Queen - Jazz (2011 Rematered Deluxe Edition)

Genre - Classic Rock / Hard Rock / Glam / Pop
Label - Island Records

Track listing -

CD1:
01 – Mustapha
02 – Fat Bottomed Girls
03 – Jealousy
04 – Bicycle Race
05 – If You Can’t Beat Them
06 – Let Me Entertain You
07 – Dead On Time
08 – In Only Seven Days
09 – Dreamer’s Ball
10 – Fun It
11 – Leaving Home Ain’t Easy
12 – Don’t Stop Me Now
13 – More of That Jazz

CD2:
01 – Fat Bottomed Girls (Single Version)
02 – Bicycle Race (Instrumental)
03 – Don’t Stop Me Now (With Long-Lost Guitars)
04 – Let Me Entertain You (Live)
05 – Dreamer’s Ball (Early Acoustic Demo)

Originally released in 1978, Jazz continued to give Queen hits and anthems in the form of Bicycle Race, Dont Stop Me Now and Fat Bottomed Girls as well as continueing to show case the bands experimental side with tracks like Let Me Entertain You and Mustapha.
A Great album and once again the remastering really brings every sound to life. Bonus tracks are pretty interesting too, An acoustic demo of Dreamers Ball, I different mix of Dont Stop Me Now, an Instrumental, a Live and single mix.
Well reconmended, especially as an introduction to some of the bands lesser known classics such as Jealousy,Dead On Time, Leaving Home Aint Easy and Dreamers Ball.

Website - www.Queen-online.comRating - 9/10

Widespread Panic - Dirty Side Down

Dirty Side Down, is the 11th studio album from US Rock / Blues /Jazz band Widespread Panic.

The band have been together an amazing 24 years, yet somehow they managed to slip under my radar, and judging from the first couple of listens to this album then damn, Ive been missing out. The band offer a up a kind of jazzy southern tinged blues rock, that's pretty unique to my ears. The songs have a very laid back feel to them, especially on the likes of 'Saint Ex', 'Dirty Side Down' and 'This Cruel Thing', yet the maintain a certain energy that keeps you captivated.
This is a very strong album, and great for those times when you just want to mellow out, this is perfect chill out rock!
Check these guys out, you may discover you've been missing out like I have!

website - http://www.myspace.com/widespreadpanic or http://www.widespreadpanic.com/

rating 9/10

The Roaming Soldiers - Shine Bird Shine

Texas based Rock / Americana / Southern Rock unleash this new six track ep Shine Bird Shine, and what a great Ep it is.


The Roaming soldiers describe themselves as a are a raw blues, rock, soul, jazz and jam band, and that's exactly what they are. The songs are finely crafted and excellently performed, in fact everything about this Ep really is from the very top draw. Be it David George's amazing bluesy and soulful vocals or the sublime guitar work of Jesse Anderson. As I said, the songs are brilliant, but the two that stand out the most for me have got to be 'Shotgun' and 'Last Cards'. Hopefully these guys will manage to get some dates over on this side of the pond as Id really like to check them out in a live environment.

Great old fashioned blues rock with southern flavour!



rating 10/10