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The Analogues

If you are a Beatles fan, you may well have heard of the group The Analogues. They are a Dutch/Irish group of musicians who specialise in doing something The Beatles never did – play their later works live. ‘Later’ really … Continue reading

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Twelve British Songs… VI

…that defined the 60s and are not The Beatles. The Alan Price Set Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear 1967 The Animals have some of the best known songs of the sixties. Lead singer Eric Burdon went to the … Continue reading

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IQ

The band Genesis went through several phases, but mainly two. In the first, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett, they were definitely prog rock, lots of Mellotron, long tracks, opaque lyrics and tricksy rhythms. Then two left and they went … Continue reading

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