| Written by Joe Viglione | | Friday, 26 June 2009 19:59 | | Beginning this week we are going to introduce the Gemm Projected Coolness Charts. We hope to have Gemm.com hot sales charts, breaking discs, momentum discs and more. What you can look forward to in the coming weeks are reviews on the brand new CD from Ian Hunter along with a rarity "The Best of Ian Hunter" and the extraordinary expanded edition of "Brain Capers" by Mott The Hoople. As author Gene Sculatti has his "Catalog Of Cool" we are going to catalog the coolest music under the sun just for you here on Gemmzine.com #1 Ian Hunter MAN OVERBOARD My opinion on Man Overboard is not yet complete as I've only heard the 30 second soundbites on the web and the review copy is "in the mail", but soundbites indicate if we are going to look forward to a new project or if the review is going to be "work". Ian Hunter's new millennium recordings, "Rant", "Strings Attached", "Shrunken Heads", are all parts of a fabric, a tapestry as Carole King would say, and the path Hunter is on is one that I appreciate and enjoy. So Man Overboard is one of the key albums I'm actually excited about, looking forward to this month, and the soundbites reveal more episodes that will, no doubt, expand the Hunter catalog and satisfy his fan base.  |  |
Some artists mature like fine wine, "Sunny" author Bobby Hebb, former (latter-day) Velvet Underground keyboard player Willie "Loco" Alexander, Jackie DeShannon (check out her 2000 CD "You Know Me"), Gavin Sutherland (of Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) - find his "Diamonds And Gold" cd - all artists who avoid the pedestrian and mundane to deliver highly effective and creative works. What these performers have in common with Ian Hunter is a desire to generate their art without the thought of selling 3 million copies. Now with Mott The Hoople's Brain Capers as one of my all-time favorite manic rock & roll discs there's no doubt I have a bias towards Hunter's music, but that being said his initial solo albums and the final Mott The Hoople albums were not my cup of tea. Sure, I got them all but they didn't call to me the way Lou Reed's "Sally Can't Dance" and "Coney Island Baby" spoke volumes (and Lou himself is said to detest Sally Can't Dance, perhaps his finest pure pop record). Ian Hunter is an important artist functioning in this post-hit record world of an industry that is falling apart. It is a travesty that tiny labels are distributing this important art - from Jackie DeShannon's astounding efforts to Willie Alexander's perpetual fountain of brilliance. The cover of Man Overboard with the roller coaster - and the title - appear to offer something special. The musicianship is spot on, you can hear that much from the 30 second clips, and Hunter - compared to Dylan throughout his career - says things to me that Bob Dylan just doesn't care to communicate anymore. Which is why I adore the Dylan back catalog as much as I look forward to these new chapters from Ian Hunter. I'm quite sure my essay on "Man Overboard" will be quite lengthy. For right now read my thoughts on the re-release of the essential Brain Capers. Joe V. 10:38 PM Saturday night, June 27, 2009. The expanded Brain Capers. It doesn't come with the black mask, though that iconic symbol is the last page inside the 20 page booklet. "Death May Be Your Santa Claus" grooves out of the speakers with the fun that made Mott The Hoople one of our favorite bands. Sure, "All The Young Dudes" was very important in getting the band's trademark established, but this opening track was, to me, what this group was truly all about,at least for being one of my all-time favorite bands and - one of the greatest albums of all time. This is the real deal, kids, so after you've explored the beauty of "Ready For Love" and "One Of The Boys" and the Bowie-produced Columbia (Ok, ok, Sony) release, go to this rock & roll Bible and learn how to make great, unbridled sound that rules. The live versions of "Midnight Lady" and "The Journey" (nine minutes and forty-five seconds) are a plus, and the booklet gives great insight...though I can't find where the live takes are from? on this 2003 Angel Air re-release. The bonus tracks aren't on the American Rhino Records version so get ahold of the British CD. Here's the Angel Air site: http://www.angelair.co.uk/sjpcd160.htm Buy Brain Capers on Gemm.com http://www1.gemm.com/c/search.pl?field=GEMM+SEARCH&wild=brain+capers+&Go!.x=0&Go!.y=0&Go!=Search&picklang=%2Findex.cgi%3Flang%3DEN%26clickflag%3D1%26 THE BEST OF IAN HUNTER
http://www1.gemm.com/ddc/search.pl?&disp_ad_format_mode=0&artist=HUNTER%2CIAN&price_above=.001&&title=BEST+OF+IAN+HUNTER&price_above=.001& This oddity #2 Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison  #3 Michael Jackson's 25th Anniversary Edition of Thriller, of course:  #4 Willie Nile: Beautiful Wreck of the World and Live DVD  
#5 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, JANIS JOPLIN, SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, JOHNNY WINTER & SANTANA Five discs LIVE AT WOODSTOCK plus 5 original Columbia CDs from those artists!
