Bedside Manners Are Extra by Greenslade is another beautifully packaged re-release of a classic album from Esoteric Recordings, who pride themselves on curating high-quality reissues of material from earlier times. This was Greenslade’s second album, originally released in 1973 at…
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Neurosis & Jarboe – Neurosis & Jarboe [Remastered]
This release is a re-mastering of a 2003 collaboration between Neurosis and singer-songwriter, Jarboe La Salle Devereaux, AKA Jarboe. I’m pitching it at people who have never heard the album. Aside from my only comparison, between the MP3s I’m reviewing…
View More Neurosis & Jarboe – Neurosis & Jarboe [Remastered]The Beatles – The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Box Set
For a little over a year, I was fortunate enough to live in a flat at the edge of St. John’s Wood, living less than half a kilometre away from the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing, which I’d pass daily…
View More The Beatles – The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Box SetVarious Artists – 1977: The Year Punk Broke
“A punk album being reviewed on TPA?”, I hear your incredulous question, but read on and all will hopefully become clear… “By early 1976 as a teenager, although I was a fan of the usual prog giants, … and a…
View More Various Artists – 1977: The Year Punk BrokeVan der Graaf Generator – The Aerosol Grey Machine [50th Anniversary Edition]
As luck would have it, just before I was told about the review download of the 50th anniversary reissue of the first album to bear the name Van der Graaf Generator becoming available, I had commenced on a trip through…
View More Van der Graaf Generator – The Aerosol Grey Machine [50th Anniversary Edition]Renaissance – A Song For All Seasons (Deluxe Edition)
It’s been nearly 50 years since Renaissance originally formed, combining the genres of classical, folk and jazz and melding them into the style of progressive rock that is Renaissance. From the Jane Relf-era, through the transitional line-up featuring Binky Cullom,…
View More Renaissance – A Song For All Seasons (Deluxe Edition)Greenslade – Time And Tide (Remastered & Expanded Edition)
You can skip this ad in 3,2,1, etc., but a worthy shout out must go to Esoteric Recordings and label manager Mark Powell for finding and presenting stuff that to many have been consigned to dusty lofts or car boot…
View More Greenslade – Time And Tide (Remastered & Expanded Edition)Ruphus – New Born Day
During my time reviewing albums I have become very interested in the great music being produced by the Norwegian music scene, therefore when I saw this reissue album by the Seventies band Ruphus my curiosity was tested further. The fact…
View More Ruphus – New Born DayReale Accademia di Musica – Reale Accademia di Musica
Oh boy, I just did some band research to become a little more informed about this group before I put fingers to keyboard, but I seriously wish I hadn’t. It seems just about everything the musicians involved have done since…
View More Reale Accademia di Musica – Reale Accademia di MusicaSemisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine
1998. To me another period where the manufactured music seemed to take over the airwaves, so the arrival of Semisonic with Closing Time was a godsend; nothing to do with my alternative residence of the pub, but the quality of…
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