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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...

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Ian 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...

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Dedicated 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...

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This 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...

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The 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...

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Unplug 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...

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There’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...

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Record 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...

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A 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...

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Paul 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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