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Spin Cycle picks box sets on Mike McCartney's Scaffold, British psych club Middle Earth, more

1 week ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Goldmine's Spin Cycle columnist Dave Thompson discusses this month's picks for music collectors with editor Patrick Prince on this month's Spin Cycle edition of the Goldmine Podcast. Two compilations are highly recommended - one on Mike McCartney's Scaffold and the other centered around the 1960s British psych club Middle Earth - and Record Store Day 2025 vinyl that you should still pick up (if you can). Listen to the podcast HERE or click player below.
Spin Cycle picks box sets on Mike McCartney's Scaffold, British psych club Middle Earth, more

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Dave Thompson

Goldmine's Spin Cycle columnist Dave Thompson discusses this month's picks for music collectors with editor Patrick Prince on this month’s Spin Cycle edition of the Goldmine Podcast. Two compilations are highly recommended — one on Mike McCartney's Scaffold and the other centered around the 1960s British psych club Middle Earth — and Record Store Day 2025 vinyl that you should still pick up (if you can). Listen to the podcast HERE or click player below.
If Godley & Creme never left 10cc

1 month ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

10cc (1973), Sheet Music (1974), The Original Soundtrack (1975) and How Dare You (1976)... for four albums through the first half of the decade, 10cc were widely regarded among the most creative bands around. But then the band split in two, one half (guitarist Eric Stewart and bassist Graham Gouldman) continuing on as 10cc; the other, guitarist Lol Creme and drummer Kevin Godley, setting sail as, simply, Godley & Creme.
5 picks for Record Store Day 2025

1 month ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Metal Machine Music (Legacy) A silver vinyl (and cover) pressing of what was once called Lou Reed's most divisive album, but which has since been reappraised to become his most far-sighted. Certainly four sides of unrelenting feedback ("recommended cuts - none," claimed Billboard 's review) unquestionably laid the final foundations to the rise of electronic noise, while the album has since encouraged both live performances and acoustic cover versions.
Dub Syndicate box set is essential listening

1 month ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Dub Syndicate Out Here On The Perimeter 1989-1996 On-U Sound - 5 LPs/CDs Adrian Sherwood's On-U label's magisterial romp through its four decade-plus catalog long ago established itself among the most thoughtful reissue programs around. Sonically, every release Spin Cycle has encountered (and there's been a lot) has offered a significant upgrade on the versions we had before; in terms of format, we are seeing a lot of first time vinyl, as well.
a box set of the U.K. band to keep your hearing happy

2 months ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Mud The RAK Years 1973-75 7T's (2-CD Set) At the height of their fame, at the peak of Britain's glam rock fixation, Mud were one of those bands that everyone had a soft spot for, whether they wanted to admit it or not. A string of massive hit singles kept them permanently in the public eye. And while a live review, around 1974, summed up the music press's attitude towards them by claiming that the average age of the audience was eight, Mud had no reason to doubt their true status.
A 2-CD set that defines Pub Rock into punk and beyond

2 months ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Various artists Time! Gentlemen!: Pub Rock Rhythm 'N Grooves - Classic Cuts & Rarities 1974-1982 Strawberry Records (3-CD Set) It takes a lot of nerve (and, for the listener, a lot of courage) to stretch the pub rock era this deep into the future.
Hawkwind remain "born to go" in their live performances

2 months ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Hawkwind Live at the Royal Albert Hall Cherry Red (3-CD Set) No matter what your opinion might be of recent Hawkwind studio albums, be it a mildly enthusiastic "good effort, 6 out of 10," or a resigned "please, not another one," there is no denying that they put on a good live show. This is Hawkwind's 83rd (give or take... I just pulled that number out of thin air) live album and it is true, if only you only need one, then you stick with their first, the now 52 year old Space Ritual.
life, music and the Wailers

2 months ago | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Dennis Morris Life + Music By Dennis Morris (Thames & Hudson ISBN 978-0-500-02837-7) Jamaican born and London raised, Dennis Morris was one of the key photographers on the UK music scene of the late 70s and beyond.
Mick Ronson's Play Don't Worry

Jan 15, 2025 | goldminemag.com | Dave Thompson

Reflecting, a decade after the fact, on his launch as a solo rock'n'roll superstar, Mick Ronson shrugged diffidently, as though he'd really had no say in the matter. It was late 1973 and David Bowie had just "retired." "[He] wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do, so [manager Tony DeFries] said to me, 'okay, we can make you a big star, get you a deal with RCA, all that.' So I said 'wonderful,' and went off to make my own record."Was there ever a launch like the one which awaited Mick Ronson?