Issue #362

MAY 2009

MAY 2009

LED ZEPPELIN THE MOST EXPLOSIVE DEBUT EVER ~ 40 YEARS ON
HENDRIX UNPLUGGED THE AMAZING ‘LOST’ SESSION Plus! Frank Zappa, Screaming Lord Sutch, Marvelettes, Reggae Rarities, Alan Parsons, Apear of Destiny, The Monks

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  • DVD Reviews
  • Book Reviews
  • Live Reviews
  • Letters
JIMI HENDRIX We report on an exclusive listen to previously unheard home demos!
Frank Wilson The story behind the world’s rarest Northern soul 7” – up for auction now
SOUNDS OF THE 60s A chat with the guys behind the BBC radio institution
Screaming Lord Sutch In memory of the monster raver
FRANK ZAPPA Frank’s widow on life with the psych subversist
THE MARVELETTES Marvellous soulsters given their due
REGGAE RARITIES PT 2 The Top 75 reggae LPs of the 60s
LED ZEPPELIN The story of a historic debut LP
Shawn Phillips Shawn Phillips At The BBC
Anti-Nowhere League We Are... The League/ Live In Yugoslavia
Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique: 20th Anniversary Edition
Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Re-Animations Vol 1
Billy Satellite Billy Satellite
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys The Tiffany Transcriptions
Brian Auger & The Trinity & Julie Driscoll Streetnoise
Bruce Foxton Touch Sensitive
Captain Beefheart Safe As Milk
Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe
Die Krupps Volle Kraft Null Acht
Dr Strangely Strange Kip Of The Serenes: Collectors Edition
Eloy Eloy
Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy
Foghat Fool For The City
Frank Zappa The Lumpy Money Project/Object
Glen Campbell Greatest Hits
Hard-Ons 25 Years 25 Songs: Suck & Swallow
Ibliss Supernova
Jay & The Techniques Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music
JJ Cale Roll On
King Creosote Flick The Vs
Lindisfarne Lindisfarne At The BBC: The Charisma Years 1971-1973
Magma Studio Zund: 40 Ans D-Evolution
Mark Eric A Midsummer’s Day Dream
Moondog More Moondog
Otis Spann Portraits In Blues Vol 3
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott A Stranger Here
Rod Stewart Unplugged & Seated: Collectors Edition
Roedelius & Noh1 Fibre
Roger McGuinn Back From Rio
Rush Retrospective III (1989- 2008)
Sad Lovers & Giants Epic Garden Music
Samandtheplants The Eft
Serge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelson
Shadows Of Knight Shake!
Starry Eyed & Laughing All Their Best
Steve Kuhn Trio Plays Standards
Stevie Nicks The Soundstage Sessions
Stiff Little Fingers Guitar & Drum: Deluxe Edition
Sylvester The Original Hits
The Albion Band Captured: The Albions Who Nearly Got Away 1991-92
The Artwoods Art Gallery
The Blockheads Staring Down The Barrel
The Carter Family Roots Of Country
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem In Person At Carnegie Hall: The Complete 1963 Concert
The Cult Love
The Dirty Strangers From W12 To Wittering (Another West Side Story)
The Durutti Column Love In The Time Of Recession
The La’s 1984-86: Breakloose
The Pozo Seco Singers Time For The Pozo Seco Singers: The Complete 1966 Recordings
The Ramones It’s Alive
The Rockingbirds The Rockingbirds
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Hot City: The 1974 Unreleased Album
Trader Horne Morning Way
Various artists The Birth Of Bossa
Various artists Burt Bacharach: The First Book of Songs 1954-1958
Various artists The Countryside Collection
Various artists Pop Ambient 2009
Various artists Destroy That Boy: More Girls With Guitars
Various artists Funk In Italy
Various artists Honey & Wine: Another Gerry Goffin & Carole King Song Collection
Various artists Rare Mod
Various artists Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi
Various artists The Sound Of Wonder: The First Wave Of Plugged-In Pop At The Pakistani Picture House
Various artists Switched On Bob: A Tribute To Bob Moog
Various artists Titan! It’s All Pop!
Various artists When Girls Do It
Various artists Where The Girls Are Volume 7
Vince Taylor Jet Black Leather Machine
X-Ray Spex Germ Free Adolescents: Deluxe Edition
Yeah Yeah Yeahs It’s Blitz!
Robert Cray The Robert Cray Collection
Tymon Dogg The Nine Lives Of Tymon Dogg
Brian Eno & Bang On A Can Music For Airports
Coleman Hawkins In Europe
Elton John Tantrums & Tiaras: The Director’s Cut
The Mission The Final Chapter
Matt Monro The Ultimate Performer
Various artists 13 Most Beautiful... Songs For Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
Brian Wilson That Lucky Old Sun
Various artists Metal Machine Music: Nine Inch Nails & The Industrial Uprising
Nick Drake Nick Drake: The Complete Guide To His Music by Peter Hogan
Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Encyclopaedia by Neil Daniels
Bill Bruford The Autobiography by Bill Bruford
Bob Dylan Revolution In The Air: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol 1 – 1957-73 by Clinton Heylin
Buddy Holly Not Fade Away: The Life & Music Of Buddy Holly by John Gribbin
Various artists Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film & Fashion From The Bohemian Surf Boom by Brian Chidester & Domenic Priore
Kiss Black Diamond: The Unauthorised Biography Of Kiss – 10th Anniversary Edition by Dale Sherman
The Velvet Feedback: The Velvet Underground – Legend, Truth by Ignacio Julià
Tom Waits Lowside Of The Road: A Life Of Tom Waits by Barney Hoskyns
Various artists Superstar DJs: Here We Go! by Dom Phillips
Hipgnosis For The Love Of Vinyl: The Album Art Of Hipgnosis by Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell
Tina Turner London Greenwich O2 Arena (4th March, 2009)
Nightwish London Brixton Academy (11th March, 2009)
Derek Trucks Band Waterbury Orpheum Theater, Connecticut, USA (8th February, 2009)
Colin Blunstone London 100 Club (20th February, 2009)
Hue & Cry Dunfermline Kinema (19th February, 2009)
Icon London St. Mary-Le-Bow Church (21st February, 2009)
Vonda Shepard London Piccadilly Pigalle Club (27th February, 2009)
Judas Priest, Megadeth, Testament Dublin O2 Arena (10th February, 2009)
Amy Wadge Exeter Barnfield Theatre (13th February, 2009)
Franz Ferdinand London Hammersmith Apollo (9th March, 2009)
The View Bristol University Anson Rooms (21st February, 2009)
Magazine London Kentish Town Forum (13th February, 2009)
Katy Perry London Camden Koko (26th February, 2009)
Eddi Reader Dublin Academy (21st February, 2009)
Candi Staton Basildon Towngate Theatre (23rd February, 2009)
The Battlefield Band Musselburgh Brunton Hall (24th February, 2009)
Elbow Southend-On-Sea Cliffs Pavilion (1st March, 2009)
The Ad That Started It All Ray Wilkinson
Mourning For Mournblade Brian R Banks
Neverly Featured George S. Tavlas
Remember Raynoma Robert Gallagher
Frankie Goes Graeme Atkinson
Jingle Jungle Graham Maisey
The Girl Got Soul – Or Has She? Vince Graham

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