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22.1.26

RINGO – A Fab Life by Tom Doyle

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Pity the poor drummers, left high and dry when the band no longer needs them, even one as famous as Ringo Starr. Singers and guitarists are ...
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10.1.26

DAVID BOWIE – TEN YEARS GONE (Part 2)

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The switch in record labels from RCA to EMI in 1982 saw David Bowie pocket a reputed $17 million advance and move back into the musical main...
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9.1.26

DAVID BOWIE - TEN YEARS GONE (Part 1)

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DAVID BOWIE 1947-2016 “I pour out what has already been fed in.  I merely reflect what is going on around me.” – David Bowie, July 1973. Dav...
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31.12.25

1975 In New York Rock - A Summary

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Fifty years ago, at the end of 1975, I was called upon by Melody Maker ’s editor to summarise the year in rock in New York, where I had live...
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26.12.25

MY GIBSON LG1

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I will have owned my Gibson LG1 acoustic guitar for 50 years today. I bought it in New York, from a shop called We Buy Guitars on West 58th ...
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24.12.25

SURF’S UP: BRIAN WILSON & THE BEACH BOYS by Peter Doggett

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Behind a cover that shamelessly mimics the typography and colour scheme of Pet Sounds lies the best book on The Beach Boys I have read sinc...
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23.12.25

CHRIS REA (1951-1925)

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It’s a bit of a cliché to call a rock star down to earth, implying that he or she is unchanged by fame but there is no more apt description ...
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24.11.25

PATTI SMITH - 50 Years Ago This Week

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Fifty years ago this week I met up with Patti Smith at a rehearsal studio on New York’s West Side to interview her for Melody Maker . We alr...
19.11.25

YOU’VE GOT MICHAEL: Living Through HIStory – A Memoir By Dan Beck

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Jackson, that is, and to have ‘got’ Michael was something of a poisoned chalice as Dan Beck, senior product manager at Epic Records in New Y...