Author: David Bash

Pop Rock 

The Beach Boys: Celebrating 60 Years of Summer

July 4, 2022July 5, 2022 David Bash 0 Comments Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, Sounds of Summer: 60th Anniversary Expanded Edition, The Beach Boys, Universal Music Enterprises

Looking at the pros and cons of the newly expanded Best Of set

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Power Pop 

Pop-O-Rama 7!!!

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 David Bash 0 Comments Alessi, Barnaby Bye, Big Stir Records, David Bash, Esoteric Recordings, Jimmer Podrasky, Lannie Flowers, Power pop, Rosalie Cunningham, The Rave-Ups, Trevor Blendour, Two Piece Puzzle

David Bash dishes on some of the best new pop releases in recent weeks

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Pop Power Pop Records 

Pop-O-Rama 6!!!

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 David Bash 0 Comments Earworms, International Pop Overthrow, Material Issue, Nick Frater, Pop-O-Rama, The Grip Weeds, The Parlophonics, Yorick Van Norden

David Bash dishes on some of the best new pop releases to spend your Xmas money on

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Blues Folk Pop 

ALBUMS: This Cat Is On Fire

November 23, 2021November 26, 2021 David Bash 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Box Set, Cat Stevens, Teaser And The Firecat, Universal Music Enterprises, Yusuf, Yusuf Islam

The generous Teaser And The Firecat box set tells the complete tale of the classic Cat Stevens album

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Beatle 

ALBUMS: Is the New Let It Be Box Better On Vinyl?

November 12, 2021November 13, 2021 David Bash 0 Comments Apple Records, Box Set, Deluxe Edition, George Harrison, John Lennon, Let It Be, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Vinyl

We decide which format is the best with which to experience The Beatles’ final studio LP

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Pop 

ARCHIVES: The Real Feels (And Flows) Of The Beach Boys

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 David Bash 8 Comments “Sunflower”, 1970, 1971, Blondie Chaplin, Box sets, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Feel Flows, Mike Love, Surf's Up, The Beach Boys, The Sunflower and Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971

Inside the exquisite, better-than-perfect The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971

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Pop Power Pop Records 

Pop-O-Rama #5!!!

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 David Bash 3 Comments 2021, Big Stir Records, Cherry Red, Chris Stamey, David Bash, Design, Elton John, Omnivore Recordings, Our Back Pages, Peter Holsapple, Pop, Pop-O-Rama, Power pop, Records, The Bablers, Wanderlust

David Bash dishes on some of the best new pop releases in recent weeks

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Alternative Rock Power Pop 

It’s an International Pop…OVER-Throw!

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 David Bash 3 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow 2019, International Pop Overthrow festival, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Mercury Records

Celebrating 30 years of Material Issue’s power pop masterpiece

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Britpop Pop 

ALBUMS: The Collected Works of a Pop Sophisticate

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 David Bash 0 Comments 10cc, Brian Protheroe, Cherry Red, Chris Rainbow, Flo & Eddie, I/You, Martin Duncan, Pick-Up, Pinball, The Albums 1974-76

A new box set from Cherry Red chronicles the mid-70s heyday of thespian musician Brian Protheroe

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Power Pop 

Pop-O-Rama #4!!!

May 20, 2020May 21, 2020 David Bash 0 Comments Ashley Wren Collins, David Bash, Kyle Vincent, Russ Giguere, The Association, The No Ones, The Overtures

David Bash dishes on some of his favorite things that came through in the mail during Corona Time

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Psychedelics Rock 

LISTEN: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 David Bash 0 Comments A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966, David Bowie, Grapefruit/Cherry Red, The Action. The Hollies, The Animals, The Creation, The Creation. 2020, The Moody Blues, The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds, Various Artists. A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966

Check out A Slight Disturbance In My Mind inside; box set out now on Grapefruit Records

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Country and/or Western Psychedelics Rock Uncategorized 

ALBUMS: Across The Great Divide

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Fairport Convention, Idle Race, Matthews Southern Comfort, Mott the Hoople, Procol Harum, Rod Stewart, The Faces, The Hollies, Traffic

On this excellent anthology subtitled Getting It Together In The Country 1968-1974, the influence of American music on British rock is examined

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Psychedelics 

Pop-O-Rama #3!!!

October 28, 2019October 30, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Ape House Records, Cherry Red Records, Craft Recordings, Dukes of Stratosphear, Esoteric Recordings, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow festival, Monster, Mustard, Psurroundabout Ride, R.E.M., R.E.M. Monster, Ron Wood Mustard, Roy Wood, XTC

International Pop Overthrow’s David Bash digs into three boffo new pop reissues

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Pop Power Pop Progressive Rock Psychedelics Radio Records Rock 

Pop-O-Rama No. 2!!!

September 23, 2019September 25, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Cherry Red Records, David Cassidy, Gerry Rafferty, Harmony Grass, Keith Partridge, Partridge Family, Pete Thomas, Plastic Penny, Progressive Rock, Rolling Stone, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

David Bash on the latest titles from the seminal UK catalog label Cherry Red

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Power Pop 

ALBUMS: Exploring the Floating World of Rob Laufer

September 1, 2019September 3, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Johnny Cash, Rob Laufer, The dB's, The Floating World, Tom Petty

Inspired by the unexpected passing of Tom Petty, this onetime Beatlemania member delivers his own magic on album no. 6

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