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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 0:06:10 GMT
Circus Raves, December 1974
Alex Harvey is practically old enough to be your father: 38 years of rock’n’roll soul, to be exact. Of course he isn’t necessarily the oldest man in rock’n’roll, with Elvis Presley, Ian Hunter and Leon Russell being very secretive about their grey hairs (and Ray Manzarek’s a good 35 years). But you’d expect a veteran like Alex to have a nice, safe respectable blues outfit à la John Mayall – after all, he’s not a kid anymore.
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Let It Rock, June 1975
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to listen to Alex Harvey without feeling distinctly unsettled. On stage he's an obsessive – a malevolent dictator figure – in full control of his own faculties and the audience. I felt so paranoid, stumbling from a gig at the Rainbow last year, that I half expected to find Finsbury Park in the throes of a race riot.
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band at Newcastle
Mick Brown, Sounds, 15 May 1976
I WAS going to say fascism, but as the man said, how could anyone take Hitler seriously without his moustache? What a moustache! Clipped, sharp, black as hell, fundamentally evil, pulling the whole of his face – which is otherwise as anonymous as wet pastry – into dark and malevolent focus. A moustache that could massacre millions.
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Alex Harvey: It Pays To Hang Tough
Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, January 1975
"MAYBE I'M GETTING old," says Alex Harvey, sounding a bit puzzled. "It may be that simple." It's a bit of a laugh, after listening to so many 25-year-old rock 'n' rollers lament over and lash out at that terrifying prospect, to hear it from someone who's a rising star at the age of 39.
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 0:06:37 GMT
Record Mirror End Of Year Lists 1975
Albums
1 Bob Marley Natty Dread
2 Millie Jackson Caught Up
3 10 CC Original Soundtrack
4 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Best Years of Our Lives
5 Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks
6 Average White Band Cut The Cake
7 David Bowie Young American
8 Kilburn & the Highroads Handsome
9 Roxy Music Siren
10 Elton John Captain Fantastic
11 Steely Dan Katy Lied
12 Neil Young Tonights the Night
13 Who Who by Numbers
14 J Geils Hotline
15 Jefferson Starship Dragonfly
16 Big Youth Dread Locks Dread
17 Janis Ian Between the Lines
18 Al Jarreau We Got By
19 The Rolling Stones Rolled Gold
20 Lou Reed Lou Reed Live
21 Rod Stewart Atlantic Crossing
22 Smokey Robinson A Quiet Storm
23 John Lennon Rock 'n Roll
24 Rufus Rufusized
25 Mataya Clifford Road of Life
26 The Sensational ALex Harvey Band Tomorrow Belongs to Me
27 Dr Hook Bankrupt
28 The Undisputed Truth Higher Than High
29 KC & the Sunshine Band KC & the Sunshine Band
30 Wings Venus and Mars
31 Steeleye Span All Around My Hat
32 The Miracles City Of Angels
33 Mike Oldfield Ommadawn
34 Rita Jean Bodine Rita Jean Bodine
35 Sparks Indiscreet
36 Queen A Night at the Opera
37 Billy Connolly Get Right Intae Him
38 Allen Toussaint Southern Nights
39 Wings Band on the Run
40 Neil Sedaka Overnight Success
41 Bob Dylan Basement Tapes
42 The Dramatics Dramatic Jackpot
43 Judy Collins Judith
44 Major Harris My Way
45 Justin Haywood / John Lodge Blue Jays
46 Tomita Snowflakes are Dancing
47 Little Feet The Last Record Album
48 Leo Sayer Another Year
49 Ace Time For Another
50 Supremes The Supremes
51 Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis?
52 Be Bop De Luxe Futurama
53 Eagles One of These Nights
54 Grateful Dead Blues For Alaah
55 Blackbyrds Flying Start
56 London American Story The American Dream
57 Dr Feelgood Malpractice
58 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
59 Andy Fairweather-Low La Booga Rooga
60 John Bird The Idi Amin Album
61 The Ohio Players Honey
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 0:08:56 GMT
one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear - 2008 Edition from Rocklistmusic:
Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 0:11:08 GMT
50 Greatest Live Albums Ever from Classic Rock Magazine
1. Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
2. AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You've Got It
3. Cheap Trick - At Budokan
4. Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
5. Who - Live at Leeds
6. UFO - Strangers in the Night
7. Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out
8. Kiss - Alive!
9. Rush - Exit ... Stage Left
10. Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
11. Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East
12. Kiss - Alive II
13. BlackFoot - Highway Song Live
14. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
15. Clash - From Here To Eternity: Live
16. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East - Live In Japan
17. Rush - All the World's a Stage
18. Yes - Yessongs
19. Black Sabbath - Live Evil
20. Hanoi Rocks - All Those Wasted Years
21. Aerosmith - Live Bootleg
22. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends
23. Black Sabbath - Live At Last
24. Status Quo - Live
25. Queen - Live Killers
26. Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road
27. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
28. Bob Seger - Live Bullet
29. Led Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same
30. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York
31. Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
32. Genesis - Seconds Out
33. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
34. Slayer - Decade of Aggression
35. Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged
36. Humble Pie - Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore
37. Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
38. Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Plays Monterey
39. Doors - Absolutely Live
40. Jimmy Page & the Black Crowes - Live at the Greek
41. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
42. Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975-1985
43. Genesis - Live
44. Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Live
45. Yes - Yesshows
46. Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live
47. Saxon - Eagle Has Landed
48. Judas Priest - Priest... Live!
49. Kinks - One for the Road
50. Cream - Wheels of Fire
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 0:12:40 GMT
50 Best Live Acts of All Time (April 2008) from Classic Rock Magazine
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Who
3. AC/DC
4. Hendrix, Jimi
5. Pink Floyd
6. Queen
7. Iron Maiden
8. Rolling Stones
9. Kiss
10. Beatles
11. Aerosmith
12. Van Halen
13. Guns N’ Roses
14. Radiohead
15. Rage Against The Machine
16. Cream
17. Bruce Springsteen
18. Clash
19. Thin Lizzy
20. UFO
21. Yes
22. Police
23. Slayer
24. Rammstein
25. Motörhead
26. U2
27. Soundgarden
28. Ramones
29. Bowie, David
30. Fugazi
31. McCartney, Paul
32. REM
33. Status Quo
34. Nirvana
35. Rainbow
36. Rush
37. Fleetwood Mac
38. Marillion
39. Motley Crüe
40. Metallica
41. Beck, Jeff
42. Deep Purple
43. Alice Cooper
44. Genesis
45. Sensational Alex Harvey band
46. Dio
47. Grateful Dead
48. Heart
49. Muse
50. Gallagher, Rory
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 0:14:41 GMT
Rocklist Discography
The Best Cover Versions of all time:
1. Alex Harvey Band – Next - Next
2. Elvis Costello – Psycho - Almost Blue (Bonus Disk)
3. Faces – Maybe I’m Amazed – Long Player
4. Grace Jones – The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game – Warm Leatherette
5. Hindu Love Gods – Raspberry Beret – CD
6. Johnny Allen – Promised Land
7. Maximo Park – Isolation – Q Lennon Covered #2
8. Morrissey – Song From Under The Floorboards – The Youngest Was The Most Loved -CD
9. Nick Cave – By The Time I Get To Phoenix – Kicking Against The Pricks
10. Roger Mcguinn – You Bowed Down – Back From Rio
11. Rufus Wainwright – One Man Guy – Poses
12. Smashing Pumpkins – Landslide – Pieces Iscariot
13. Stereophonics – Don’t Let Me Down – Acoustic
14. The Clash – Armageddon Time – London Calling 12”
15. The Ravonettes – I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Pretty In Black
16. The Tamlins – Baltamore – Sly And Robbie Taxi Sound
17. Thom Yorke & Sparklehorse – Wish You Were Here – Vox/Emi 100 Years Free Cd
18. Tom Waits – Somewhere – Blue Valentine
19. Yes – Every Little Thing – Yes (1st Album)
20. Yo La Tengo – Here Comes My Baby – Fakebook
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 0:37:59 GMT
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT SMITH Spin Magazine 2008:
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 1:18:52 GMT
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Post by penny on Mar 16, 2011 1:19:45 GMT
This is a great thread, Ginnie, thanks for posting it.
You sure like a list don't you!!! (Don't know what Uncle Hoggy is going to say mind)
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Post by Ginnie on Mar 16, 2011 1:20:59 GMT
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Post by penny on Mar 16, 2011 1:24:56 GMT
I think I might have some old articles somewhere....will look them out, from the NME or Sounds.
I should also have an interview Zal did with a guitar mag too, it had the first photo I had ever seen without him wearing his makeup.
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