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Walter Trout - Battle Scars

Walter Trout - Battle Scars

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An astonishing, searing and ferocious return from the edge of mortality from Walter. Always been a passionate blues player but he tears into this new music with real energy. Amazing to think he was so ill, so relatively recently. Worth picking it up for £20 as a new gatefold double vinyl record.
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Leslie West - Mountain

Leslie West - Mountain

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Technically a solo album, this 1969 release was effectively the first Mountain album. It's full of short, wonderfully riffy songs, interspersed with more gentle acoustic passages. Many tracks such as Dreams Of Milk And Honey, Long Red and Blood Of The Sun, would go on to find their way into most Mountain sets over the [...]
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Johnny Winter And - Live

Johnny Winter And - Live

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A sizzling blues rock record recorded at the Fillmore East which captures Johnny in blistering form. Tragically, it's the only live document of the 'And' band. they were exciting and virtuoso in the extreme. Their version of Jumping Jack Flash is far better than the Stones, and Good Morning Little Schoolgirl is delivered at breakneck [...]
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The Faces - The Best Of...

The Faces - The Best Of...

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Impossible to listen to this without a big smile on your face. The Faces were surely the ultimate good time, feel good, drinking band of the 70s. The albums were a bit patchy but put all their best stuff together under one roof and you've got yourself a real good time. Best track? It's got [...]
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Family - The Best of Family

Family - The Best of Family

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What band Family were. Very hard to categorise. They were a little bit of everything - a rock soup, if you will, or even if you won't. The best way into them is through this compilation. They're featured on the cover playing in Leicester City colours, because that's where they hailed from. FAMILY T-SHIRT
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Budgie - Bandolier

Budgie - Bandolier

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Budgies on horses. Yes! All of their 1970s albums are great and also feature some great song titles such as In The Grip Of The Tyre-fitters Hand, You're The Best Thing Since Powdered Milk and Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman. On this record you get Napoleon Bona Part One and Two. Witty Welsh boys. Breaking All [...]
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Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed

Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed

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This came out in 1969 at the tail end of the British blues boom and is often overlooked as a classic album of that period. It features the wonderful Miller Anderson on guitar - another British blues man who is overlooked all too often. This is classy blues rock at it's best.Also recommended are the [...]
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Ace - 5-a-Side

Ace - 5-a-Side

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Really only known for their huge international hit, 'How Long' Ace produced three wonderful records, of which this is the best. How Long is on here, and it's a strong record in a smooth, soft rock kind of way. With Paul Carrack on keyboards and vocals, there's always a soulful edge to their music too. [...]
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The Band - Music From Big Pink

The Band - Music From Big Pink

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This record is good contender for most influential album in rock history. It's blend of Americana and rock still sounds so fresh and modern...or perhaps more accurately, it is just timeless music. An original UK copy on the black/rainbow Capitol label in mono is currently listed as a £70 record, the stereo version £40.00 Not [...]
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Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

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It's an album that should be in everyone's collection and is a template against which to judge all other rock music.One of the greatest achievements in rock n roll, this remains my favourite Sabbath record. While the band are characterised as proto-heavy metal, there's so much more to them than that. Lovely acoustic moments, some [...]
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Pat Travers - Crash and Burn

Pat Travers - Crash and Burn

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I could recommend any number of Pat Travers records - the debut album is excellent (I saw him on his first UK tour in 1976 supporting SAHB) but I went for this one because it has Snortin' Whiskey, Drinkin' Cocaine' on it which is probably his finest riff. He also does a fine version of [...]
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Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish

Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish

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Their finest of many great records, this encapsulates everything that was so magnificent about Be Bop Deluxe. Great riffs, great songs, dynamics and some magnificent Bill Nelson guitar solos. Crying To The Sky may be their finest ever song as he wrenches out one of the most emotional guitar solos ever recorded. Astonishing. If you've [...]
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Mountain - Flowers of Evil

Mountain - Flowers of Evil

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This incarnation of Mountain were at their peak when they recorded this. The first side is studio songs - all great but especially Crossroader, which they'd play live for years. The whole of the second side is recorded live at the Fillmore East and encapsulates everything they were about - big riffs and a driving [...]
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Pat Benatar - Best Shots

Pat Benatar - Best Shots

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Often overlooked when it comes to great rock singers, there was a time in the late 70s and early 80s when she shifted millions of records and had hit after hit. Records like Best Shot and the brilliant Fire and Ice which she won a Grammy for, deserve every bit of success they got. Innovative [...]
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Marillion - Seasons End

Marillion - Seasons End

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Hard to believe this is now 26 years old. Still seems like a new record to me! This is a rare picture disc that plays well and it's a lovely thing, isn't it? It remains my favourite Marillion record, largely because it features Easter, which is my favourite Marillion song. Steve Rothery's solo is just [...]
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