Oh! You Pretty Things – Glam Queens and Street Urchins 1970-76: Album Review
We go back to the Seventies with Glam Queens And Street Urchins. It’s Glam, Jim, but maybe not as you know it!
Tommy James and The Shondells – Celebration, The Complete Roulette Recordings from 1966-1973: Album Review
A trip back in time showcasing eight Tommy James and Shondells albums, compilations and Tommy James solo work released on the Roulette label.
Buzzcocks – Late For The Train, Live & In Session (1989-2016): Album Review
Another shedload of post classic Buzzcocks live material from the archive. As usual, Cherry Red do the honours.
Curved Air – The Albums 1970-1973: Album Boxset Review
The early albums from Prog Pioneers, Curved Air, get the 4-disc clamshell treatment
Fairport Convention – Fame and Glory (2020 Reissue): Album Review
Fairport Convention’s Breton adventures – now extended! Immerse yourself in Fame and Glory.
Reissues & Compilations of 2020 – Writers’ Picks
We turn our attention to the many excellent reissues and compilations that have helped to keep many of us afloat in 2020.
Chaz Jankel – Glad To Know You – The Anthology 1980-1986: Album Review
Head Blockhead, Chaz Jankel, has his A&M albums reappraised on the Glad To Know you collection.
Hawkwind – 50th Anniversary Live: Album Review
Hawkwind show no signs of stopping even after fifty years. Here’s a live album to help celebrate their half century…
Medicine Head – New Bottles Old Medicine (50th Anniversary Edition): Album Review
Stage buskers’ lo-fi debut masterpiece gets the deluxe repackage treatment. New Bottles Old Medicine by Medicine Head is fifty.
Dave Brock of Hawkwind: Interview
We chat to a genuine legend. Dave Brock from Hawkwind fills us in on his and the band’s current comings and goings.
NWOBHM Thunder: Album Review
A Cherry Red three-disc collection from The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal 1978-1986. A reminder of a classic period for rock music and of how difficult it was to say NWOBHM…
The Residents: Meat, Metal & Bone: Album Review
San Francisco’s The Residents offer up an album based on the works of long-lost bluesman Alvin ‘Dyin’ Dog’ Snow.
Surrender To The Rhythm – The London Pub Rock Scene of the 1970s: Album Review
Cherry Red Records excel themselves with this new 3CD compilation of the sounds which, collectively, comprised the London Pub Rock scene of the mid-1970s.
Buzzcocks – Sell You Everything 1991-2014: Album Review
A shedload of albums, singles, rarities and unreleased music from the Buzzcocks archive. As usual, lovingly collated by the fine people at Cherry Red.
Strawbs – Heartbreak Hill / Burning For You: Album Review
Strawbs fans can rejoice with the pairing of Heartbreak Hill and Burning For You in Remastered and Expanded forms.