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‘Power’ is one of the band’s best albums in my humble opinion. This album was the first after the band reformed in 1985. They had split a couple of years earlier after a couple of albums featuring the Elefante brothers, John and Dino. This album ... more »

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Y&T ‘Down For The Count’ A&M (1985)

by Jason on Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:17 GMT

Y&T ‘Down For The Count’ A&M (1985)

Y&T had been going as far back as the mid-70′s and prior to this album they had released a string of well received albums including ‘Mean Steak’ and ‘Black Tiger’. Main man Dave Meniketti has a nice raw vocal amply suited to the ... more »

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XTC ‘Apple Venus – Volume 1′ Cooking Vinyl (2003)

by Jason on Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:14 GMT

XTC ‘Apple Venus – Volume 1′ Cooking Vinyl (2003)

Ahhh XTC a fine band who started out in the late 70′s New Wave boom and have since spread their musical wings in any direction that takes their fancy. Sadly due to main man Andy Partridge’s stage fright problems they ... more »

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DIRTY WHITE BOY ‘Bad Reputation’ Polydor (1990)

by Jason on Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:13 GMT

DIRTY WHITE BOY ‘Bad Reputation’ Polydor (1990)

Sadly Dirty White Boy only ever did this one album but boy is it a corker! Formed around ex-Guffria vocalist David Glenn Eisley and former David Bowie guitarist Earl Slick they rocked big time with plenty of slide guitar courtesy of Earl ... more »

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DISTANCE ‘Under The One Sky’ Reprise Records (1989)

by Jason on Thu 26 Jan 2012 22:11 GMT

DISTANCE ‘Under The One Sky’ Reprise Records (1989)

The Distance were a natural successor to the Powerstation who featured legendary producer Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson and replacing Robert Palmer was Robert Hart. Musically this has some great funk rock numbers such as ‘Give It Up’, neat AOR rock ... more »

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