Spirit – Two Sides of a Rainbow: Live at the Rainbow 1978
Spirit’s blend of psychedelic and progressive rock is inspiring. Two Sides Of A Rainbow was originally recorded at the legendary Rainbow Theatre in London…
Poco – The Epic Years 1972-1976
Born from the ashes of Buffalo Springfield, Poco would go on to be hugely influential in the field of what we now know as…
Killer – Vol 2: Only The Strong Survive
It’s fair to say that Killer are the most influential of all Belgian heavy metal bands (Belgian metal is highly underrated, check out the…
Blackthorne – We Won’t Be Forgotten: The Blackthorne Anthology
Rainbow’s ‘Down To Earth’ is one of the classic hard rock albums. The vocalist from that album was a certain Graham Bonnet, who would…
Trick or Treat – Music To Scare Your Neighbours: Vintage 45s From Lux and Ivy’s Haunted Basement
Once again Cherry Red unleash a fine collection of vintage 45s on double CD as picked by Lux and Ivy from The Cramps. Released…
The Secret History Of The Hell-Fire Clubs
From Rabelais and John Dee to Anton LaVey and Timothy Leary By Geoffrey Ashe Published by Inner Traditions Most people have heard of the…
Dracula As Absolute Other
The Troubling And Distracting Specter of Stoker’s Vampire On Screen By Simon Bacon Published by McFarland This an excellent book exploring the role of…
Riot – Live In America
The Official Bootleg Set, Vol 3 (1981-1988) Riot are one of heavy metal’s great ‘nearly made it huge’ bands. There are a number of…
Spirit – The Complete Potatoland: Remastered & Expanded Edition
It’s fair to say, such an album as this could only have been created in the 1970s. Guitarist Randy California had departed from Spirit…
By Winston Churchill: books in review
Thoughts and Adventures Published by ISI ‘Thoughts and Adventures’ is rightly considered to be Churchill’s undiscovered classic. It was written during Churchill’s ‘wilderness years’…