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PLEASE LET ME WONDER… THE WILSON/PALEY SESSIONS
Or ‘How Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys botched their 90s revival’... The Beach Boys’ career is littered with unreleased and unfinished albums, as is many of the individual members’ solo careers. A few of these albums have taken on legendary status, no more so than 1967’s Smile , which still receives rabid attention and discussion despite it being ‘finished’ in 2004 by Brian Wilson, and given an official reconstruction from the original Beach Boys recordings in 2011. Other un
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LABEL SHOWCASE: DEW DOO MAN RECORDS
The story of the short-lived Prince Paul imprint from 1991... Prince Paul, the Stetsasonic DJ and legendary producer with De La Soul, was...
Jul 209 min read


INTERVIEW: RYAN & BRANT OF THE 'YOU DON'T KNOW MOJACK' PODCAST
A (very) brief history of SST: SST Records was founded by Black Flag leader Greg Ginn to put out their first 7” (Nervous Breakdown)...
May 3014 min read


LABEL SHOWCASE: REFLEX RECORDS
Reflex Records was established by Hüsker Dü and friend/record store owner/sound engineer Terry Katzman as a ‘reflex’ against their 3 song...
May 108 min read


OFFICIAL CHARTS x SECRET SAUCES PRESENT 'THE CHARITY SHOP CD ALBUM CHART'
View the top 40 here! We’re excited to announce that SECRET SAUCES has teamed up with the Official Charts and a coalition of various...
Apr 271 min read


EVERY 'EVERY DAVID BOWIE ALBUM RANKED' RANKED
Every ranking, from worst to best! Starting a website to accompany the SECRET SAUCES fanzine, I thought about other music websites and...
Apr 1812 min read


THE LOST ART OF THE GIG TICKET
A selection of picture tickets from 1987-2007. My dad kept most of his gig tickets, mostly existing loose in a drawer for 25 years or...
Mar 307 min read


SECRET SAUCES VISITS THE ROCK & ROLL PUBLIC LIBRARY
It’s probably the only library in the world with multiple TVs simultaneously showing music videos and boxing matches, while ‘This Is The...
Mar 2214 min read
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