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Elly Roberts reviewsPutumayo Presents Latin ReggaeDistributed byPutumayo World Music Released: January 2008 Rating: 10/10 Bring on the summer! Once again Putumayo World Music comes up trumps with some sunshine grooves. This time itÂ’s a superb …
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Elly Roberts passed away in 2011, but he was a man who was so passionate about all types of music and loved meeting his musical heroes, such as Mick Hucknall at a book signing at the Trafford Centre, Manchester in 2007.
A former teacher and also a music journalist, DJ and radio presenter on local community station Calon FM, plus appearances on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio 2, Elly started doing reviews for DVDfever.co.uk in 2004 and he did the majority of the CD and concerts reviews on the website.
I know also that he loved getting away for the summer to Spain and I hope that wherever he is now he is enjoying the hot sunshine and, as one of his friends has said on his Facebook page, that he is interviewing his musical heroes.
Putumayo Presents…
Elly Roberts reviewsPutumayo Presents…Distributed byPutumayo World Music Putumayo continues to broaden its musical horizons with three releases from their now legendary catalogue. Each CD comes with short artist biogs in English, Spanish, French, and B/W …
Continue readingPutumayo presents World Hits
Elly Roberts reviewsPutumayo presents World HitsDistributed byPutumayo August 2007 Rating: 8/10 Careful selection of tracklisting since its inception in 1993 has made Putumayo a resounding success in terms of promoting World Music. This is no …
Continue readingDeep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake and Gillan: Purple Rainbows
Elly Roberts reviewsPurple RainbowsVarious ArtistsDistributed byEMI / Universal Music TV Year: 2004 Rating: 9/10 Cat. No: 9821194 Track listing: Disc 1: 1. Deep Purple – Black Night2. Deep Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman3. Deep …
Continue readingPet Shop Boys: Fundamental
Elly Roberts reviewsPet Shop Boys: FundamentalDistributed byParlophone Cat.no: 3628602 Released: May 2006 Rating: 4/10 For their ninth studio albumPSB re-unite with Buggles writer/producerTrevor Horn. Never away from immaculate production: HornÂ’s grand influencescrawl all over it …
Continue readingVarious: Classic Rock – Prog Rock
Elly Roberts reviewsVarious: Classic Rock – Prog RockDistributed byGut Records Cat.no: GACD02 Format: 2-disc CD Released: June 2006 Rating: 8/10 Despite the curious absence of seminal prog-rockersLed Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Mike Oldfield, Queen, The …
Continue readingPet Shop Boys: Performance
Elly Roberts reviewsPet Shop Boys: PerformanceDistributed byParlophone (EMI) Released: Sept 2004 Year: 1991 Cat. No: 5999619 Rating: 8/10 Region(s): All, PAL Running time: 239 minutes including commentary by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant Sound: DTS …
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Elly Roberts reviewsPrince: 3121Distributed byUniversal Cat.no: 9852072 Released: March 2006 Rating: 4/10 When ‘PrinceÂ’ Rogers Nelson formed his own label NPG, it gave him artistic licence like heÂ’d never experienced before. It also gave him …
Continue readingJimmy Page & Robert Plant: No Quarter – Unledded
Elly Roberts reviewsJimmy Page & Robert Plant: No Quarter – UnleddedDistributed byWarner Music Vision Cert: Cat.no: 0349 70324 2 Running time: 115 minutes Year: 1994 Pressing: 2004 Region(s): 2/3/4/5/6, PAL Sound: DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital …
Continue readingPortico Quartet: Knee-Deep In The North Sea
Elly Roberts reviewsPortico Quartet: Knee-Deep In The North SeaDistributed byBabel Vortex Records Released: November 2007 Rating: 8/10 Vote and comment on this album: Mercury-nominated debut – very cool. For a bunch of young lads, LondonÂ’s …
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