Issue #358

JANUARY 2009

JANUARY 2009

QUEEN Past&Present
BRIAN MAY and PAUL RODGERS on why THE SHOW MUST GO ON Plus! Glen Campbell & Jimmy Webb, The Birth of Disco, Sylvie Vartan, Blues Rarities, Marillion, Snow Patrol, Roxy music, Ginger Baker

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GLEN CAMPBELL The Witchita Lineman returned with a new album last year and drops in for quick natter
GINGER BAKER questions with the powerhouse behind Cream
MARILLION Fishing about with the group’s former frontman as their Early Stages box set sees release.
BIRTH OF DISCO D (delirious); I (incredible); S (superstitious); C (complicated); Ohhhhh – and it brought us the modern remix
SYLVIE VARTAN From rags to riches with French pop royalty
BRITPOP The 90s birthed Britain’ most inventive pop songwriters since the 60s, with collectables now in excess of £200
BRITISH BLUES PT 2 At last, the second part of our British blues study... this time, looking at Americans... not Britons at all
QUEEN Still the champions, Brian May and former Free frontman Paul Rodgers grant us a royal hearing
BAD SHEPHERDS Have they lost their flock?
Singles The Long Blondes
Andrew Poppy …And The Shuffle Of Things
Ashley Hutchings & Ernesto De Pascale My Land Is Your Land
Atlantis Atlantis
Billy Fury Classics & Collectibles
Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman: Deluxe Edition
Chants R&B Chants R&B
Chris Wood Vulcan
Damon & Naomi More Sad Hits
Delaney Bramlett Sweet Inspirations
Drumbo City Of Refuge
Gayle McCormick Gayle McCormick
Gene Clark Echoes
Graham Nash Songs For Beginners
Guns N’Roses Chinese Democracy
Hardin & York The World’s Smallest Big Band
Ian Dury The Stiff Singles, The Promo Videos, The Peel Session
Jacques Brel In The 50s: The Birth Of Genius
Jah Wobble & The Chinese Dub Orchestra Chinese Dub
Jane Birkin Enfants D’Hiver
Jeanne Moreau The Immortal Jeanne Moreau
Jerry Fuller A Double Life: The Challenge Recordings 1959-1966
Joe Callicot Ain’t Gonna Lie To You
Jools Holland With Ruby Turner The Informer/Consider The Source
Kenny & The Kasuals 1966-1968 The Singles... Plus
Kenny Clarke Telefunken Blues
Lucifer’s Friend Lucifer’s Friend
Maggie Bell The Best Of/Sound & Vision
Neil Young Sugar Mountain Live At Canterbury House 1968
Outlaws Outlaws/Lady In Waiting
Paul Carrack I Know That Name
Paul Kossoff With Black Cat Bones Paul’s Blues
Pavement Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition
Pere Ubu Dub Housing
Pete Seeger At 89
Richie Havens Richard P Havens, 1983
Rod Stewart Some Guys Have All The Luck
Roy Orbison The Soul Of Rock’n’Roll
Sammy Hagar Cosmic Universal Fashion
Saxon Into The Labyrinth
Shop Assistants Will Anything Happen
Sir Victor Uwaifo Guitar-Boy Superstar 1970-76
Sonic Youth Goo
Specimen Alive At The Batcave
Stephen Duffy The Ups & Downs
The Damned So, Who’s Paranoid?
The Fireman Electric Arguments
The Fool The Fool
The Hi-Fis Snakes & Hi-Fis
The Jesters Cadillac Men: The Sun Masters
The Late Song’s From the Family Tree
The Lines Flood Bank
The Noyes Brothers Sheep From Goats
The Wedding Present How The West Was Won
Tony Christie Made In Sheffield
Ursula Bogner Recordings 1969-1988
Various artists Amorphous Androgynous: A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind
Various artists B12 Vols 1-7
Various artists The Best Of Mr Bongo
Various artists Causes 1
Various artists Recommended Sampler 1982
Various artists Soma Compilation 2008
