Issue #365

AUGUST 2009

AUGUST 2009

Beach Boys The Inside Story by Al Jardine
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Steven Severin’s Photographic Memory, STRANGE FOLK MORE £1,000+ VINYL BEAUTIES Plus! Michael McDonald , Mike Batt ,Bert Jansch, Amazing Blondel, Wishbone Ash, Ian Hunter

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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RECORD COLLECTION? Is it possible to collect two of every record ever made?
QUEEN Enough unseen photos to make you go Radio Ga Ga
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Steve Severin takes us around his old howling ground
MIKE BATT Remembers he’s a Womble
STRANGE FOLK The rarest, weirdest folk records money can buy
MICHAEL McDONALD Rolling with the Doobie Brother
THE BEACH BOYS Al Jardine on riding the crest of a wave
BEACH BOYS SOUNDALIKES The surfin’ 7”s that emulated Brian Wilson’s sound
Nouvelle Vague 3
101 Strings Astro-Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000
Acid Jazz London Street Soul 1988- 2009: 21 Years Of Acid Jazz Records
Alexis Korner’s Breakdown Group Blues From The Roundhouse
Andrew Liles Miscellany
Astra The Weirding
Billy Childish Archive From 1959: The Billy Childish Story
Bintangs Genuine Bull
Blind Blake & The Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos Bahamian Songs
Blossom Toes Love Bomb: Live 1967-69
Blow-Up The Kerbstones Turn to Moss
Carcass Wake Up & Smell The Carcass
Charlie Rich The Complete Sun Masters
Crosby, Stills & Nash Demos
Curtis Knight Zeus: The Second Coming
Don Partridge Don Partridge
Don Preston Don Preston’s Retrospective
Doug Sahm Juke Box Music/The Last Great Texas Blues Band
Dream Theater Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Earthling Society Sci-Fi Hi-Fi
Elizete Cardoso Canção Do Amor Demais
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Live From Madison Square Garden
Faces The Best Of Faces: Good Boys… When They’re Asleep
Faith No More The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection
Faron Young Here’s Faron Young/ Faron Young Sings…
Fenn O’Berg Magic & Return
Gentle Giant Live in Stockholm
George Harrison Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison
George Jones Blue & Lonesome
Gilgamesh Another Fine Tune You’ve Got Me Into
Heads, Hands & Feet Home From Home (The Missing Album)
Ian Hunter Man Overboard
Jackie McAuley Jackie McAuley
Jane’s Addiction A Cabinet Of Curiosities
John Bromley John Bromley Songs
John Martyn Solid Air
John Zorn Alhambra Love Songs
Kahvas Jute Wide Open
Killing Joke The Gathering 2008
Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage
Lenny Kravitz Let Love Rule: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Lulu Shout: The Complete Decca Recordings
Madder Lake Butterfly Farm
Maja SK Ratkje Cyborgic
Michael Bloomfield With Nick Gravenites & Friends Live At Bill Graham’s Fillmore West 1969
Michelle Shocked Soul Of My Soul
Midge Ure Pure + Breathe
Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells: New Stereo Mix 2009
Moebius & Plank Rastakraut Pasta
Neil Young Archives Volume 1: 1963-1972
Orchestre National De Jazz with Daniel Yvinec Around Robert Wyatt
Paul Van Dyk Volume: The Best Of Paul Van Dyk
Peter Walker Long Lost Tapes 1970
Pretenders Break Up The Concrete/ Best
Prins Thomas Live At Robert Johnson Vol 2
Regina Spektor Far
Robert HoodRobert Hood Minimal Nation: Special Edition
Sammy Hagar Street Machine
Sarah McLachlan Closer: The Best Of
Silicone Soul Silicone Soul
Steve Wilson Insurgentes
Subway Subway II
Terry Callier About Time: The Terry Callier Story 1965-1982
The Blue Ox Babes Apples & Oranges
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out: 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition
The Field Yesterday & Today
