Part of Rhino’s annual “Start Your Ear Off Right” promotion is a very welcome surprise: a remastered and expanded edition of one of the most underrated albums by British pop/rock band Squeeze. 1991’s Play will return for its 35th anniversary on January 23; available on double vinyl at participating independent retailers – its first release on the format in America – but it’ll also be released on CD, too, pairing the remastered 12-track album with four hard-to-find B-sides from the album’s singles, “Satisfied” and “Sunday Street.” The release of Play found Squeeze at a…
He’s Returned: Glenn Tilbrook Shares Final Volume of Squeeze Demos
Squeeze songwriter Glenn Tilbrook is going back to the band’s first end for his final entry in a series of demo releases. Tilbrook, the man behind the voice, guitar and music of England’s most underrated rock band, began a five-part clearing of the vaults almost 10 years ago, when Squeeze, the band he formed with lyricist/vocalist Chris Difford in the 1970s, began their third distinct iteration as a band. As Difford, Tilbrook, bassist John Bentley (with the group from 1980 to 1982) and Tilbrook’s solo keyboardist Stephen Large and drummer Simon Hansen…




