Issue #366

SEPTEMBER 2009

SEPTEMBER 2009

ELVIS 60 GEMS FROM THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
LED ZEPPELIN Knebworth Remembered, ROLLING STONES ‘Lost’ TV Show, NIRVANA Psych Heroes Plus! Georgie Fame, Thomas Dolby, The Searchers, The Orb

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MICHAEL JACKSON IN THE STUDIO An interview with Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad engineer, Bruce Swedien
We dip into Frank Allen’s memoirs THE SEARCHERS
THOMAS DOLBY Album-by-album with the electro-pop pioneer
NIRVANA Patrick Campbell-Lyons takes us back to the top
GEORGIE FAME We say Yeh Yeh with the British R&B legend
LED ZEPPELIN AT KNEBWORTH The original line-up’s swan song, 30 years on
ELVIS PRESLEY Fit for a king: sixty rarities from the world’s largest Elvis collection
MICHAEL JACKSON ON eBAY He Beats It, you flog it!
MICHAEL JACKSON Blood on the dancefloor
107th Street Stickball Team On Old Broadway
A Broken Consort Box Of Birch
Al Di Meola Cielo Tiera/Soaring Through A Dream/ Tirami Su
Alison Krauss Essential Alison Krauss
Bill Frisell Disfarmer
Bizzy B Retrospective
Blur Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide To Blur
Bo Diddley Ride On: The Chess Masters 1960-1961
Bulldog Breed Made In England
Chairmen Of The Board Give Me Just A Little More Time/In Session… Plus
Cozy Powell Octopuss
Daevid Allen Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life
David Bowie VH1 Storytellers
David Johansen David Johansen/Live It Up
Donna Lynn/Robin Clark Donna Lynn Meets Robin Clark
Emitt Rhodes The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969-1973)
Family BBC Radio Volume 3: 1970
Fire The Magic Shoemaker
Freda Payne Band Of Gold/Contact/ The Best Of/Reaching Out
Hans-Joachim Roedelius Durch Die Wuste
Hindi Guns Rarities
Jack Bruce Automatic
Jackie Lee The Town I Live In: The EMI years 1965-1967
Jacques Dutronc Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi (1966-1969)
James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players Folk Songs
Jerry Reed When You’re Hot… The Very Best Of 1967-1983
Jess Roden The Best Of Jess Roden
Jim Basnight We Rocked & Rolled
Joe Cocker Joe Cocker!
Johnny Hallyday Johnny Hallyday
Judy Dyble Talking With Strangers
Julie Covington Julie Covington… Plus
Julie Felix Clotho’s Web
Let’s Wrestle In The Court Of The Wrestling Let’s
Levon Helm Electric Dirt
Loggins & Messina So Fine/Native Sons
M Squared Pardon Me For Barging In Like This… Rare Recordings 1979-1983
Mick Farren Mona: The Carnivorous Circus
Nazareth The Anthology
Nick Lowe The Brentford Trilogy
Nigel Mazlyn Jones Sentinel
Peter Hammill Thin Air
Pisces A Lovely Sight
Pope Tall Tales & Cheap Thrills
REM Reckoning: Deluxe Edition
Richard Thompson Walking On A Wire: 1968-2009
Sagittarius Present Tense
Sandy Denny She Moves Through The Fair
Sir Vincent Lone Troubadour Heart
Snowy White The Best Of
Soft Heap Soft Heap
Spooky Tooth Lost In My Dream (The Anthology 1968-1974)
The Applejacks The Applejacks
The Dead Weather Horehound
The Farmer’s Boys Get Out & Walk
The Fiery Furnaces I’m Going Away
The Golden Gate Year One
The Guess Who Wheatfield Soul
The International Classic Rock Orchestra Classic Rock: Epic Rock Anthems With Orchestra
The Jayhawks Music From The North Country
The Pretty Things Philippe DeBarge
The Rationals Think Rational!
The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels
The Stupids The Kids Don’t Like It
The Units History Of The Units: The Early Years 1977-1983
Tower Of Power Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now/We Came To Play/ Back On The Streets
UFO The Official Bootleg Box Set
Various Artists B12/Redcell (Mike Golding/Steve Rutter) B12 Archive Volume 7
Various Artists Factory Records 1984
Various Artists The Real Thing: The Songs Of Ashford, Simpson & Armstead
