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ORDINARY RECORDS, EXTRAORDINARY PRICESWe know how it is. Zeppelin singles, Beatles acetates, David Bowie Sings Korean Folk Songs on green vinyl… they just aren’t things you’ve left in the shed or are likely to discover at the school car boot sale. But there are some records which are rarer than you think. Ian Shirley uncovers the valuable gems that anyone might already own. Keane fans, check your collections… TV … FEATURED ARTICLE From Issue 414 |
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MUTE RECORDIf the future will be silent, how come those self-consciously retro-modernist synth-poppers OMD are still making albums? And how come they’re still so damn good? Andy McCluskey mouths the answers to Jack Watkins Leafing through back copies of the rock weeklies circa 1979/80 offers an illuminating insight into the way the synthesiser’s arrival as a lead instrument divided critics. … ARTICLE From Issue 414 |
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LONG LASTINGFew folk are more knowledgeable about the British music scene than TV and Radio 2 tastemaker Janice Long. Now in her third series of The Janice Long Review Show, in which she discusses great albums with musos and critics, she talks to Anna Bowen about her undying passion for rock RC: Who are you most excited about having on the show? Janice Long: Tim Burgess, talking about music … ARTICLE From Issue 414 |
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Reviews from the current issue
Here is a selection from over 200 reviews from this month's Record Collector, the magazine that has the world's largest coverage of reissues
THE PRIMITIVES - Everything’s Shining Bright: The Lazy Recordings 1985-87
Industrious early recordings In The Jesus & Mary Chain’s chaotic early days, Jim Reid feigned ignorance of their howl-around noise-fest, protesting: “I thought I was singing like a bird.” The Primitives’ embryonic recordings possess similarities, but in front of the feedback there stood Tracy Tracy, someone who really was delivering like a song thrush on the …
ALBUM REVIEW From Issue 414
MILES DAVIS - Live At Montreux 1991
The Dark Magus’ last hurrah At the beginning of 1991, Miles Davis recorded Doo- Bop, an album that fused jazz with hip-hop and which clearly demonstrated that, as he approached his 65th birthday, he was still looking forward musically. The past was a foreign country and not one that Miles wished to visit again. Or so it seemed. In July ’91 – just a few weeks …
DVD REVIEW From Issue 414
THE SOUL OF IT ALL: MY LIFE, MY MUSIC by Michael Bolton
A light but likeable self-portrait There’s more than one Michael Bolton. The most common shorthand suggests a man who’s put food on his table via a string of watered-down and dubious soul covers (Dock Of The Bay, When A Man Loves A Woman), but he’s also an accomplished songwriter, collaborating with such diverse names as Bob Dylan and Lady Gaga. And, lest we forget, he started …
BOOK REVIEW From Issue 414
IAN HUNTER - Shoreham Ropetackle Arts Centre (13th March, 2013)
View: front, stage-right Showcasing material from his new When I’m President, plus choice gems from both his solo and Mott The Hoople days, Ian Hunter, now 73, was on fine form. Joined by John Mellancamp guitarist Andy York and Johnny Cash stalwart Dave Rowe on double-bass, Hunter let the music do the talking, with classics like All The Good Ones Are Taken, a raucous singalong to Once …
ALBUM REVIEW From Issue 414
