Hawkwind are a band that really need no introduction, but if you’re looking for one, this 5CD boxset ain’t the place to start. Hawkwind – The Flicknife Years (1981 – 1988) is Atomhenge’s rather neat solution to release all of…
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“30 years down the line and we’re still hanging on!” is the opening line of Stuart Nicholson’s sleeve notes for this outstanding set encompassing Galahad’s career, summing up their tenacity, commitment and a sense of their own self-deprecating humour. However,…
View More Galahad – When Worlds Collide
New York avant-garde luminary Joe Byrd had been the leader of pioneering ’60s electronica band The United States of America until given the heave-ho by his own creation. His riposte was to create this in turns beguiling and bizarre album,…
View More Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies – The American Metaphysical Circus
A five CD retrospective re-release of the early works of Anthony Phillips; a daunting task for any reviewer made worse by recently having met the gentleman concerned. He was charming, so I will with the music in my ears be…
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The one and only time I saw Todd Rundgren live was on the 4th August 1979 supporting Led Zeppelin at what would turn out to be the mighty Zep’s penultimate gig on home soil. Back then I knew nothing about…
View More Todd Rundgren & Utopia – Live At The Electric Ballroom, Milwaukee, 23rd October 1978 / Live At The Old Waldorf
In my youth during the seventies, having discovered music I devoured whatever appealed to me at the time. I remember hearing Tokoloshe Man by John Kongos, liking what I heard and going out and buying the single. Still have it…
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I’ve gotta say, I was pretty disappointed when I heard the opening notes of Captain Boogaloo, the initial track on this album. Cheesy, saccharine and utterly inane as this funky bit of fluff was, I really thought I’d picked up…
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Stuck way down there in the heat and dust, or maybe up a mountain in south western-central USA, there exists one of the most important avant-rock bands of the modern age. I’m guessing that most of you will not have…
View More Thinking Plague – In This Life
Having reviewed the Deluxe Edition reissue of Procol Harum’s previous album, A Salty Dog, I could not turn down the chance to review the follow up, Home. This album, like its predecessor, has been given the re-master treatment from the…
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Our favourite Progressive Rock raconteur Rick Wakeman has a long and varied career under his belt, which has included time with such bands as The Strawbs and, of course, Yes, as well as being a respected session man and solo…
View More Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble – In The Nick Of Time: Live 2003