BRIAN ROBERTSON – Diamonds And Dirt / The Brian Robertson Album

For the classic rock fan, Brian Robertson is a man who’ll need no introduction. His years serving as one of Thin Lizzy’s guitarists has already earned him legendary status, and his short lived tenure with Motörhead saw him adding his considerable talents to 1983’s ‘Another Perfect Day’, one of the band’s most underrated discs. Then, there’s his own band, Wild Horses, a hard rock powerhouse whose rather scant output has been in danger of being overlooked since the 80s. Thankfully, the Cherry Red label set about getting the Wild Horses recordings back on the radars of keen music fans in 2025 with the help of a lovingly curated six disc set, bringing together the band’s complete output. This wasn’t really in the hope of having a massive seller on their hands – more a case of “public service”, and the same can be said for their 2026 expanded 2CD reissue of Robertson’s sole solo album ‘Diamonds & Dirt’, originally issued in 2011.

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UFO – High Stakes & Dangerous Men / Lights Out In Tokyo

The body of work released by UFO’s second incarnation – featuring the now legendary Michael Schenker on guitar – has inevitably overshadowed the rest of their catalogue. The run of releases between 1974’s ‘Phenomena’ and 1979’s career-defining live album ‘Strangers In The Night’ represents a musical CV that would make any rock band proud, but there is so much more to UFO than those “glory years”.

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