{"id":2205798,"date":"2025-12-19T19:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2205798"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:40:45","slug":"colin-blunstone-on-one-year-the-zombies-and-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/colin-blunstone-on-one-year-the-zombies-and-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Blunstone on One Year, The Zombies and New Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In The Strange Brew\u2019s 500th episode, Colin Blunstone returns to talk about his <em>One Year and More <\/em>live box set. Colin reflects on the development of his songwriting, collaborating with Rod Argent and Chris White and the making his early solo albums. He looks back on The Zombies and <em>Odessey and Oracle<\/em> and the lasting impact of their music. He also discusses working with Alan Parsons and his plans for live dates and new material in 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicglue.com\/colin-blunstone\/\">One Year and More: Live from Union Chapel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colinblunstone.net\/\">Colin Blunstone website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colin-Blunstone-2025-podcast-tracks.pdf\">Colin Blunstone 2025 podcast tracks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Podcasts also available:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/blunstone-abbey-road\/\">Colin Blunstone (2021)<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/colin-blunstone-of-the-zombies\/\">Colin Blunstone (2015)<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/chris-white-inside-the-vaults\/\">Chris White (2025)<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/chris-white-the-zombies\/\">Chris White (2019)<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/rod-argent-of-the-zombies\/\">Rod Argent<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/hugh-grundy-the-zombies\/\">Hugh Grundy<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/russ-ballard\/\">Russ Ballard<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/mike-hurst\/\">Mike Hurst<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/alan-parsons\/\">Alan Parsons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is also available on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest\/id335487744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheStrangeBrewPodcast\">YouTube<\/a>, Google apps and all usual platforms<\/p>\n<p>If you like what I do\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/strangebrewpod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">please support me on Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thestrangebrew\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blunstone25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/?powerpress_pinw=21397-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thestrangebrew\/thestrangebrew.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Blunstone25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Blunstone25.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5G37hlvGSddjYEpRo7Fkzj\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <\/p>\n<nav class=\"navigation post-navigation\" aria-label=\"Post navigation\">\n<h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Post navigation<\/h2>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source thestrangebrew.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In The Strange Brew\u2019s 500th episode, Colin Blunstone returns to talk about his One Year and More live box set. Colin reflects on the development of his songwriting, collaborating with Rod Argent and Chris White and the making his early solo albums. 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