BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
The Police ‘Synchronicity’ Gets 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe
The trio’s fifth and final studio album has gotten a lavish makeover with previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demos, and dozens of live concert recordings
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Billy Joel Ends Residency With 150th MSG Concert
The concert marked his 150th lifetime performance of his marvelous catalog at Madison Square Garden
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Cat Stevens Gets ‘Foreigner’ Remastered Reissue
The 1973 album has been remastered and returns to vinyl for the first time since its original release
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Only 1 Album Can Be the Best-Selling Rock LP of All-Time
Six weeks after burying their lead singer, AC/DC had a new frontman and a staggering task: script a suitably epic album to turn tragedy into triumph
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Radio Hits in July 1966: A ‘Wild’ Survey
A great week with some wild stories about some of the biggest songs on the radio including hits by the Troggs, Mamas & the Papas and the Lovin’ Spoonful
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Seatrain: 1 Band, 2 Spellings, 5 Lineups, 4 LPs in 4 Years on 3 Labels, 1 Legendary Producer, 13 Questions
Talk about a convoluted history: Few bands went through as many changes in as brief a period.
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The Police ‘Synchronicity’ Gets 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe
The trio’s fifth and final studio album has gotten a lavish makeover with previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demos, and dozens of live concert recordings
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The Doobie Brothers’ ‘China Grove’: Admit It, You Don’t Know the Lyrics
The band’s Tom Johnston credits the lyrics’ imagery to a fellow musician for helping start “the thinking process with this wacky sheriff, samurai swords, and all that”
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John Mayall Interview: A Chat With the British Blues Legend
For 50+ years he’s been the king of British blues. “[Blues and jazz] have always been part of the same thing. It’s all black American music, basically”
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Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival: First-Hand Stories
Those who saw Bob Dylan play his first electric show at Newport in ’65 offer differing yet still compatible memories of that seminal rock music event
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10 Times Mick Jagger Shared the Mic
The star’s appearances apart from the Rolling Stones are surprisingly few. Here are great performances with Peter Tosh, the Jacksons, David Bowie and more that you may not have heard
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Radio Hits July 1973: On the Road to Shambala
Classic rock acts dominated the Top 40 this week in 1973 with all-time greats by Three Dog Night, George Harrison, the Doobie Brothers and Jim Croce
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Sass, Style & Vigor: The Rolling Stones Live in Los Angeles
The group delivered an exhilarating performance that belied what one might expect of a group of senior citizens touring under the sponsorship of the AARP.
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Jerry Miller, Moby Grape Guitarist, Dies at 81
Jerry Miller, lead guitarist in the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, has died. The band was championed but fell victim to legal troubles.
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