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Review: While lots has been written about the influence of Black American soul and R&B artists on Britain's most successful (white) bands of the 1960s, little focus has previously fallen on the music of black Britons - and others from elsewhere in the Commonwealth who called the UK home - during the same period. Gotta Get A Good Thing, which tells the story of black music in Britain in the "swinging sixties", is therefore long overdue. Musically, it skips through soul, rhythm & blues, ska, rocksteady and more besides, offering up tracks from both well-known names and overlooked artists. Throw in extensive liner notes - including an introductory essay from Fitzroy Facey of the Soul Survivors - and you have a genuinely essential compilation.

Review: Whatever your Motely Crue needs are, you will find them in this new box. The splattered vinyl fix disc box set takes in their smash hit and multi-platinum selling studio albums Dr Feelgood, Too Fast For Love, Girls, Girls, Girls, Shout At The Devil and Theatre of Pain and all the many standout tunes from those long players which were all recorded between 1981 and 1989 which is a rather spectacular feat, not just to record that much music but for it all to be so well received amongst fans and critics. A great reminder of a great band and an ultimate collector's piece.