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ALL THE YOUNG DUDES – WHEN GLAM ROCK RULED

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 · Posted in Those Were The Days


Stack heels, long hair and lipstick, mirror balls, furs and peacock feather…yes we’re talking ’bout GLAM ROCK. What a fabulous era when Marc Bolan and David Bowie set the trends for a whole parade of Seventies pop idols. The early Seventies was supposedly dominated by heavy prog rockers from Led Zeppelin to ELP and Jethro Tull. But in a parallel universe, another wave of heroes dominated the pop charts, airwaves and TV channels.

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TECHNOPIA: SONJA KRISTINA’S ELECTRONICA FUTURE

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 · Posted in Hot New Repertoire Releases


Sonja Kristina, singing star with classic rock group Curved Air has teamed up with composer and multi-instrumentalist Marvin Ayres to create a new work by their joint musical collaboration, MASK. Their long awaited second album ‘Technopia’ is due to be released on Repertoire’s r.a.r.e. label and the music will also form the basis of an exciting multi-media stage show to be launched in April 2010.

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DO THE RESURRECTION SHUFFLE!

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 · Posted in Video Of The Week

Yes it’s Ashton, Gardner & Dyke in their heyday, stomping through a lively version of their smash hit ‘Resurrection Shuffle’. Here are the lads in glorious colour, appearing on BBC TV’s Top Of The Pops back in 1971. That’s when their soulful and irresistible hit was shuffling up the UK charts to Number 3 in January 1971.

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ANNO DOMINI SING OUT

Friday, February 5th, 2010 · Posted in Hot New Repertoire Releases

Anno Domini was the melodic acoustic folk group that delighted audience with their ‘live’ performances – back in the day. Indeed their debut album was called ‘On This New Day’ and is once again available on Repertoire CD via our Website Only offer. Check it out!

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Rock journalist Chris Welch has been a member of the Repertoire team for twenty years. He has written hundreds of CD liner notes for a huge range of album releases since joining the company in 1988. His comprehensive knowledge of the rock and pop world is based on a career that began in the Swinging Sixties.

As Features Editor on Melody Maker he wrote about all the major rock and pop groups including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Cream, The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Each week he reported on rising stars such as Jimi Hendrix, Tom Jones, Scott Walker, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel and Jiving K.Boots.

After 40 years Chris is still writing about pop and rock and playing the drums. His current favourite group is Kings of Leon. Each fortnight Chris reminisces about his adventures as a music journalist and reports on the latest news ('Elvis To Tour Shock'), in CHRIS’ CORNER.