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Anthony Moore – ‘Home of the Demo’
Anthony Moore has an extraordinary CV that brilliantly straddles the deeply experimental vs some of the most mainstream Pop musical imaginable (of it’s time). How about this – he was part of the collective around the serious-as-your-life avant-rockers Henry Cow and formed the offshoot Slapp Happy – a huge influence on groups like The Fall.…
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Louis Phillipe : Sean O’Hagan Presents ‘The Sunshine World of Louis Phillipe’
Tapete Records : TR516 Just when you think you’d found all your favourite music along comes something that was right under your nose all along and a new world opens up. I remember reading about Louis Phillipe and the curious world of él Records (for which he was a sort of in-house songwriter) in Record…
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Kevin Ayers – ‘All this Crazy Gift of Time’ : The Recordings 1969-1973, Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set
Cherry Red Records QECLEC102888 Tonight’s entertainment is a monumental 10 disc box set of the enigmatic, hard to pin down Kevin Ayers. If you’re unfamiliar, imagine if Nick Drake had suddenly developed a taste for expensive wine and women and decided to strap on a electric guitar, dye his hair blonde and ‘wig out’. He’s…