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My Essential 100 Best Albums

Posted on June 26th, 2013
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OR Days of Future Passed OR – Music in a Home In these days when we are all living longer more and more of us will be faced with be faced with spending our declining years in sheltered housing.  It goes without saying that most of our possessions will not be going to the home […]

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Pretty Things, Dick Taylor, Still pretty Good!

Posted on April 1st, 2013
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I saw the Pretty Things on Saturday.  It was the first time in more than 40 years.  I was expecting to be disappointed. I was not. Dick Taylor was a founding member of the Rolling Stones, pushed out to make way for Brian Jones.  He was always a great guitarist.  We tend to forget that […]

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On This Day – Chas Newby Joins The Beatles 17th December 1960

Posted on December 17th, 2012
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When The Beatles returned from their first stint in Hamburg Sutcliffe decided to stay behind. That gave them a problem, no bass player. Pete best suggested a friend Chas Newby. Newby joined The Beatles on stage for the first time on this day in 1960. The first of 4 gigs he played with them was […]

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On This Day – Blue Suede Shoes

Posted on November 19th, 2011
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On this day in 1955 one of the all time rock classics was recorded by Carl Perkins at Sun Records in Memphis. It later went on to reach number 2 in the US and number 10 in the UK. It has been covered by loads of artists including Elvis (also a Sun Recording artist) and […]

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The Stone Roses Reform – You Heard it First Here (Part 2)

Posted on October 19th, 2011
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So all rumours and pre-announcement leaks were true. The Stone Roses are back together, or will be in 2012 for 2 gigs in Manchester (where else?) and then a world tour. There will even be some new songs and, perhaps, a new album. The gigs will take place at Heaton Park in Manchester on Friday […]

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Stagger Lee – Nick Cave

Posted on October 18th, 2011
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No other reason for posting this than I played the album version (Murder Stories 1996) and I remembered this live versio. Anyway, who needs an excuse to play NC?

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The Stone Roses to Reform – You Heard it First Here!

Posted on October 16th, 2011
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In fact, you probably did not hear it here first, it is all over the media. Even in the Daily Mail (that well known organ obviously has its finger on the pulse of Yooth Kulture). That being inspite of a press conference being set for Tuesday 18th October to make “an announcement”. It now seems […]

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Blank Generation

Posted on October 15th, 2011
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There is no real reason to post this other than it refers to Blank Generation and my fave guitar player Robert Quine with a couple more clips of him one with the wonderful Fred Maher. If you like this blog please donate to support it.

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Patti Smith Does it Better

Posted on August 5th, 2011
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As always …………..

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On This Day – Bowie Makes it to Network US TV!

Posted on November 8th, 2010
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On this day, in 1975, Bowie made it to US network TV for the first time! (Just why did it take so long for the yanks to catch up?) Anyway, the album that made it for him was “Young Americans” not one of his greatest (in my opinion) and one that marked another of his […]

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