The Mars Volta Octahedron
The Sinceros The Sound Of Sunbathing
The Turtles Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits
Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club: Deluxe Edition
Tony Allen Secret Agent
Tortoise Beacons Of Ancestorship
Various Designer Records Presents: Together
Various Artists Anagram Jam
Various Artists Black Rio 2: Original Samba Soul 1971- 1980
Various Artists British Rock’n’Roll Anthology
Various Artists Chartbusters USA Special Edition: Sunshine Pop
Various Artists Clap Your Hands & Stamp Your Feet
Various Artists Common People: The Britpop Story
Various Artists The Golden Age Of American Rock’n’Roll: Special Doo Wop Edition Volume 2
Various Artists The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1942-52: The Rock’n’Roll Years
Various Artists Land Of 1,000 Dances: All Twistin’ Edition
Various Artists Lost Highways American Road Songs 1920s-1950s
Various Artists Meet On The Ledge: An Island Records Folk-Rock Anthology
Various Artists Mordant Music: Picking O’er The Bones
William R Strickland Is Only The Name
Carpathian Forest We’re Going To Hollywood For This: Live Perversions
Crosby, Stills & Nash Legends Of The Canyon
Miles Davis That’s What Happened: Live In Germany 1987
BB King Live At Montreux 1993
Procol Harum In Concert With The Danish National Concert Orchestra & Chorus
Just Dusty Just Dusty: The Real Dusty Springfield
Sun Ra Arkestra Points On A Space Age
Various Artists Glastonbury Fayre
Various Artists Woodstock
The Zeros Live In Madrid
Buddy Holly Everyday: Getting Closer To Buddy Holly by Spencer Leigh
The Beatles The Mammoth Book Of The Beatles by Sean Egan (Ed)
Peter Blake Peter Blake: One Man Show by Marco Livingstone
Cliff Burton To Live Is To Die: The Life & Death Of Metallica’s Cliff Burton by Joel McIver
Charles Manson Charles Manson: Coming Down Fast by Simon Wells
Miles Davis The Blue Moment: Miles Davis’s Kind Of Blue & The Remaking Of Modern Music by Richard Williams
Nine Simone Nine Simone: The Biography by David Brun-Lambert
Velvet White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day- By-Day by Richie Unterberger
Various Artists Gig Posters Volume 1: Rock Show Art Of The 21st Century by Clay Hayes
Lowdown Lowdown: The Story Of Wire by Paul Lester
Various Artists Precious Metal by Albert Mudrian (Ed)
Various Artists A Year Of Festivals by Jarvis Hammond
Childline Rockz London Greenwich IndigO2 (1st June, 2009)
Eric Clapton London Grosvenor House Great Room (9th May, 2009)
Paul Carrack London Old Street St. Luke’s Church (15th May, 2009)
Radiophonic Workshop London Camden Roundhouse (17th May, 2009)
The Black Crowes London Brixton Academy (17th May, 2009)
Glenn Tilbrook Bristol Thekla (12th May, 2009)
Stratovarius, Firewind London Islington Academy (17th May, 2009)
The Damned Boston Paradise Rock Club, Massachusetts, USA (8th May, 2009)
Jean Michel Jarre London Wembley Arena (22nd May, 2009)
Ade Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds Exeter Phoenix (16th May, 2009)
The Tubes London Islington Academy (2nd June, 2009)
Juliette Lewis Southampton Talking Heads (19th May, 2009)
New York Dolls London 100 Club (14th May, 2009)
Mick Taylor & Stephen Dale Petit Glasgow Renfrew Ferry (9th May, 2009)
10cc Southend On Sea Cliffs Pavilion (19th May, 2009)
Manic Street Preachers Llandudno Theatre Cymru (7th May, 2009)
Amy Speace London Borderline (4th June, 2009)
Long Live Long Play Tim Frueh
Harrison Phwoar Mike Walker
Indie Shops Unite! Martyn Hooper
Shame About Ray Roger Nunn
Tune In, Turn On Steve Edwards
Joe Meek: A Very Unreliable Memoir Verity Forshaw
Sounds Of The 60s Harry Robinson
Out Of Our Minds Shaun Tranter
30 Years Of Rc
Atlantic Vinyl John Taylor
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