Recommended Listening Archive

Madness – The Rise & Fall (Salvo)

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Darren Hendley

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1st April 2016

The latest in the line of Madness album re-releases is Rise & Fall, originally released back in 1982 and now digitally re-mastered and available on CD with a whole host of bonus tracks. When it first came out I was a Madness fan and bought it pretty much as a matter of course. Our House…
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Laurel Aitken – Voodoo Woman (Pressure Drop/Cherry Red)

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Darren Hendley

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1st April 2016

Before I start can I please draw all non-believers’ attention to the sub heading of this album, Music for Mods: Soul & Ska Sounds From The Sixties. Thank you. As a fan of the late Laurel Aitken I do already own a number of his recordings from both the 50s and 60s as well as…
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Various Artists – Sounds & Pressure: Mod-Reggae (Trojan)

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Darren Hendley

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1st April 2016

It’s not often these days that compilations of old tracks really get you going, but this double CD – part of a new series from Trojan under their Universal Music ownership – is a bit of a blinder in my opinion. Boasting ‘40 vintage Jamaican Mod favourites’ from the Trojan archives, including ‘3 previously unreleased…
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