Solid Rock - Alvin Lee & Ten Years After

Advantages: Value of money, something different!
Disadvantages: Not for everyone!

...…diddly-do, diddly-do) ***THE PRESENT*** It nearly *was* a present – I bought it and then had to take the thing back again as I need the cash for more pressing things. Like food. Used to be a bit financially challenged y’see, I even got bought the Alvin Hall book. But I digress, I’m stable now but my lovely girlfriend nearly got it back for me out of the goodness of her heart. She rocks. ANYWAY, I went back to HMV recently – still £10.99, best deal I can find actually, and now it is mine once more. Despite a slight glitch with my CD player it’s now fully functional and ready to delight my ears. Will it delight yours? Read on! ***HANOI ROCKS – BRIEF HISTORY*** We got a lot of tracks ahead, boys and girls, so short & sweet on band info. Check the links below if you’re curious about the guys. They were/are: Vocals/occasional saxophone – Michael... Read review

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Advantages: Stunning, jaw-dropping, powerful and immediate, I hope that's an advantage.
Disadvantages: That is wasn't four times as long on the same vibe, as Pearl Jam lost the edge after this debut.

...Pearl Jam 10 is without doubt the best debut around. No frills no spills, just simply the best. When they got together, they had just four days of solid practising and jamming before launching into a gig, and the album followed very soon after. With a raw edge about it, it has a warmth to it that very few artists acheive in the studio, a real immediacy. Starting with the driving Once it sets its path from the off, before launching furiously into the slightly funky Even Flow, where Mike McCready lets fly with another blues anchored speed solo.Alive comes next and what an anthum it is before slipping into the screeching, aggresive Why go. Then the mood eases for Black, beautiful and emotional, Jeremy and Oceans, the only track that doesn't have the live potential of the others. Back on to the harder rock vibe sees Porch scream by (check... Read review

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Advantages: It's David Bowie
Disadvantages: None

...In 1974 which was the year disco broke big, hitherto the preserve of the Latino and Gay communities, this genre of music had number 1's in the shape of the Hues Corporation with the track "Rock the Boat" and George McCrae with "Rock your Baby so disco was getting to be big business. During the Late Summer of 1974 while taking a break from the "Diamond Dogs" tour Bowie booked himself into the Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia ran by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff to record what would turn out to be one of the most influential albums of the 70's. Whenever Bowie switched on the radio while in the States he had been fed a diet of the international sound of Philadelphia, Bowie at the time was nuts on the sound of the 3 degrees and M.F.S.B. (which stands for Mother Father Sister Brother) there was even a rumour at the time that Bowie tried... Read review

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