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  • Yamaha launches the 04GEN – those MotoGP bikes don’t have wings, THESE are wings!

    Yamaha launches the 04GEN – those MotoGP bikes don’t have wings, THESE are wings!

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    In a motorcycle world that’s suddenly got a wing fetish – how about these for wings then? We’ve seen three cool concepts in the ‘GEN’ range from Yamaha so far and last night the factory unveiled a fourth installment – this see-thru-bodywork future scooter. Shown at the Vietnam Motorcycle Show under the corporate swag banner…

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  • Richa unveils new jackets

    Richa unveils new jackets

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    Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, bike clothing brand Richa has added a number of new jackets to its collection. The Toulon version featured is CE approved with D3O armour at the shoulders, elbows and back. The buffalo leather jacket has a vintage cotton lining and zip-off Polycotton hood. The neoprene collar fastens with a…

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  • Various – A Cellarful of Motown Vol. 4 (Universal/Motown)

    Various – A Cellarful of Motown Vol. 4 (Universal/Motown)

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    If you thought that Motown was little more than pop tunes and cheesy soul found at school reunions and wedding receptions, then this album can change all that. You see beyond the slow numbers like Ben, and bubblegum soul of Stop in The Name of Love (neither of which are on here by the way),…

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  • The Hotknives – About Time (Sunny Bastards)

    The Hotknives – About Time (Sunny Bastards)

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    And about time too, for unless you’ve caught the Hotknives at one of their rare UK performances over the last few years, you’re not going to have heard much in the way of new material from them recently. Formed in the late 80s as part of the ‘3rd Wave of Ska’ The Hotknives toured alongside…

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  • Tony Christie – Nobody in the World (Acid Jazz)

    Tony Christie – Nobody in the World (Acid Jazz)

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    Yes, it’s THE Tony Christie  – the man who many know as searching for Amarillo has signed to Acid Jazz  and releases his first single with them on 1 November, a Northern Soul number. In fact Acid Jazz tell us it’s Tony’s first Mod record since he was produced by Shel Talmy in 1966. Written…

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  • The Undertones – Teenage Kicks (Salvo)

    The Undertones – Teenage Kicks (Salvo)

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    The Very Best of the Undertones is released on 11 October and is our second offering from Northern Ireland this month. Emerging from Derry in the punk boom of 1977-78, The Undertones gave us a fine selection of short sharp songs with infectious choruses – kind of pop music with attitude for those that don’t…

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  • Various – 20 Original Mod Classics (Spectrum)

    Various – 20 Original Mod Classics (Spectrum)

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    Following on from the Northern compilation reviewed last month, here we have a Mod inclined collection of tracks on a CD that’s ideal for keeping in your car, or in my case next to the portable player in the garage. Kicking off with Tin Soldier by the Small Faces from my point of view this…

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  • The Moons – Everyday Heroes (Acid Jazz)

    The Moons – Everyday Heroes (Acid Jazz)

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    I loved The Moons’ debut album, Life on Earth, from which their latest single here is taken from. As such I’ve got Everyday Heroes already but playing it for the first time in a while, immediately the simple but powerful guitar intro gets me moving. The lyrics come flooding back (the title is self explanatory…

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  • Various – SoulBoy (Universal)

    Various – SoulBoy (Universal)

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    As someone who likes a bit of Northern Soul but not enough to be travelling the country going to allnighters (a few RSG nighters in the 80s and 90s was my thing), I am constantly amazed when another compilation arrives that I find myself enjoying. Granted the soul that gets my feet tapping may not…

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  • Various – Northern Soul: 20 Original Classics (Spectrum/Universal)

    Various – Northern Soul: 20 Original Classics (Spectrum/Universal)

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    “This collection provides the listener with an overview of black American soul music which swept across England in the late 1960s,” so reads the press release. Indeed the 20 tracks here do offer an insight into the Northern Soul scene with some choice cuts that may not appeal to fans of ultra rare tunes, but…

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