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The Moog Synthesiser

Robert Moog was already making Theremins in the early Sixties when he began developing the...
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Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star

Without writing a very large book it would be impossible to do full justice to...
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Legendary Venues: Hammersmith Odeon

In a hectic, rather unprepossessing part of West London dominated by the A4, a visit...
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Purple Records

Would it be unkind to call this a vanity label? Certainly Purple Records put out...
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Dandelion Records

There cannot be a rock music fan in the United Kingdom who did not at...
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Pink Floyd Soundtracks

With their genius for strange, huge soundscapes, relentless technical invention and mastery of mood, there...
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Glastonbury Festival 1971

Glastonbury Festival 1971 - When Noel Gallagher called the decision to book Jay-Z for Glasto...
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History of Track Records

The public school rebel, the streetwise East End scenester and the guitar hero: the three...
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History of Blue Horizon label

The British blues boom that started around 1963 and ran for the rest of the...
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The Strange Case of Jeff Baxter

You'd think playing in a band with Jimi Hendrix would be the pinnacle of most...
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Knebworth Festival 1985

1985. Deep Purple are back - and so is rock at Knebworth. 1980 had seen...
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The History of Dawn Records

From making televisions and the unexciting beginnings of Petula Clark and Lonnie Doneghan to the...
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