Jefferson Airplane at Woodstock and the Volunteers album: #6 Halley DeVestern, former lead singer for Big Brother & The Holding Company 
#7 GENE CLARK & THE BYRDS SET YOU FREE 
#8 JOHN BATDORF OLD MAN DREAMIN' 
#10 SKY SAXON TRANSPARENCY  
Joe V reviews on AllMusic.com / Billboard.com Red Planet by Sky Saxon & The Seeds
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=11740&aid=658613 Transparency http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=albums&pid=11740&aid=744562 #11 Burrito Deluxe: The Whole Enchilada 
#12 Gene Sculatti's THE CATALOG OF COOL 
#13 SPANKY & OUR GANG BOXED SET Spanky & Our Gang and Other CD reviews April 2009   
| | Last Updated on Monday, 06 July 2009 19:15 | | The tragedy of Michael Jackson, Sky Saxon R.I.P. |  |  |  |  | | Written by Joe Viglione | | Thursday, 25 June 2009 14:26 | | SKY SAXON IS DEAD! The pioneering lead singer of The Seeds passed away on the same days as Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, a day after Ed McMahon
http://www.q13fox.com/entertainment/sns-ap-us-obit-saxon,0,5324748.story Sky was scheduled to be interviewed for Gemmzine; a number of our colleagues live in Austin, where Saxon passed away, and Helanie Saad had put us in touch with Sky. R.I.P. His Seeds and solo records were reviewed on Allmusic.com by yours truly, the editor. An overview of his catalog will be put together for Gemmzine this weekend. Here's my review of Red Planet on AMG http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fyxqusldde Red Planet CD by Sky Saxon on GEMM http://www1.gemm.com/ddc/search.pl?&disp_ad_format_mode=0&artist=SAXON%2CSKY&price_above=.001&&title=RED+PLANET&price_above=.001&
R.I.P. Farah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and Michael Jackson Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital on Thursday, June 25, 2009 and as shocking as it seems, he appears to have passed away. Playing now at 6:46 PM EDT is the "Billie Jean" home demo from "Thriller: Special Edition" - it's fantastic, an exploration of the creative side of the artist building this classic track. The keyboards are spooky, the guitar as exquisite as on the final mix. It's a wonderful listening experience. 6:30 PM EDT More breaking news on Michael as it becomes available MSNBC says 3:26 PM Eastern time ambulances went to the home Jackson was renting. 6:22 PM MSNBC stated that L.A. Times confirmed the death (Published in TMZ, Drudge Report, OK Magazine, etc) and 6:30 PM NBC Not happy with the attacks on Michael Jackson on Facebook and some blogs ...let's be civil...it is a shock. There's an impressive body of work starting with the Jackson 5 into the Quincy Jones era that will be viewed for art's sake. Let's appreciate the music. Those early hits and the latter day hits have never been truly seen as one comprehensive library of good music. With his passing people will view the entire scope of the effect his music had on our culture. Gemmzine pays tribute to the greatness of Michael Jackson's talent with an overview of these albums.    
