The Strange Brew - artist stories behind the greatest music ever recorded
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Rock music from the mid 60s onwards - podcasts, features and much more
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Joe Meek – A Curious Mind
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Sananda Maitreya
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Derek Shulman’s Giant Steps
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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The Beatles: How Four Lads Rewrote History
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Being Paul Jones: Reinvention, Longevity and the Call of the Blues
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Becoming Paul Jones: Early Influences, Manfred Mann and Making It
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Ray Ennis – The Swinging Blue Jeans
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Mike Batt on songwriting and his symphony
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Steve Hackett: The Lamb Stands Up
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Bob Jackson – Badfinger
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Al Jardine
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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1975: The Year the World Forgot
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Don Powell – Slade
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Main Course: Bob Stanley on the Bee Gees’ Reinvention
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Fresh Cream Revisited
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May 30, 2025 |
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Daryl Hooper – The Seeds
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May 23, 2025 |
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Mike McCartney’s Box of Scaffold
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May 16, 2025 |
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Inside Kate Bush’s Never For Ever
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May 09, 2025 |
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David Freiberg – Jefferson Starship
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May 02, 2025 |
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John Corabi – The Dead Daisies
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Gentle Giant’s Derek Shulman and John Weathers
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Jon King – Gang of Four
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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The Primitives
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Wolfgang Flür – Ex Kraftwerk
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Ashley Hutchings
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Promoting Pink Floyd, Springsteen and the Stones: Paul Rappaport Remembers
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Lynval Golding – The Specials
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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The Vapors
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Parthenon Huxley’s Electric Light Odyssey
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Gerry Leonard on David Bowie
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Rick Buckler remembered
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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John Steel on 60 years of The Animals
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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The Making of The Human League’s Dare
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Mark Plati on David Bowie
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Waddy Wachtel
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Dave Mattacks
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Ken Scott on The Beatles, Bowie, and Beyond
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Leland Sklar
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Danny Kortchmar
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Clive Langer
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Phill Brown on Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Leslie Mandoki – Mandoki Soulmates
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Island Records 1969-70
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Keith Hopwood – Herman’s Hermits
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Bruce Woolley
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen: Bee Gees Drummer Dies at 78
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Tony Banks
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Arthur Brown on The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Peter Perrett
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Rosalie Cunningham
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Jeff Wayne on The War of the Worlds
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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The Thunderclap Newman Story
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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John Paul White
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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American Bubblegum Pop 1966-1971
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Those Pretty Wrongs
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Chris Leslie – Fairport Convention
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Susan Cowsill – Continental Drifters, The Cowsills
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Frank Zappa’s Apostrophe (‘) at 50
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Terry Reid
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Richie Furay
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Alan Parsons on Pyramid, The Beatles and Pink Floyd
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Steve Wynn – The Dream Syndicate
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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My Mama, Cass
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Alan Whitehead – Marmalade
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Larry Tamblyn – The Standells
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Kate Bush – Her Life and Music
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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John Mayall: Farewell to the Godfather of British Blues
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Chris Slade – AC/DC
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Russ Giguere – The Association
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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The American Sounds of 1968
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Albert Hammond
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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John Flansburgh – They Might Be Giants
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Gerry Beckley – America
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Nick Simper – Deep Purple, Warhorse
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Terry Britten
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May 31, 2024 |
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Nik Kershaw
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May 24, 2024 |
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Robin Trower
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May 18, 2024 |
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Terri Thal – Dave, Bob and Me
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May 10, 2024 |
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Philip Norman on John Lennon
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May 06, 2024 |
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Kimono My House at 50
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May 03, 2024 |
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Billy Morrison
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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John Fiddler – Medicine Head
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Ian Hunter
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Paul Hanley on Buzzcocks
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Phil Manzanera – Revolución to Roxy
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Music from Laurel Canyon
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Wesley Stace
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Dave Scott Morgan – ELO
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Mike Vickers – Manfred Mann
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Michelle Phillips – The Mamas & The Papas
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Tim Arnold and Kevin Godley
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Dion
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Chester Thompson
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Tom McGuinness – Manfred Mann
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Derek Forbes – Simple Minds
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Felix Cavaliere – The Rascals
