Small Faces

 

Artist:  Small Faces
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Psychedelic Pop, Garage, Mod, British Invasion, British Psychedelic 

Original line-up:

Steve Marriott:  Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Ronnie Lane:  Bass, Vocals
Kenney Jones:  Drums
Jimmy Winston:  Keyboards

Classic line-up:

Steve Marriott:  Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Ronnie Lane:  Bass, Vocals
Ian McLagan:  Keyboards, Vocals
Kenney Jones:  Drums

Small Faces were an English Rock Band from London, formed in 1965 by Steve Marriott (Vocals, Guitar), Ronnie Lane (Bass, Vocals), Kenney Jones (Drums) and Jimmy Winston (Keyboards) and later was replaced by Ian McLagan in 1966.  The band is remembered as one of the most acclaimed and influential Mod Groups of the 1960s, with memorable Hit Songs such as:  "Itchycoo Park", "Lazy Sunday", "All Or Nothing", "Tin Soldier".  After The Small Faces disbanded, Steve Marriott formed Humble Pie, and the remaining three members were joined by Ronnie Wood (Guitar) and Rod Stewart (Lead Vocals).  Small Faces are one of the biggest original influences on the Britpop movement of the 1990s, and in England, Small Faces were one of the most extraordinary and successful bands of the min-'60s, serious competitors to The Who and The Rolling Stones.

Title:  The Hit Singles Collection (2025)

Genre:  Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Psychedelic Pop, Garage, Mod, British Invasion, British Psychedelic 

Label:  Charly Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:  (Hit Single A-Sides)

 1.  Here Come The Nice (Mono Version) (UK #12) (2:55)

 2.  Itchycoo Park ((Mono Version) (UK#3) (2:44)

 3.  TinSoldier (Mono Version) (UK#9) (3:20)

 4.  Lazy Sunday (Mono Version) (UK#2) (3:02)

 5.  The Universl (Mono Version) (UK#16) (2:42)

 6.  Afterglow Of Your Love (Single Version) (UK#36) (3:22)

Side Two:  (Hit Single B-Side)

 1.  Talk To You (Mono Version) (2:05)

 2.  I'm Only Dreaming (Mono Version) (2:22)

 3.  I Feel Much Better (3:56)

 4.  Rollin' Over (Mono Version) (2:15)

 5.  Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass (Mono Version) (Single Version) (2:46)

 6.  Wham Bam Thank You Mam (3:18)

Personnel:

Steve Marriott:  Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Ronnie Lane:  Bass, Vocals
Ian McLagan:  Keyboards, Vocals
Kenney Jones:  Drums

The Hit Singles Collection is the collection album by Small Faces, released pn May 23, 2025 by Charly Records.  For Fans of Small Faces, and Music Collectors.

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity

 

Artist:  Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
Origin:   UK
Gerne:  Rhythm & Blues, Funk, Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Fusion, Pop Rock, Blues Rock

Original line-up:

Julie Driscoll:  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Brian Auger:  Electric Organ, Piano, Electric Piano, Vocals, Backing Vocals
Rick Laird:  Bass
Phil Kinorra:  Drums

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity was a British Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz Band, led by Brian Auger (Organ, Piano, Vocals), duet with Julie Disrcoll (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar), along with Rick Laird (Bass Ex Graham Bond).

Title:  Open (2025) 

Gerne:  Rhythm & Blues, Funk, Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Fusion, Pop Rock, Blues Rock

Label:  Soul Bank Music 

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side  A:

1.  In And Out (3:06)

 2.  Isola Natale (5:27)

 3.  Black Cat (3:23)

 4.  Lament For Miss Baker (2:37)

 5.  Goodbye Jungle Telegraph (6:12)

Side Two:

 1.  Tramp (4:04)

 2.  Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (3:33)

 3.  A Kind Of Love In (2:32)

 4.  Break It Up (3:00)

 5.  Season Of The Witch (7:51)

Personnel:

Julie Driscoll:  Vocals
Brian Auger:  Keyboards, Vocals

Gary Boyle:  Guitar

Dave Ambrose:  Bass

Clive Thacker:  Drums

Open is the debut studio album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity, origanally released in 1968 by Marmalade/Polydor, remastered and reissued on June 20, 2025 by Soul Bank Music.

Wilson Pickett

 

Artist:  Wilson Pickett
Born:  March 18, 1941.  Prattville,Alabama, USA
Origin:  Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died:  January 19, 2006 (Aged 64).  Reston, Virginia, USA
Genre:  R&B, Soul, Southern Soul, Rock & Roll, Deep Soul
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals

Wilson Pickett was an American R&B, Soul and Rock & Roll Singer and Songwriter.  He was a major in the development of American Soul Music.  His best-known hits are "In The Midnight Hour", "Land Of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally" and "Funky Broadway".  He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.

