Author: David Bash

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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Pop 

Pop-O-Rama!!! August 2019 Edition

August 13, 2019August 22, 2019 David Bash 1 Comment Farrington, Johnathan Pushkar, Jordan Jones, The Armoires

This month in new music from the pop underground

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Power Pop 

ALBUMS: COME ON LET’S GO! Power Pop Gems From The ‘70s and ‘80s (Big Beat/Ace)

August 7, 2019August 8, 2019 David Bash 2 Comments 20/20, Big Beat/Ace, Big Star, Come on Let's Go! Power Pop Gems from the '70s and '80s, Dave Burke, Dwight Tilley Band, Flamin' Groovies, Raspberries, Shoes, The Romantics, The Rooks, The Rubinoos, The Secrets, The Toms, The Tweeds

New compilation highlights material from acts in the power pop multi-verse both obvious and obscure

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Rock 

Popster Takes a Swing at Alt-Country and Connects

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Quatro, The Jayhawks, William Duke

William Duke’s Fine New Record ‘Quatro’

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Pop Rock 

Know One Knows

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Badfinger, Pete Ham, Warner Bros.

Inside Badfinger’s Warner Bros. era

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Pop Remembrance Rock 

John Wicks, Records Singer and Songwriter, Has Died

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 David Bash 0 Comments Debbi Peterson, John Wicks, Records, Will Burch

Composer of Starry Eyes and Other Gems Succumbs to Cancer

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