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Category Archives: Album
THE BEACH BOYS: ‘Smiley Smile’ / ‘Wild Honey’ | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
The Beach Boys Smiley Smile Capitol; 2001 By Spencer Owen; March 29, 2001 In the mid-60’s, Brian Wilson declared a race to the next major development in record production techniques. Everything looked good in Wilson’s Beach Boys camp. He’d just produced one … Continue reading
Posted in Album, CD, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Soul
Tagged 1960's, 1967, 1968, 2001, 60's, Al Jardine, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Pet Sounds, Reissue, Sgt. Pepper, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sixties, SMiLE, Smiley Smile, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Van Dyke Parks, Wild Honey
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BRIAN WILSON’s ‘SMiLE’ vs. THE BEACH BOYS’ ‘The Smile Sessions’ | Consequence of Sound
Ten years later, Dean Essner speculates which one’s the real deal. BY DEAN ESSNER ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2014, 6:25AM How do you write a follow-up to Pet Sounds? Such was the dilemma of The Beach Boys architect Brian Wilson, who, at the … Continue reading
Posted in Album, Blues, CD, Classical, Folk, Instrumental, Jazz, mp3, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Soul
Tagged 10th Anniversary, 1960's, 1966, 1967, 2004, 60's, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE, Brian Wilson's Smile, Mike Love, Pet Sounds, Psychedelic, Rock, Sixties, SMiLE, Smiley Smile, Songs, Suite, The Beach Boys, Tracks, Van Dyke Parks
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THE BEACH BOYS – “The Smile Sessions” | Album Reviews | Consequence of Sound
BY MICHAEL ROFFMAN ON NOVEMBER 03, 2011, 12:00PM “Say, ‘Oh no, I’m stuck in my french horn.’” “It’s me. Brian. I’m in the microphone. It’s not a buzz. I’m really in here. I’m not kidding.” “Swim, swim, fishy. Swim, swim, fishy.” … Continue reading
Posted in Album, CD, Instrumental, mp3, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Soul
Tagged 1960's, 1966, 1967, 60's, Al Jardine, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson's Smile, Bruce Johnston, Cabin Essence, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Good Vibrations, Heroes & Villians, Mike Love, Our Prayer, Paul Tanner, Pet Sounds, Psychedelia, Psychedelic, Recording, Rock, Sessions, Sixties, SMiLE, Smile Sessions, Smiley Smile, Surf's Up, The Beach Boys, The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow), The Smile Sessions, Van Dyke Parks, Wonderful
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THE JUKEBOX: Put Another Nickel In… | uDiscover
“We had these little juke joints, little taverns at that time. On a weekend there was this little place in the alley that would stay open all night. We called them Saturday night fish fries, they had two or … Continue reading
Posted in Album, Bluegrass, Blues, Country, Folk, Gospel, Instrument, Instrumental, Jazz, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly, Song, Soul
Tagged 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, AFM, American Federation of Musicians, American Graffiti, Billboard, Charley Patton, Chart, Charts, Happy Days, Hits, James Caesar Petrillo, Juke Box, Juke Joint, Jukebox, Jukeboxes, Justus P. Seepburg, Jute, Muddy Waters, Music, musicians, phonograph, Playlist, Records, Robert Johnson, singers, Son House, Songs, Tommy Johnson
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T. REX No. 1 That Took Four Years – uDiscover
Tyrannosaurus Rex would understandably have thought they’d cracked it when their first album, the expansively-titled ‘My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair…But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows’ hit the UK charts. Released in … Continue reading
Posted in Album, Music
Tagged 1968, 1970's, 60's, 70's, Albums, Charts, David Platz, Double Album, Folk, Marc Bolan, Psychedelia, Psychedelic, Rock, Seventies, Sixties, Songs, Steve Peregrin Took, T.Rex, Tyrannosaurus Rex
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BOLAN Gives His Fans ‘HOT LOVE’ – uDiscover
It was ‘Ride A White Swan’ that lit the fire, and ‘Hot Love’ that set T. Rex ablaze. 44 years ago today, the band’s second big hit single gave Marc Bolan what he had always dreamed of: his first No. … Continue reading
Posted in 45rpm vinyl single, Album, Music, Pop, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Song, Television
Tagged 1971, 70's, BBC, BBC TV, BBC1, Bolanmania, Charts, Glam Rock, Hot Love, MARC, Marc Bolan, Marc Bolan & T.Rex, Mark Paytress, No.1, Number 1, Number One, Pan's People, Radio, Seventies, Single, T.Rex, T.Rextasy, The King of the Mountain Cometh, Tony Visconti, Top of the Pops, TV, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Woodland Rock
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PINK FLOYD: ‘The Wall’ Turns 35 – Roger Waters Revisits Pink Floyd’s Enduring Rock Opus | Billboard
Billboard Touring Awards: Roger Waters, Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen Win Big Pink Floyd’s The Wall — a dark and enduring rock masterpiece that deals with personal alienation juxtaposed against a backdrop of war and government corruption — has been presented … Continue reading
Posted in Album, CD, Concert, DVD, Film, Live, mp3, Music, Pop, Rock
Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2-CD, 2-LP, 2010, Another Brick In The Wall, Another Brick In The Wall - Part II, Billboard, Bob Ezrin, Columbia, Dave Gilmour, Double Album, EMI, Gerald Scarfe, Harvest, James Guthrie, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Wall, UK, US, USA, Video
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DEEP PURPLE: Rock & Classical Married – uDiscover
These days we’re very used to the worlds of rock and classical music coming together. In 1969, for the most part, they lived at very different addresses, until the composing genius of Jon Lord brought them together in the groundbreaking … Continue reading
Posted in Album, Blues, CD, Classical, Concert, DVD, Guitar, Instrument, Instrumental, Live, mp3, Music, Rhythm and Blues, Rock
Tagged 60's, 70's, California, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, Deep Purple, England, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, London, London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Marco de Goeij, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Royal Albert Hall, Seventies, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Sixties, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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‘HEART’: Woven Colors…
I’m just a… “MASHALLAH!” came the cry crashing through an ambiguously deserted landscape: the lone prominent vocal, the thrashing lead ‘axe’ which resonates with a deathly ‘boom’ of bass and drums – integrated with a flourish of orchestral textures – all now serving to … Continue reading
Posted in Album, CD, Concert, DVD, Live, Music, Rock, Studio
Tagged 2010, 2012, Ann Wilson, Ben Mink, Best Buy, Bonus tracks, Caesars Colosseum, Canada, Deluxe, Europe, Fanatic, Fanatic Live, Heart, Heart-music, Interview, Japan, Nancy Wilson, Ontario, Red Velvet Car, RockRevolt, Sarah McLachlan, UK, Ultimate Classic Rock, US, Windsor
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