Similarly, the Elvis that impersonators the universe-wide choose to emulate is not the 50s hillbilly cat but the 70s burger king. Which is strange, frankly.

Band of Gypsys… JUST the right side of 1970 for you, Deza…

The title of the album pains me – Maui is an island: it should be ‘Live ON Maui’.

As someone who has happily taken delivery of the ‘new old’ Focus: 50 Anniversary 9CD/2DVD box set today, I’m inclined to say ‘no’. Then again, a few of my friends are professional music artistes making ongoing […]

Can’t wait till I get my copy!

Nobody ever asks him about Bert Jansch’s ‘Moonshine’ (1973).

Thank you Mart 🙂

Excellent! 😀

Actually, on a similar theme – and 100% true – I was at a design session this morning for a friend who is releasing an album and a lead-in digital single, of two tracks: ‘People’ and ‘Hold On’. […]

Will Donovan be retiring next…? 😀

Something I did back in May…

😀 I’ve just enjoyed it washing over me!

I love the ‘sound’ of Parachute – a combination of Smith’s production and the harmony vocals especially. It’s redolent of ‘Abbey Road’, in my view. But the cover art is nondescript and ill-conceived – even the […]

Thank you, Bingmeister!

Indeed – but those original LPs are now worth thousands, I believe. I have the CD issues you mention, though I understand that the recent reissue vinyl box set used original masters for the first time since the […]

Well-spotted. Must be a homage. Designers often look to recreate an era’s style in these sort of releases.

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Here’s the link to the label. And… this week it has also released Ronnie Scott Quartet: ‘BBC Jazz Club 1964-66’, also with notes by Simon Spillett – with the first session (of three) being three tracks featuring […]

Don Rendell was, I suspect, already wearing Don’s jazz cardigan at these sessions 😀