You have to hand it to the folks at Cherry Red. No matter the genre, when they do a compilation, you can always expect the unexpected. Electric Junk – Deutsche Rock, Psych And Kosmiche 1970-78 is a journey (literally, as…
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Various Artists – Jingle Jangle Morning: The 1960s U.S. Folk Rock Explosion [3CD Clamshell]
If, like me, you are interested in how the various strands of rock music, including progressive rock, emerged from the embryonic but frankly unappetising world of the early 60’s pop culture then this compilation does a great job of peeling…
View More Various Artists – Jingle Jangle Morning: The 1960s U.S. Folk Rock Explosion [3CD Clamshell]Various Artists – Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook (3CD Digipak)
Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook, a compilation of Prince covers by a wide variety of artists, proves two things. First, Prince Rogers Nelson was a musical genius (but you already knew that). Second, he was also an underachiever of sorts.…
View More Various Artists – Dearly Beloved: A Prince Songbook (3CD Digipak)Various Artists – Lazy Days: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1975
At the beginning of this year, I reviewed Patterns on the Window, which chronicled the year 1974 in terms of British prog, pop rock and pub rock. While I was disappointed that very little of the compilation could be deemed…
View More Various Artists – Lazy Days: The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1975Various Artists – Pour A Little Sugar On It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds Of American Bubblegum 1966-1971 [3CD Box Set]
The years 1966 through 1971 were heady times for music. In ’66 alone, the Beatles released Yesterday and Today and Revolver. By 1971 they were history. Spurred by the rivalry between the Beatles and Beach Boys, rock music embraced a…
View More Various Artists – Pour A Little Sugar On It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds Of American Bubblegum 1966-1971 [3CD Box Set]Various Artists – Can’t Seem To Come Down – The American Sounds Of 1968
Listening to the Grapefruit label’s compilations of seminal years in rock is a lot like reading a history book. Much of it is boring and forgettable, some of it piques your interest, and occasionally there is something that just gobsmacks…
View More Various Artists – Can’t Seem To Come Down – The American Sounds Of 1968Nefarious Industries – Burn After Hearing
Nefarious Industries’ describe themselves on their Bandcamp page as: “(an) independent label & music collective extending its tentacles into far-flung regions of the musical spectrum… …home to crime, slime & grime since 2010”. Home to crime? Isn’t that prison? And…
View More Nefarious Industries – Burn After HearingVarious Artists – Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King
This release caught my attention primarily because of some of the musicians and singers featured on it, and Todd Rundgren being involved was certainly a huge personal bonus for me. It is, as the title implies, a ‘tribute’ project to…
View More Various Artists – Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson KingVarious Artists – I See You Live On Love Street – Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-1975
The California music vibe came to prominence in the sixties and seventies. Like most scenes, it fed on itself, sucking in and spitting out artists at a relentless pace. One of the hippest places to be at the time was…
View More Various Artists – I See You Live On Love Street – Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-1975Various Artists – New Guitars in Town: Power Pop 1978 – 1982 [3CD Boxset]
The late ’70s and early ’80s has been a fertile era for Cherry Red Records, with releases covering the heydays of various genres of music that rode the wave of the commercial and creative booms for popular music at that…
View More Various Artists – New Guitars in Town: Power Pop 1978 – 1982 [3CD Boxset]