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Have I Seen the Beatles Live?

Just before Christmas I went to see Paul McCartney in concert. It was a great concert he played Beatles...

Name A Classic Album Where You Do Not Like Every Track.

Name an album you love (even seen as a classic) but do not like every track. Here is mine...

Gillan Guitarist Bernie Torme

Bernie Torme RIP Aged 66 – Tributes

As many of you know, I am quite fond of Deep Purple and the many musicians who have played...

6 Albums from 1978

I have decided to play 6 albums from 1978, there were many more that sprang to mind as I...

Dear HMV Administrators – An Open Letter to the Owners of HMV

What started out as a discussion in the private Facebook group “Now Spinning” I have turned into a blog....

Record Collecting – How It All Began

Music started to filter into my life in the very late 60s. The time I was about 10 it...

12 Albums That Divided Opinions When They Were Originally Released

Sometimes our heroes try something different. Perhaps inspired by new members, new ideas, internal conflict, drugs or just bad...

Black Sabbath: Heaven & Hell: 1980 Video Review

This is a look at the album, single, memories of the concert at The Birmingham Odeon in 1980, my...

Motorhead

Motorhead – My Lemmy Story

I was 18 when I bought my first Motorhead record, it was 1977. It was Motorhead by Motorhead. Lemmy...

Eddie & The Hot Rods : Do Anything You Wanna Do Vinyl 7″ : 1977

I was 18, in a job I hated, this track got me through some hard times … timeless angst...