It’s here! Record Collector Presents… Stevie Wonder
The latest in the ongoing RC Presents… series has arrived. These lovely titles use a rotating cast of editors. Last year, I took on RC Presents… Rolling Stones 1970-1979. Rather…
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Rita Jean Bodine Speaks!
I know I’m not alone in absolutely adoring the far-too-few albums by American singer/songwriter, Rita Jean Bodine, who cut such a memorable dash in the mid-1970s with her flamboyant sense…
William Lyall – Solo Casting
I was so deterred by the loss of two years of content that I hadn’t had the heart to pick up where I left off in terms of highlighting interesting…
Janis Ian Interview
Here I go, gradually replenishing the site with content that was lost during an update (roughly mid-2020 to late 2023 – ugh). I don’t think I can face trying to…
Bobbie Gentry Feature
One of this year’s most exciting reissues was the double-CD (and/or double-vinyl) presentation of Bobbie Gentry’s second album, The Delta Sweete (originally Capitol, 1968). When you see the name Andrew…
Charlie Dore Interview
Charlie Dore, the British singer/songwriter who had a big US hit with her first single in the late 1970s (‘Pilot Of The Airwaves) and went on to write for Sheena…
Cheryl Dilcher
The late Cheryl Dilcher left behind four albums, all of which have something to recommend them. Dilcher was an American singer/songwriter (from Pennsylvania) whose first album, the rather prosaically titled…
Laurie Styvers
Undeservedly obscure artist #2 is American singer/songwriter, Laurie Styvers, who made three albums in the UK in the early 1970s. The first appeared when she was part of folk-rock outfit,…
Review: Mick Ronson/Only After Dark
Although it came to a chaotic and financially ruinous end, the MainMan management company did produce some of the most interesting albums of the 1970s. I’ve long loved the two…