Born Michael Joseph Jackson on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana
Passed away on June 25, 2009. THRILLER - three versions! The original 1982 "Thriller" album was re-released in 2001 as Thriller "Special Edition" and a different "25th Anniversary Edition" in 2007.
Thriller Special Edition
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NANCY FOSTER ESSAYS ON MICHAEL JACKSON MICHAEL JACKSON:THRILLER REVISITED
By Nancy "Neon" Foster
THRILLER ,released by Epic in November 1982 is reported to be the best selling album of all time with 45 million worldwide sales. It garnered 7 Top Ten US singles and 8 Grammy Awards. While some bands and fans got behind the "It's Rock;Disco sucks" banner , the following THRILLER review appeared in my NYC fanzine, GROOVE ASSOCIATES. I never thought that disco was a threat to rock 'n' roll. I was and still am a firm believer in the idea that a great song or in the case of THRILLER - a great album transcends genre. Moreover the new wave formula became its own downfall. As new wave became slicker, more bound by formula, more commercial, so called disco became more solid, more funky, and more soulful.
One of the members of Bow Wow Wow said that the only good thing about new wave / romantic synth groups is that they spawned stuff like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Afrika Bambataa and the Soul Sonic Force, etc.. Although the blue eyed soul of Soft Cell, Culture Club, and so on was fun, it couldn't really compare with an old Smokey Robinson and the Miracles album or what was then a new Michael Jackson album -THRILLER.
FROM GROOVE ASSOCIATES PREMIER ISSUE,1982:MICHAEL JACKSON:THRILLER - This is like a greatest hits album. The album is a masterpiece of composition,performance, and production by two musical genui- Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. Eventhough I think the McCartney duet is hardly the most exciting cut on THRILLER, Michael Jackson is such a rare talent that he envigorates this song which would generally be too slick and perfect for my tastes. It is amazing that Michael was able to collaborate so successfully with such disparate influences from Paul McCartney to Eddie Van Halen to Vincent Price. THRILLER despite these varied influences is a congruent work of art that is pure Michael Jackson.
The opener "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" ,written by Jackson himself is my favorite. This has definitely crossed over to the Latin dance clubs. In fact, this song doesn't sound right on a home system. This song and the album as a whole deserve a monster sound system, a mammoth dance floor, and hundreds of sweatin', writhin" bodies to do it justice-like NYC's Roxy on a hot Friday night.
This song THROBS with a sensual, primordial pulsebeat. The Latin ending is the perfect finale!
"Baby Be Mine" is more SWEET SOUL MUSIC with a beautiful, loving vocal treatment right down to the yelps. The pacing of the music and the cadence of the falling words is dynamic. "Thriller" is another hit complete with howls and a Vincent Price rap. While "Beat It" would generally be too metallic for my tastes, Jackson's amazing vocal could redeem anything. "Billie Jean" is another brilliant dance hit, this one about a paternity suit. "Human Nature" is soft, sweet, and relatively low key. "PYT" picks things up again with a hot, funky workout. "The Lady In My Life" is a Stylistics type slow dance number. (NANCY NEON, GROOVE ASSOCIATES #1,1982)
The single of the season has to be "Candy Girl" by New Edition from Roxbury, MA. They are as close to the Jacksons, as we will get. This single sounds- so great back-to-back with a Jacksons classic like "The Love You Save". Thanks to the club of the month, the Roxy for making Friday nights fab fun! I haven't forgotten the SOUL SONIC FORCE either. Their night at the Roxy was one of the best nights ever!(NANCY NEON, GROOVE ASSOCIATES,#1,1982)
Surprise! Surprise! That was NOT Michael Jackson dancing at the GRANDMASTER FLASH show at the Peppermint Lounge show. The very flexible young man was Laine Lassiter from Chapel Hill, NC. Lassi-ter is on SUGAR HILL records. Paul Weller of the Jam and Style Council told your truly "I really like a lot of the stuff coming out of NYC like SUGAR HILL . (NANCY NEON, GROOVE ASSOCIATES #1,1982)
   
| | Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2009 17:19 | | Written by Joe Viglione | | Saturday, 06 June 2009 20:13 | | | We moved over to Joomla and began uploading content on March 7th. Entering our fourth month we have a treasure trove of articles and a staff of notable writers with tons of content being added to the site weekly. Along with fascinating articles by some of the most unique minds in rock criticism, Gemmzine brings you into the heart of Gemm.com itself. Just click on a photo like The Doors At The Boston Arena (below) to find copies on Gemm.com My goal as editor is to provide you with exciting information on releases new and old, while turning you onto the fact that Rolling Stone magazine was correct that ..."If you can't find it on Gemm.com, fuhgeddaboudit! |  |
 | This is Gemm.com's 15th anniversary, we've been around a year longer than eMazone and AmaBay and we should be your first stop to find books, DVDs, CDs, LPs and collectibles. We make your life easier, and now we provide content that can help you enjoy the things you love even more. AUTOGRAPHED Kozmic Blues album for $499.00 on Gemm.com There are lots of collectibles on GEMM.com |
GEMMZINE IMPROVEMENTS COMING Keep in mind this is only the fourth month of Gemmzine, so be patient as our evolution continues. We have a staff of technicians making improvements on both the main Gemm site and working equally hard to design a user-friendly and inviting magazine. Once those two goals are accomplished we plan on launching GEMM RADIO. We have hundreds of airchecks that we are going to broadcast as well as new programming from our writers and on-air personalities. It's a very exciting time as we build for the future so, please, bookmark Gemmzine.com and Gemm.com GEMMZINE DIRECTORY http://gemmzine.blogspot.com is a directory that leads to many of our articles. The directory will have specific categories with quicklinks to reviews. If you want to read about Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan's new solo disc just click http://tinyurl.com/oneeyetomorocco Or the brand new Janis Joplin Live at Woodstock which Sony is releasing with I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (photo above) http://tinyurl.com/woodstock40th or go to the directory on the blogspot for John Lennon and Eric Clapton's LIVE PEACE IN TORONTO DVD http://tinyurl.com/livepeaceintoronto Again, as this week marks our fourth month please bear with us as the magazine starts taking a more familiar form. If the general feel right now is that of a fanzine or blog keep in mind that the content is superior containing hundreds of links (thanks to staffer Rembrandt) which bring you directly into the 20,000 plus retailers who sell millions and millions of items on http://www.gemm.com Gemmzine will eventually look like your traditional Rolling Stone, Spin, Mojo, EM - Electronic Musician magazines, and we'll be reviewing our sister publications focusing on the music on their free CDs, "scoops" from those zines in our news feed (always giving credit) with lots and lots of entertaining writing and LP/CD covers and more. We're planning on a collectible "print edition" of Gemmzine and a free CD available only through Gemm retailers. You can always reach me about stories and content at Joseph [@] gemm.com Joe Viglione, Editor-in-Chief
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12:48 PM Sunday June 7 (12 hours, non-stop...as the immortal Jo Jo Laine said "Who sleeps?") The Official Magazine of http://www.gemm.com It is Friday, 10:58 PM, May 29, 2009. HENDRIX MANIA ON GEMMZINE - More Hendrix that you need! Gary Pig Gold on Hendrix! Just click the blue link above - and when you finish reading Gary's column you'll get to Buzzy Linhart on Hendrix! http://tinyurl.com/BuzzyHendrix Phil Spector won't be producing any Johnny Cash records, but he might cut Folsom Prison Blues. and Ozzy Osborne sues Tony Iommi
