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THE SINGER, THE SONG and STATE OF CALIFORNIA – Two BBC 4 Music programmes send out confused messages.

[email protected] March 19, 2018

NY – BBC 1971. In ‘Heart of Gold’ Neil sings ‘I’m getting old’ – somewhat ironic at the age of 27…..

Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Buffalo Springfield, Carole King, Eagles, Elton John, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat, Neil Young, Poco, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, The Band, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Ramones, The Who, Tim Hardin, Warren Zevon

STOP (the) PRESS: Farewell to the print edition of the NME

[email protected] March 9, 2018

On its Thursday publication day there was a time when the NME cover story began pub conversations that evening.

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Charles Shaar Murray, Led Zeppelin, NME, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Roy Carr, The Clash, The Kinks, The Who, Tony Parsons

STAR MAN – The Golden Years of David Bowie

[email protected] February 15, 2018

Beyond dispute is that nobody was working at the same level of artistic creativity as Bowie……

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Aladdin Sane, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Let's Dance, Low, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, the Thin White Duke, Young Americans, Ziggy Stardust

HELLO 1967 – GOODBYE 2017: Twenty Great Albums from a monumental year for rock.

[email protected] December 31, 2017

TWENTY GREAT ALBUMS from 1967: By now the album had superseded the single as the vehicle through which an artist would most express their visions and true ambition. Few would have predicted the long-player to have travelled so far in such a…
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Buffalo Springfield, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Moby Grape, Otis Redding, Procol Harum, Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Doors, The Kinks, The Mothers of Invention, The Turtles, The Who

SHOP WORN – Bob Geldof gives his audience a dressing down……………………….

[email protected] December 29, 2017

It was hard for me to stifle a laugh when I read reports of Bob Geldof castigating the audience at a rock festival last year for what they were wearing – taking a fuming dislike apparently to the Primark attire…
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Bob Geldof, Rolling Stones, Squeeze, The Beatles, The Boomtown Rats, The Clash, The Damned, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, The Who

EVERYONE’S A WINNER: The best twenty albums of 1971 – the greatest year for rock

[email protected] December 15, 2017

The best twenty albums of 1971: HIGH WATER MARK – The Who & ‘Who’s Next’

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Alice Cooper, Allman Brothers Band, Carole King, Gene Clark, Harry Nilsson, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Sly & The Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, The Chi-Lites, The Faces, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR – in 1971 rock music reaches its peak.

[email protected] December 1, 2017

High Water Mark 1971: THE WHO – acclaimed by Rolling Stone magazine (and Del Trotter).

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Bob Dylan, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who

PRECIOUS MOMENTS – Twenty Songs That Watch The Clock

[email protected] November 4, 2017

I LOOKED AT MY WATCH AND IT SAID – ROCK N’ ROLL TIME (Roger McGuinn). MINUTE BY MINUTE – The Doobie Brothers; SIX O’CLOCK – Ringo Starr; FIVE MINUTES – Gretchen Peters/FIVE MINUTES – The Stranglers (Different Songs); NINE TO…
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Buffalo Springfield, Dolly Parton, Don Henley, Eagles, Frank Sinatra, Gary US Bonds, Gladys Knight, Gram Parsons, Gretchen Peters, John Mellencamp, Ringo Starr, Rolling Stones, Stephen Stills, Tavares, The Clash, The Doobie Brothers, The Jam, The Kinks, The Stranglers, The Who, Van Morrison, Wilson Pickett