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MORE LONG-LOST HONKERS AND TWANGERS.

More Long-Lost Honkers and Twangers. Label: Ace Records.. Release Date: ’28th’ February 2020. Back in October 2013, Ace Records released the critically acclaimed  compilation Long-Lost Honkers and Twangers which featured twenty-six tracks from the Golden Age of Instrumental Rock ’N’ Roll . Since then, fans of instrumentals have awaited the followup to Long-Lost Honkers and …

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SOUNDS OF THE UNEXPECTED.

Sounds Of The Unexpected. Label: Ace Records. Ever since she was teenager growing up in Southend-on-Sea, on the Thames Delta, Vicki Fox loved music and was an enthusiastic and knowledgeable  collector of vinyl. It was no surprise that when Vicki Fox moved to London, she would embark upon a career in the music industry. One …

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SHAZAM! AND OTHER INSTRUMENTALS WRITTEN BY LEE HAZLEWOOD.

SHAZAM! AND OTHER INSTRUMENTALS WRITTEN BY LEE HAZLEWOOD. During a career that spanned six decades, Lee Hazlewood was a singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He even founded his own record label LHI Records in 1967. By then, Lee Hazlewood had been involved with music since the the early fifties. By then, Lee Hazlewood’s life was …

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THE VENTURES-IN THE VAULTS VOLUME 5.

THE VENTURES-IN THE VAULTS VOLUME 5. When Don Wilson and Bob Bogle founded The Ventures in Seattle in 1958, little did they know that fifty years later, in 2008, they would be inducted into the Rock ’N’ Roll Hall of Fame. In the intervening fifty years, The Ventures sold over 100 million records. This makes …

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