Music and Concert Reviews
Text by Phil Ashdown. It seems incredible that Def Leppard’s debut album was released in the UK forty years ago today. The band had built quite a reputation as a live band over the previous […]
Trio, by The Mike Taylor Trio, is a monster rare 1967 UK-only 8-track MONO LP on the blue & black Columbia label in the Lansdowne series, one of the ultimate wallet pounding, near mythical British […]
Fantastic Damage by EL-P is a rare 2002 US 16-track triple vinyl LP set, with gatefold picture sleeve. Debut album from highly respected New York rapper and producer, EL-P, and one that is considered to […]
It’s a strange culture that we live in today when it comes to music. There’s an older generation – ‘boomers’, if you will – that will say they don’t know anything about current music or […]
SPRING Spring (Monster rare original 1971 UK 8-track LP on the cult Neon label, particularly collectable among British Progressive enthusiasts. Spring earned a reputation among keyboard-led prog fans as they employed three mellotron players in […]
In an Alpha Mood by Ami Shavit is a jaw-droppingly rare 1977 Israeli limited edition private-press 5-track vinyl LP on the black Amis label, part music, part brain experiment, the music ‘stimulated by the theory […]
Several bands could probably lay claim to be the inventors of glam metal, but if you were to put a pin in one of the early corner stones of the genre it would have to […]
The self- titled album by Horse is a mega rare 1970 UK first press 10-track LP on an RCA orange label, a tasty slice of occult influenced Progressive Hard Rock, ahead of its time. This […]
This version of Pink Floyd’s classic 1973 album, The Dark Side of The Moon, is a withdrawn 1973 Japanese-only promotional sample 10-track vinyl LP, with custom black on white labels pressed by Toshiba Musical Industries. […]
This version of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant song is an extremely rare Withdrawn 1970 Japanese promotional only wide centre vinyl 7″ with custom dark blue & white Atlantic labels pressed by Nippon Grammophon. This was withdrawn […]
The Very Best of The Sex Pistols, is a rare 1979 Japanese-only Nippon Columbia 13-track vinyl compilation LP. It comes housed in a unique pink & green ‘And We Don’t Care’ captioned sleeve, complete with […]
Written by Phil Ashdown. At the end of Rush’s colossal world tour in support of their epic Hemispheres album in June 1979 each member agreed to take a six-week sabbatical before work would begin on […]
Songs For The Gentle Man is a Very scarce 1971 UK 12-track LP on John Peel’s Dandelion label, produced by Ron Geesin, housed in a gorgeous fully textured gatefold sleeve with lyrics & a soft […]
H To He, Who Am The Only One is a very rare 1970 UK first issue 5-track vinyl LP on the pink ‘scroll’ Charisma label, housed in a stunning gatefold sleeve with lyrics printed on […]
The slasher movie boom of the 1980’s produced many memorable characters and moments, and the Friday the 13th franchise would go on to be one of the most iconic and bestselling of all time all […]
Lie Back and Enjoy It is a rare 1970 UK 9-track vinyl LP on the large ‘swirl’ Vertigo label, featuring versions of songs by Willie Dixon, Delaney Bramlett & Frank Zappa among the group originals. […]
Word by Phil Ashdown. Photos taken by Phil Ashdown & Jean-Paul Cartwright. I’ve been following the progress of US rock band Alter Bridge since seeing them at the old Astoria on London’s Charing Cross Road […]
As today is Christmas Eve Eve, here is an especially rare gem by a band with a fitting name. They are called Christmas, and their debut album may just be Canada’s rarest record. They were […]
I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down by Elvis Costello and The Attractions is a rare 1980 UK solid centre 7″ vinyl single whichh was due to be released on the legendary 2-Tone label. It […]
Incredibly rare 1969 German 4-track stereo LP including the classic You Doo Right, matte picture sleeve. Regarded by many as the ‘Holy Grail’ of Krautrock, this is needless to say the first copy we have […]
The self titled album from Electric Food is a rare 1970 German 12-track vinyl LP. It is the debut from the heavy prog rock band which included all of the band Lucifer’s Friend except John […]
After leaving influential ‘70s rock band, Big Star, Chris Bell attempted to embark on a solo career amidst dealing with a number of personal issues. While he recorded a number of tracks that would later […]
Bobak, Jons, Malone’s opus, Motherlight, is a highly prized British Psych treasure which stars the cult figure, Wil Malone on drums, keyboards, vocals, songwriting & arranging. This record sold in miniscule amounts at the time […]
Very Rare 1978 Japanese promotional-only 7″ double pack with custom black on white wide centre labels, limited to just 200 copies. Features the songs, Them Heavy People, The Man With The Child In His Eyes, […]
Text by Phil Ashdown. Who wouldn’t want to see one of their favourite bands in concert playing for over three hours? Well this is the format Machine Head have been touring with on their ‘Evening […]
Text by Phil Ashdown. I’ve followed Alter Bridge’s career from their superb debut album and seeing them live at London’s now demolished Astoria back in 2008 and watched them outgrow venues such as Brixton Academy, […]
This is an Impossibly rare 1969 Japanese Apple white label promotional sample issue of Maybe Tomorrow by The Iveys. It is 12-track stereo vinyl LP with label text showing the Japanese characters for ‘promotional’ & […]
Black Cat Bones one and only album, Barbed Wire Sandwich, is a monster rare Prog Blues/Psych record from 1970.. Barbed Wire Sandwich is a 9-track stereo LP from the band who were originally formed by […]
Text by Phil Ashdown. Throughout the 60s and 70s the live album was an important way to document the sound of a band at their peak and being the only way to bring the concert […]
Mark Kozlek will go down as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. While his work with Sun Kil Moon has taken him to new, exploratory realms through recent release, it was during the […]
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