Month: August 2023

ELO - Out Of The Blue
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Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) – Out Of The Blue 3 (1)

Who can forget the big ELO spaceship design on the album cover?, it really was a stand-out back in 1977…

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Queen - News Of The World
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Queen – News Of The World 0 (0)

‘News Of The World’ is not one of Queen’s strongest albums, but it’s not their worst either.

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Foghat - Live
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Foghat – Live 4.5 (2)

With Foghat having recorded arguably two of their best albums in a row, 1975’s ‘Fool For The City’ and 1976’s…

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Player - Player
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Player – Player 0 (0)

Player’ is nothing but an AOR exercise, perhaps unpolished on occasion, but a recipe for the three equally classic albums…

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Robin Trower - In City Dreams
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Robin Trower – In City Dreams 0 (0)

‘In City Dreams’ marked the end of Robin Trower’s dark progged-out blues albums into lighter fare but like the awesome…

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Prism - Prism
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Prism – Prism 3 (1)

You remember the album cover right? The browny, blueish cover with the pocket mirror held upon high reflecting the light…

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Golden Earring - Live
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Golden Earring – Live 0 (0)

The performances from all the band members shows Golden Earring in their prime, with years of live experience, there are…

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Mama's Pride - Uptown And Lowdown
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Mama’s Pride – Uptown & Lowdown 0 (0)

i>During 1977 after a succession of gigs played through the length and breadth of the USA, Mama’s Pride release album…

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Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
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Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation 0 (0)

This album still holds a special place in Thin Lizzy’s back catalogue, despite the troubling circumstances it was recorded in.

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Eddie Money - Eddie Money
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Eddie Money – Eddie Money 0 (0)

‘Eddie Money’ peaked at #37 on the charts, establishing Money as a artist to be reckoned with, it spawned two…

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Eric Quincy Tate - EQT
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Eric Quincy Tate – EQT 0 (0)

The sound of Eric Quincy Tate is more blues based than most bands of this style with elements of Honky…

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Classics IV - The Very Best Of
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Classics IV – The Very Best Of The Classics IV 0 (0)

Now I’m not going to pretend The Classics IV are typical Glory Daze fare but from a historical perspective they…

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Francois Dompierre - Dompierre
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Francois Dompierre – Dompierre 0 (0)

Orchestrated to the hilt, ‘Dompierre’ reveals the endless possibilities of symphonic rock from Francois Dompierre, steeped in Quebec culture, the…

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Glyder - Glyder
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Glyder – Glyder 0 (0)

Like The Hollies and to some extent the Bee Gees, Glyder show no pretensions to be anything other than a…

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Jet - Jet
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Jet (UK) – Jet 0 (0)

Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, on paper Jet had a lot going for them, they should’ve been on the runway…

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Les Variations - Cafe De Paris
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Les Variations – Cafe De Paris 0 (0)

A band that tried to be original was Les Variations, which included three Moroccan Jews, an Italian, American and two…

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Nasty Pop - Nasty Pop
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Nasty Pop – Nasty Pop 0 (0)

In my opinion, Nasty Pop had more in common with pub rockers Ace, American rust belt progressives Crack The Sky…

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Quantum Jump - Quantum Jump
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Quantum Jump – Quantum Jump 0 (0)

Rupert Hine in 1973 finally came around to the idea of forming an actual band – Quantum Jump, the group…

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Skyband - Skyband
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Skyband – Skyband 0 (0)

I really can’t recommend this album to anyone other than die hard Peter Beckett fans, Skyband were a curio at…

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Strange Days - 9 Parts To The Wind
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Strange Days – 9 Parts To The Wind 0 (0)

Strange Days presents a good album of fetching progressive pop with similarities to Strawbs, Stackridge, Irish proggers Fruupp and early…

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