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Melanie on her life and music
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Harold Bronson’s Rock and Roll Diaries
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Denmark Street
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Jenny Boyd
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Glen Matlock In Conversation
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Bruce Soord – The Pineapple Thief
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Morgan Fisher
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Annie Haslam – Renaissance
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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John Cowsill and Vicki Peterson
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Simon Bonney – Crime & the City Solution
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Skunk Baxter
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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American Power Pop In The Seventies
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Roger Earl – Foghat
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Hugh Grundy – The Zombies
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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John Rhino Edwards – Status Quo
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Michael Fennelly
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Island Records 1959-1968
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Martin Carthy
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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John Lodge – The Moody Blues
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Clem Burke
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Frank Allen – The Searchers
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Simon Nicol – Fairport Convention
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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John Coghlan
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Focal Point, Beatles and Apple
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Kiki Dee
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Henry Diltz on CSN&Y
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Judy Collins
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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The American Sounds Of 1967
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Raving Upon Thames
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Gordon Giltrap
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Stephen Duffy – The Lilac Time
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Geoff Bridgford – Bee Gees
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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The USA Hard Rock Scene 1967-1973
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Nick Drake: The Life
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Bettye LaVette
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Scott Holiday – Rival Sons
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Harvey Lisberg – managing Herman’s Hermits and 10cc
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Pub rock and the birth of new wave
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May 26, 2023 |
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Remembering Pete Brown
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May 20, 2023 |
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Marquee: The Story of the World’s Greatest Music Venue
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May 19, 2023 |
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Mike d’Abo
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May 15, 2023 |
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Peggy Seeger
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May 12, 2023 |
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Steve Howe – Tomorrow and YES
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May 05, 2023 |
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Rob Chapman on Syd Barrett
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Martin Fry – ABC
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Martin Turner on Wishbone Ash
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Geraint Watkins
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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The History of Goth
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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King Crimson at 50
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Caleb Quaye
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Allan Clarke
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Bernie Marsden
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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High Times In Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Andy Fairweather Low
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Steve Hillage
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Mikael Rickfors – The Hollies
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Tony King
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Leo Lyons – Ten Years After and Hundred Seventy Split
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Joe Jammer
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Sam Brown
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Almost Beatles Songs
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Dick Taylor – The Pretty Things
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Kevin Armstrong
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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John Williams
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Ray Russell
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Graham Gouldman – 10cc
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Paul Sexton on Charlie Watts
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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George Martin – Pre-Beatles Productions
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Rick Buckler – The Jam
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Roine Stolt – The Flower Kings
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Helen O’Hara – Dexys Midnight Runners
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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The British Toytown Sound 1967-1974
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Michael Snow
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Ron Ryan
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Trevor Horn
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Elliott Murphy
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Shawn Phillips
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Paul Jones on The Blues
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Brian Auger
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1973
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Bruce Thomas – Elvis Costello and The Attractions
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Jorma Kaukonen
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Phil Manzanera
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Steven Page
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Terry Chambers – XTC
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Walter Trout
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Mo Foster
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Judith Durham: Seekers lead singer dies aged 79
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Steve Hackett on Genesis Revisited and Hackett Highlights
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Verden Allen – Mott The Hoople
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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The Roots of British Power Pop 1969-75
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Lou Gramm
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Tony Valentino of The Standells
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Colin Petersen – The Bee Gees
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Tony Fox Sales
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Andy Roberts
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Garry Christian – The Christians
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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John Steel – The Animals
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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The Sound of Los Angeles 1965-68
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May 27, 2022 |
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Alan White dies aged 72
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May 26, 2022 |
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Mick Grabham – Procol Harum, Cochise, Plastic Penny
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May 21, 2022 |
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Bob Marshall on John Miles
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May 13, 2022 |
