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Noel Harrison – Noel Harrison
Had Austin Powers been made back in 1966 or 1967, where it belongs after all, I’m pretty sure most of this album would’ve fitted the soundtrack quite nice. On a more contemporary basis, this might […]
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The Parade – Sunshine Girl
– The Complete Recordings – Gathered around the mutual idea of writing “the perfect feel-good pop song” in early ‘67, Jerry Riopelle, Murray McLeod and Smokey Roberts came up with Sunshine Girl, setting the pattern […]
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Gene Vincent – A Million Shades Of Blue
No greaser quiff, no black leather pants, though with the inevitable bad leg limp, but he still doesn’t sound as if he means maybe while be-bopin’ all over the American musical legacy, even though it’s […]
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Four By Art – The Early Years ’82-’86
The first thing on my mind, whenever stumbling upon another mod revival band, is: “In the name of Mod, please make this NOT to be another bunch of Jam soundalikes”. Even though they do look […]
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Green Peppers – Domino Mornings
One of the original BMX Riders, a Soup Dragon fighter, a Superstar that never was, and now a Green Pepper of an extraordinary taste. It’s all Glaswegian Jim McCulloch, and he’s back with the sophomore […]
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The Rollo Treadway – The Rollo Treadway
’65/’66 Beatlism of a song, McGuinn-like 12-string jangle, Bluntstone-d vocals, Left Banke-ish string arrangement, Beach Boys-like harmonies … and all of this within a single song, mixed up not unlike it’s being done by the […]
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Reed KD – The Ashes Bloom
Even though I am more than semi-retired from this scribbling biz I still get a steady stream of emailed press releases and the odd disc in the post. When I find myself needing a break […]
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The Coal Porters – Turn The Water On, Boy!
Comparing the works of The Long Ryders and the The Coal Porters might be quite a tricky task for those not in the know. However, being aware of Sid Griffin’s background, as well as his […]
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Bunky And Jake – Bunky And Jake
Of interest to both Greenwich Village scene, as well as Nuggets completists, Andrea “Bunky” Skinner and Allan “Jake” Jacobs, started out in the early’60s as coffee house folkies, but recorded their ’68 debut, only after […]
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Pat Kilroy – Light Of Day
Ranging from stripped-down “screetching” Beefheart-ish blues, through Jake Holmes-like free-form experimentations, to Eastern-tinged hippy mantras, referred to as “raga-ronies”, the sole ’66 Elektra album by this west coast folkie remains as one of the long […]