Dean Rudland continues his search for lost Latin soul with a new compilation, entitled The Soul Of Spanish Harlem. This 20-track CD focuses on the sounds made by Nuyoricans in the late-60s, drawing on the output of labels Fania, Uptite, and Cotique, and includes sought-after sounds by artists such as […]
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Wimple Winch compilation out
Well-loved beat/freakbeat/psychedelic explorers Wimple Winch have not had a commercially available CD in print for many years. That all changes now with the release of Tales From The Sinking Ship. The multinational group from the north of England started out as Just Four Men, and produced a couple of great […]
The Mourning After new single
Sheffield's fine Hammond-garage rockers The Mourning After have just released a new limited single on Detour Records. The band, who originally began in 1988, have released singles on Detour before – the last one however was almost a decade ago. So it is great to see this 7" picture disc […]
Pretty Things 1969 album released
In 1969 The Pretty Things recorded an album that was never commerically released, but that has all changed now thanks to Ugly Things Records. After SF Sorrow was released in 1968 the band went through some upheaval, with guitarist Dick Taylor and drummer Twink departing. Enter Phillipe Debarge; French playboy, […]
Carlo Little's star-studded album
Now here is an album with a stellar line-up of 60s legends that almost never came out. Carlo Little was a ’60s drumming legend. He played with The Savages, Cyril Davies All Stars, The Rolling Stones and The Hoochie Coochie Men amongst many other favourites of the beat era. In […]
Rolling Stones reshape Dartford map
It seems those Dartford renegades The Rolling Stones are now firmly accepted by the establishment, as news breaks that a number of new streets in Dartford are to be named after the bands’ songs. Local councillors approved on Thursday the use of 13 Stones-related names for a new development called […]
Heavy Mod Mojo CD
Mojo magazine comes up trumps again with its latest issue that features another quality cover-mounted compilation CD. The Heavy Mod CD contains 15 tracks from artists such as The Move, The Yardbirds, Deep Purple, The Creation, The Pretty Things, Small Faces, and Aphrodite’s Child. Mojo says it is celebrating ‘the […]
Kinks Picture Book box set
It’s amazing to think that no-one has managed to compile a Kinks’ box set in all these years – until now. Yes Sanctuary has got round to compiling Picture Book, a six-CD box of tracks compiled by Ray Davies. It covers all of the band’s 40-year career (which could be […]
