This was not an album that I was looking forward to reviewing. Out of all the solo albums that the members of Yes released during their 1974-77 hiatus, Ramshackled easily has the worst reputation. I mean, just look at it;…
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Former Giles, Giles & Fripp, Fairport Convention, and Trader Horne vocalist Judy Dyble was, to all intents and purposes retired from the music business, apart the odd one or two guest appearances at Fairport’s Cropredy convention, when in 2004, only…
View More Judy Dyble – Darkness To Light: The Recordings 2004-2006 (3CD Boxset)
You’ve probably read what follows before if you’re aware of my one-time obsession with everything Vertigo “swirl” and have come across my articles and reviews of albums on that most iconic of labels. However, a half-decent tale is worth repeating!…
View More Gracious! – The Recordings 1970-1971 (3CD/DVD Edition)
It is hard to believe that 50 years has passed since Tangerine Dream released Rubycon, which at the time was their second album for Virgin Records. Looking back it maybe difficult for some listeners to fully grasp the impact their…
View More Tangerine Dream – Rubycon: 50th Anniversary (5CD Edition)
If, like me, you missed this recording of a live studio performance of Aqualung when it was originally released in 2005, then you are in for a treat with this re-mastered version soon to be re-released in CD, digital, and…
View More Jethro Tull – Aqualung Live (2025 Remaster)
Before reading this review of an album you probably know inside out, you need to know where I’m coming from with it. The nature of a reissue review is heavily dependent on whether the author is familiar with it or…
View More The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (Super Deluxe Edition Boxset)
Well it’s taken a long time to finally be released, including an additional 15-week delay, but at long last it’s here, the 50th Anniversary edition of Genesis’ legendary concept double album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Bizarrely, it’s not…
View More Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (50th Anniversary Boxset)
Cherry Red Records are the present curators/distributors for the Be-Bop Deluxe back catalogue, which compromises of 5 studio albums and 1 live release. The band had a relatively short life-span, with a recording career only covering across a 5 year…
View More Be-Bop Deluxe – The Albums 1974-1976 (3CD Boxset)
Esoteric’s series of Renaissance clamshell boxsets – which began with Running Hard, covering the years 1974-76 – continues with Opening Out, and contains the albums that followed: Novella, A Song for All Seasons and Azure d’Or. If Running Hard could…
View More Renaissance – Opening Out: The Albums 1977 – 1979 (3CD Boxset)
Hawkwind released their fourth album Hall of the Mountain Grill in September of 1974, following on from their successful previous release Doremi Fasol Latido. This album sees some changes in the Hawkwind world with the temporary departure of Robert Calvert…
View More Hawkwind – Hall Of The Mountain Grill (7CD/2Blu-ray Limited Edition)