Essential Albums - Weekly Playlist - Vinyl, CDs, Box Sets You Need to Hear Now!

Looking forward to the Tull Re-releases of Stand Up, A Passion Play, Heavy Horses and War Child Box Sets!!! They are due out at the end of the month.

I saw Mahogany Rush at Newcastle City Hall in 1977. Amazing concert. Support band Lone Star were great too. Currently playing Barock Project "Skyline "and "Detachment". Such a great band.

I've been listening to the first 7 albums by the Moody Blues. Good one Phil.

This week working my way through the excellent Humble Pie A&M cd box set

Will get Lenny White out, bit of a lost gem. Look forward to reviews of Steve Hillage, especially that elusive box set. Saw Hillage in '78 at the Marquee, despite giving it my best punk look at the time there was always room for Hillage😀! Superb gig. Also saw him in Hyde Park '76 supporting Queen.

Good stuff Phil!

Hi Phil - many thanks for the steer onto Son Of Man - Gaslight. Purchased it like the good old days, unheard on word of mouth alone but I was certainly not disappointed - excellent album. In a similar vein I also picked up the new Cats In Space live double album which is also excellent!

A few I've been listening to this week... Vagabonds Virgins & Misfits - Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs Flavours - The Guess Who Sophomore - D'Virgilio Morse & Jennings

Man's 'Call Down The Moon' is also an outstanding record and may i add 'The Welsh Connection' as a wonderful album by this heavily underrated band. Budgie's In For The Kill album was ,for me, more of a one sided album with side 1 a masterpiece with Zoom Club (one the band's greatest pieces) but side 2 seemed a little turgid in comparison. However the follow up Bandolier is in my top 5 all-time favourite rock albums. Would also love Hillage's 70's material given a remaster / remix especially Motivation Radio and L....maybe one day. Mahogany Rush also a woefully underrated band with Frank Marino a hero. His 6 hour DVD is magical.

I've been playing Tull-Bursting Out boxset,Rush-Grace Under Pressure,Stones-Exile On Main Street,Moody Blues-Question Of Balance,Tull-Heavy Horses and Winger-Pull

Recent listens are CD Lone Star - Lone Star ( why this band never became huge is beyond me, second album was just as good ) James Vincent McMorrow - Wide Open Horses Opeth - Damnation Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish Ben Howard - Collection From The Whiteout Portishead - Roseland NJC Live Vinyl Stephen Stills and Manassas - Down The Road Loudon Wainwright - T.Shirt

I was playing Nirvana Live In Reading which is really good

And you cant fault that Budgie Box 👍

This week in my ears: The Best of the Doors (5.1 mix on Blu-ray), Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot (quad mix on Blu-ray), Fighting by Thin Lizzy, Wings Over America by Macca, and 2 albums by US metal band Savatage: Handful of Rain and Streets.

Nice update as usual. Here's whats been spinning in my world this week: Down - "Down 2: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow" , Motorhead - "Another Perfect Day" , Black Sabbath - "The Eternal Idol", UFO - "Ain't Misbehavin'", Frank Zappa - "Hot Rats". 💿 Take Care!

An impressive list Phil. I've been dipping back this week with, Free Spirit - Paul Rodgers. Mirror to the Sky - Yes. Black Country Communion - V. Lynne Me Your Ears - Various ( A tribute to Jeff Lynne, Idle Race, Move & ELO). All rather good too.

Phil, the band Blues Pills and their fabulous new album Birthday deserve a listen and review..love all their stuff and this direction they take on the new album is just fabulous. Thats what I've been listening to , keep up the great work.

Big Man fan here - Rhinos, Winos, etc is my favorite of their's, too, and I've got them all. I used to see them a lot in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1974 - 1976 era; they were quite popular here; a few shows, their hero John Cippolina from Quicksilver Messenger Service joined them in the fun; some of that can be heard on 'Maximum Darkness', which has Cippo's guitar on the cover....

Horslips "Aliens" & "The Unfortunate Cup of Tea"

Right now. Barclay James Harvest - All Is Safely Gathered In, Anthology 1967-1997. 5 cd box set P2005. A fine set.