Posts From Greg Brodsky

Greg Brodsky

Greg Brodsky

Best Classic Bands Founder/CEO Greg Brodsky earned his first professional bylines as a reporter for the music trade weekly Record World. He still has all his vinyl albums and enjoys going to flea markets and garage sales to grow his collection.

The Beatles’ ‘White Album’: Giles Martin Interview

“A lot of people have said that The BEATLES is the sound of the Beatles breaking up. You can’t make an album like that if you’re not getting on.”

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Tom Werman Talks About His ’70s Rock Signings: Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon

Part 1 of our interview with the author of Turn It Up!: My Time Making Hit Records In the Glory Days of Rock Music (Featuring Mötley Crüe, Poison, Twisted Sister, Jeff Beck, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, And More) focuses on the first part of his career, at Epic Records.

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Lou Adler Interview: The Making of Carole King’s ‘Tapestry’ + More

“I think it’s the soundtrack of a lot of people’s lives,” the legendary producer and Ode Records founder says of the album that, at one point, was the biggest of all time.

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The Making of the ‘Sweet Baby James’ Album Cover

By late 1969, Henry Diltz had been shooting many top recording artists in Southern California when he got a call to shoot a 21-year-old singer-songwriter

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Massive Laura Nyro Box Set Uncovers Her Songwriting Genius

The acclaimed singer-songwriter and Rock Hall inductee is the subject of Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966 – 1995, a 19-CD Deluxe collection.

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10 Private Concerts by Top Recording Artists

It’s one of the hush hush topics amongst music stars: performances by major stars at private events, often by billionaires throwing parties for themselves

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When Tom Petty Moved On With ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance’

With MCA owed one final album, the decision was made to finish the contract with the star’s first greatest hits LP. The inside story of how the single was chosen.

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Leah Kunkel Dies: Singer and Sister of Mama Cass

She was a much in-demand session vocalist for such artists as Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Art Garfunkel, Carly Simon, and Stephen Bishop, and was previously married to drummer Russ Kunkel.

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It’s Beatlemania! Beatles ’64 U.S. Albums Return To Vinyl in Mono

Out of print on vinyl since 1995, they have been reissued in a new 8-LP box set and individually

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Author Breaks Down His ‘Tom Petty and Me’ Book

Little did record label promo man Jon Scott know when he worked an obscure band from Florida, that he would play a pivotal role in the star’s eventual rise.

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