Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Album reviews with Tony Burke

Edgar Broughton Band
Speak Down The Wires: The Recordings (1975-1982)
Esoteric
★★★★
This is an excellent four-CD set by the doyens of the ’60s counterculture — the trailblazers of political heavy rock.
Their 1969 debut album Wasa Wasa was cut for EMI’s underground label Harvest.
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