Thanks for your Proudly Out Of Date calendar which came with RC 474; however I think one of the team took that too seriously when compiling the page for March! Mark Chawner, by email
I was hoping nobody would notice until March, by which time I’d be outta here! You were the first. IM
As a reader and subscriber for many years, I can’t help thinking that other formats other than the current craze over vinyl, are being forgotten about. I bought my first CD player in 1984 because it was becoming rare to actually buy an LP without some form of fault or blemish spoiling the sound of the album. I returned quite a few in the early 80…
Will 2018 be the year that Queen/Adam Lambert finally call it a day? I certainly hope so: as an ardent Queen fan of over 43 years, I find this the most ridiculous partnership in British music ever. It is limp and pathetic. What is the point of Lambert singing Queen’s karaoke hits with May & Taylor who have clearly lost the plot as to what Que…
I think this story about Graham Nash teaching John Lennon the words to Arthur Alexander’s Anna (Go To Him) needs to be knocked on the head now, before it becomes another “Baker Street sax player” myth.
Thank you to Bryan Fraser for his Diggin’ For Gold
piece on Helen Shapiro (RC357). When people
bang on about the 60s she always seems
to get overlooked, yet she was surely
one of the very best British female
singers ever. Although she was
presented very much as a ‘pop
chick’, her dark and strong
voice had a soulful edge …