Various Artists Sacred Songs For Worrying Times
Various Artists Singapore 60s: The Definitive Collection
Various Artists Teenage Heaven: The 50s Girl Group Phenomenon
Various Artists Wild Thing: The Songs Of Chip Taylor
Various Artists ZE30
Wilco Wilco (The Album)
Wipers Over The Edge
Woodstock Woodstock 40 Years On:Back To Yasgur’s Farm
Yo La Tengo Popular Songs
Jeff Buckley Grace Around The World: Deluxe Version
Deep Purple History, Hits & Highlights ’68-’76
Dengue Fever Sleepwalking Through The Mekong
Kiss Kissology: The Ultimate Kiss Collection Vol. 1 1974-1977
Ted Nugent Motor City Mayhem: The 6000th Concert
Paul Weller Just A Dream
Various Artists Cadillac Records
Various Artists Progfest ’97
Various Artists Soul Power
Richey Edwards A Version Of Reason: The Search For Richey Edwards Of The Manic Street Preachers by Rob Jovanovic
Rolling Stones The Stones In The Park by Richard Havers
The Slits Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits by Zoe Street Howe
Bruce Springsteen Magic In The Night: The Words & Music Of Bruce Springsteen by Rob Kirkpatrick
Motown The Supremes: A Saga Of Motown Dreams, Successes & Betrayal by Mark Ribowksy
Johnny “Guitar” Watson The Gangster Of Love: Johnny “Guitar” Watson: Performer, Preacher, Pimp by Vincent Bakker
Jah Wobble Memoirs Of A Geezer by Jah Wobble
Various Artists Appetite For Self- Destruction by Steve Knopper
Various Artists The England’s Dreaming Tapes by Jon Savage
Various Artists Fear Of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don’t Get Stockhausen by David Stubbs
Various Artists Galactic Ramble by Richard Morton Jack (Ed)
Various Artists Music To Die For: The International Guide To The Last Great Underground Scene by Mick Mercer
Various Artists Perfecting Sound Forever by Greg Milner
Download Castle Donington, Notts. (12th June, 2009)
Pet Shop Boys London Greenwich O2 Arena (19th June, 2009)
Chickenfoot London Shepherd’s Bush Empire (25th June, 2009)
Jason Lytle London Islington Academy (28th May, 2009)
Toots & The Maytals London Islington Academy (26th May, 2009)
Nickelback Manchester M.E.N. Arena (22nd May, 2009)
George Thorogood Dublin Olympia (31st May, 2009)
Isle Of Wight Festival Newport (11th June, 2009)
Bert Jansch London Camden Jazz Café (8th June, 2009)
The Hold Steady Falmouth Princess Pavilion (22nd May, 2009)
Ash Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (4th June, 2009)
Supergrass Cheltenham Race Course (30th May, 2009)
Jackie Leven Whitstable Folk Club (4th June, 2009)
Ry Cooder Dublin Olympia Theatre (11th June, 2009)
Bob Catley Wolverhampton Civic Hall (23rd May, 2009)
John Zorn London Camden Centre (12th June, 2009)
Johnny Winter Glasgow Academy (21st May, 2009)
Buzzcocks, The Fall, John Cooper Clarke London Kentish Town Forum (10th June, 2009)
Hawkwind Buxton Opera House (28th May, 2009)
Tyketto Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (5th June, 2009)
Julie Felix Crich Tramway Village (14th July, 2009)
Jarvis Cocker, The Horrors London Limehouse Troxy (17th June, 2009)
John Tams Biddulph Up In Arms (10th June, 2009)
Fish Manchester Band On The Wall (20th December, 2010)
Firewind London Islington Garage (7th November, 2010)
Belle & Sebastian Bristol Colston Hall (16th December, 2010)
Toy Horses London Water Rats (18th January, 2011)
Long Live The Future Duncan Barnes
Setting The Record Straight Spencer Hickman
More Meek Memories Rob Bradford
Unfair To Joe Chris Thorne
Strange Folk Haaken Eric Mathiesen
Gone But Not Forgotten Terry Fendley
Mungo Jerry Appeal Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry)
Don’t Lose The Feeling Timo Wiedenbrück (Rank Records)
Beaches & Rivers Pete Downs
Cheap Knock-off David Johnston-Smith

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