THREE WAY HIT – The debut album of CROSBY, STILLS & NASH……..
With their distinctive vocals, introspective lyrics and denim look, Crosby, Stills & Nash were the aggregation those who came next aspired to be.
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
DANGEROUS OCCUPATION – ‘The Aftermath’ is a dour, rather than brief encounter……..
Given the 2013 Rhidian Brook novel from which it is derived was intriguing and irritating in equal measure, there was little surprise in finding THE AFTERMATH (Dir James Kent, 108 minutes), to be a mixture of perplexing and pedestrian. Set…
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THE KINKS – The Empire and The States………….
‘As a song and group performance ‘Shangri-La’ is matched in rock music history on a handful of occasions – but never once bettered.’
BOB DYLAN finds merciful redemption on ‘OH MERCY’
‘OH MERCY’ is outstanding – his most compelling collection since ‘Desire’ so by virtue a landmark 80s album.
BOYS ON FILM: The Who & ‘THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT’
With Moon’s last live performance captured for posterity, it emphasises the sense of finality forever attached to ‘The Kids Are Alright’
TALKING OF MEMPHIS – Dusty Springfield makes an all-time great album
Now an obvious inclusion in any Greatest All-Time Albums list, ‘Dusty In Memphis’ still stands as the most perfect fusion of pop and soul.
BUT SERIOUSLY – The good and bad times of JOE WALSH
THE SMOKER YOU DRINK THE PLAYER YOU GET (1973) – Joe Walsh invents mellow-metal…………
TYNE MACHINE – The chequered history of LINDISFARNE…….
With Hull writing imaginative lyrics over folk-rock melodies, Lindisfarne were quickly a force to be reckoned with.
THE KID WAS ALRIGHT – the 1974 League Cup Final from the perspective of a 12 year-old
The ball rolled into the path of Richards whose low shot brought Wolves their first major honour for fourteen years.
THE EAGLE WHO DARED – The solo career of Don Henley
‘The End Of The Innocence,’ (1989) is an embarrassment of riches, barely wasting a second through ten superbly constructed songs.
