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WETTON-DOWNES / ICON – Zero
Stallion 2001 / Epicon 2017 No rest for the wicked: power pop drivers recover the path to their backroads and untrodden tracks to reveal the tunes that never stopped flowing. ASIA may have run the...
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PHENOMENA – II: Dream Runner
Ariola 1987 / Cherry Red 2018 Sweet escapism into nightmare in search of tinseltown acceptance – with fallen heroes and unsung angels. Given its strong melodic focus, “Phenomena” – the of Tom Galley’s...
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PHENOMENA – Anthology
The Right Honourable 2019 Burning with desire a quarter of a century down the line, opening trilogy of ambitious sci-fi tale is distilled and fleshed out. Concept albums were thin on the ground and...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS – Legends Play The Beatles
Cleopatra 2021 Rock elite and kindred spirits try to put a new spin on perennial classics – with much gusto and mixed results. Covering The Fabs used to be a blessing an a curse. For musicians who...
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ALAN SIMON – Excalibur V: Move, Cry, Act, Clash!
Spirit Of Unicorn Music 2021 Producing aural imagery out of rage, stellar cast of ongoing rock opera deliver a lackluster tapestry. Having always felt more like franchise than a loose framework for...
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