Title:  It's Too Late (Special Edition) (2025)

Genre:  R&B, Soul, Southern Soul, Rock & Roll, Deep Soul

Label:  Ermitage Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  If You Need Me (2:38)

 2.  I'm Gonna Love You (2:14)

 3.  Baby Don't You Weep (2:12)

 4.  Peacebreaker (2:40)

 5.  I'm Down To My Last Heartbreak (2:38)

 6.  R.B. Special (2:20)

Side Two:

 1.  I Can't Stop (2:33)

 2.  I'll Never Be The Same (2:40)

 3.  Baby Call On Me (2:26)

 4.  Give Your Lovin' Right Now (2:19)

 5.  It's Too Late (3:09)

Personnel:

Wilson Pickett:  Vocals

Others:  Unknown

It's Too Late is the debut studio album by Wilson Pickett, originally released in 1963 by Atlantic Records, remastered and reissued on June 27, 2025 by Ermitage Records.  Special Edition Yellow Vinyl.

Blue Murder

 

Artist:  Blue Murder
Origin:  UK
Genre:  Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

John Sykes:  Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, 12-String Acoustic Guitar
Tony Franklin:  Bass, Fretless Bass Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Carmine Appice:  Drums, Percussion, Timpani, Gong, Backing Vocals

Blue Murder were an English Hard Rock Supergroup, formed in 1988

by John Sykes (Guitar Ex Tygers Of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake), Tony Franklin (Bass Ex The Firm), and Carmine Appice (Drums Ex Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck Bogert & Appice,, KGB, King Kobra, Ozzy Osbourne).

Title:  Nothin' But Trouble (2025)

Genre:  Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal

Label:  Real Gone Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side One:

 1.  We All Fall Down (4:47)

 2.  Itchycoo Park (3:46)

 3.  Cry For Love (6:57)

Side Two:

 1.  Runaway (5:58)

 2.  Dance (4:08)

 3.  I'm On Fire (4:45)

LP 2:

Side Three:

 1.  Save My Love (4:48)

 2.  Love Child (5:29)

 3.  Shouldn't Have Let You Go (4:10)

Side Four:

 1.  I Need An Angel (7:02)

 2.  She Knows (3:38)

Personnel:

John Sykes:  Guitars, Vocals

Marco Mendoza:  Bass

Tommy O'Steen:  Drums, Backing Vocals

Kelly Keeling:  Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on Track 6

Nik Green:  Keyboards

Additional Musicians:

Carmine Appice:  Drums

Tony Franklin:  Bass

Nothin' But Trouble is the second and final studio album by Blue Murder, originally released on August 31, 1993 by Geffen Records, remastered and reissued on June 6, 2025 by Real Gone Music.  Blue with Black Ca SWIRL Pressing.  

Jeff Beck

Artist:  Jeff  Beck 
Birth Name :  Geoffrey Arnold Beck
Born:  June 24, 1944.  Wallington, London Borough of Sutton, Englande

Died:  January 10, 2023 (Aged 78).  East Sussex, England
Genre:   Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, British Blues, Rock & Roll, Contemporary Rock, Guitar Heroes, Jazz Fusion, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Instrumental Rock
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter, Actor
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Piano

Jeff Beck is an English Rock Guitarist.  He is one of these noted Guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds (other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page).  He also formed The Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart (Lead Vocals), Ronnie Wood (Bass) and Micky Waller (Drums), and Beck, Bogert & Appice.

Title:  Beck-Ola (Limited Edition) (2025)

Genre:   Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, British Blues, Rock & Roll, Contemporary Rock, Guitar Heroes, Jazz Fusion, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Instrumental Rock

Label:  Parlophone Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  All Shock Up (4:49)

 2.  Spanish Boots (3:32)

 3.  Girl From Mill Valley (3:44)

 4.  Jailhouse Rock (3:12)

Side 2:

 1.  Plynth (Water Down The Drain) (3:05)

 2.  The Hangman's Knee (4:47)

 3.  Ric Pudding (7:20)

Personnel:

Jeff Beck:  Guitars

Rod Stewart:  Lead Vocals

Ronnie Wood:  Bass

Nicky Hopkins:  Piano, Organ

Tony Newman:  Drums

Beck-Ola is the second studio album by Jeff Beck, originally released on June 1969 by Epic, remastered and reissued on June 20, 2025 by Parlophone Records.  Limited Edition White Vinyl.

 

Rod Stewart

 

Artist:  Rod Stewart
Birth Name:  Roderick David Stewart
Born:  January 10, 1945.  Highgate, North London, England.
Genre:  Rock, Pop, Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Hard Rock, Folk Rock, Soft Rock
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Keyboards, Mandolin, Banjo

Rod Stewart is a British Rock Singer.  He is the one of the best-selling music artist of All Time, having sold over 100 million records worldwide.  In the late 1960s and early 1970s he was the singer of The Jeff Beck Group and then with The Faces and he started his solo career in 1969.  In 2008, Billboard Magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists" and he was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine's list of the top 100 Greatest Singers of All-Time, and No. 59 on Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singer of All-Time, on solo artist, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994, the UK Music Hall Of Fame in 2006, and was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, as a member of The Faces, in 2002.

