Jack the Tab revisited over at An Idiot’s Guide to Dreaming. Includes a great interview with Richard Norris who went on to be half of The Grid with Dave Ball. Richard DJ’ed at one of St Albans’ first acid house nights in the autumn of 1988. He’d been involved with the Bam Caruso psychedelia reissue …
Gustav Carrion was in charge of the Avant Garde and Experimental records section, in the upstairs part of the store. Carrion despised the world. Most people were pathetic drones, going about their sad, humdrum, media-saturated lives, clueless as to the genius of Robert Ashley and Anima. The 53-year old lit up a roll-up, and settled …
Despite Dubversion’s protestations to the contrary – myself and Aphasic (MD, the Junk Yard) were unanimous in our verdict. We had a response rate which was impressive in terms of quality AND quantity so narrowing it all down to three was hard. So in reverse order: Third Prize: Robbe VL 1. aphasic = not in …
From the official band biography: In July of 1968, Iron Butterfly released the monumental LP, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, featuring the 17:05 minute side-long track that shook the entire music industry with its phenomenal reception. ‘Vida outsold every record in the history of recorded music within the first year of its release (over eight million copies sold) and …
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The answer to Nina’s query here. Is probably here. We have been rocking “Live at San Quentin” heavily in our house since I bought it for L’s birthday. It is without doubt one of the best albums ever made. Cash’s empathy with the San Quentin inmates is amazing to hear after so many do-gooding musician’s …