Top of the Pops 1966
And They Said It Wouldn’t Last – My 50 Years In Music (8 CD boxset) 
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Chant: Music for Paradise 
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Music From The Motion Picture Almost Famous 
The film Almost Famous is set in 1973, a time when rock and roll was about to evolve into a lumbering, arena-conquering dinosaur. Director Cameron Crowe–who was himself a teenage rock journalist for Rolling Stone magazine–has applied his own first-hand knowledge of the 1970s rock scene and co-produced a soundtrack that neatly encapsulates an era in rock and roll history. Contributions from Simon and Garfunkel (”America”) and the Beach Boys (”Feel Flows”) nod to a gentler musical scene on its way out, while tracks by Lynyrd Skynyrd (”Simple Man”), the Allman Brothers Band (”One Way Out”) and Led Zeppelin (”That’s The Way”) indicate the shape of rock to come. Meanwhile, David Bowie’s version of “I’m Waiting for the Man” hints at the glam scene lurking just around the corner, and Clarence Thomas’s “Slip Away” provides an example of perfect 1970s soul. Even Almost Famous’s fictitious house band, Stillwater, contribute a track: the nicely retro, guitar-rocking “Fever Dog”. –Robert Burrow
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Drop It Till It Pops Customer Review: Yo Ho Ho!
This deserves a wordier review! This great Liverpool trio seem to be lumped in with yer basic NME-friendly shoutalong indie but theres a lot more to them than that. There’s all sorts of stuff going on here. Really great songwriting, some great Pirate/Sea shanty references, some off-kilter time signatures, great lyrics, choruses you can sing along to, great harmony vocals and lots of whoops and hollers! Think a supercharged Field Music, XTC, or maybe The Battles if they decided to write pop songs. To cap it all, theres a sort of Afro-pop element there as well that Peelie would have loved. Many moments of sheer, unhinged delight in a field of its own.
Customer Review: Excellent Album!!!
I recently bought this album after going to a Hot Club gig and it is fantastic. Gets you singing along and chuckling at the lyrics. If you ever get a chance to see Hot Club De Paris live, do it… you will not regret it!
