Archive for April, 2010

HAWAII FIVE-O – IT’S THE VENTURES!

Monday, April 19th, 2010 · Posted in Video Of The Week


The Ventures, one of the world’s most popular instrumental rock groups saw their career reach new heights when they hit the charts with ‘Hawaii Five-O’ in 1969.

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ALVIN LEE GOES ZOOM!

Monday, April 19th, 2010 · Posted in Hot New Repertoire Releases

Raunchy rock’n’roll and soulful blues are among the delights of ‘Zoom’ one of Alvin Lee’s hottest albums, a 1992 classic now being reissued by Repertoire. The guitar hero who came to fame with Ten Years After has enjoyed a long and distinguished solo career and ‘Zoom’ is one of a succession of fine albums that showcase his skills as a singer, guitarist, songwriter and band leader.

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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.