LIVING FOR TODAY: John Lennon – ‘IMAGINE’ (1971) [email protected] November 30, 2022 On his last solo album Lennon declared ‘The Dream is Over’ – but in longing for peace on ‘Imagine’ he can be judged as saying Long live the Dream. RANTS & REFLECTIONS George Harrison, Imagine, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
OUT OF AFRICA: Paul McCartney & Wings – BAND ON THE RUN [email protected] October 7, 2022 BAND ON THE RUN (1973): Paul makes his definitive post-Beatles statement – going to Africa in order to record it. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Band on the Run, Denny Laine, George Harrison, John Lennon, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Beatles
HULL OF FAME – Alan Hull & ‘PIPEDREAM’ [email protected] June 15, 2022 Brimming with wit, wisdom, purpose and poignancy, ‘PIPEDREAM’ (1973) is the great ‘lost’ masterpiece of 70s British rock. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Alan Hull, Every Picture Tells A Story, Lindisfarne, Pipedream, Ray Jackson, Ray Laidlaw, Rod Clements, Rod Stewart, Simon Cowe, The Beatles
REVOLUTION-CONVOLUTION-EVOLUTION: Twenty Great Albums of 1968 [email protected] April 7, 2022 Twenty Great Albums of 1968: Small Faces – OGDEN’S NUT GONE FLAKE: A fast moving feast of rock, layered pop, surrealism and Cockney revelry. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, The Band, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Kinks, Van Morrison
BLOODY MINDED – Twenty great albums of 1969……. [email protected] November 26, 2021 Twenty Great Albums of 1969: Chaos, copulation, conflict – the Rolling Stones cover it all on ‘LET IT BLEED’. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dusty Springfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Poco, Rolling Stones, The Band, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who
BRIDGING THE GAP – Simon & Garfunkel ‘BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER’ [email protected] November 15, 2021 ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ was in the collection of most people who bought LP’s during the 70s – giving a less abrasive sound to what was now known as ‘rock’. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Art Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Carole King, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Tapestry, The Beatles
MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION – Twenty Great Albums of 1970 [email protected] June 22, 2021 The Domino effect: Eric Clapton produces a spotless collection with Derek & the Dominoes. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Creedence Clearwater Revival, CSNY, George Harrison, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison
LENNON – The New York Years (documentary review): [email protected] October 16, 2020 Yoko Ono asks the question nobody can answer: ‘John was an artist. Why would anybody want to kill an artist?’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Double Fantasy, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
FANTASTIC PLASTIC – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band… [email protected] September 10, 2020 ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ is without equal as a statement of personal expression, raw with intensity, unflinching in heartfelt emotion. RANTS & REFLECTIONS John Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Phil Spector, Plastic Ono Band, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ – ‘ECHO IN THE CANYON’ has good reverberations…….. [email protected] August 4, 2020 ‘ECHO in the CANYON’ is a love letter to the audacious new music that seeped out of LA during the mid-60s. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Buffalo Springfield, David Crosby, Echo in the Canyon, Jackson Browne, Stephen Stills, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Mamas and The Papas, Tom Petty