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The creative drive of Be Bop Deluxe’s avant-garde guitar hero cannot be stopped. Nelson releases multiple albums a year and still prizes his ’60s Gibson ES-345 – although he wanted a Gretsch at first,
Saturday, April 22nd is Record Store Day, a day devoted to the celebration of the culture of independent record stores. The new book 'Atlanta Record Stores: An Oral History' shares stories of the influence these stores have had over the past half-century.
After putting Be-Bop Deluxe to bed, the Yorkshire maverick moves forward. Review by Kieron Tyler
Live! In the Air Age, Be Bop Deluxe (15CD + DVD, Esoteric) ‘The lights go dim, I’m losing hold,’ sings Bill Nelson in the title track of this monster live reissue which includes not only the original LP remastered but a John Peel session by the band, recordings of all seven gigs in their spring tour 1977 and a DVD of a contemporaneous TV recording. If Be Bop Deluxe are remembered at all it is probably for later albums such as Modern Music and Drastic Plastic that got to grip with some futuristic rock elements, along with three songs featured on this set: the two sing-along riff monste...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Be-Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic | reviews, news & interviews Reissue CDs Weekly: Be-Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic Reissue CDs Weekly: Be-Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic Box-set edition of Bill Nelson and Co’s final album reveals the inevitability of the band’s demise by Kieron TylerSunday, 14 March 2021 Bill Nelson knew February 1978’s Drastic Plastic was the last Be-Bop Deluxe album. In his essay for the book coming with the new “deluxe expanded” box-set reissue, he writes “that, as far as I was concerned, was that, the final Be-Bop Deluxe studio alb...