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Phil Aston is the founder and editor of Now Spinning Magazine, an independent music website and YouTube channel dedicated to physical music formats, including vinyl records, CDs, deluxe editions, box sets and classic album reissues. A lifelong music fan, collector and former guitarist, Phil brings musician insight, industry experience and a collector’s passion to his reviews, interviews and features. Through Now Spinning Magazine, Phil covers classic rock, progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, jazz fusion and related genres, with a particular focus on sound quality, packaging, archive releases and the emotional connection between music and physical media.

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Ten Years After 1967 - 1974 CD Box Set Review
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Ten Years After 1967 – 1974 : 10CD Box Set – Unboxing and Review

Please watch the video for the full review. Ten Years After 1967 – 1974 I have had several requests...

Charlie Watss Tribute from Now Spinning Magazine
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Charlie Watts – The Now Spinning Magazine Tribute

Please watch the video for the full tribute Charlie Watts was that steady metronome that kept everything together no...

Tina Turner Foreign Affair 4CD / DVD Deluxe Edition - Unboxing and Review
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Tina Turner Foreign Affair 4CD / DVD Deluxe Edition – Unboxing and Review

Tina Turner Foreign Affair was originally released in 1989 and was a huge success with songs that crossed the...

Rare Bird Box Set Esoteric Cherry Red Records
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Rare Bird 6 CD Box Set – Beautiful Scarlet – The Recordings 1969 – 1975 – Unboxing Review

Rare Bird Box Set – Esoteric Records / Cherry Red 2021 This is another great little career-spanning box set...

Black Sabbath Sabotage Super Deluxe Edition Vs Vinyl
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Black Sabbath : Sabotage CD Remaster Super Deluxe Box Set Vs Vinyl – The RANT

This video was originally going to simply review the Sabotage Super Deluxe Edition Box Set but then I thought...

Deep Purple : Stormbringer : 1974 Siouxsie & The Banshees : Tinderbox : 1986
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Album covers which look the same – Stormbringer and Tinderbox

Deep Purple : Stormbringer : 1974 Siouxsie & The Banshees : Tinderbox : 1986 The artwork was based on...

David Coverdale Northwinds 1978 - Album Review
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David Coverdale : Northwinds (1978) – His second solo album revisited

The Album That Revealed His True Voice When I looked back at David Coverdale’s first solo album, Whitesnake, I...

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The Doobie Brothers “Liberte” (Island) Due October 1st 2021

In these troubled times what could be better than a new album by a band that has constantly released...

Judas Priest Sin After Sin Album Review
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Judas Priest : Sin After Sin : Album Review & Personal Reflections by Phil Aston

On the 9th May 1977, I sat on the balcony of the Birmingham Town Hall waiting to see Judas...

Gillan Mr Universe - The Album, The Tour, T- Shirt and CD Remaster
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Gillan Mr Universe – The Album, The Tour, T- Shirt and CD Remaster

In this video, I look back at Mr Universe by Gillan released in 1979. The video talks about the...