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May 22, 2019 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Baker Gurvitz Army Since Beginning

Today we're looking at a pair of recent releases from Cherry Red's Esoteric Recordings imprint featuring some heavy sounds! With a résumé including Cream, Blind Faith, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and Fela Kuti's group, Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker has long been recognized as one of rock's greatest - and most volatile - drummers.  With a personality as outsize as his talent, Baker brought a powerful touch to all of his projects and various bands.  Between 1974 and 1976,

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Baker Gurvitz Army, Barclay James Harvest, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, The Gun, The Move, Traffic, Various Artists

March 1, 2019 By The Second Disc Leave a Comment

Tom Petty The Best of Everything

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Best of Everything (Geffen/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) On the heels of the release of the acclaimed rarities box set An American Treasure, a new career-spanning anthology arrives from the late Tom Petty.  The Best of Everything is subtitled The Definitive Career-Spanning Hits Collection 1976-2016 and features 38 tracks from the soulful rock-and-roller, including two previously unreleased

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Categories: Release Round-Up Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Funk, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rock Tags: Chaka Khan, Dennis Coffey, Gordon Lightfoot, John Hartford, The Gun, The Undisputed Truth, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Tommy Hunt

February 11, 2019 By Sam Stone 2 Comments

Gun ST

British hard-rockers The Gun burst onto the scene in 1968 with a self-titled debut that established its members as new forces in rock.  Gun was an album of firsts:  not only was it the group's inaugural LP, but it was also the starting point for Adrian and Paul Gurvitz (or Curtis, as they're named here), who would later found Three Man Army with Tony Newman and Buddy Miles, and The Baker-Gurvitz Army with Ginger Baker.  It was also the first album to feature cover art by celebrated artist Roger

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Categories: News Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: The Gun

January 26, 2019 By

Gun ST

British hard-rockers The Gun burst onto the scene in 1968 with a self-titled debut that established its members as new forces in rock.  Gun was an album of firsts:  not only was it the group's inaugural LP, but it was also the starting point for Adrian and Paul Gurvitz (or Curtis, as they're named here), who would later found Three Man Army with Tony Newman and Buddy Miles, and The Baker-Gurvitz Army with Ginger Baker.  It was also the first album to feature cover art by celebrated artist Roger

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Categories: Uncategorized Formats: Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: The Gun

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