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Todd Rundgren's Wizard, A True Star (NME, 1974)

the Clash and the Pistols in Manchester (NME, 1976)

Joy Division live in London (NME, 1980)

Brian Eno (Uncut, 2001)

Todd Rundgren's A Wizard, A True Star (Rock's Backpages, 2010)

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ex-NRBQ guitar slinger Big Al Anderson (Selvin On The City, KSAN 107.7, 2007)

FEATURES & INTERVIEWS:

The Animals' Eric Burdon (NME, 1965)

the saga of The Faces break-up (NME, 1975)

Be-Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson (Melody Maker, 1976)

Brass Construction's Randy Muller (Blues & Soul, 1977)

Dave Edmunds (NME, 1978)

Grover Washington Jr. (Blues & Soul, 1979)

Billy Lee Riley (Melody Maker, 1979)

Motorhead (Trouser Press, 1981)

Urban Dogs (Sounds, 1982)

Sade (NME, 1984)

George Michael (Q, 1988)

Mark Knopfler about working with Randy Newman (BAM, 1988)

Pete Waterman's The Hitman And Her (Sky, 1989)

Robbie Robertson (Q, 1995)

The Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church (Mojo, 1997)

Primal Scream (Alternative Press, 2000)

Steven Tyler (Uncut, 2001)

Cymande story (Mojo Collections, 2002)

TAMI Show (Los Angeles Times, 2004)

Femi Kuti (The Independent, 2008)

ALBUM & LIVE REVIEWS:

The Herd and Scott Walker, live in Brighton (NME, 1968)

Larry Coryell, live at Dingwalls (NME, 1975)

Man/John Cipollina collaboration Maximum Darkness (NME, 1975)

the debut album from Midge Ure's Slik (Melody Maker, 1976)

Eddie & The Hot Rods rock Hastings (Melody Maker, 1976)

The Beach Boys' The Beach Boys Love You (NME, 1977)

999 tough it out at Amsterdam's Paradiso (NME, 1978)

Earth, Wind & Fire's All 'n All (NME, 1978)

Yellow Magic Orchestra live in Tokyo (Sounds, 1982)

Lone Ranger's Rose Marie (Sounds, 1982)

Womack and Womack's Love Wars (NME, 1984)

The Jacksons live at Meadowlands Stadium, NJ (NME, 1984)

Del Amitri's Twisted (Q, 1995)

Ron Sexsmith's Whereabouts (Rolling Stone, 1999)

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