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April 12, 2021 By Joe Marchese 3 Comments

Oh You Pretty Things

Oh! You Pretty Things: David Bowie's 1971 song became an anthem for the glam era: "Don't you know you're driving your mothers and fathers insane?  Let me make it plain, you gotta make way for the homo superior..."  Bowie's alien persona - androgynous, dangerous, sexy, and flamboyant - connected with youth and caused a stir among their parents.  The song's title has now been adopted by a new 3-CD box set from Cherry Red's Grapefruit imprint.  Alas, "Oh! You Pretty Things" doesn't appear anywhere

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Pop, Rock Tags: Dana Gillespie, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Hawkwind, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, New York Dolls, Roxy Music, Sparks, The Kinks

April 1, 2019 By

DanaGillespie WhatMemoriesWeMake CD

Dana Gillespie first made a splash on the U.K. charts with a run of singles for Pye and a couple albums on Decca and London in the mid-'60s. In 1971, the actress-singer-musician signed to RCA under the aegis of MainMan, the management company headed by Tony Defries that famously included David Bowie on its roster. Now, all of Gillespie's RCA/MainMan recordings and a wealth of previously unissued material feature on a new artist-approved 2-CD compilation from Cherry Red, What Memories We Make:

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Pop, Rock Tags: Dana Gillespie

March 15, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

DanaGillespie WhatMemoriesWeMake CD

Dana Gillespie first made a splash on the U.K. charts with a run of singles for Pye and a couple albums on Decca and London in the mid-'60s.  In 1971, the actress-singer-musician signed to RCA under the aegis of MainMan, the management company headed by Tony Defries that famously included David Bowie on its roster.  Gillespie had first befriended the future superstar as a teenager in Swinging London before reconnecting with him in a major way in the early 1970s. It was Bowie who had

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Blues, Pop, Rock Tags: Dana Gillespie

August 23, 2016 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

Scratch My Back Pye Beat Girls

We recently filled you in on the ninth volume of Ace Records' long-running series, Where the Girls Are.  Today, we spotlight two companion volumes dedicated to Beat Girls of the 1960s! Pye Records, home of Petula Clark and The Kinks, practically defined the British "big beat" sound of girl-pop with its urbane, sophisticated productions.  Scratch My Back! Pye Beat Girls 1963-1968 offers a cross section of the label's brashest sounds with 24 well-selected nuggets from artists both familiar and

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Categories: News, Reviews Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Dana Gillespie, Lulu, Marianne Faithfull, Petula Clark, Various Artists

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