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'It comes from all sorts of ideas,' David Gilmour said in 2014, of Pink Floyd's then-new album The Endless River. 'Some of it is improvised, quite a bit of it [...]

Anthony Phillips can often be portrayed as a loser in the labyrinthine Genesis saga. A founder member of the storied outfit, he came from the Anon camp right back there [...]

Rebel With A Cause: Roots, Records and Revolutions Darcus Beese **** Nine Eight Books, 22 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9781788706094, 262 pages Excellent memoir from Island supreme In the music industry, [...]

David Gilmour Luck & Strange **** Columbia 19802804611 (CD/2CD/BD, LP/2LP/BD) David Gilmour's slender catalogue has been many things over the years: tuneful, mellow, thought-provoking, yet, at times, hardly invigorating. Luck [...]

Joe Goddard Harmonics **** Domino WIGLP 437 X (CD, LP) Hot Chip have now been in existence for over two decades: the group remain together thanks to their policy of [...]

This album is just so exciting. You don't really think of that music anymore very much. My idea was to get a compilation for somebody that had never heard anything, [...]

Wild Billy Childisn From Fossilised Cretaceous Seams: A Short History Of His Song And Dance Groups ***** Damaged Goods DAMGOOD 611 LP (2LP) There have been several compilations along the [...]

Harold Land Choma (Burn) **** WeWantSounds WWSLP 87 (LP) Civil Rights sax selection's first time on vinyl since '71 Originally released in 1971, Choma (Bum) was the second of the [...]

Did you set out to be such an in-demand session man? I was a jazz guy. If it wasn't Coltrane, I wasn't interested. When I was coming up, I didn't [...]

John Lennon Mind Games--The Ultimate Collection **** UMR/Caiderstone 5548710 (6CD/2 Blu-ray/2CD, 9LP/6CD/2 Blu-ray/2LP) 'Mind Games to me was like an interim record between being a manic political lunatic to back [...]

Average White Band London Royal Albert Hall 2/5/24 Fifty years since they shook America with their down-home Scots-born funk, AWB's two originals, Alan Gorrle and Onnie MacIntyre, led their precision-tooled [...]

Searching For Dexys Midnight Runners Nige Tassell **** Nine Eight Books, 22 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9781785120596, 330 pages Warm-hearted insider tale of the team that met in caffs Dexys Midnight [...]

Crowded House Gravity Stairs **** BMG 409996402738 (CD, LP) No, you're not dreaming: Neil Finn's Kiwi heroes return If anyone would become the laureate of ageing and the accompanying awareness [...]

Paul McCartney & Wings One Hand Clapping **** UMR 6508159 (2LP/2CD, 2LP+7') It is hard to think now that after six years of adulation in the 60s, Paul McCartney had [...]

My dear Oregano, I was surprised and delighted that you should challenge me in print rather than 'reaching out' through our many--and always open--lines of communication. I, too, love you [...]

The Beatles: Extended Play In The U.K. Richard Noller with contributions by Ed Dieckmann **** APCOR (apcor.net), 55 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9789082843484, 500 pages One for the beautiful people As [...]

ABBA On Record: Packaged--Promoted--Reviewed Carl Magnus Palm **** CMP (abbaonrecord.com), 120 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 9789151909806, 456 pages Worth taking a chance on Carl Magnus Palm was the first writer to [...]

A British icon taps into the sound of his post-jam band on another late career classic. By Daryl Easlea Paul Weller 66 ***** Polydor 588 843 2 (CD, LP) It [...]

Pink Floyd Animals 2018 Remix--2022 Dolby Atmos Mix ***** Pink Floyd Records PER 42BD (CD/LP/DVD/Blu-ray, LP) New techniques improve Farmer Floyd's restless The final brick in the reissue wall of [...]

Gina G Fresh! *** Cherry Red QNTN 3 BOX 005 (2CD/DVD, LP) Now That's What I Call Pop '96/97 It is amazing to think Ooh Aah ... Just a Little [...]

VENUE CROPREDY, OXFORDSHIRE DATE 08/08/2024-10/08/2024 Miserable? Low? Struggling to cope with today's unremitting deluge of despondency? Then take a trip to Fairport's Cropredy Convention, where the clock seems always set [...]

Pink Floyd co-founder Richard Wright redefined the idea of 'the quiet one' in rock. Discreet to the point at times of invisibility, Wright made other legendary taciturn group members such [...]

Twenty-five years in showbusiness? Hardly believable for such a perennially innovative artist as Steve Mason. But that milestone, along with the release of his fifth solo album, Brothers & Sisters, [...]

For a band as accustomed to turbulence as Yes, the 1990s seemed especially unstable. If the 70s were their crowning progressive years and the 80s an MTV-assisted commercial triumph, the [...]

Davy Jones Davy Jones *** 7a Records 7A57 (CD, LP) Cloy boy ploy from singer of Cuddly Toy What happens to a pop idol when the idolatry passes? This is [...]

