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Making Run-DMC’s Raising Hell
Raising Hell by Run-DMC was meant to take hip-hop “back to the streets”, yet became a massive crossover that united b-boys and rock and pop fans alike. It remains one…
New Releases and Reissues: 6 March
With International Women’s Day coming up this Sunday, this week’s Classic Pop release round-up is focused on some of the leading ladies in pop… Alice Boman – Dream On 8/10 Almost seven…
The Police interview with Stewart Copeland and Hugh Padgham
Making Liam and Noel Gallagher look like The Chuckle Brothers, The Police were pop’s most famous brawlers, somehow making five iconic albums despite the hatred. They still loathed each other…
OMD announce 40th anniversary show at Royal Albert Hall
Set to be a unique night for OMD fans, the evening will see them perform two atmospheric sets… OMD have announced their return to London’s Royal Albert Hall as part…
Review: Elton John With Ray Cooper – Live From Moscow 1979
For his 12th studio album, 1978’s A Single Man (his first with Gary Osborne as lyricist rather than Bernie Taupin), Elton John stripped his tour back to just him and…
Review: Josef K – The Scottish Affair (Part Two)
Best known as Postcard Records’ nearly-men, Josef K also released two singles on Belgian label Les Disques Du Crépuscule and recorded their sole album The Only Fun In Town at…
Review: Cat Stevens – Back To Earth
By the time Back To Earth was released in December 1978, Cat Stevens knew he was no longer Cat Stevens… Having converted to Islam the year before, Yusuf Islam owed…
Review: The Go-Betweens – G Stands For Go-Betweens: Volume 2 – 1985-1989
Formed by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan in 1977, the Go-Betweens were one of Australia’s most electrifying musical exports, as this 129-track boxset proves… “Don’t the sun look good…
Review: Various Artists – B-Boy Hip Hop
One of the most respected underground record labels in hip-hop history, B-Boy Records briefly flourished in New York from 1986, folding soon after its biggest name Boogie Down Productions quit…
Review: Phil Collins – … But Seriously
Already reissued on vinyl (and every other format) as part of a remastering programme of all Collins’ solo catalogue in 2016, Rhino’s new vinyl edition of …But Seriously is a…