Top Of The Box

This sensational film shot by Tony Palmer in 1972 appeared to be lost when Leonard Cohen’s manager Marty Machat died, but 38 years later the film has been retrieved and painstakingly put back together by Marty’s son Steven Machat.
The film was shot over 20 concerts on Cohen’s 1972 European tour and represent a near mythical [...]

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Back before Mick Hucknall became a fanny magnet to the stars, Simply Red released their debut album Picture Book, a brilliant collection of songs which included their first hit single Money’s Too Tight To Mention.
Holding Back The Years was the second of the two standout tracks on the album and was released in 1986, reaching [...]

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Even as a masive Beatles fan, I love this version of the song Across the Universe by Fiona Apple. As you may well know it is from the motion picture soundtrack to the film Pleasantville.
Fiona Apple – Across The Universe

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Last year The XX arrived with a bang!
Their self-titled album was released in August 2009 on Young Turks Records and received critical acclaim from such luminaries as the NME in the UK and Rolling Stone magazine in the United States.
Another admirer is Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, who has personally chosen The [...]

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New Jersey rock band Bon Jovi have been rocking audiences world wide since forming in 1983 and are still going strong having recently released their eleventh studio album The Circle, preceded by the lead single We Weren’t Born To Follow in November.
Uniquely in rock music Bon Jovi have managed to keep going with the same [...]

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