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We turn down the guitars and pummel the pianos in this

”Kerching!” Of Rock’n’Roll

White gold watch covered in 44 diamonds, gifted to Elvis Presley by RCA Records, fetches an astonishing £1.4m in a Geneva auction

RARE Rock ‘N’ Roll RECORDS

Vinyl can be an appreciating asset, so it’s wise to keep an eye on the market. This month www.omegaauctions.co.uk evaluate discs by The Skee Brothers, Little Richard, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Billy Barrix and Champion Jack Dupree…

Chris Montez

From going to school with Brian Wilson to touring with The Beatles via a meeting with pop idol Ritchie Valens, Ezequiel Christopher Montanez has lived an extraordinary rock’n’roll life

Screamin’ Rebel Angels

From classical violin to high octane rockabilly and garage rock, Laura Palmer leads her Screamin’ Rebel Angels to rockin’ heaven, pausing only for a music history lesson.

Good Golly I’m Back!

After turning his back on rock’n’roll to spread the word of God, Little Richard made a dramatic return in the early 60s. Vintage Rock celebrates the second coming of His Majesty…

Single & ep Reviews

New from this edition of Vintage Rock, we’re rounding up the best of the numerous rockin’ 7” vinyl singles and EPs released across Europe. From superbly packaged Little Richard classics to onesided rarities, all these are highly collectable and smokin’ hot.

Vinyl lp Reviews

When it comes to LPs on vinyl, Vintage Rock once again finds early US soul/R&B a fertile starting point. Amid the reissues of OKeh and Stax/Volt, there’s also classic country from the days before rockabilly took off…

CD Album Reviews

Vintage Rock has been enjoying a wide range of hot rockin’ records recently with plenty of new releases from both Western Star and El Toro entertaining our ears. But the big-hitter we’ve all been excited about is the 3CD deluxe boxset that accompanies a brand new HBO documentary about The King… Elvis is back in the building!

SIX-O SPECIAL

The theme of Hemsby’s 60th rock’n’roll weekender was The Big One… and so it proved. The names were big, the crowds were big, and by Monday, so were the hangovers.

Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend

Viva Las Vegas 2018 was bigger than ever and Vintage Rock was, of course, there. The only problem was actually taking it all in…

THE DEL VKINGS

Vintage Rock travels 3,000 miles to catch Todd Baptista’s sensational Doo Wop & The Sounds Of The City revival show

SOUNDTRACK of my life

As pioneering lead guitarist in The Shadows, Hank Marvin’s

Coda

In the rockabilly world of the 50s, women were mostly

SHAKE UP THE WORLD

JW Brown was bassist, also later manager, of Jerry Lee Lewis when the Ferriday Fireball exploded on to the rock’n’roll scene in 1957 with Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On. In a rare interview, 91-year-old Brown candidly recalls the wildness and unpredictable nature of his cousin The Killer as the rocket-ride to fame began.

Spellbound!

A star in the 50s, oft forgotten in the decades that followed, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins came back to life in the 80s via some famous friends in Hollywood. Vintage Rock looks back at a truly bizarre rock’n’roll original.

THE KILLER’S APPRENTICE

Chas Hodges is better known for his “rockney” knees-ups with Dave Peacock in Chas & Dave, but the piano pounder has a richer history than most. Vintage Rock talks to him about his early session days under Joe Meek and backing Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent in the 60s.

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Memories Of Memphis

Charlie Musselwhite is now considered the granddaddy of blues harp, but as a kid growing up, he was neighbour to Johnny and Dorsey Burnette and hanging at parties with Elvis. Vintage Rock hears ‘Memphis Charlie’ talk about a unique musical education…

It’s Alive!!! 10 Killer Retro Sounds For 2018

In an era of manufactured pop, so-called talent TV shows, and Auto-Tuned vocals, Vintage Rock celebrates 10 killer contemporary acts whose roots run deep into the fertile ground of rock’n’roll.

Classic album

Shakin’ Stevens took rockabilly-lite to the top of the pop charts in the early 80s, but his first album with The Sunsets is one of the most explosive UK rock’n’roll albums ever. Vintage Rock revisits a lost and rare classic with the help of those who were there…

THE HISTORY MEN

With friends in high places and numerous awards to their name, VR discovers how the hot-rockin’ Bluejays are the real rock’n’roll deal

COUNTING DWON THE KING

We know that Elvis Presley was much more than just good songs, a pair of swivelling hips and a curled lip. But how does an academic go about ranking his recordings? Vintage Rock finds out.