Various artists Sprechen Sie Pop?
Various artists Sunday Sunshine (The World Of SNB Records)
Warren Zevon Warren Zevon: Collectors Edition
Yngwie Malmsteen Perpetual Flame
Zang Tuum Tuum Zang Tuum Tuum: The ZTT Box Set
Duran Duran Classic Albums: Rio
Bryan Ferry The Bête Noire Tour
The Flaming Lips Christmas On Mars: A Fantastical Freakout Featuring The Flaming Lips
Eartha Kitt Live At The Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Rush Snakes & Arrows Live
The Rutles All You Need Is Cash
Various artists Babylon
Various artists From The Basement
Jazz Icons Series 3
Various artists Les Stances A Sophie
Roadrunner United Roadrunner United: The Concert
Barney Bubbles Reasons To Be Cheerful: The Life & Work Of Barney Bubbles by Paul Gorman
Johnny “Chester” Dowling Just For Kicks: The Story Of My Life by Johnny “Chester” Dowling
Grandmaster Flash The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash: My Life My Beats by Grandmaster Flash With David Ritz
Luke Haines Bad Vibes: Britpop & My Part In Its Downfall by Luke Haines
Joy Division 1 Top Class Manager: The Notebooks of Joy Division’s Manager 1978-1980 by Rob Gretton
Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson: The Wild American Stephen Miller by
Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History Of The Heaviest Band Of All Time by Jon Bream (Ed)
Muse Out Of This World: The Story Of Muse by Mark Beaumont
Various artists Rum, Sodomy & The Lash by Jeffrey T Roesgen
Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield: In The Middle Of Nowhere by Laurence Cole
Paul Weller Mr Cool’s Dream by Iain Munn
Various artists Club Kids: From Speakeasies To Boombox And Beyond by Edited by Raven Smith
Warner Bros Records Revolutions In Sound: Warner Bros Records The First Fifty Years by Warren Zanes
Queen + Paul Rodgers London Greenwich O2 Arena (7th November, 2008)
Experience Hendrix Tribute Waterbury Palace Theater, Connecticut, USA (19th October, 2008)
Leonard Cohen Bournemouth BIC (11th November, 2008)
Airbourne, Stone Gods Liverpool Academy (7th November, 2008)
Train Driver In Eyeliner London Kentish Town Forum (27th October, 2008)
Slayer London Hammersmith Apollo (20th October, 2008)
The JD Set Lynchburg Jack Daniel’s Distillery, Tennessee, USA (18th October, 2008)
The Stranglers Bristol Academy (22nd October, 2008)
Burt Bacharach London Camden Roundhouse (22nd October, 2008)
The Dears London Porchester Hall (16th October, 2008)
Ani Di Franco London Kentish Town Forum (4th October, 2008)
Phil Manzanera London Gibson Guitar Shop (12th November, 2008)
Al Green Manchester MEN Arena (11th November, 2008)
Feeder London Astoria (18th November, 2008)
Shellac Glasgow ABC1 (2nd November, 2008)
Mercury Rev Bristol Academy (12th November, 2008)
Blood Red Shoes Glasgow King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut (19th October, 2008)
Death Cab For Cutie London Brixton Academy (19th November, 2008)
Walking Back To Happiness Graham Todd
Dreaming Of A White Album Steve Taylor
The Price Is Rice Freek Kinkelaar
Marryat Faithful Peter Finnegan
This Charming Compilation Colin Thurlow- Tucker
Zip It David McLeod
Where Were You When The Spector Lp Was Released? Ian Hughes
Double Groovy Carsten Schaefer
Judge A Book By Its Cover Michael Erfort, Cape Town
Hopes And Derams Tony Sermon
Goin’ Quoin Yvonne Hanvey
Cookie Monster Freek Kinkelaar

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