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Interview With Charlie Gillett From 2008
ï»ż The late Charlie Gillett was a renowned broadcaster, journalist and author. He wrote the acclaimed and influential ‘Sound Of The City’ (“the first serious and comprehensive history of rock & roll”) and the story of Atlantic Records ‘Making Tracks’. … Continue reading
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Tales From The Woods May 13th Gig
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Battle Ground Korea – Songs And Sounds Of America’s Forgotten War
Box set specialist Bear Family are to releasea four CD set ‘Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of Americaâs Forgotten War’, on March 23rd. Bear Family Records have assembled an impressive four-CD anthology that is part 1950s American soundtrack and part … Continue reading
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The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of UK Record Shops
A new book by Garth Cartwright called âGoing For A Songâ will explore the history of UK record shops â from the age of the wax cylinder to the days of dubstep and the recent resurgence of vinyl. It will describe … Continue reading
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Best Box Sets of 2016
Some fantasic releases this year that would make the list much too long – including the Otis Redding at the Whiskey A Go-Go in 1966 and a number of multi CD bootleg box sets by bands such as The Doors, … Continue reading
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Record Store Day 2014
Record Store Day came into being in 2007 when over 700 independent records stores and outlets in the USA came together to celebrate their unique culture. The UK followed suit and 2014 will see the seventh celebration of the UK’s unique … Continue reading
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DUST & GROOVES – Adventures In Record Collecting
‘Dust & Grooves – Adventures In Record Collecting’ is a forthcoming 416-page coffee-table book illuminates over 130 vinyl collectors and their collections in the most intimate of environmentsâtheir record rooms by Eilon Paz.  It will consist of “compelling photographic essays” which are … Continue reading
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AKA Doc Pomus
Jerome ‘Doc’ Pomus was one of the world’s greatest songwriters. He wrote million sellers for Ray Charles, The Drifters, Joe Turner, Elvis, The Coasters, Dion and The Belmonts, Andy Williams and countless others. He was also a blues shouter who … Continue reading
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The Sound Of Dobells – The British Record Shop Archive.
In August 2012 the British Record Shop Archive was set up online by Leon Parker to save the history of how we found, listened and bought music. For the last four years ‘Record Store Day’ have grabbed the media’s attention … Continue reading
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The Story Of Border Radio
The term ‘border radio’ refers to the American broadcasting industry that sprang up on Mexico’s northern border in the early 1930s and flourished for half a century. High-powered radio transmitters on Mexican soil, beyond the reach of U.S. regulators, blanketed North America … Continue reading
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