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Jon Bryan

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Not Forgotten: The Moody Blues – In Search of the Lost Chord

  • November 2, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
The Moody Blues were in an interesting place when their third album, In Search of the Lost Chord, was released in August 1968. With their roots in the mid-60s Brum-Beat…
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Not Forgotten: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next

  • November 1, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
After years of trying to find the right musical vehicle to transport him on to the charts, by 1973 Alex Harvey had apparently found the backing band he had been…
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Not Forgotten: Electric Light Orchestra – On The Third Day

  • November 1, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
Prior to On the Third Day, The Electric Light Orchestra looked to be in jeopardy. With co-leader Roy Wood having departed part-way through sessions for the band’s second album, and…
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Reissue: Semisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine

  • October 29, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
Whatever happened to Semisonic? One minute some were considering them to be the next big thing in American rock music, and the next, well they just disappeared. So what happened?…
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Not Forgotten: R.E.M. – Up

  • October 27, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
There was something about R.E.M.’s Up that rang alarm bells with me from the moment I heard that it was going to be released. Like many of their fans in…
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Classic Album: The Who – Quadrophenia

  • October 26, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
After his failure to realise his full ambition ambition with Lifehouse, Pete Townshend must have been doubly determined to get his next concept album made and for it to be…
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Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – This Was

  • October 25, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
For those that are familiar with the more complex and progressive output of Jethro Tull from the 70s, a first listen of their 1968 debut album, This Was, can come…
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Not Forgotten: Traveling Wilburys – Traveling Wilburys, Vol.1

  • October 25, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
In concept The Traveling Wilburys were superb. Bob Dylan was in the process of recovering from a decade long slump, George Harrison was back in the public eye after far…
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Not Forgotten: The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow

  • October 21, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
From its brightly coloured, die-cut artwork, there’s something about Chutes Too Narrow that has always struck me as cartoon-like. I don’t mean that in a bad way, after all cartoons…
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Box Set Review: Mott the Hoople – Mental Train (The Island Years 1969-71)

  • October 19, 2018
  • Jon Bryan
Before “All The Young Dudes”, before Top of the Pops appearances, before David Bowie, Mott The Hoople were a brilliant live act that arguably struggled to transfer the tremendous energy…
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