Tag "best classic bands"

Talking Heads’ ‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’ Gets Super Deluxe Edition

Their 1978 groundbreaking second album includes “Take Me To the River,” on which producer Brian Eno suggested a slower tempo than the Al Green original.

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The Doors’ ‘Love Her Madly’ – Perfection

An early review of the song described it as a “terrific new rocker… sounds like it will rank among their best single songs.” They were right.

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James Lowe, Electric Prunes Lead Singer, Dies at 82

After the group disbanded in 1968, he went on to become a producer and engineer, working with such artists as Todd Rundgren and Sparks.

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Bruce Springsteen Shares Next Song From ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’ Box Set

The previously unheard albums, spanning 83 songs, fill in rich chapters of the classic rock legend’s expansive career timeline.

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‘Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine’ Documentary Returning to AXS TV

Says the director of the feature-length film about the Canadian power trio: “We wanted to know how and why the band dissolved at the peak of their powers”

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1979: The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums

The tail end of the ’70s saw superb music being made by some of rock’s great veterans and by many who were new to the scene.

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The Yardbirds: ‘Heart Full of Soul’—Jeff Beck’s Guitar Was the Star

He suggested an alternate plan: to have his guitar basically take on the sitar’s role.

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The Bongos Unearth a Sizzling 1985 Live Set: Review

The album reveals gloriously raucous power pop that draws on new wave, psychedelia and British Invasion rock.

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Rod Stewart: ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’—Don’t It?

The man who once said, “I’m a rock star because I couldn’t be a soccer star,” broke through with his solo third album, which included the smash “Maggie May.”

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Cat Stevens Sets Book Tour to Support New Memoir, ‘Cat on the Road to Findout’

The tour, “An Evening of Tales, Tunes and Other Mysteries,” will be “an intimate night where stories, songs, and truths intertwine.”

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