It is 3:16 AM on Friday, May 22, 2009. NEW TERMINATOR FILM IS SENSATIONAL! Review by Joe Viglione http://tinyurl.com/terminatorsalvation2009 and over this memorial day weekend I will be putting together a big special on The Terminator DVDs...all of 'em. Lots of exciting things happening at GEMMZINE.com, Gary Pig Gold's article on Jimi Hendrix as well as Buzzy Linhart's memories of Jimi will also be posting this weekend. Stay tuned! Read the May 12, 2009 editorial here:
Quick links to Gemmzine stories can be found here: I'm writing a big GEMM FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL article on some spectacular things happening at http://www.gemm.com
Along with Joe Tortelli, Robert Barry Francos, Jakob Anser and Luciano Correlli joining the staff we'd like to introduce Nancy Foster as well. Read about America's Lost Band: The Remains - Nancy's first contribution to Gemmzine.com Also, we're developing dozens of "Tiny Urls" to make getting to those articles easier if you are talking about our magazine to your friends. We'll have a directory with "Tiny URLS" - for example: America's Lost Band by Nancy Foster http://tinyurl.com/americaslostband Johnny Mathis Romantically/Rapture by Joe Viglione http://tinyurl.com/johnnymathis (see a preview of the 5 double CD sets from Collector's Choice Music further down on this site) GEMM RARE RECORDS! We have a wonderful new article on rare songs and albums that are available on GEMM. Janis Joplin's friend Marty Balin's VERY RARE "Hearts" single sung in Spanish is available on GEMM http://www1.gemm.com/item/BALIN-c-MARTY/CORAZONES---d---EN--ESPA%D1OL/GML202112647/ and Janis's own Work Me Lord reviewed with links to rare performances on YouTube!
Star Trek Movie 2009 http://tinyurl.com/startrek2009movie We are on a huge viral marketing campaign on the internet so you'll be able to find our articles easily if you are on Usenet groups or specific Yahoo groups that allow our discussion of these articles. STAR TREK MOVIES ON GEMM! Read editor Joe V's review of the new Star Trek movie and click on the links to go where all Trek Fans will want to go some more...deep into http://Gemm.com to find their favorite Star Trek, Star Wars, Batman, Spiderman, I Robot and other related Sci-Fi item. The black & white Star Trek cover is the new movie. and for those who want a little horror there's the new DVD of TWILIGHT on http://www.gemm.com | | Last Updated on Sunday, 05 July 2009 22:41 | | Miles Davis, Ian Lloyd, Social Hero | | | | | | Written by Joe Viglione | | Thursday, 09 April 2009 07:20 |
and we expect an exclusive with Ian Lloyd of Stories & Foreigner fame, an in-depth discussion of his new release O-de-PO as well as a review of the disc. New discs like Tricadé 360 will have quick reviews until full essays on the discs are available. |  | We have an exclusive interview with Spanky McFarlane on her newest lp from Spanky & Our Gang, Back Home Americana, Vol. 1. it tells how Amos Lee refused to allow Spanky to release her recording of one of his tunes (where the words "back home" were referenced). It's an amazing story of an iconic 60s singer being snubbed by an artist touring with Dylan, exclusively on GEMMZine.com this week. |  |
INTERVIEWS WITH BRUCE SUDANO! Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits and Guitarist Peter Calo
Read a review of Bruce's newest album, Life And The Romantic, and a new interview conducted on April 23, 2009 Guitar phenomenon Peter Calo is also interviewed in this issue and we have a classic talk with Peter Noone, lead singer of The Herman's Hermits as well as a perpetually updated interview series with Buzzy Linhart. Just Click Here to hear what the legendary Mister Linhart is up to on (pretty much) a weekly basis. GEMM WELCOMES NEW WRITERS LUCIANO CORELLI, JOSEPH TELL and ROBERT BARRY FRANCOS
Lots of great new interviews as well as more classic interviews will be posting soon! We are also opening up sections on a variety of musical genres including Classical. Read Luciano Corelli's article on underground classical recordings here: Pirates of the High C' it is in our Magazine section, scroll down to the bottom of the page which features the Classical music magazines.
