SQUIRE PURPOSE – Alan Hull & SQUIRE
SQUIRE: Few who sat a piano to compose in 1975 were capable of something quite so compelling as ‘One More Bottle of Wine.’
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TYNE TRAVEL – Lindisfarne & FOG ON THE TYNE
FOG ON THE TYNE (1971) established Lindisfarne as a major force – receiving high critical acclaim while spending four weeks at number one in the UK album charts.
TUNE ARMY – Lindisfarne & ‘NICELY OUT OF TUNE’ (1970)
‘Nicely Out of Tune’ gained many positive reviews, one proclaiming Alan Hull as the best songwriter since Dylan, but initially failed to chart.
HULL OF FAME – Alan Hull & ‘PIPEDREAM’
Brimming with wit, wisdom, purpose and poignancy, ‘PIPEDREAM’ (1973) is the great ‘lost’ masterpiece of 70s British rock.
IT WAS A JAMBOREE – Twenty great albums of 1973
Twenty Great Albums of 1973: The Dark Side of the Moon: Bold tangents, rich textures, inch-perfect cohesion;
CASHING IN – Twenty songs with MONEY in the title…….
THE BEATLES: We might find some on the road…………
HIGH FIVE – Twenty Great Albums from 1975……..
Twenty great albums from 1975: ‘Born to Run’ sounds like what may have happened had Phil Spector produced ‘Blonde on Blonde.’
TYNE MACHINE – The chequered history of LINDISFARNE…….
With Hull writing imaginative lyrics over folk-rock melodies, Lindisfarne were quickly a force to be reckoned with.
ANYONE THIRSTY? – Twenty Songs About Drinking
Twenty Songs about Drinking: Rod and the lads – off their Faces…..