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All the way from Detroit, destined for success – celebrating Duke Fakir’s I’ll Be There: My Life with The Four Tops
Picture the scene. It’s the second Sunday of November, 1966, barely three months after England’s World Cup triumph, The Four Tops riding high in the UK charts, their fourth hit on this side of the Atlantic rather fittingly retaining the … Continue reading
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Tagged Berry Gordy, Brian Epstein, Chess, Detroit, Duke Fakir, Four Tops, Holland Dozier Holland, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wilson, Motown, Obie Benson, Odyssey, Otis Williams, Paul McCartney, Reach Out I'll Be There, The Four Tops, The Temptations
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Turning on, dropping by and tuning in for the Swansea Sound experience – off to the Vale of Glam with Hue Williams
With so many new records in recent months it’s often been a case of ‘out at last’, albums long delayed after 18 or so months of lockdowns and various restrictions. But not the delightful debut LP from the remotely assembled … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Ft. Dolls, Amelia Fletcher, Big Leaves, Catatonia, Catenary Wires, Dale Griffin, Glamorgan, Gruff Rhys, Heavenly, Hue williams, Ian Button, James Brown, John Peel, Kent, Live at the Rum Puncheon, Mark Cousins, Million Seller, Misty in Roots, Preston Pop Fest, Rhys Ifans, Rob Pursey, Robert Rotifer, Sea Urchins, Steve Gregory, Super Furry Animals, Swansea, Swansea Sound, Talulah Gosh, The Continental, The Fall, the Pastels, The Pooh Sticks
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Moving the room with the James Taylor Quartet
There was some serious attention seeking going on when I called James Taylor at his home studio in Kent. It wasn’t down to him though, but his Cairn terrier, Heidi, after he shut her out of his studio in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Acid Jazz, Bach, Blow-Up, Booker T & The MGs, Caravan, Eddie Piller, George Benson, Georgie Fame, Herbie Hancock, Ian McLagen, James Brown, James Taylor, James Taylor Quartet, Jimmy Smith, John Peel, Jon Lord, Keith Emerson, Kent, Kylie Minogue, Medway, Mod, Pat Illingworth, Preston Guild Hall, Rochester, Ronnie Scott's, Starsky & Hutch, Stockholm. Mark Cox, The Prisoners
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Shout? Let it all out – the Lulu interview
It was a long time coming, but Lulu’s been fully in charge of her career for at least a quarter of a century now, making up for lost years after at least two decades letting others make her big decisions. … Continue reading
Otis Redding – a personal appreciation
WHEN I saw Noddy Holder recently, the former Slade frontman recalled how it was down to Little Richard that he got involved in music, something you could see in the way he always projected that mighty voice of his. While I can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC 4, Booker T & The MGs, Eddie Floyd, Georgia, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Monterey, Otis Redding, Ready Steady Go, Sam and Dave, Sam Cooke, Stax, Steve Cropper, The Beatles
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