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German Electronic bands...

German electronic music has a fascinating history. It was hugely influential on music ever...
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Grunt: The non-Jefferson Airplane releases

When Jefferson Airplane set up Grunt it was to release their own records. And for...

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Deep Purple: Mark ii or Mark iii ?

It’s an argument that will rage forever. On on hand you got a classic live...

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The Incredible String Band: Very hip. Very counterculture.

If there is an example of the late 60's quirky, off the wall spirit it...
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Grand Funk: Popular in one country, ignored in another...

If you lived in the UK in the 1970s you wouldn’t have heard much...

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The Prolific Stephen Stills...

It’s not remarked on enough that in the first half of the 1970s, one of...
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Mountain: I don’t know why I love them so much....

As any record collector knows, you get taken by a passion for a band for...
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They don’t prescribe it, but maybe they should!!!

You may or not know that in mid November, I, Johnny, had a stroke.
It’s...

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Quirky and Very English

Canterbury is a sleepy place to host and define a musical...
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Bad Company: The very definition of Classic Rock

It went well from the start. With Free in ashes, Rodgers and Kirk formed...
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Alvin Lee: The Solo Albums

Alvin was, of course, the star of Ten Years After. When the band fell apart,...

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The Long Lost Groundhogs

There was a time in the early seventies when it seemed...
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