Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll | Laura Barton

Atlantic Rhythm and Blues, Vol One is full of names that ought to be better remembered. Take ramshackle old Professor LonghairWalk around the streets near my home in east London and the area's past will soon rise up to meet you – carved above door-frames, etched into glass and painted on awnings and the sides of buildings are the ghost-signs of former industries: shop-fronts and faded adverts for Blooms Pianos and Gillette Razors; fountain pens, glass, stoves and whisky; Strongs Meat and Donov...

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