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NME Encyclopedia of Rock 76

When you first started collecting records, assuming you did, what method did you use? If...

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Artists who only released one great album...

This blog was suggested by a reader and it’s a great topic.
We all have...

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Not as famous as they should be...

While some musicians became big stars, I’ve always been interested in those that were brilliant...

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Grumpy old bloke on the state of rock...

I’m aware that it’s easy to sound like a negative, grumpy old bloke when talking...

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So complex and sophisticated, I don’t think it can be bettered...

There were a lot of great live films in the 70s and I’m sure we...

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We were 'the rock lads'...

When we were at school and allowed to play records over the school speakers as...

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A huge contributor to our musical landscape - Elliott Randall

Do you know who played the guitar solo on Steely Dan’s Reelin’ In The Years?...

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Hotels, Motels and Road Shows...

I don’t know if live compilations of several different bands are made any more, I...

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Subotnik, Eno, Reich, Glass and so much more...

I’ve written before of my love of Tangerine Dream’s classic, analogue Virgin albums, but one...

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Eric Clapton is 80...

Can you believe Eric Clapton is 80 today? Proof that heroin addiction and alcoholism needn’t...

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Unimpressive Gigs...

Have you ever stopped to think about who you’ve seen live but didn’t mean to....

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Cut-offs & cut-outs...

Did you buy US ‘cut-offs’, as we used to call them, though they were often...

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