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Not Forgotten: Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds

Imagine for a moment the pitch for this album to Columbia Records in the mid 70s. A guy best known for advertising jingles and writing light-weight pop-rock hits turns up…

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Not Forgotten: Smashing Pumpkins – Adore

Smashing Pumpkins were undoubtedly one of the key rock acts of the 1990s. Lumped in with the grunge movement, they stood apart from the Seattle trio of big hitters, and…

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Classic Album: Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake

By and large, there are some albums that transcend the era of popular music they were recorded in, and then there are some that remain forever tied to the culture…

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Classic Album: Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells

I used to listen to Tubular Bells endlessly when I was about sixteen. Back then it seemed like some the most exciting music ever made, two massive suites of throbbing…

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Classic Album: Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind

As Backseat Mafia’s ongoing series of Buyers and Beginners Guides demonstrate, picking your way around a discography of a well established musical act can be full of pitfalls and delightfully…

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Not Forgotten: AC/DC – Powerage

It’s hard to consider that AC/DC could have an album that could be overlooked, but Powerage, slotted between 1977’s Let There Be Rock, the album that first saw them achieve…

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Not Forgotten: Hawkwind – Space Ritual

There are some acts that have survived only to prove that drugs really do not work. Hawkwind are perhaps the most enduring of all the drug casualty groups, causing a…

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Not Forgotten: Rainbow – Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll

The artistic success of Rainbow’s first two albums had emboldened an army of bootleggers to try and capture the live thrills Ritchie Blackmore’s quintet of hard rockers. This had in…

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Not Forgotten: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – You’re Gonna Get It!

You’re Gonna Get It! finds Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in a darker, slightly more sinister mood than their debut. Production wise, it remains in the same ballpark, and the…

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Not Forgotten: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Nightingales and Bombers

The sixth and final album recorded by the original Manfred Mann’s Earth Band quartet, Nightingales and Bombers was also released prior to the new line up’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s…

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