Content tagged with 'Classic recordings'
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Rain Song
Classic Album Sundays will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy this month. We asked founder Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy why it is still so special.… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 27 Feb 2013
Categories: Classic recordings, Listen and you'll see, Music
Tags: classic album sundays, Classic recordings, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, Houses of the Holy, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, The Rain Song
Classic Recordings: Blondie – Parallel Lines
Blondie – Parallel Lines Chrysalis (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Of course Deborah Harry, herself, was the centre of many a teenage boy’s lustful dreamings when Blondie hit the UK pop… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 6 Jul 2012
Categories: Music
Tags: Blondie, classic album reviews, Classic recordings, Deborah Harry, Disco, Heart Of Glass, New Wave, vinyl
Classic Recordings: The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Parlophone (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby So much has been written about the band and about this album that anything written here… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 31 May 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: bowers & wilkins, Classic audiophile recordings, Classic recordings, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles, vinyl
Classic Recordings: Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks Columbia (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby Blood on the Tracks will be the featured album for Classic Album Sunday’s NYC launch. This was an… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 6 Mar 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Classic recordings, Classic vinyl, Rock
Classic Recordings: John Coltrane – Blue Train
John Coltrane – Blue Train Blue Note (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby John Coltrane was an innovator and, like any innovator, he clashed with the traditional ear. Some critics enjoyed his… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: Blue Train, Classic recordings, Classic vinyl, jazz, John Coltrane
Classic Recordings: Stone Roses – Stone Roses
Stone Roses – Stone Roses Silvertone (Vinyl) Stone Roses is this month’s Classic Album Sunday featured album and will be played at 5pm, Sunday 4th December. We’d like as many… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 29 Nov 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: Classic recordings, classic vinyl releases, Don't Stop, Stone Roses
Classic Recordings: Nirvana – Nevermind
Nirvana – Nevermind Universal (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby There’s plenty of myths surrounding the rock-grunge legends, Nirvana. Many would be surprised to hear that the pop genre and its inherent… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 18 Nov 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: Classic recordings, classic vinyl releases, Grunge, Nevermind, Nirvana
Classic Recordings: Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black Universal Republic (Vinyl) By Paul Rigby It still seems rather frustrating to her many fans that the name ‘Amy Winehouse’ is synonymous with excessive… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, Classic recordings, Classic vinyl
Classic Recordings: Tangerine Dream – Zeit
Tangerine Dream – Zeit Reactive Vinyl By Paul Rigby Zeit was a significant album for Tangerine Dream. On a technical level, it was a breakthrough project for the band principally… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 14 Sep 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: Ambient, audiophile, Classic recordings, classic vinyl release, Tangerine Dream, vinyl
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
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