Bear Family Records have released a new addition to their Rocks series, highlighting Etta James,. How well does Etta James Rocks hold up within the series? Covering James’ recordings between […]
1950s
Bear Family Records have added another entry to their long-running Rocks series of albums. Following on from Ronnie Self, this compilation focuses on the rocking music of Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson. […]
Bear Family Records have released the latest instalment in their That’ll Flat Git It series: Volume 49 – Rockabilly and Rock’n’Roll from the vaults of Columbia and Epic Records. Containing […]
Award-winning Hambledon Productions will be recreating a trio of lost TV episodes of the British sitcom classic Hancock’s Half Hour, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. What is Hancock’s […]
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 […]
Hunted was originally released in 1952. The film starred Dirk Bogarde as Chris Lloyd, the hunted man of the title. Produced by the Rank Organisation, Hunted was the first time […]
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 […]
Originally released in 1953, The Kidnappers stars Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter, Adrienne Corri, Jean Anderson, Theodore Bikel, and Duncan Macrae. The story follows two little orphaned boys, Harry (Whiteley) and […]
Jane discusses the newly discovered episode of Dixon of Dock Green just aired on Talking Pictures TV entitled Duffy Calls the Tune.