The Vapors formed in 1978 and were discovered by the Jam’s Bruce Foxton, and managed by Paul Weller’s dad. Signed to United Artists...
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Great fun is to be had by immersing oneself in this baker’s dozen songs on Jim Bob of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine...
Level 42 may have been at it since the late 1970s, but they really are still a great band live – and as good on record with...
Langan, Frost & Wane: Self-titled album, out now on Goldstar Recordings, offers up 15 beautiful tracks that hark back to folky, flower...
JULY ALBUM OF THE MONTH ***** The star rating system used for reviews here at Music Republic Magazine starts off at one star, which...
Joe Sample. Loved him in The Crusaders. Loved him solo when I saw him on a double bill for an outdoor summer show with the...
UK label SoulMusic Records has produced the first-ever box set of the music of the late and great Phyllis Hyman, traversing the...
This really is a bumper box set: 12 albums across six CDs. Mose Allison. Yes please…. Covering the dozen albums Mose...
A man rarely photographed with his shirt on! Iggy. Mr Pop. Still going strong at the age of 74-years-old. This four-CD set captures...
A real, raw, shit hot, ballsy rock and roll record with no BS backstory or an array of star guests to prop up weak songs and...
Masks. We all wear them. Even before and after the pandemic laws….Stopping ourselves being who we want to be sometimes; having to...
Eddie Martin. For blues fans in the UK, he probably needs no introduction. But this cool dude deserves global attention for his...
In September 2017, the editor of Music Republic Magazine reviewed James Lindsay’s album “Strand” and gave it the maximum five stars...
The latest edition of one of the most successful punk compilation series, offers 64 tracks across three discs collated from...
We do not usually run the full track listing of albums with reviews in this magazine, especially when it is a bumper box...
Coventry band The Sorrows were part of the 1960s British beat boom scene, the mods loved ‘em and they have been labelled...
Not much of a fan of live albums, as most are a let down and rarely sound as good as studio stuff or if/when I...
I love my editor! He knows I love retro disco and soul/r&b stuff, and so when the latest batch of CDs lands on my...
Oh yes please…..A box set bursting with soul, funk and disco goodness from New York’s Kleeer – and no less than eight discs...
ALBUM OF THE MONTH – MAY 2021 At last….a guitarist treading his own path in riffs and phrasing, and not adding to the...
Established sidemen and star session men can every now and again decide the time is right to step out of the shadows to take the...
Who is Judith Hill some may well ask. But after a few minutes of this glorious album, trust me when I say, her background is...
The first ever expanded re-issue of Marc Almond’s 1990 sixth studio album. “Enchanted” – saturated in Marc’s signature...
This two-CD, DVD and Blu Ray four-disc set, is a fitting homage to one of the finest and classiest UK bands in the so...
Originally formed in Maryland, USA in 1991, Clutch signed to Warner imprint East West Records two years later for...
UK label SoulMusic Records presents this super, triple-CD box set consisting of the two albums the US group cut for...
If raucous metal is your bag, then fill yer boots with this one….The “long-awaited” return of North East of UK thrashers...
20 TRACKS NEW TO CD INCLUDES SOME OF THE BIGGEST JAMAICAN HITS FROM THE ERA SHOWCASES THE EARLY WORK OF NUMEROUS REGGAE...
A stunning six-disc set of 59 tracks from the legendary UK progressive rock band Rare Bird, covering the period of...
If we played a game of musical word association, and I were to say, ‘Creation Records’, maybe you’d probably say Oasis...
There’s this teenage kid I know called Aidan who has been going to live gigs with my mate, his music crazy mother...
The Doctor Bird label continues to dig out some fabulously forgotten and sometimes obscure reggae tracks and release them on...
An off-the-wall belter of an album if you are a fan of creative guitarists treading their own path and blurring genre boundaries...
Spirit’s main man, singer/guitarist/songwriter and band leader Randy California was a hero…. Yes, he was worshiped by...
Following on from their recent “No Future Complete Singles Collection”, Captain Oi! now releases the superb “Riot City...
If reggae and/or soul/r&b are your thing, trust me; this 42 track, double disc collection is right up your Strasa – with 18...
The J.B.’s: Food For Thought/Doing It To Death/Damn Right I Am Somebody (Robinsongs) 12th March 2021
If we played some word association, and I said, “Funk”, many would come straight back with “James Brown”, surely. The...
Ill-fated legendary Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd first formed in 1964, when this fledgling bunch of...
This new triple disc set offers up Georgia Satellites’ output while on the Elektra label between 1986 and 1989 – with...
A much under-rated UK band of the 70s were Be Bop Deluxe, and with a far greater output than their one hit single...
Three discs. 69 tracks. Some fabulous legends. Some recognisable chart stars. Some exciting stars of the ska revival of the decade...
This set delivers all four of Curved Air’s albums recorded between 1970 and 1973. Four discs offering up a total of 38 cuts here...
AC/DC fans will probably not need an introduction to Aussie rock band Fraternity – with the early 1970s down-under band boasting...
One of the most unique voices and music talents the UK has ever produced? I think so…… This is the first...
Three discs, offering up 28 tracks of glorious, hard and heavy rock to test your home’s sound proofing and double glazing –...
Four CDs, 59 tracks, detailed liner notes from their manager and the booklet has the relevant record sleeves, plus press...
The first double CD career anthology of US r&b supergroup Con Funk Shun. The seven-piece group from California scored 25 hits...
It’s almost Christmas, so it’s time for champagne and celebration. In this case, we celebrate the talents of one of the...
This 57-track, four-CD set covers just about everything released by seminal American punk icon Wayne County and his Electric Chairs...
This is the latest release in Cherry Red’s series of deluxe Fall reissues – “Fall Sound Archive”. Imperial Wax Solvent was...
