fantastic voyage Archive
23 Dec 2010
2010 Odds and Ends (Capsule Reviews)
Even if one is (for example) a reviewer of measured fame and notoriety, one still ends up with a ton of unsolicited and semi-solicited audio material arriving via post. (The […]
13 Dec 2010
Album Review: Blue Beard (self-titled)
Way back in 1971 a self-titled album was released by a group calling itself Blue Beard. Recorded and released (only) in Italy, the disc went on to become a collectors’ […]
26 Nov 2010
Holiday Roundup 2010
Every year around this time, various artists and labels take a shot at getting their piece of the holiday shopper’s dollar. Some efforts are more successful than others, and sometimes […]
08 Nov 2010
Album Review: Various – Summer Turns to Autumn
Fantastic Voyage has the rights to the catalog of 1960s UK indie label Amber, and is deep into reissuing that material across a wide array of albums. Some of these […]
11 Oct 2010
Album Review: Esquerita – Wildcat Shakeout
The accepted and/or conventional wisdom holds that Little Richard (Penniman) was mightily influenced by a character known as Esquerita. As quoted in the liner note to Fantastic Voyage’s expanded reissue […]
09 Jun 2010
Album Review: Big Sound – Ember Soundtracks & Themes
The first thing you’re likely to notice when you pick up a copy of the Fantastic Voyage compilation Big Sound: Ember Soundtracks & Themes is the cover artwork. An amalgam […]
17 May 2010
Album Review: Blonde on Blonde – Rebirth
The liner notes stole my word. Fantastic Voyage’s new reissue of the 1970 LP Rebirth by Blonde on Blonde includes well-researched liners that provide context about this British (Welsh, really) […]
12 May 2010
Album Review: After Tonight: Ember Beat Vol. 3 (1966-67)
The third and final in Fantastic Voyage’s survey of UK beat music, After Tonight takes a look at singles from beat (and beat-related) artists on the indie Ember label in […]
11 May 2010
Album Review: Done Me Wrong: Ember Beat Vol. 2 (1965-66)
Surveying the 1965-66 brand of beat era music from UK indie label Ember, Fantastic Voyage’s compilation Done Me Wrong serves up some two dozen examples of the genre. Like Tell […]
10 May 2010
Album Review: Tell Me: Ember Beat Vol. 1 (1962-1964)
For fans of beat era music (more on that term presently), it’s a jaw-dropping experience to discover the three discs in Fantastic Voyages’ Ember Beat series. Three CDs (packaged and […]