Tag "best classic bands"
Pilot’s ‘Magic’ Trick: Never Believe It’s Not So
The Scottish band’s one great hit was the type that you might not hear for years, but when you do, it’s instantly familiar.
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The Number One Albums of 1970: Hello and Goodbye
In the same year that we greeted a new decade, we said farewell to two music legends. No less than 16 albums topped the U.S. sales charts
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Van Halen Releases ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge’ Expanded Edition
Their 9th studio album has been newly remastered and is joined by previously unreleased performances from a 1991 concert and more
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An Exhaustive Rascals Box Set: Review
It’s Wonderful: The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings makes room for stereo and mono versions of the first four LPs plus single edits, alternate takes and foreign-language versions.
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Nektar ‘Recycled’ Gets Recycled—And Expanded: Review
If you’re a fan of prog-rock outfits such as Genesis, ELP and Renaissance, you just might love this album.
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Dave Loggins, Singer-Songwriter (‘Please Come To Boston’), Dies
The small town Tennesseean earned a top 5 pop hit in 1974 and later became a successful songwriter for others
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10cc Co-Founder Graham Gouldman Interview: Tour, Those Hits
Our conversation with the legendary songwriter on the eve of the band’s first U.S. concerts in decades
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Three Dog Night: Under the Covers
Their value lie not in their compositional skills but in their knack for choosing songs by others that fit their style and broadened their appeal.
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Fleetwood Mac Finds Fame in the ’70s: A Vintage Interview
“When we sat down listening to what we had, we realized every track was written about someone in the band.”–Mick Fleetwood
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Radio Hits July 1967: No Need to Change the Station
The Summer of Love was in full swing and radio was playing hits by the Airplane, Grass Roots, one-hit-wonders Every Mother’s Son and Music Explosion. And, of course, Scott McKenzie’s big hit
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