Tommy on...

This is an excellent British psychedelia box set that was curated by Mojo magazine. Similar to Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets sets, it really does a great job of mixing classics with hidden gems. I discovered a lot of bands through it including The Timebox and The Idle Race featuring Jeff Lynne. I...

This is a special item for me. By the time I was 11 in 1975, I was absolutely Who-crazy. I used to hang out in a music gear store in Sunderland. I think it was called White’s, but may be wrong. I must have read it from cover to cover three times over before asking my mam if she’d buy it for...

  Hot off the dinner table, here’s an invitation to a fundraiser held by the Caped Crusader himself, and signed by the incredibly talented Roy Wood of the magnificent Move as well as Wizzard and ELO. I’m a huge Move fan. Some of those songs sound very simple but are actually really complex. A...

The pump badge for Iron Maiden’s Trooper ESB. At the time of writing, I’m looking after the marketing of the beer in the US....

Not well written, but great all the same. He’s a bit full of himself in it, but this is the main man behind the theft of Gram’s body and its burning out in Joshua Tree. I actually stayed at the Joshua Tree in many years after I bought...

Top music journalist Dave Marsh writing for TV Guide....

A couple of nice Neil Diamond reel to...

The first time I saw Neil perform solo. Good but not as good as the LA show 10 years...

Press kit for the re-released TKAA...

A press kit for Pete’s third record that I found in LA in...

The only time I’ve ever seen the Who perform an acoustic show. It was a brilliant day. The lineup was: The Who, Smashing Pumpkins, Sheryl Crow, Pearl Jam, Lucinda Williams, Green Day, Emmylou Harris, Brian Wilson and Neil Young. The Who’s setlist was very interesting and included...

Nice program, ridiculous cover and surprisingly, a pretty good...

I met artist John Van Hamersveld at a fashion trade convention in Las Vegas. I was amazed to see him there. He was charging $10 for a signed poster of his work, which is just plain wrong. The man’s one of the greats. The original Hendrix show took place at the Shrine Auditorium in LA...

  I still play The Greatest Story Ever Told quite a lot. They were on Virgin, Scottish, wore white and had a fan club called the Sperm Bank. What’s not to...

This is a beautiful disc commemorating the sales of the Live Aid DVD in 2005. A special piece in the...

My program from the first ever Monsters of Rock at Donington. An amazing day...

  Owner of a Lonely Heart period Yes. Being a bit of a rock elitist, I was amazed how much I liked 90125. Good production...

A Photo Finish era shot of Rory from Rock On...

What a weekend. I played a show the night before – drumming! It was my pal’s glam punk band. We saw the Lepps the night after and when we went to get the van to drive home, all the gear had been...