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Nigel signed so many bands

and here is the story of just one of them, the mighty Thin Lizzy

January 11, 2014
British Hits Singles 1940 – 49

To tie in with the extra-ordinary Missing Charts book, for the first time we have put together a 4 CD set compilation with the Number Ones of the Forties. 104 Number One British hits – you really cannot say better than that can you. To buy click HERE

November 28, 2013
The Missing Charts

This limited edition book is now available and selling well, you can learn the origins of this book and the Missing Charts from the Forties:

November 28, 2013
The Virgin story

with Virgin celebrating their 40 years of disruption it has been nice to help them tell their story by letting them use the Simon Draper interview we did all those years ago. You can watch their story unfold HERE

November 11, 2013
allo Vera

Life can be very strange some times, I have just been and met Dame Vera Lynn as she is featured in this new Missing Charts book we are publishing this November. With her having achieved six number one records it seemed appropriate to go and ask her thoughts and her memories of the Tin Pan…

November 4, 2013
Helen, Dusty, Susan, Carol & More – Early Brit Girls Vol. 2

Like its predecessor, (RHGB 25), this compilation traces the rise of UK ladies from the R&R era to the early 60s, and heralds the newly emergent Brit Girl sound that was evolving at the dawn of the Beat era. As we have learned, although the arrival of the archetypical 60s ‘dolly bird’ was still a…

October 13, 2013
Telstars, Mexicans, Manhunts & Wonderful Lands – The UK Instro Scene 2 1956-1962

This second set of predominantly twangy and/or keyboards-driven toons concentrates largely on 1962, with just a couple of hands full of goodies left over from 1960/61 which were omitted from Vol.1 due to lack of space. Ultimately, there are far too many artists included here to discuss them all. The Dave Clark Five, Tony Hatch…

October 13, 2013
what is your best gig ever?

Jeremy Thomas tells us his

October 13, 2013
Press power

Karl makes a friend

August 29, 2013
Christchurch to London every week

Can you image this, four and a half hours drive to play all night at the Flamingo club in Wardour Street and then get back to work in the morning.

August 26, 2013

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