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Chris Thompson – Ex-Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
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May 11, 2022 |
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Bill Bruford
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Prescott Niles – The Knack
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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John Illsley – Dire Straits
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Alan Warner – The Foundations
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Derv Gordon – The Equals
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Rick Wakeman
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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John Carter
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Tony Hazzard
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Keith Potger – The Seekers
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Jimmy Webb
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Gerry McAvoy on Rory Gallagher
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Remembering Gary Brooker
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Chris Amoo – The Real Thing
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Glenn Gregory
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Bob Dylan and John Lennon
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Davey Johnstone – The Elton John Band
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Ian Anderson – Jethro Tull
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Junior Campbell – The Solo Years
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Junior Campbell – The Marmalade Years
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Sharon Robinson
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Barry Adamson
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Pete Brown
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Andy Bown – Status Quo
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Wally Waller – The Pretty Things
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Bev Bevan – The Move, ELO, Black Sabbath and Quill
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Jim McCarty – The Yardbirds
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Brumrock 1966-1974
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Eric Bell – Thin Lizzy
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Phil Palmer – Dire Straits Legacy
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Chris Jagger
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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Karl Wallinger – World Party
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Carmine Appice
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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The British Psychedelic Scene 1966-1968
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Alan Hawkshaw dies aged 84
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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Mike Hurst
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Paul Cook – The Professionals / Sex Pistols
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Steve Rothery – Marillion
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Barry Ryan dies at age 72
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Dave Pegg – Fairport Convention
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Thomas Walsh – Pugwash
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Colin Blunstone of The Zombies on playing at Abbey Road
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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John Cambridge – Bowie and Cambo
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Alan White – YES
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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Tony Kaye – YES
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Will Sergeant – Echo & the Bunnymen
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Tony Waddington
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Mike McCartney’s Early Liverpool
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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John Altman
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Stephen Street
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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David Bowie Guitarist – John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson Passed Away
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Ellen Foley
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Doug ‘Cosmo’ Clifford – Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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When Quiet Was the New Loud
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Roger Chapman
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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The Beatles and Apple
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Martin Gordon – Sparks, Radio Stars, Jet
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Outtakes On Bob Dylan
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Mark Farner on Grand Funk Railroad
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Pete Staples – The Troggs
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May 28, 2021 |
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Gary Brooker – Procol Harum
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May 21, 2021 |
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John Halsey – Timebox, Patto and The Rutles
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May 14, 2021 |
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Denny Seiwell on The 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram
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May 07, 2021 |
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Tim DeLaughter – The Polyphonic Spree
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May 03, 2021 |
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Steve Cropper
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May 02, 2021 |
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Jonathan Taplin – The Magic Years
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Bill Schnee
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Steve Cradock
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Barry Goudreau – former Boston guitarist
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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David Marks – The Beach Boys
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Rod Clements – Lindisfarne
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Billy J Kramer
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Blue Weaver – The Bee Gees and Pet Shop Boys years
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Blue Weaver – Strawbs, Amen Corner and session years
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Nirvana
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Geoff Downes
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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David Paton – Part 2
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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David Paton – Part 1
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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Melanie
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Kelly Hansen – Foreigner
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Steve Fossen – Heart
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Mark Andes – Firefall, Spirit, Heart
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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Hawkwind – Days of the Underground
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Steve Hackett
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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The life and times of a recording studio engineer
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Kevin Godley on his infuences
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Janne Schaffer – ABBA guitarist
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Dana Gillespie
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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John Lennon: 1980 Playlist
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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David Gedge – The Wedding Present
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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Martin Barre – 50 Years of Jethro Tull
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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Jakko Jakszyk – Part 2
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Gordon Haskell Has Died
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Jakko Jakszyk – Part 1
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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Rat Scabies
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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John Ford
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Oct 01, 2020 |