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Comments Off on Unexpected Gems – The Tremeloes: Instant Whip
We’ve been a bit lax in terms of Unexpected Gems of late so we’re coming back with a bang and a cracking fuzz-rock (listen to the track and you’ll know why it’s so named) groover from mid-Sixties crooners and also the group Decca Records chose over...
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Comments Off on Too Dutch Too Young – 1966 Amsterdam Festival
In this day and age of festivals that cater for every taste and offer carpeted luxury as well as, horror of horrors, clean flushing toilets we are going to take you on a trip just across the North Sea to Amsterdam and back in time to 1966 when festivals were...
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Comments Off on Behind Closed Doors – Ray Manzarek
We don’t really do obituaries here at VoEA as many others do it so much better than we ever could. However when we see a side to someone that others seem to have missed we like to flag it up and bring it to the attention of our good readers, so here goes....
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Comments Off on Do The Wrangler Shake
In 2013 the internet went crazy for the various versions of the viral video The Harlem Shake, however that’s far too topical for us, so we’re taking things way back to 1966 and getting down to the Wrangler Shake. In the late sixties the Jeans...
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Comments Off on Columbia Records Insight Magazine
Soul singer Gwen McGrae, Voices of East Anglia favourites Chicago, Blood, Sweat and Tears (above), The Cyrcle with their red rubber ball and soul band The Tymes are just some of the artists featured in this 1971 publication. Insight magazine was published by...
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Comments Off on Blood, Chet and Tears
In 1970 Miles Davis released his ground breaking Jazz fusion album Bitches Brew, in the same year fellow trumpeter Chet Baker attempted to crossover and attract rock music fans with his LP Blood, Chet and Tears. The album is known as a “Guilty...
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Comments Off on Get Organised – Keyboard Adverts
In the past we’ve posted guitar, amplifier and synthesizer adverts, now we tinkle the ivories and pull out all the stops as we take a look at a few magazine adverts for organs. The first advertisement is from an issue of Downbeat Magazine, it features...
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Comments Off on Whatta Woman – Linda Lyndell
Blue-eyed soul is one of those terms used when we try to pigeon-hole an artist and is often used when the artist in question sounds anything but blue-eyed. When you’ve got one of those voices that make people question your colour because it transcends...
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Comments Off on Stevie Wonder and The Rolling Stones 1972 Tour
Here we have a clip of the genius that is Stevie Wonder performing with The Rolling Stones on stage when the Motown star joined them on their legendary 1972 tour of America. The Stones had just released their Exile on main street album and Stevie Wonder had...
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Comments Off on Lennie’s at The Turnpike – Legendary Jazz Club
For twenty years from 1951 to 1971, until it was razed to the ground by an unfortunate fire, Lennie’s at The Turnpike based in Peabody, Massachusetts was on the itinerary of every self-respecting jazz musician performing on the North American. For a small,...
