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The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2022

21 January 2023 SB 0

Here we are again! Another year, another batch of released music box sets. 2022 did not disappoint, even if we saw more of a normalized […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2020

2 January 2021 SB 0

2020 is in the books – thankfully, many of us will say – and it’s time to take a look back and do a little […]

Ray Davies at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, 15 April 1998

15 April 2020 SB 0

On the day of this posting, it is exactly 22 years since Ray Davies played Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo, Norway, on 15 April 1998. […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Where Have All the Good Times Gone» by The Kinks

18 February 2020 SB 0

Where Have All the Good Times Gone (referred to as WHATGTG from here on out) was written by Kinks frontman Ray Davies for their third […]

The Best Music Boxed Sets of 2019

5 January 2020 SB 0

2019 is in the books, and it’s time to take a look back and do a little summarising. From a music perspective, I will primarily […]

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