Summer is here, and Germany’s Bear Family Records has sought to provide the perfect accompanist at vintage BBQs or beach parties. Surf Beat is a collection of mostly 1960s-era Surf […]
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Jamie Dyer writes about Over and Out, the debut solo album by Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt; First posthumously released in 2018. When Rick Parfitt passed away on Christmas Eve 2016, […]
Conway Twitty’s album How Much More Can She Stand was first released in 1971. It contains only eight tracks, two of them penned by Twitty himself. How Much More Can […]
Following on from my review of Hello Darlin’, here we take a look at Fifteen Years Ago, Conway Twitty’s second album of 1970. The album opens strongly, with the upbeat […]
Bear Family Records has continued its long-running Jukebox Pearls series with another entry, highlighting the work of trombonist and singer Lillian Briggs. The album features 32 songs recorded between 1955 […]
As part of Bear Family Records‘ long-running Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight series, the label has released a compilation of Bob Wills recordings. Entitled Ida Red Likes The Boogie, the […]
Conway Twitty’s album Hello Darlin’, featuring the hit single of the same name, was first released in 1970. It reached number one on the US country chart. Hello Darlin’ features […]
Continuing in their Rocks series, Bear Family Records have released a volume celebrating blues man Roy Brown. Roy Brown was active from the mid-forties until his death in 1981. He […]
Record Store Day has come around again, and as usual, it offers up an interesting smattering of releases that fans and newcomers will want to snap up. One of these […]
Yes, I know. It’s yet another reissue of material that has been reissued before. Quo’s Pye material has seen so many releases over the years, but I was most intrigued […]