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“If you can’t understand me, dance with me, then” – a portrait of Lal Waterson –

January 23, 2014 | Dave Thompson | 0

It scarcely caused a ripple back when it was released… well, not unless you count the howls of anguish and confusion that rose from some quarters, but Lal and Mike Waterson’s Bright Phoebus is now firmly established as the UK … ►

Time and a Word and Yes in a Box

January 18, 2014 | Dave Thompson | 0

Even among the die-hard clan, most Yes fans will admit there’s a certain ambiguity to their love of the band. With forty-plus years worth of music to choose from, and the band’s longevity and persistency far deeper engrained than their … ►

Here’s Something You Don’t Find Every Day

January 15, 2014 | Dave Thompson | 0

Exploring a world of record hunting that does not end up crushed beneath the umpteenth discovery of Frampton Comes Alive, Out of the Blue and the Carpenters catalog, Spin Cycle tumbles into a box full of 78s, and emerges with a grin … ►

Rediscovering the Book of the Lost

January 10, 2014 | Dave Thompson | 0

Of all the memories that British TV fans of a certain age hold most precious, the wealth and welter of supernaturally-themed tales aimed at young and old alike stands among the early-mid 1970s most remarkable achievements. Hour long scare-athons like … ►

Still Moving It After All These Years – Cliff Richard in Conversation

December 11, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

Seventy-three years old but still, as his latest stageshow reminds us, reeling and rocking, Sir Cliff Richard also has a new album on the horizon. His one hundredth long player The Fabulous Rock’n’Roll Songbook (scheduled for US release in February by … ►

A Pregnant Giraffe, a Bassist on Crutches… What Else but the Manor, Live!

December 8, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

With Virgin Records celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, and TV and music mags alike profiling the label’s “headline” discoveries… with Tubular Bells, the label’s first release, at the head of that tree… it’s interesting to ponder what might have … ►

Love, Poetry and Revolution, and 65 reasons to love the late sixties

December 6, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

In a world awash with psychedelic compilations, from mixtures of the mighty to the obscurest of the oddities, it’s sobering to remember a time… which was, admittedly, some three decades back… when the music was fresh enough still to feel … ►

Jimi Hendrix – Looking Back on a Banner Year for Collectors

December 3, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

It’s been a banner year for Jimi Hendrix collectors. An expensive one, granted, but a banner year all the same. It began back in the spring with the release of People, Hell and Angels, the latest twelve track compilation of … ►

Sendelica – a Megalith of Sound

December 3, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

The second release this year from the psychedelic savants of Sendelica… and if you thought The Kaleidoscopic Kat and its Autoscopic Ego went to places your ears haven’t seen in years, then two volumes of the aptly-titled Megaliths are going to … ►

Spin Cycle’s reveals its picks for best new books of 2013

December 2, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

Here are the best music-related books of 2013 — in alphabetical order, of course — that we saved a place for on the Spin Cycle bookshelf this past year. ►