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Tom Jones Praise & Blame - review

Tom Jones Praise & Blame - review

Tom Jones' album "Praise & Blame" takes the Welsh star in a new and interesting direction. The result is his best album in years.

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One hit wonders - ten of the best

One hit wonders - ten of the best

Enjoy our selection of ten of the best one-hit wonders, spanning 1954 to 1979.

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Ten forgotten originals

Ten forgotten originals

Sometimes a cover verison of a song is so popular that it becomes better known than the first recording. Enjoy these "ten forgotten originals."

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Elvis Presley's essential first album

Elvis Presley's essential first album

We look back at Elvis Presley's first album, simply titled "Elvis Presley."

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T.A.M.I. Show DVD - review

T.A.M.I. Show DVD - review

Read the Classic Pop Icons review of one of this year's "must have" music DVD releases.

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Pop legends say Things Go Better with Coke

Pop legends say Things Go Better with Coke

Hear some of the biggest stars of the 1960s singing their Coke jingles, including Marvin Gaye, Roy Orbison and The Moody Blues.

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Jimi Hendrix – Valleys of Neptune review

Written by admin on March 9, 2010 – 6:13 am -

Seattle-born guitar genius Jimi Hendrix died 40 years ago this September. Valleys of Neptune is the latest in the avalanche of unreleased Hendrix material that followed that premature demise.

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New Jimi Hendrix song on the way

Written by admin on January 12, 2010 – 10:21 pm -

A previously unissued track from Jimi Hendrix called “Valleys of Neptune” will be released as a single on February 2. It will then be released on a compilation album of the same name on March 9, along with several other rare and unissued recordings.

Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune The Valleys of Neptune album will contain 12 tracks recorded at Jimi’s final recording sessions while working on his posthumously completed First Rays of the Rising Sun. Other tracks receiving their first official release are “Lullaby for the Summer,” “Crying Blue Rain” and “Ships Passing Through the Night.”

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