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Watch

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by: Manfred Mann`s Earthband

Release Date January 08, 2004
Three albums mark the zenith of Manfred Mann's career, these being "the Roaring Silence", "Angel Station" and "Watch". These are the post- do-wah-diddy era and all the better for it. I would agree that Chris Thompson is the finest of the Mann vocalists and by some margin.

There isn't a duff track on this album and the added bonus tracks at the end are well worth it. This is one of my favourite albums having originally be bought on black vinyl (I've still got it) and living on tape in my car at university in the late 70s / early 80s and for several years afterwards.

This is a must-have rock album classic.

CD-Charts Position 92
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Retail Therapy

CD-Charts > Music > 60s Blues Boom
by: TDF (Eric Clapton and Simon Climie)

Release Date March 03, 1997
The lost album from '97! The perfect partner to '98's slower paced Pilgrim. Great fretwork over a modern palate of rhythms from Climie. Techno, smooth jazz, dance, trippin' samples and smoking guitar.

CD-Charts Position 93
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Johnny Winter And

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by: Johnny Winter

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I think this LP came out in '71 and I discovered it in '73 having been introdiced via 'Still Alive and Well'. Wow, what a difference two years make! From the hard rock of SAAW, this was much gentler (and for the most part) phazed, psychedelic funky-blues rock. This album became my 'authentic' sound of the era I'd missed through being just a little too young.

'Funky music' blew me away with its 'stereo' guitar, i.e. two completely different squarking solos going off in each speaker.
The solo at the end of 'Nothing Left' was spellbinding.
Although they didn't really feature guitar solos, I really loved 'No Time To live' with its beyond blues-style despair...and 'let The Music Play' was lush, soulful blues with female backing ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 94
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Deluxe Vinyl - USA [VINYL]

CD-Charts > Music > 60s Blues Boom
by: Jimi Hendrix

Release Date October 09, 2000
One thing that I found very interesting in this box set, was Jimi's unedited comment about surf music. Rather than the fashionable, "cool" attitude at the time which made the edited studio comment sound derogatory, the actual talk was positive. Don't forget, Keith Moon was a big fan of surf music, and,arguably, surf instrumentals were the "prog" of their day.

CD-Charts Position 95
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Money and Cigarettes

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by: Eric Clapton

Release Date January 22, 2001
The guitar playing and the band are fine. The collection of songs is largely uninspired. Rock 'n' roll heart the single is rather bland if listenable. One or two of the tracks sound like early Dire Straits but that's really it. Clapton's vocal performance leaves a lot to be desired, being somewhat monotonous after about the third track.

There's a reason that this album is overlooked, that it bacause it's "nice" in "nice" sort of way. The sort of music you'd put of quietly in the background if you didn't want to upset your mum.

Clapton is undoubtedly a great guitarist but his singing I find tedious and his choice of songs is unexciting on this album. Buy it if you are a collector but there are better, more exciting performances on ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 96
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Nightingales and Bombers: Remastered

CD-Charts > Music > 60s Blues Boom
by: Manfred Mann`s Earthband

Release Date November 08, 2004
The guitar playing and the band are fine. The collection of songs is largely uninspired. Rock 'n' roll heart the single is rather bland if listenable. One or two of the tracks sound like early Dire Straits but that's really it. Clapton's vocal performance leaves a lot to be desired, being somewhat monotonous after about the third track.

There's a reason that this album is overlooked, that it bacause it's "nice" in "nice" sort of way. The sort of music you'd put of quietly in the background if you didn't want to upset your mum.

Clapton is undoubtedly a great guitarist but his singing I find tedious and his choice of songs is unexciting on this album. Buy it if you are a collector but there are better, more exciting performances on ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 97
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461 Ocean Boulevard [Deluxe Edition]

CD-Charts > Music > 60s Blues Boom
by: Eric Clapton

Release Date November 15, 2004
This is Eric Clapton's finest solo album. It is so consistently brilliant and melodic and heart-warming. It is an album which people return to time after time....and never find anything less than immensely uplifting. The opener 'Motherless Children' is a cover but Clapton somehow makes it his own with a great vocal and some truly wonderful slide guitar playing. Other highlights are almost too numerous to mention. 'Let It Grow' is perhaps the best Clapton ballad of all. Great melody, superbly positive lyric and of course that wonderful guitar. Only Eric Clapton can make the electric guitar sound so warm and welcoming as it does here. That does not mean it's Middle Of The Road. Far from it. These guitar lines are universal in their appeal. The same goes for 'Please ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 98
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Canned Heat / Boogie With Canned Heat

CD-Charts > Music > 60s Blues Boom
by: Canned Heat

Release Date March 13, 2003
This is Eric Clapton's finest solo album. It is so consistently brilliant and melodic and heart-warming. It is an album which people return to time after time....and never find anything less than immensely uplifting. The opener 'Motherless Children' is a cover but Clapton somehow makes it his own with a great vocal and some truly wonderful slide guitar playing. Other highlights are almost too numerous to mention. 'Let It Grow' is perhaps the best Clapton ballad of all. Great melody, superbly positive lyric and of course that wonderful guitar. Only Eric Clapton can make the electric guitar sound so warm and welcoming as it does here. That does not mean it's Middle Of The Road. Far from it. These guitar lines are universal in their appeal. The same goes for 'Please ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 99
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Parachute: Remastered

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by: Pretty Things

Release Date September 30, 2002
This is Eric Clapton's finest solo album. It is so consistently brilliant and melodic and heart-warming. It is an album which people return to time after time....and never find anything less than immensely uplifting. The opener 'Motherless Children' is a cover but Clapton somehow makes it his own with a great vocal and some truly wonderful slide guitar playing. Other highlights are almost too numerous to mention. 'Let It Grow' is perhaps the best Clapton ballad of all. Great melody, superbly positive lyric and of course that wonderful guitar. Only Eric Clapton can make the electric guitar sound so warm and welcoming as it does here. That does not mean it's Middle Of The Road. Far from it. These guitar lines are universal in their appeal. The same goes for 'Please ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 100
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Get the Picture: Remastered

CD-Charts > Music > 60s Blues Boom
by: Pretty Things

Release Date September 30, 2002
This is Eric Clapton's finest solo album. It is so consistently brilliant and melodic and heart-warming. It is an album which people return to time after time....and never find anything less than immensely uplifting. The opener 'Motherless Children' is a cover but Clapton somehow makes it his own with a great vocal and some truly wonderful slide guitar playing. Other highlights are almost too numerous to mention. 'Let It Grow' is perhaps the best Clapton ballad of all. Great melody, superbly positive lyric and of course that wonderful guitar. Only Eric Clapton can make the electric guitar sound so warm and welcoming as it does here. That does not mean it's Middle Of The Road. Far from it. These guitar lines are universal in their appeal. The same goes for 'Please ... Read More: