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Classic Compilation: Slade – Wall of Hits

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Buyers’ Guide: Slade – Live

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Feature: Buyers Guide – 70s Live Albums

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“We like the message. We’re really just a bunch of old lads doing what we like, and it’s inspiring to feel, that even at our age there is no lack of energy in our musical output, and to see that people actually have a great taste for it. So I guess it is never too …

Originally released in 1983, ‘The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome’ is back, and it has had a makeover, still delivering the same enormous sound as it did back in the day yet this time you can choose for it all sit on top of a beautiful slab of orange and red vinyl if so desired. So, what …

1976. A lot has happened since 1976 but a repressing of the Slade classic, ‘Nobody’s Fool’, helps transport you back to the time when these British Rock and Rollers were teaching the music world a thing or two with their unique brand of manic and loud rock.  You now have the option of adding a …

Having experienced the highest level of success in Slade with twelve Top 5 hit singles in the UK, three of which went straight to #1 (obviously including one of the most well known Christmas songs there is) Don Powell is now back with a new band, Don & The Dreamers. Having released their debut EP ‘Something …

Slade unveil a brand new animated video for Merry Xmas Everybody. This is the first time there has been a promotional video for the ultimate festive anthem. ‘The video is very unusual and comical. It does sum up the band’s characters HO HO HO!’ exclaims Noddy Holder. Originally released in 1973 Merry Xmas Everybody was the band’s sixth number-one single …

BMG is proud to present a new series of vinyl reissues from Slade. On 3rd September the first release in this beautifully presented new series, ‘Slayed?’, is released on limited edition yellow and black splatter vinyl.  Slade’s third album ‘Slayed?’ was originally released on 1st November 1972 and reached Number One in the UK charts. It remained in the …

Slade are much more than that big Christmas hit and it only takes a quick glance at the track listing of the new release Cum On Feel The Hitz to see just how much more. With a run of 17 consecutive Top 20 singles between 1971 and 1976, no other act of the period experienced …

On September 25th 2020 BMG proudly release Slade’s ‘Cum On Feel The Hitz’, a superlative and comprehensive collection of Slade singles from 1970 to 1991. ‘Cum On Feel The Hitz’  is released as a  double CD and a 2LP collection: the CD comprises of 43 singles, while the double vinyl features 24 singles. ‘Cum On Feel The Hitz’ includes all six …

The early 70s were a grim time here in the UK. Vast unemployment, the three day week, civil unrest, four day guitar solos. The much needed antidote to this misery was the playful escapism that was glam rock, which consisted of largely simple rock and roll tunes with a defined commercial edge, ridiculous stage costumes …

Perhaps more than at any other point in the history of popular song, the early 70s were a schizophrenic time for rock music, particularly here in the UK, with a sharp contrast between the singles and albums charts. In the album charts, heavyweights like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and a whole host of other hairy …