Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
AC/DC at 50 Book Celebrates an Extraordinary History
The book examines the Australian rockers’ career arc through the lens of 50 milestone events, with photos, posters, advertisements and more
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Rolling Stones Closed 2021 Tour With Intimate Concert
The performance took place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., to close the 2021 chapter of the No Filter tour.
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Wilko Johnson, Grimacing Dr. Feelgood Guitarist, Dies
The strutting, grimacing, six-string rhythm guitarist in the ’70s pub rock band had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2013
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Sun Records Book Arrives From Author Peter Guralnick
The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World was written with Colin Escott
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Ringo Starr Shares 3rd Clip From All-Starr Band ‘Live at the Greek Theatre 2019’
That year’s lineup featured Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, and Gregg Rolie, among others. Joe Walsh and Edgar Winter were among the evening’s guests
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Willie Nelson’s 1984 Live at Budokan Concert Gets Official Release
The concert was recorded and filmed, eventually seeing release only as a laser disc in Japan. The audio has been released for the first time
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Beatles’ Insider Ken Mansfield, Witness to Their Rooftop Concert, Dies
The U.S. manager for Apple Records, and music producer, later wrote a book on the days leading up to the Beatles’ monumental rooftop concert
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Paul McCartney Career-Spanning 7″ Singles Box Is Sold Out
The 7” Singles Box, limited to just 3000 copies, includes 163 tracks totaling over 10 hours of music. Have a listen to the mono remaster of several favorites
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Rolling Stones Mono LP Box Coming in Limited Color Edition
The collection contains the entirety of their 1960s recorded output with 186 tracks spread across 16 180-gram LPs, in a plethora of colors
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Peter Asher Is Subject of New Biography, Weeks After Recovering From Emergency Brain Surgery
The producer, artist manager and recording artist (as part of the British Invasion duo Peter and Gordon) was instrumental in the success of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt
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