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From the pioneers of British Psychedelia and Prog • Limited to 1000 units • Remastered • Includes previously unreleased album • Signed by the band The output of late Sixties pop-rock band Nirvana is collected in Songlife 1967-1972, a highly limited 6LP vinyl box set that comes with a print SIGNED by the band. Nirvana were essentially the duo of Irishman Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Greek Alex Spyropoulos – who, following a chance meeting in London during the summer of 1966, took a long, strange trip together. The pair would bring in musicians to play on album sessions including the...

In 1971, Quatro was playing with Patti and another sister, Nancy, in the heavier band Cradle when she was spotted by Most – in town to visit Motown – who told her she was a one-off. After an uncertain period, the “Chinnichap” hit machine of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman wrote and produced 10 of her 11 UK top-40 singles between 1973 and 1980. “They tailored songs to suit my personality and produced my original songs,” she says. “We were a perfect fit. After that it was nonstop attention. I couldn’t go to the pub any more, but I stayed normal, my biggest a...

OH, where to begin? The avalanche? The orgy? Bowie? Dylan? Sean Connery?

How the Abbey Road album cover was shot December 11, 2020 Musicians: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, George Martin Released: 26 September 1969 (Apple Records) Best chart performance: No.1 UK Albums Chart (the album entered the chart at No.1) and No.1 US Billboard Top LPs chart. The LP also reached No.1 in Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and West Germany. Sales: Over 31 million worldwide Fascinating fact: The final track of the album, The End, was the last time all four of The Beatles recorded a track together – this was on ...

GALAXIES: INSIDE THE UNIVERSE'S STAR CITIES    by David J. Eicher (Wildfire £25) Space, the final frontier. As a big fan of space, I always assumed it was rather black up there, with nothing very much to see. But these amazing photos show the universe as a riot of colour and exceptional beauty. The sheer numbers take the breath away: trillions of stars, billions of galaxies, the distances vast and unbreachable. Eicher, who is editor-in-chief of Astronomy magazine, writes wonderfully well about all this, supplying a wealth of information. I had no idea, for instance, that the black hole at...