Tag "best classic bands"
YES Performs ‘Yours Is No Disgrace’ Live: 1972
The lineup that many define as classic YES – Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman and White – take a 1972 audience on a wondrous journey.
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Dave Clark Is Still Glad All Over—An Interview With the British Invasion Legend
“Ed Sullivan contacted us, but I’d never heard of him so I turned it down. Then, I found out he was huge. I said to the guys, “Quit your jobs.”
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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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Radio Hits in December 1969: Leaving a Decade Behind
As the ’60s ended, some memorable songs dominated the chart including favorites from Three Dog Night, Blood, Sweat & Tears and the Fifth Dimension
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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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The Best Music Books of 2024
The year’s best music-related reads include bios and memoirs associated with Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Cher, Jim Gordon, Elton John and others.
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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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Career-Spanning Elton John Documentary, ‘Never Too Late,’ Now Streaming
It arrived on Disney+ on December 13, 2024, after a limited theatrical run.
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