Hidden treasures: ‘Occasional Rain’
❉ Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs plunder a rich world of bittersweet gems.
Articles by Martin Ruddock
London Bye Ta-Ta: David Bowie’s Lost Single
❉ Martin Ruddock on the ‘lost’ Bowie single, recorded 50 years ago today on the singer’s 23rd birthday.
Electric Banana: ‘The Complete De Wolfe Sessions’ reviewed
❉ After years out of print, the complete Electric Banana recordings have finally been given the archive treatment they deserve.
‘Music From Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service’
❉ Weird, wonderful and arguably the most We Are Cult-friendly compilation ever.
‘Space Oddity’ at 50: Notes on a rocket launch
❉ Martin Ruddock traces the genesis of Space Oddity, released 50 years ago today.
Fleetwood Mac – ‘Before the Beginning’
❉ A new archival release from Peter Green’s original incarnation of Fleetwood Mac.
The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition)
❉ Not to mince words, this is the most Brexit package of extras for a major album reissue in living memory
‘State Of The Union – The American Dream In Crisis’
❉ St Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs round up an impeccable collection of cuts by middle-aged artists coming to terms with the late 60s.
Procol Harum: ‘Still There’ll Be More – An Anthology 1967-2017’ reviewed
❉ Martin Ruddock on the band ‘that sounded like they could kick your head in, but do it in a very clever way’.
‘The Invisible World of Beautify Junkyards’ reviewed
❉ A fifteen-track journey into something mesmerisingly otherworldly and out of time.