by talkfromtherockroom | Feb 19, 2020 | Now Playing, Reviews
Positively the most underrated of the major 1960s British rock bands, the Kinks catalog continues to reveal inspiring melodies, revolutionary lyrics and clandestine musical magic. Unfortunately, the Kinks’ deep wealth of compositional genius was often missed...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 2, 2020 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Are you a Mod or a Rocker? That is the question posed by the the ‘rock room’ today. Now playing, I have a recording that started to circulate in 2005 on a CD called The High Numbers –Live 1964 by famous Japanese bootleg label ‘Yellow Dog’. The performance featured on...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 7, 2017 | Reviews, Take One
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is the flip side of the ‘Small Faces ‘ British 1967 (Immediate 050) single ‘Here Come the Nice’. Released on June 2, 1967 the day after Sgt. Pepper, and smack dab at the beginning of the ‘Summer of Love’, the ‘B’ side ‘Talk to...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jul 10, 2016 | Reviews
Today in the ‘rock room’ I am taking a courageous jump into the substantial 2014 Small Faces box set, Here Come the Nice. After years of sub-par compilations, best of collections and generally below-standard packaging and repackaging of their recorded...
