NEW AUDIO RELEASE – British Lions – British Lions (SINGSONG186)
Signed to the very hip Vertigo Records, British Lions’ self-titled debut hit the streets to critical acclaim in 1978.
NEW RELEASE: Jim McCarty – Sitting on The Top of Time (SINGSONG180)
Written at home in France, Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty’s second solo album ‘Sitting on The Top of Time’ was recorded with top notch session support between June 2006 and April 2008 in Toronto.
NEW AUDIO RELEASE: MOTT – The Gooseberry Sessions & Rarities (SINGSONG185)
Within weeks of the departure of vocalist Ian Hunter and guitarist Mick Ronson in late 1974 from the ranks of Mott The Hoople, remaining members drummer Dale Griffin, Morgan Fisher (keyboards) and bass guitarist Pete ‘Overend’ Watts were laying down demos at London’s Gooseberry Studio.
NEW AUDIO RELEASE: Joe Jammer: Life Will Be – A Song For Ukraine (SINGSONG179
Ballads despairing war don’t go down well with Chicagoan Joe Wright, dubbed ‘Joe the Jammer’ by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant when he worked with them in Led Zeppelin.
NEW AUDIO RELEASE: Mo Foster – Live At Blues West 14 (SINGSONG177)
‘Live At Blues West 14’ is Mo Foster’s fourth solo album. Foster reflects: “Musicians tend to loosen up in a club setting: away from the pressures of the studio or the concert platform they feel generally more relaxed, new ideas are tried, and they feel free to re-interpret old favourites.”
NEW AUDIO RELEASE: Doc Thomas Group – The Italian Job (SINGSONG181)
The progenitor of one of rock’s best known bands, formed in the UK with Mick Ralphs and David Tedstone on guitars, Stan Tippins on vocals, Dale Griffin on drums and Pete Watts on bass, the Doc Thomas Group toured Italy, recording this tight and buzzing R’n’B set for local label Dischi Interrecord in January 1967.
NEW AUDIO RELEASE: Mo Foster – Time To Think (SINGSONG176)
In 1999, bass supremo Mo Foster was to follow up his critically- acclaimed studio releases ‘Bel Assis’ and ‘Southern Reunion’ with this more experimental and improvisational set.
NEWS: “There is no other band like us” … Lindisfarne’s Clements interviewed on The Strange Brew
Rod Clements of Lindisfarne speaks to Jason Barnard about their imminent Magic In The Air UK tour, the new 'Radio Times – Live At The BBC 1971-1990' box set and Lindisfarne’s enduring appeal.
NEW AUDIO RELEASE – Mo Foster – Southern Reunion (SINGSONG175)
Two years after the release of his solo debut ‘Bel Assis’, ‘Southern Reunion’ comprises a second collection of instrumental observations and ideas by one of Britain’s finest bassists.
NEWS: Lindisfarne BBC sessions released in 8CD box
One of the UK’s most successful folk-rock bands of the 70s, Lindisfarne is celebrated this April (2023) with the release of Radio Times - Live At The BBC 1971-1990, the definitive take on the band’s time at the Corporation constituting over eight hours of recordings over 8 discs.