Chris O'Toole - Profiles
Miscellaneous
Chris O' Toole finds much to recommend in the new 'All Tomorrow's Parties' film, which has been released to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the influential indie rock festival
Miscellaneous
Chris O' Toole looks at new bi-annual publication 'Loops Magazine', whivch is being published in a joint venture between Domino Records and publishers Faber
Yardbirds
The Yardbirds provided a training ground for three of the world's greatest rock guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Chris O' Toole, however, finds the DVD reissue of 1992 documentary film, 'The Story of the Yardbirds', lacking depth and quality
Animals
Chris O' Toole finds much that is appealing in the reissue of celebratory 1985 concert 'Rock 'n' Roll Jam', which saw, surrounded by an all-star cast, the billing of two of rock 'n' roll's two greatest performers , Chuck Bery and Bo Diddley
Gong
Over forty years from first forming, Chris O' Toole finds psychedelic rockers Gong remaining a vital and mercurial presence on a live DVD filmed at the three day third Cong Family Unconvention at the Melkweg in Amsterdam
Mahavishnu Orchestra
On their new DVD, recorded at two seperate shows at the Montreux Festival in 1974 and 1984, Chris O' Toole finds jazz fusion act Mahavishnu Orchestra, not by any means without appeal, but still nevertheless inaccessible to all but their most hardened fans
Marc Bolan
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of glam rock star Marc Bolan's death in a car crash, three of his classic singles are being re-released with unreleased demos on their B sides. Chris O' Toole finds them four decades continuing to be absolutely timeless
Tim Buckley
'My Fleeting House' compiles together on DVD |all the performances 70's icon and singer-songwriter Tim Buckley made for television. Chris O' Toole finds it both limiting and fascinating at the same time