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Not Forgotten: Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

From a modern perspective, it’s staggering to look back at the career of Aretha Franklin and realised that at the point in her career in 1967, when I Never Loved…

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Not Forgotten: Big Star – #1 Record

Influential albums are something that I approach with trepidation, especially when they are by acts that are considered to be ‘cult’. As massively influential as albums like The Velvet Underground…

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Not Forgotten: The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Behind the Music

Retro rock is a risky business. If you pay homage to your influences too closely you risk ending up in a creative cul-de-sac, where your fans don’t need to know…

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Not Forgotten: Harry Nilsson – Son of Schmilsson

Having a hit with “Without You”, the power-ballad that still out power-ballads all other power-ballads, had left Harry Nilsson in a uniquely enviable position of being a vastly talented singer…

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Not Forgotten: Aphrodite’s Child – 666

Every now and again I encounter an album which seems to exist in its own bubble. Aphrodite’s Child are a band I had certainly heard of, but I couldn’t name…

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Not Forgotten: The Allman Brothers Band – Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters was the album where The Allman Brothers Band made a concerted effort to rebuild themselves following the blow of the death of slide guitar maestro Duane Allman…

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Not Forgotten: Paul Simon – Paul Simon

Simon and Garfunkel had enjoyed astoundingly success and were at the peak of the commercial powers when Paul Simon decided that had had tired of sharing the limelight and followed…

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Feature: Shelved albums – a celebration.

The history of popular song is littered with unreleased albums. The explanations for these albums being unreleased can vary from record label apathy, recording facilities just not being up to…

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Not Forgotten – Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs

Like their sister-band The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev took the scenic route to success. After a messy debut album and an equally messy follow-up they ditched their front man and…

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Not Forgotten: Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters

It’s been well over a decade since Scissor Sisters rose to prominence as the perfect antidote to the type of dour faced guitar bands that were taking their music far…

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