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Album Review: Steve Winwood – Junction Seven (1997)

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Martin Leedham

After recording the Traffic album “Far From Home” Steve Winwood returned to his solo career with this much maligned 1997 offering “Junction Seven”. Being Winwood’s seventh solo album and the M6 motorway junction for his hometown of Birmingham it is … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Genesis – Foxtrot (1972)

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Martin Leedham

Genesis recorded their fourth studio album, “Foxtrot”, at Island Studios, London during August 1972 and in an amazing show of alacrity it was released and on the streets by October of the same year. Their career was starting to move in … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Burton Cummings – Dream Of A Child (1978)

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Martin Leedham

After two solo albums Burton Cummings decided the time was right to try his hand at producing his own album. Calling on friendships and contacts made during his ten years as a recording artist, mostly with The Guess Who, he found … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Thin Lizzy – Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979)

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Martin Leedham

Brian Robertson’s time in Thin Lizzy was never without incident and following his relegation to special guest/session player for the “Bad Reputation” album, on which he contributed to just two songs, he was reinstated as a full member in time for … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak (1976)

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Martin Leedham

The first two albums of the Scott Gorham/Brian Robertson era Thin Lizzy, “Night Life “(1974) and “Fighting “(1975), hadn’t exactly set the world on fire sales wise and certainly weren’t held in the regard they are now back then. So … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell (1980)

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Martin Leedham

In early 1979 Ozzy Osbourne’s behaviour became too much for the rest of Black Sabbath, and Tony Iommi in particular, to tolerate and it was clear something would have to give. Over a year had been wasted in drug fuelled … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Dio – Holy Diver (1983)

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Martin Leedham

The Ronnie James Dio era Black Sabbath ended in acrimony due partly to disagreements regarding the mixing of the “Live Evil” album. Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler accused Dio and drummer Vinnie Appice of sneaking into the studio to increase … Continue reading →

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Album Review: The Cohen Brothers – This Is Life (2011)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Martin Leedham

I’ve made this statement somewhere before but it won’t hurt to make it again here, so excuse the self plagiarism if you will. Some of us spend most, if not all, of our spare time searching out great music both old and … Continue reading →

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Martin Leedham’s All Time Album Chart (A work in progress)

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Martin Leedham

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/MartinLeedham/martin_leedhams_all_time_album_chart__a_work_in_progress__updated_19th_january_2014__now_including_reviews__/ UPDATE 20TH JULY 2014 As my ratings and reviews seem to have been included on some other sites (including Wikipedia) thought I would update the current chart. Remember it’s a work in progress so there are quite a lot … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (1975)

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Martin Leedham

The recording sessions for Led Zeppelin’s sixth studio album “Physical Graffiti” initially began at Headley Grange in Hampshire, England as early as November 1973. However these sessions were quickly aborted when John Paul Jones expressed his desire to leave the … Continue reading →

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