Title:  Ultimate Hits (2025)

Genre:  Rock, Pop, Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Hard Rock, Folk Rock, Soft Rock

Label:  Warner Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Maggie May (5:13)

 2.  In A Broken Dream (Python Lee Jackson) (3:40)

 3.  You Wear It Well (4:21)

 4.  Sailing (4:39)

 5.  I Don't Want To Talk About It (4:50)

 6.  Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) (3:56)

 7.  The First Cut Is The Deepest (4:31)

 8.  The Killing Of Georgie, Pt. I And II (6:29)

 9.  You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) (4:30)

10. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (5:31)

11. Young Turks (5:03)

12. Baby Jane (4:43)

13. Forever Young (4:04)

14. Have I Told You Lately (3:58)

15. Rhythm Of The Heart (4:12)

16. For The First Time (4:07)

Ultimate Hits is the collection album by Rod Stewart, released on June 27, 2025 by Warner Records, includes "Maggie May", "Sailing", "I Don't Want To Talk About", "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)", "The First Cut Is The Deepest", "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" "Young Turks", "Forever Young", "Have I Told You Lately", and more!.

Jack Bruce

Artist:   Jack Bruce
Birth Name:  John Symon Asher Bruce
Born:  May 14, 1943.  Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died:  October 25, 2014 (Aged 71).  Suffolk, England
Genre:  Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, British Blues
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Bass, Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Upright Bass

Jack Bruce was a Scottish Musician and Composer, best known as a member of the British Blues Rock Trio Cream.  In 1962, he joined Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, and Graham Bond before leaving in 1965 to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, whose guitarist was Eric Clapton, and with Manfred Mann before forming Cream with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker.

Title:  Harmony Row (Box Set Edition 2 CD+2 Blu-Ray) (2025) 

Genre:  Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, British Blues

Label:  Esoteric Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD+Blu-Ray

Tracks:

Disc 1:  CD - Harmony Row, Original Album Stereo Mix Remastered

 1.  Can You Follow? (1:32)

 2.  Escape To The Royal Wood (On Ice) (3:44)

 3.  You Burned The Tables On Me (3:49)

 4.  There's A Forest (1:44)

 5.  Morning Story (4:55)

 6.  Folk Song (4:20)

 7.  Smiles And Grins (6:05)

 8.  Post War (4:20)

 9.  A Letter Of Thanks (2:54)

10. Victoria Sage (5:02)

11. The Consul At Sunset (4:14)

Bonus Tracks:

12. Green Hill (Can't You Follow?) (2:16)

13. There's A Forest (First Take) (2:11)

14. You Burned The Tables On Me (Electric Piano Version) (4:10)

15. Can You Follow? (First Take) (1:46)

Disc 2:  CD - Harmony Row, New Stereo Mix

 1.  Can You Follow? (1:32)

 2.  Escape To The Royal Wood (On Ice) (3:44)

 3.  You Burned The Tables On Me (3:49)

 4.  There's A Forest (1:44)

 5.  Morning Story (4:55)

 6.  Folk Song (4:20)

 7.  Smiles And Grins (6:05)

 8.  Post War (4:20)

 9.  A Letter Of Thanks (2:54)

10. Victoria Sage (5:02)

11. The Consul At Sunset (4:14)

Bonus Tracks:

12. Riffs (Take 14)

13. Smiles And Grins (Olympic Studios Demo) 

14. A Letter Of Thanks (Olympic Studios Demo)

15. End Piece

Disc 3:  Blu-Ray - 96 KHZ/24-Bit New 5.1 Surround  Sound Ab Stereo Mixes By Stephen W. Tayler

 1.  Can You Follow? (1:32)

 2.  Escape To The Royal Wood (On Ice) (3:44)

 3.  You Burned The Tables On Me (3:49)

 4.  There's A Forest (1:44)

 5.  Morning Story (4:55)

 6.  Folk Song (4:20)

 7.  Smiles And Grins (6:05)

 8.  Post War (4:20)

 9.  A Letter Of Thanks (2:54)

10. Victoria Sage (5:02)

11. The Consul At Sunset (4:14)

Bonus Tracks:

12. Riffs (Take 14)

13. Smiles And Grins (Olympic Studios Demo) 

14. A Letter Of Thanks (Olympic Studios Demo)

15. End Piece

Disc 4:  Blu-Ray - Video - Out Front (Granada T.V. 1971)

Jack Bruce & Friends

 1.  Smiles & Grins

 2.  A Letter Of Thanks

 3.  Folk Song

 4.  Powerhouse Sod

 5.  You Burned The Tables On Me

Swing In With Jack Bruce (Rockpalast, WDR Television 1972)

 6.  You Burned The Tables On Me

 7.  Theme For An Imaginary Western

 8.  Politician

 9.  Rope Ladder To The Moon

10. Folk Song

Personnel:

Jack Bruce:  Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Piano, Organ, Cellos, Harmonica

Chris Spedding:  Guitars

John Marshall:  Drums

Harmony Row is the third studio album by Jack Bruce, originally released on July 1971 by Polydor, remastered and reissued on June 27, 2025 by Esoteric Recordings.  Box Set Edition 2 CD and 2 Blu-Ray.