Log #205 - The Hall At The Edge Of Time

Deeper we go into my old heavy rock roots this week. I follow up Led Zep's debut album with another listen of the classic IV. I pick up on a relatively little known Canadian rock band. I reacquaint myself with Black Sabbath's most progressive album, and dive into possibly Hawkwind's greatest two albums. Carly Simon retains some calm from last week's playlist. Led Zeppelin - IVApril Wine - Harder...FasterHawkwind - In ...

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Log #178 - Black Budgie

Sometimes one needs a complete change and following some relatively light folk over the last couple of weeks I just wanted to blow some cobwebs away with some heavy rock for week #178.  Radiohead - Kid A Black Keys - Attack & Release Black Sabbath - 13 Black Sabbath - Never Say Die Budgie - The Best Of AC/DC - High Voltage The Black Sabbath listening has been part ...

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Never Say Die! Eddy Reassesses Black Sabbath's Much Maligned Breakup Album From 1978

Come on Sabbath lovers. Never Say Die!, Ozzy Osbourne's final album with Black Sabbath (before the 2013 reunion) is actually a cracking good album! Like Technical Ecstasy before it, it only suffers relatively from comparison with the earlier albums, that were even better, but as a standalone rock album from 1978 it knocks the spots off most competitors. Granted the sound is different from what ...

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Black Purple - The Inspiration Behind Spinal Tap

Black Sabbath's Born Again appeared in 1983 with a disturbing cover that reminded me of the final fade out scene from the terrifying Rosemary’s Baby film. Departed vocalist Ronnie James Dio was replaced with ex-Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan. Unfortunately despite the anticipation this latest dream team didn’t really mesh, with Gillan’s high pitched frenetic screaming not best suited to the Sabbath ...

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Album Review: 13 by Black Sabbath

Well the first thing to say straight off the bat is that 13 actually sounds like... well erm... Black Sabbath! For an old fan like me this is really exciting. Apparently producer Rick Rubin told the boys (men in their 60s at the time of this 2013 recording) to refer to their feted debut album and forget everything subsequent to that thus treating this project as if it was going to be ...

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Log #95 - Another Year Of The Cat

A masterful album that seems to transcend all personal tastes - Al Stewart's 1976 masterpiece Year of the Cat is universally loved by all. 1. Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n' Roll cd 2 2. Richard Hawley - True Love's Gutter 3. Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat 4. Roni Size and Reprazent - New Forms 5. Other Lives - Tamer Animals 6. Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie ...

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Log #94 - A Mighty Return

Well the first thing to say straight off the bat is that 13 actually sounds like... well erm... Black Sabbath! For an old fan like me this is really exciting. Apparently producer Rick Rubin told the boys (men in their 60s at the time of this 2013 recording) to refer to their feted debut album and forget everything subsequent to that thus treating this project as if it was going to be their second ...

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Log #93 - They Sold Their Souls For Rock 'N' Roll

Black Sabbath were really something else. They had a unique sound instantly recognisable. This sound was employed and developed over their first 6 albums from 1970 to 1975. This classic compilation We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll draws from these 6 albums. Two later albums featured singer Ozzy Osbourne following this compilation before the band sacked him and set off on a revolving door's worth ...

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Log #92 - A Supreme Festival of Love, Jazz and Dad Rock

1. The Cardigans - Life 2. Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die 3. Chris Rea - The Road To Hell 4. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 5. Various - Rock Chronicles: The Seventies 6. Neil Young - Greendale Love Supreme 2018 It's festival season again and a particularly hot and sunny one here in England. This Sunday I visited the excellent Love Supreme Festival in ...

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Log #73 - Servants of Springsteen

Lead album this week is a new release from Brighton progsters Servants of Science. I am a lucky owner of an actual limited edition CD. Someone (it may have even been the band) told me the CD format is dead but... I just can't believe it. Anyway thank you S of S - I get to enjoy the local artwork in sumptuous cardboard sleeve (the band must have had fun walking down Brighton's London Road in space ...

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Album Cover Friday Fun Challenge! (Difficult) - ANSWERS REVEALED

Here again are the pictures for my earlier Album Cover location challenge. The initial collage below shows the locations as they are today where the original famous (or not so famous in some cases) album photos were shot. A hover over will reveal the actual album covers. Admittedly some of these pictures were obscure or just plain difficult unless you happened to have had the particular albums. ...

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Log #16 - More Drinking from the Tributaries

1. Black Sabbath - The Best Of 2. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2, CD 2 3. Jazzland - Remixed 4. Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk 5. Xen Cuts - CD 1 6. Comfort Zone Compilation - Vol. 1 Government Stealth Warning: Don't Drink From the Mainstream I'm starting this week's post with the above warning which I just noticed on the spine of the Xen Cuts CD. It's a fairly good warning ...

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