Electric Warrior is a raw kind of rock’n’roll, you can hear it’s bluesy roots, but with a touch of hippy whimsy thrown in. While Jeepster is straight on electric guitar…
I was a 15 year old kid brought up with the radio playing the Beatles, Stones, Glam Rock and my Mum’s Perry Como, light Opera and Easy Listening collection. I…
Grime really isn’t my kind of thing, I’ve got into Eminem and Public Enemy but the rap and hip-hop style is largely a mystery to me, and if I sound…
It was Bowie again for my next purchase, and I go one album back from Ziggy, to the first album where the Spiders came together. The concept of an artist…
Now we are really getting somewhere. A good friend of mine came round with what is generally considered a classic album. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The…
I loved Slade. Noddy Holder’s voice takes a bit of beating really, although you’ll never see him mentioned as one of the best rock vocalists. This album had a few…
Now I can hold my head up with this one. My second album purchase has a bit more lasting credibility, these guys appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test –…
I’m sure I’m not the only person out there to be completely ashamed of my first album choice. Everyone likes to make out their first choice was something special, that…
Next week, I’m going to have a bit of a change from my usual photo/story/poem style. I’ve recently watched a compilation of Old Grey Whistle Test clips, and in…
I know the layout is not the same as the famous album cover, but I’ve often looked at this alley in Preston and thought how similar it is. The light…
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