July round-up

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A selection of July toppermosts

When I first read reviews of The Black Crowes’ debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, in 1990, comparisons with the Rolling Stones and Small Faces were completely lost on my thirteen year-old self. They... READ ON

Stevie Wonder

Half Man Half Biscuit

The Albion Band

Thelonious Monk

The Clash

Shocking Blue

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With Steve Winwood the youthful face of British R&B, riding high in 1966 with The Spencer Davis Group, all eyes must surely have been on him when the group announced his departure (along with his brother Muff) at a high point in their fortunes... READ ON

Brenda Lee

The Kinks

Miles Davis

Kevin Coyne

Warren Zevon

Iron Maiden

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Tara Dunphy contacted toppermost from Canada ... "Just came across your site and I’m in love! I live in Toronto and would like to give you a few tracks from local bands I adore":

1. Emma-Lee “Not Coming By”
2. The Donefors “In A Cornfield”
3. Fast Romantics “The Funeral”
4. Union Duke “That Old Feeling”
5. Patrick Ballantyne “Wrestling With The Devil”
6. The Walkervilles “Please Baby Stay”
7. Bellwoods “Live It Up”
8. Meredith Shaw “Call It A Night”
9. Peter Katz “Thunder In Your Chest”
10. Lindi Ortega “Tin Star”

Coming soon

Robbie Fulks, Art Blakey, Renaissance, Peter Bruntnell, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Spirit, Buzzcocks, The Adverts, The Supremes, Little River Band, McCoy Tyner, The Stranglers, The Shoes, Teenage Fanclub...

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