Black Country Communion – BBCIV
As for this album, BBC4, at best it is Black Country Communion doing a paint-by-numbers job. At times the band sound like they are playing the same song, but at different times.
Doctors of Madness – Late Night Movies, All Night Brainstorms
Heavy on period mellotron and fired by some delicious violin and electric guitar courtesy of the ubiquitous Urban Blitz, the Doctors’ album opens with a trio of introspective Strange ramblings…
Steppenwolf – Early Steppenwolf
Recorded live at the Matrix Club in the San Francisco Bay Area by its manager over two shows in 1967, it’s a wonderful glimpse into a b gone era, capturing the essence of the Summer of Love’s Darkside.
Taj Mahal & Keb Mo Tajmo
The power of the two central players really fires things up. The whole album has such a groove going through it, you cannot stop yourself from playing the album from one end to another.
Focus on Ramblin’ Man Fairs thru the Lens
A small, amazing selection of Our Mistress of the Lens Harpic’s photos from Ramblin’ Man Fairs at Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, England 2016 and 2018.
Mott the Hoople – Mad Shadows
After Mott the Hoople’s first album was recorded, before the band had even played a live concert, this diamond of a rock collection was recorded in 1970 after some nearly 200 concerts including their first tour of America.
Scorpions – Animal Magnetism
The Scorpions were started in 1965 by Rudolph Schenker and have always been at the forefront of German rock music. Klaus Meine has been the lead singer on every Scorpions album and has one of the most distinctive voices in rock music, handling the ballads equally well as the all-out rockers.
Yes – The Yes Album
Unequivocally the defining progressive rock album of 1971, The Yes Album was the collected batch of music that brought Yes from promising up comers to international superstars. Most of the songs here are still the mainstay of their live show 50 years later.
Hendrix In The West
Released just over two years after Jimi Hendrix’s tragic death, in my opinion, there has never been a finer collection of his live work. The album just gleams with quality. Not only is the music out of this world, but the atmosphere given off by Jimi Hendrix’s chat to the audience is also spellbinding.
Vardis – 100 MPH @ 100 Club 2021
Vardis was a band that will always be associated with the new wave of British Heavy Metal from the early eighties. This gave us Iron Maiden and Def Leppard, both of whom adapted to survive. Vardis went straight down the line playing their brand of heavy boogie rock—a band for the purists.
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