The press release begins with, “The Ocean Colour Scene story should already be the stuff of legend; a rip-roaring rock ‘n’ roll odyssey set to
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Category: Recommended Listening Archive
Various – A Cellarful of Motown Vol. 4 (Universal/Motown)
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
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The Hotknives – About Time (Sunny Bastards)
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
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Tony Christie – Nobody in the World (Acid Jazz)
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
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The Undertones – Teenage Kicks (Salvo)
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
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Various – 20 Original Mod Classics (Spectrum)
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
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The Moons – Everyday Heroes (Acid Jazz)
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
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Various – SoulBoy (Universal)
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
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Various – Northern Soul: 20 Original Classics (Spectrum/Universal)
“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
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Various – Foundation Dub (Trojan)
Another re-release from the Trojan archives and while the title may sound similar to a previous box set of theirs, we are assured that every
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