 | BATMAN - the Dark Knight on DVD Read the review of BATMAN - the Dark Knight on DVD on Gemmzine.com Also find a review of Demi Moore and Roma Maffia's classic "Disclosure" on the Batman page. WOLVERINE REVIEW TO POST ON GEMMZINE ON DAY OF THE FILM'S RELEASE | X-Men Origins: Wolverine - has it really been nine years since X-Men (the movie) was released? Gemmzine has reviews on the 3 X-Men flicks - now on DVD and available on GEMM.com - in anticipation of the Wolverine movie. Our editor (that would be me) is also a film critic and will attend the screening this coming Wednesday, but reviews cannot post until the day of this film so...you'll have to read my reviews of the X-Men DVDs for now. Upcoming film reviews on the new TERMINATOR flick (as well as a story on collectible Terminator DVDs), the new Star Trek movie and more Star Trek and other Sci-Fi DVD reviews as well as discussion of the SOUNDTRACKS to many of these films. Find it all on Gemm.com |
Well, it's Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 5:30 PM in Boston and we're getting ready for the New England CD & Record Expo on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Click on the link to read our interview with Burt & Sheila.
The Doors at the Boston Arena (Published Friday April 10, 2009)
Years after Paul Rothchild helped established the band with his production style and Botnick picked up the slack by helping to craft the masterpiece that is L.A. Woman, these live performances give the fans the music they crave. "Been Down So Long" is a revelation because the immaculate recording on L.A. Woman is deconstructed here to marvelous effect. This review is just of disc three, the rest of the album is drawn out and lovely as well and is an essential piece of the Doors puzzle...damn the critics who just didn't get it. The Doors At Boston Arena
Lots of record reviews will be found on that page |  |
| Much has been written about Lou Reed's Berlin album, and there's much more pen to go to paper on this work. That a new generation is getting the information from live concerts that Lou performed in Brooklyn is unique, to say the least. What is very un-Lou about this DVD is that it opens with commercials for, among other things, a Joy Division disc. Now in my teenage years my friends and I would follow the Lenox, Boston and Rhode Island legs of what is now known as the "Rock 'n' Roll Animal Tour", much of which you can find downloadable on the web, though I urge you also to pick up producer Paul Williams remastering of the Rock 'n' Roll Animal CD with the two bonus tracks. Going to New York to see Lou Reed perform this was a thought I had, and his thoughtful management set aside tickets if I so chose, but there was something anti- | climactic about it for me. 1973 was a different time, Lou Reed and John Cale performing an encore at a Cale gig at CBGB's was very special, 1989 with the "Songs For 'Drella" in Brooklyn was also unique, so decades on I'm content to watch things at home on TV or on the computer. The DVD does not disappoint |
 | After the band introductions on Shawn Mullins Live At The Variety Playhouse (MVD - Music Video Distributors) he goes into his hit from the Soul Core lp, |
Shawn Mullins appears on Stacie Rose's SHOTGUN DAISY CD | "Lullaby" - "they hung out with folks like Dennis Hopper,Bob Seger, and Sonny And Cher - the bearded troubadour is in fine form on this superb sounding 74 minute or so program. On the 15th and final selection he brings up "Atlanta's own Francine Reed" on the excellent "All In My Head", the first track off of his album from March, 2008, |  |
 | Honeydew There's a bonus track of the "Beautiful Wreck" video directed by Jacob Hatley, track 2 from the |
9th Ward Pickin' Parlor CD For those not immersed in the music of Mullins, the DVD is a great place to start. A thirteen minute interview, a slide show and the concert make this disc a standout. |  |
