Of Outlaw Country
Veda Hille This Riot Life
Visage The Anvil
Whiskeytown Strangers Almanac: Deluxe Edition
The Big Chris Barber Band As We Like It
Genesis When In Rome 2007
The Gun Club Ghost On The Highway: A Portrait Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce & The Gun Club
Kreator At The Pulse Of Kapitulation
Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions Movin’ On Up: The Music & Message Of Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
Various All You Need Is Love
Gang Of Souls A Generation Of Beat Poets
The Beatles Drugs, Divorce & A Slipping Image by Doug Sulpy
Hard Bop Academy The Sidemen Of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers by Alan Goldsher
Sweat The Story Of The Fleshtones, America’s Garage Band by Joe Bonomo
Sam Phillips Sun King: The Life & Times Of Sam Phillips by Kevin & Tanya Crouch
Iggy Pop Gimme Danger: The Story Of Iggy Pop by Joe Ambrose
Sonic Youth Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story by Stevie Chick
Various artists Music In Washington: Seattle & Beyond by Peter Blecha
Various artists Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades Of Great Psychedelic Rock by Jim DeRogatis
The Soul Show: Eddie Floyd, Geno Washington, Pauline Black Lichfield Garrick (10th February, 2008)
Freeborn John Buxton Opera House (17th February, 2008)
The Stranglers Buxton Opera House (16th February, 2008)
Black Dice Brighton Audio (16th March, 2008)
The Reasoning Wolverhampton The Robin 2 (20th January, 2008)
South By Southwest Festival Austin, Texas (12th March, 2008)
Peter Hope-Evans/Gary Grainger Band Twickenham Eel Pie Club (20th February, 2008)
John Shannon Venice VCJ, Italy (6th March, 2008)
The Levellers London Brixton Academy (8th March, 2008)
Man Wolverhampton Bilston Robin 2 (19th March, 2008)
The Duke Spirit Brighton Audio (4th April, 2008)
Alice Cooper Osaka IMP Hall, Japan (27th March, 2008)
Lalo Schifrin & The LSO London Barbican (10th April, 2008)
Wilko Johnson Wolverhampton Little Civic (3rd April, 2008)
Joe Bonamassa Birkenhead Pacific Road Arts Centre (20th February, 2008)
Hotull California? Robert A. Bruce
Ahead Of Ourselves Richard Smith
Dory Previn On Cd Robert Gallagher, managing editor, Journal of International Taxation
Is This Lennon’s Pet Sounds? Colin Morrison
Later Than You Think Pete Cousins
Bert Alert Sue Seager
Glam Bang Tony Marsden
And Another Thing Brian Stevenson
Thangs To Fret About Dave Penny
Had A Skimfull? Lee Abrahams
Blue Mink And Barry Gordon McKay

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