VENUE PIZZA EXPRESS, LONDON DATE 03/07/2024 As time passes, in the mainstream the legend of 10cc is reduced to but one record, I'm Not In Love. For all those who [...]

The Last Flight So RECORDINGS J Willgoose, Esq and co take to the air on their fifth album. The beauty of Public Service Broadcasting lies in how they bring dustier [...]

The Pink Floyd book industry isn't far behind that of The Beatles. Shelves creak with biographies, autobiographies (well, Nick Mason's), books on specific albums, as well as Mark Blake's definitive [...]

The geek Chic, the Putney Kraftwerk, Hot Chip have been creating pristine yet playful, emotionally engaging quirktronica for over 20 years. We explore the catalogue of one of the UK's [...]

The Beach Boys By The Beach Boys ***** Genesis Publications, 50 [pound sterling] ISBN 9781905662852, 408 pages Brother, brother, brother. Plus cousin, friend and brother replacement 'We're big ooh-ers: we [...]

Martin Carthy Martin Carthy ***** Topic TTSLP 005 (LP) Few albums from 1965 sound as if they could have been made in the past year; Martin Carthy's debut is one [...]

It was almost as unbelievable as a storyline on one of their early albums. In October 1982, Genesis reunited with their mercurial co-founder and original lead singer Peter Gabriel for [...]

In the 32 years since leaving The Stranglers, the group he founded in 1974, Hugh Cornwell has built an eclectic solo career, full of the melody and pin-sharp observations he [...]

The list of artists brought to the world by Island Records under the patronage of Chris Blackwell is astounding: U2, Bob Marley, Nick Drake, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Traffic, Free, [...]

Buddy Rich & Max Roach Rich Versus Roach (Mercury MMC 14031, LP, UK, 1959) 15 [pounds sterling] I started playing in seventh grade [age 12]. My brother's friend found out [...]

Say She She London Camden Koko 7/3/24 Say She She embody the resistance to reactionary forces; smart, educated, sassy, with three singers Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, Nya Gazelle --who [...]

Billy Reeves Steve (A Weekend In Egham 1966) **** Last Night From Glasgow LNFG 145 (CD, LP) Educated, catchy pop for the knowing elders An eloquent sort in his late [...]

Funk Tide: Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 Selected By DJ Notoya **** Wewantsounds WWSLP 81 (CD, LP) A superb opening of an obscure door After the success of 2021's [...]

T.Rex Tanx **** Edsel ESDL 0193 (2CD) As 1972 progressed, Marc Bolan's undisputed 18-month leadership of 'Dream Is Over' pop was being contested: noisy upstarts Slade were on one flank, [...]

Brian Eno Eno (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ***** Universal Music Recordings 5584958 (CD, LP) Celebrating an influential icon's half century It was highly unlikely that when Brian Eno finally was [...]

In the very first Prog magazine, published in 2009, this writer was asked to 'gaze into his crystal ball to see what the future holds for Floyd fans the world [...]

In extracts from two major interviews, David Gilmour looks back on his long career--with Pink Floyd and as a solo artist. He speaks about the formative influences that shaped him [...]

Rivals Of The Beatles 2 Martin Orkin **** MHO Press, 15 [pounds sterling] ISBN 97817395659-0-9, 528 pages More of those adjacent to the yeah, yeah, yeah The premise was simple: [...]

Tina Turner Queen Of Rock'N'Roll *** Parlophone 5054197750519 (3CD, LP/5LP) Simply the best? Planned before her sad passing this March, Queen Of Rock'N'Roll celebrates 50 years of Tina Turner's solo [...]

Tony Banks, the keyboard player for Genesis, has released a box set of his solo orchestral works titled "18 Pieces For Orchestra: 7-6-5." In an interview, Banks discusses his transition from rock music to classical composition and the challenges he faced in the classical world. He talks about his experiences working with orchestras and the process of creating his three classical works. Banks reflects on the reception of his most recent album, "Five," and contemplates whether he will continue to compose classical music in the future. [Extracted from the article]

You To Me Are Everything, Can You Feel The Force: in the late 70s, Liverpool pop/soul/dance troupe The Real Thing were, radio--and TV-wise, everywhere. And then, suddenly, they weren't. With [...]

Freaks Out! Weirdos, Misfits And Deviants--The Rise And Fall Of Righteous Rock'n'Roll Luke Haines **** Nine Eight, 22 [pound sterling] ISBN 9781788709347, 304 pages Former Auteur and RC contributor's ode [...]

Steve Hackett The Circus And The Nightwhale **** Inside Out 19658854422 (CD, LP) Axe-man works hard for the money Steve Hackett's 30th solo album finds the guitarist making his first [...]

Dee C. Lee Just Something **** Acid Jazz AJXLP 735 (CD, LP) Dee C. Lee was such a splendid player in pop's 80s. She enjoyed a massive hit with her [...]