David Peel, Sunny Gospel, Surf Music Returns, as does Psychedelia  | There's More To Surf Music than THE BEACH BOYS SURF MUSIC! It's a genre as exciting as Space Age Bachelor Pad, as revealing as psychedelia and as refreshing as an ocean wave. One of the classic albums of the era is repackaged as a twofer by The Sandals with the catchy new name "Wild As The Sea: Complete Sandals 1964-1969" - Highly recommended. Bruce Brown's immortal documentary on following summer all the way around the world is also an exquisite colorful imprint of 60's vibes and colours - and what better way to enjoy the memories than by picking up the music that this innovative motion picture spawned. We at G.E.M.M. are going to be exploring multiple genres and suggest starting with The Sandals compilation or the Endless Summer soundtrack itself. |
APRIL 18, 2009 is RECORD STORE DAY! GEMM supports all our retailers on Record Store Day! And if you forgot to pick an item up while browsing during a live performance - go back to the store at home, on your computer, via G.E.M.M. - your Mega Marketplace for all sorts of collectible items http://www.RECORDSTOREDAY.COM |  |
Mojo Presents "I Can See For Miles" Lost Tracks from America's Psychedelic Underground Jimi Hendrix could've whispered "And you'll never hear psychedlic music again..." | 
| The 13th Floor Elevators title, "(I've Got)Levitation" might be a better title for this great-great grandson of the mighty Nuggets compilation and subsequent boxed sets, and naming this superb collection after a Who song which isn't evencontained amongst the 15 tracks (but does fit nicely with Mojo Magazine's multiple-version WHO cover this issue) is an oddity, but there's no argument with the great selection of music from Terry Mannin6, First Frew To The Moon, The Mystery Trend and others.
"Guess Things Happen That Way" by Terry Mannin6 reminds those who are immersed in this snapshot genre, one that takes frozen moments in time from echoing garages stretched across the American landscape. This is purely American music and the imitators years later have too many technological fantasy tools to generate the primitive and ... authentic...sound that you'll find here.
| | "Hurricane Fighter Plane" by The Red Crayola is creative, innovative and tells a story over the compressed vibes put together in a time and place that didn't know bout ones and zeros. This compilation is absolutely terrific and actually plunges the depths to a place below the sonic sensations found on Nuggets...this is an underground version of nuggets unleashed on a magazine in a day when paper documents are in a battle for their very lives against the digital realm that is the internet. | | You can find copies of MOJO MAGAZINE with CDs on GEMM.com |
| | WHEN SUNNY GOES GOSPEL! | | Fans have been asking the composer of "Sunny" to perform "When Sunny Gets Blue", and GEMMZine hears that Bobby Hebb is about to record that classic as well as, possibly, "On The Sunny Side Of The Street". But simultaneous with this historic happening his cousin, Pastor Rosetta Swain, recently recorded a Gospel version of "Sunny" which Bobby let her re-title "Jesus". What is extraordinary about this - along with the new Gospel production being absolute dynamite, is that another spiritual person, Pat Watson, has recorded a new version of "Sunny" - Gospel Sunny, on her forthcoming release - FEELING GOOD. So look on Gemm.com for Rosetta Swain's From Me To You and Pat Watson's Feeling Good |  |
| | ROBERT BARRY FRANCOS JOINS GEMM MAGAZINE STAFF | GEMM MAGAZINE is pleased to announce that veteran rock journalist Robert Barry Francos (Shredding Paper, Jersey Beat, Oculus, and editor/publisher of the iconic FFanzeen Magazine from the 70s and 80s) is
now published on GEMMMAGAZINE.com | | Click here for first batch of reviews: |
| | | DAVID PEEL ENORMOUS BOXED SET IS TRUE ROCK & ROLL HISTORY |  | "We want justice...we want peace" David Peel sings on "Riot Rock", and to find it you'll have to delve through an enormous legacy of music that is the gargantuan and exquisite DAVID PEEL/ROCK 'n' ROLL OUTLAW: THE APPLE & ORANGE RECORDINGS. There are sixteen cds included in this heavy duty wooden box, a true treasure chest - including a 108 page slick coffee table booklet written in both English and Japanese. | | Read full article here: | | | |
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