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CULT CLASSIC: ROY BUCHANAN- YOU’RE NOT ALONE.

Cult Classic: Roy Buchanan-You’re Not Alone. In 1976,  guitarist Roy Buchanan signs to Atlantic Records and over the next two years, recorded a trio of albums. This included 1978s You’re Not Alone, proved to be the thirty-nine old’s Atlantic Records’ swan-song. By then, Roy Buchanan was an experienced musician whose career began when he was just fifteen. That was when he joined Johnny Otis Rhythm …

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THE BEST REISSUES OF 2017-PART 6.

The Best Reissues Of 2017-Part 6. Radiohead-OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 – 2017. Label: XL Recordings. In June 1997, post rock pioneers Radiohead released the album that transformed their career, and catapulted them to music’s premier league. OK Computer with its abstract lyrics, densely layered sound and eclectic range of disparate influences was very different to …

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ROY BUCHANAN-LOADING ZONE AND YOU’RE NOT ALONE.

Roy Buchanan-Loading Zone and You’re Not Alone. In 1977, Roy Buchanan was thirty-eight, and about to record his second album for Atlantic Records, Loading Zone. Roy Buchanan had been paired with Stanley Clarke, the classically trained pioneer of fusion. Roy Buchanan and Stanley Clarke looked like an unlikely partnership, but one that ultimately got results. Proof of …

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CHARLIE GILLETT’S RADIO PICKS-HONKY TONK VOLUME 2.

CHARLIE GILLETT’S RADIO PICKS-HONKY TONK VOLUME 2. Music was Charlie Gillett’s life. He literally lived for music. It was his passion. As a result, Charlie had an encyclopaedic and eclectic knowledge of music. That was apparent to listeners to his radio show Honky Tonk, which first hit Radio London’s airwaves in 1972.  Soon, Charlie was …

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