The Small Faces ~ So I’ll Just Groove Along Quite Naturally
Are you sitty comfy bold two square on your botty? Then I’ll begin……… Long before Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood got together to form the Faces in the early 70’s there was a pop group in England called...
View ArticleIan Dury and the Blockheads
Reasons To Be Cheerful One of Britain’s most loved characters from the 70’s punk scene was the likable rogue Ian Dury. Despite being handicapped at an early age with polio, he would go on to give us a...
View ArticleDedicated Follower of the Kinks
“The taxman’s taken all my dough and left me in my stately home lazing on a sunny afternoon ~ and I can’t sail my yacht he’s taken everything I’ve got ~ all I’ve got is this sunny afternoon”. words...
View ArticleThis Was ~ Jethro Tull
The name Jethro Tull comes from an 18th century gardener/inventor and this new group that adopted his name had their roots in the progressive British Folk /Jazz /Blues boom of the late 60’s and the...
View ArticleThe Faces ~ Had Me A Real Good Time !
After the demise of the Small Faces in 1969 with Stevie Marriott leaving to form Humble Pie, the three surviving members Kenny Jones ( Drums ) Ian McLagan ( keyboards ) and Ronnie Lane ( Bass ) hooked...
View ArticleUnplug those iPods and Plug in your Record Players
Vinyl Experience ~ What a difference! The long-playing record or LP as we know it began its life in the late 40’s as a replacement for the more brittle 78 rpm shellac discs and it clearly worked as the...
View ArticleThere’s Only One Presley ~ Reg !
If you travel south~west out of London from a distance of about 66 miles along the B3400 you will come to a town called Andover ~ the home of legendary pop group The TROGGS. In 1966 the population of...
View ArticleRecord store becomes hub for music lovers
It’s only rock n roll but I like it ! The year was 1969. I was 16 and had just landed a job as trainee recording engineer in London, England’s hot music industry This was the land of the British...
View ArticleA Young Person’s Guide to What’s Important in Life
REBELLIOUS MUSIC Music is for young people and it plays an important part in our growing up and youth. There is nothing better than seeing an exciting live concert with your mates and enjoying...
View ArticlePaul Simon & Sting together at Rogers Arena ~ Thurs Feb 20th @ 8pm
When you go to see Paul Simon & Sting on tour together you are actually going to see 4 artists, Paul Simon, Sting, The Police and Simon & Garfunkel, this is the wealth of recorded material...
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