Best Of The Tremeloes, The - Tremeloes (The)

Advantages: Great playability
Disadvantages: Floyd Rose tremelo not to everybodys taste

...is something I haven't noticed. On the plus side the switching system gives them a great range of tones from heavy metal right through to a strat tone. Combining the middle pickup with the neck also gives one of the best acoustic tones I've heard from a humbucker equipped guitar. Harmonics are also great on this guitar, and fret tapping is a piece of cake for all you Van Halen wannabes out there. Nowadays, Ibanez have upgraded to the superior Infinity pickups for this model, together with a upgraded tremelo, making the guitar really good value for money. This guitar is another which sits easily with both beginner and intermediate. Pricewise, it's a perfect starter guitar and one which you won't outgrow too quickly, however the tremelo system takes some getting used to. Changing the strings, particularly changing string gauges, can take a lot... Read review

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Advantages: Great, uncomplicated pop music
Disadvantages: Their best was yet to come

...When the Tremeloes parted company from original front man Brian Poole in 1966, they confounded expectations by enjoying far greater success as a self-contained group than he did as a soloist. This reissue follows their career during the subsequent year, from both sides of the single "Good Day Sunshine" (a Beatles song) to the end of 1967, including everything in between. The entire contents of the first two albums are here, 'Here Come the Tremeloes' and 'Chip, Dave, Alan, Rick', as well as three bonus B-sides and a previously unissued track, "On Love". While nobody, least of all the guys themselves, would claim that this was the cutting edge of British pop at the time, it shows that like many of their British contemporaries, they knew how to pick good songs to cover, such as "Run Baby Run" and "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", could... Read review

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Advantages: Thought provoking, Timeless
Disadvantages: Not long enough

...,'Only Shallow' starts, you may think that there is something wrong with the recording as it sounds like a badly warped LP, this is just a taste of things to come. This is a highly produced album which has lost none of it's originality, together with it's haunting dreamy lyrics has to be one of best albums of the nineties. It includes the singles, 'To here knows when' which first appeared on the groundbreaking 'Tremelo E.P.' and 'Soon' which was later remixed by Andy Weatherall who turned it into a dance classic. This album may need a few listens before you work out what is going on but in the end you'll be glad you did.... Read review

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