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Reissues
Witness the musical growing pains of a band as the Essex electro-poppers get to grips with a new line-up and their own emerging sound. Ian Gittins gives this Sony reissue…
Review: David Bowie – Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78)
Captured in the summer of 1978, this 2CD live set showcases a recovering genius back on top of his game and sounding as vital as ever. Ian Gittins review’s Bowie’s…
Review: Jean-Michel Jarre – Planet Jarre: 50 Years Of Music
It’s easy to forget just how huge Jean-Michel Jarre was. There was a time in the late 70s when it seemed compulsory for every UK home to own a copy…
The Members – Greatest Hits: All The Singles review
Like The Undertones, The Members were a late-arriving punk band, although they weren’t really a post-punk band. They dabbled in reggae with their single Offshore Banking Business, but it wasn’t…
The Main Ingredient: Brotherly Love, The RCA Anthology review
Hollywood star Cuba Gooding Jr’s old man was one of the vocalists in this leading New York harmony/soul and R&B group of the 70s and 80s. One of the richest…
The Bar-Kays – As One / Night Cruising / Propositions / Dangerous review
The Bar-Kays began as a backing band and session musicians for the Stax label (most prestigiously for Otis Redding) before breaking out on their own. They were one of those…
Jackie Moore – I’m On My Way review
The Jacksonville, Florida, singer Jackie Moore is another one of those artists whose chart forays span different eras. She had a gold-certified, million-selling single in 1970 with the gritty gospel/bluesy…
Leo Sayer – The Gold Collection review
Certain financial issues in the 90s and more recent reality TV debacles have somewhat tarnished his reputation, but Leo Sayer was a huge star in the 70s and, to a…
Stealers Wheel – The A&M Years review
If you ever watched that scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs – in which Michael Madsen’s Mr Blonde character tortures a cop as he makes neat terpsichorean moves to the…
Roxy Music – Roxy Music review
Along with Marc Bolan and David Bowie, Roxy Music formed part of the holy early- 70s trinity of acts in terms of impact on the musicians that appear in the…