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Reissue Review: Various Artists – Birth Of A Nation – Inevitable Records: An Independent Liverpool 1979-1986

    Birth of a Nation
    It never attracted the acclaim or profile of a Factory or Postcard, but Inevitable Records was a valuable conduit for Liverpool indie music in the late 1970s and early 1980s.…
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      Reissue Review: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music II

        Now That’s What I Call Music I was reissued with much fanfare late last year to coincide with Now 100, but the second album in the series arguably deserves more…
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          Reissue Review: Various Artists – C87

            Originally released as a mail order cassette by NME in May 1986, C86 was, for better or worse, to spawn a whole movement of alternately twee and shambling indie guitar…
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              Reissue Review: Various Artists – Electrical Language – Independent British Synth Pop 78-84

                The history of UK electropop is so often reduced to a handful of big names and chart-straddling stars that rare compilations such as this 4CD set are a valuable counterbalance…
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                  Review: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music! 1

                    The original Now! album weaned a whole generation off recording pop songs from the Sunday evening Radio 1 countdown Admittedly it wasn’t the first but it went on to become the…
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                    On this day in 2019, Weezer released the Teal Album, a collection of covers featuring their hit rendition of Africa, plus versions of Take On Me, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), No Scrubs and Billie Jean. youtu.be/mZXac7A4dFA

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                    A happy 68th birthday to one-hit wonder (for the brilliant Break My Stride) Matthew Wilder. ow.ly/xK8r50DgDhm

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                    "Groovy fella" Jools Holland hits 63 today. The former Squeeze keyboardist broke into TV in 1982 as one of the presenters of The Tube. He’s fronted BBC2’s Later... With Jools Holland since 1992. ow.ly/bVp150DgDhc

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                    To coincide with the release of Russell T Davies' breathtakingly brilliant It's A Sin series starring @alexander_olly, @yearsandyears have released a stripped back version of the @petshopboys song the show takes its title from. Check it out. youtu.be/1CSkP4ktc-o

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                    On this day in 1984, the latest copy of American magazine Newsweek was published, with Boy George and Annie Lennox on the cover under the headline “Britain Rocks America – Again”. pic.twitter.com/eIOGuhFNme

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                    On this day in 1997, The Spice Girls movie Spice World opened in the US. The film would prove a big success Stateside, breaking the record for the highest-ever debut for Super Bowl weekend with box office sales of $10,527,222. ow.ly/iJJT50Dgfxm

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                    Incredible as it may seem, but Michael Hutchence would have celebrated his 61st birthday today. Here he is with one of INXS’ biggest UK hits, Need You Tonight. youtu.be/w-rv2BQa2OU

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                    On this day in 1985, in his annual list of the Worst-Dressed Women, bitchy fashion critic Richard Blackwell named Cher the Worst Of 1984, writing that she "has little or less respect for being a woman." Cyndi Lauper came in at No.4. pic.twitter.com/adgZYCppA1

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                    #MichaelHutchence #Kylie pic.twitter.com/m7kNcYN9rD

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                    A happy 56th birthday to DJ Jazzy Jeff. As part of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (alongside Will Smith) he’s sold over 5.5 million albums in the US alone. ow.ly/CZuT50Dfc4J

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                    RT @FakeShowbizNews Fatboy Slim to release album of classic TV theme tune remixes - including Only Fools and Horses, Rentaghost and Tales Of The Unexpected pic.twitter.com/Hd20Qj2lMn

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                    On this day in 1997, we lost the great Billy MacKenzie of The Associates, who died by suicide at the age of just 39. The Cure’s song Cut Here from 2001 was written about Robert Smith’s friendship with the late Scottish singer. ow.ly/la2J50Dfc3V

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                    A new podcast for all you Paul Weller nuts. Recommended. twitter.com/WellerFanPod/s…

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                    Fascinating to see Joy Division in colour. twitter.com/JonSavage1966/…

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                    The Guardian have ranked #TakeThat's 20 best songs. Have they got it right? theguardian.com/music/2021/ja…

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                    On this day in 1984, #BonJovi released their debut album. It’s notable for being the only Bon Jovi LP to include a song (She Don't Know Me) that wasn’t written or co-written by a member of the band. ow.ly/hYmi50De8S5

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                    Sananda Maitreya (AKA The Artist Formerly Known As Terence Trent D’Arby) is set to release his 12th studio album Pandora’s PlayHouse on 15 March. classicpopmag.com/2021/01/san…

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                    A happy birthday to #BillyOcean. Yes, the Caribbean Queen singer was born in Trinidad and Tobago 71 years ago today. Have a great one from all of us at Classic Pop ow.ly/wSTO50De8RC

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                    A happy 45th birthday to Emma Bunton of The Spice Girls. Yes, she ain’t a baby no longer. ow.ly/KI9k50De8Qr

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