One of the most scathing personal attacks recorded in song, Death On Two Legs was the opening track on Queen’s fourth, extravagant, eclectic masterpiece, A Night At The Opera, released in 1975 – at the time the most expensive album ever made. In his biography Norman Sheffield, Queen’s original manager (and owner of the world […]
On a scorching hot German day we left Olivia’s secret village for a trip to Frankfurt with her Mum. Siv flying to Sweden to see relatives, Olivia and I having a day exploring Frankfurt or in truth checking out some record stores. Leaving at 7 AM was tricky for night owls and once Siv had […]
What better way to start the New Year than to find what is allegedly England’s first all Electronic band. Basil Brooks and Gwyo Zepix formed Zorch in the early seventies (Gwyo taking his name from their Surrey cottage commune post code). They played free festivals in the seventies such as Windsor in 1974, Meigan Fayre in 1975 […]
Tomorrow I fly to Bordeaux with Anekdoten to headline a French festival, so it seemed appropriate to share some French Symphonic Prog recorded in 1973/74 under the direction of pianist Cyrille Verdeaux. Three members of Gong appear on the record including Steve Hillage on electric guitar, Dider Malherbe on tenor sax and Tim Blake on […]
Tears Of Rage was originally recorded in 1967 and was written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel, it wasn’t released under Dylan’s name till The Basement Tapes in 1975. The Band opened their debut album, Music From The Big Pink with the song in 1968. It has been covered by many artists including Gene Clark, […]
Whatever happened to Susan Traynor? It’s a question that despite investigation seems hard to answer, so let me rephrase it. Whatever happened to Noosha Fox? For those of you that listened to the Pop charts pre Punk you would be very familiar with a string of catchy singles sung by a strangely charismatic front person […]