VINTAGE 50s rock’n’roll stars made a welcome return to the Hemsby Rock’n’Roll weekender in spring 2017, resulting in a near-record turnout at the longest running continuous 50s event in the UK. NARVEL FELTS and HUELYN DUVALL were returnees, and despite long careers in 50s rock’n’roll and country music proved they were able to hold their [...]
In this special edition 132-page magazine we pay tribute to Roy Orbison, fondly known as ‘the Big O’. Buy your copy here. Digital copies available via Pocketmags. We chart Orbison’s exceptional career from his rise up the ranks as a young rockabilly signed to Sun Records, via his commercial breakthroughs at Monument and his tenure [...]
Craft Recordings, the Catalog division of Concord Bicycle Music, is proud to announce the release of King Of The Boogie, a career-spanning retrospective, honoring blues icon John Lee Hooker. Due out September 29th, the five-CD set delves deep into the catalog of the influential artist, featuring not only his iconic hits, but also rarities, live [...]
Forty years after the death of the King of Rock & Roll, the famed Baby Grand piano, regularly played and loved by Elvis Presley, will be available for auction – exclusively on eBay. The iconic Wm Knabe & Co. piano – widely known as the Elvis White Piano – was built in 1912 and installed [...]
The latest issue of Vintage Rock is available now from WH Smith, independent newsagents and Easons. Get your copy here. Digital copies are available here. We make no apologies this issue for marking the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s passing. While Elvis will always be best remembered for his pioneering early records, we’ve this time [...]
The latest issue of Vintage Rock is available now from WH Smith, independent newsagents and Easons. Get your copy here. Digital copies are available here. This issue finds us slap bang in the middle of a couple of hugely important musical events of the 1950s. In the first, writer Johnny Black transports us back to [...]
With the 40th anniversary of Elvis’ passing fast approaching, we felt it was time to take stock. Buy online here. Digital copies are available here. Here’s a legend of rock’n’roll past who’s now likely worth well over $400 million, and there’s no signs that his flourishing afterlife is set to diminish one iota. Presidents may [...]
Available now from WH Smith, independent newsagents and Easons, the latest issue includes our cover story on the late great Chuck Berry. Get your copy here. He was, after all, the complete package – a unique songwriter and groundbreaking lyricist, innovative guitarist and hugely entertaining performer. We look back on his unparalleled life as a [...]
In this special edition 132-page magazine we pay tribute to Chuck Berry, ‘The Father Of Rock’n’Roll’. Get your copy here. Beginning with his turbulent life as a young man growing up in St. Louis, we chart Chuck’s musical career: from his ground-breaking early material issued on Chess Records, via his sides on Mercury Records recorded [...]
Long Live Vinyl is the magazine for passionate record collectors and newcomers to vinyl. Every issue is beautifully unique and celebrates all that we love about vinyl. Regular features inside the magazine include: reviews of the latest releases and re-releases the best places to find and buy essential records to collect by artists across all [...]
