Monday, 5 November 2018

March 1973 - 'Dark Side of the Moon' enters the charts

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The UK pop charts from March 1973. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon makes its first appearance in the album chart. It stayed there fo...
Tuesday, 30 October 2018

February 1970 - Bowie in obscurity, Mick Ronson joins Michael Chapman

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Michael Chapman's album Fully Qualified Survivor had just been released on Harvest. It featured some classic Mick Ronson guitar...
Saturday, 10 March 2018

The Heyday of the NME

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There's a been a lot of talk this week about the closure of the NME's print edition - the end of an era and all that. In his Guar...
Tuesday, 6 March 2018

Bowie - "It's a Drive-In Saturday"

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  Other-worldly. I n the early 1970s, David Bowie really was that rock hero from another planet, the starman waiting in the sky. His w...
Thursday, 8 February 2018

Kansas - why 'Leftoverture' is their masterpiece album

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Kansas may just be the ugliest band in the world. Not hip or trendy in any way, but if you can put that aside and you have an appreciatio...
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Wednesday, 6 September 2017

The many sides of Walter Becker

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Having just contributed to a podcast in memory of Steely Dan's Walter Becker, who passed away this week, I've compiled some exa...
Monday, 4 September 2017

Reviewing Pink Floyd at the V&A: Their Mortal Remains

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We don't need no Edu-cayshun The enduring nature of classic rock music and its connection with popular culture is reassuring fo...