The ‘Swinging’ Dire Straits Breakthrough Debut Album

“Sultans of Swing” was immediately distinctive in both sound and story. The album proved the band to be one of the most refreshingly creative of its day.

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Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats: Waving the Americana Flag

Classic rock fans will enjoy a live performance of an unlikely radio hit which segues nicely into their cover of The Band’s “The Shape I’m In”

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Radio Hits in October 1965: Seems Like Yesterday

A Beatles song – one of the most recorded songs ever – was #1 this week in 1965. A few months later an instrumental beat it for Record of the Year

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Neil Young, Stephen Stills Play Harvest Moon Benefit Concert

The 3x bandmates have regularly shared the stage for charitable endeavors

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Huey Lewis’ Last Known Performance After Hearing Loss

He canceled his tour earlier that year, telling The Today Show, “I can’t hear music.” Six months later, he sang a favorite for the first time in 8 months

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1973: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums

We looked back at hundreds of albums released in 1973 and whittled the list down to the 50 that we think represent the cream of the year’s crop.

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Listen to Steve Miller Band’s Live Reggae Version of ‘The Joker’ From 1977

The concert captures the band at their peak, with such favorites as “Rock’n Me,” “Jet Airliner” and “Fly Like an Eagle”

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Focus Performs Magic on ‘Hocus Pocus,’ From TV’s ‘The Midnight Special’

The ground-breaking Dutch progressive rock band formed in 1970 and earned a surprising international hit in 1972-1973

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Joni Mitchell Releases Archives Vol 4: Asylum Years (1976-80) Box

The collection includes live tracks from her time in Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue during the 1975-76 tour, along with previously unissued material from original stereo reels, cassette tapes, and much more

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The 11 Number One Albums of 1969: CCR Were Rising

In a final year of the decade, three releases accounted for 33 of the year’s weekly chart toppers. The one with the most weeks at #1 may surprise you

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