Tag Archives: 1968

JANIS AND BIG BROTHER: Live at the Carousel Ballroom ’68 | Uncut Magazine

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Cosmic Dwellings

Fly on the psychedelic wall: The Bear’s sonic journals snag a masterpiece… Somewhere within the sonic depths of this extraordinary concert tape’s opener, “Combination of the Two,” as James Gurley’s distorted guitar angles toward a kind of demented Coltrane-like climax, Janis … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, Album, Art Rock, Blues, CD, CD, Concert, Folk, Live, Music, Musician, Performer, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Singer, Singer, Songwriter | Tagged 1960's, 1968, 60's, Band, Bear's Sonic Journals, Big Brother, Big Brother and the Holding Company, California, Carousel Ballroom, Group, Janis, Janis Joplin, Joplin, Owsley "Bear" Stanley, San Francisco, Show, Sixties | Leave a comment

‘SHAKY’ and THE SUNSETS: Legends in the ‘Rockhouse’

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Cosmic Dwellings

“Long before the Stray Cats, Matchbox, Polecats, Jets and all the now well known Rockabilly bands, there was Shakin’ Stevens and The Sunsets. Their music was Rockabilly.” – Paul Barrett, 1981. The late 60’s and early 70’s Rock ‘n’ Roll … Continue reading →

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THE WHO – A Love Affair With Festivals | uDiscover

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Cosmic Dwellings

Given the way history is often written you may well be surprised to hear that The Who’s first major festival performance was not at The Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, but two years earlier, in August 1965 when they co-headlined … Continue reading →

Posted in Blues, Country, Festival, Live, Music, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll | Tagged 1960's, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1970's, 1971, 1974, 60's, 70's, Blues, California, Festivals, Isle of Wight, Jazz, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Live At Leeds, Monterey, Monterey International Pop Festival, Monterey Pop, Monterey Pop Festival, New York, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Seventies, Sixties, Summer of Love, The Who, Tommy, Woodstock | Leave a comment

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE: Miami Pop Festival | PopMatters

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Cosmic Dwellings

BY J.C. MACEK III 12 December 2013 Previously unreleased live tracks of some of Hendrix’s best… in the RAW! Be they clichés or universally accepted facts, there are a few things that most every music fan knows about the late, great Jimi … Continue reading →

Posted in Album, Album, Blues, CD, CD, Concert, Festival, Guitar, Instrumental, Live, Music, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll | Tagged '68, 1960's, 1968, 60's, Bob Santelli, Florida, JHE, Jimi Hendrix, Miami, Miami Pop Festival, Michael Lang, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, Sixties, South Florida, The Experience, The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Leave a comment

THE BEACH BOYS: ‘Smiley Smile’ / ‘Wild Honey’ | Album Reviews | Pitchfork

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Cosmic Dwellings

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 | Leave a comment

T. REX No. 1 That Took Four Years – uDiscover

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Cosmic Dwellings

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 | Leave a comment

“GOLD1E” Interview with Writer, TONY G. MARSHALL

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Cosmic Dwellings

Cosmic Dwellings explores the main character, the action and the inner turmoil of the planned 15-story crime-fighting ebook serial entitled “GOLD1E” with writer, Tony G. Marshall… Cosmic Dwellings: With an intricately detailed nightmare, ever-growing suspense and mystery, along with issues … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Music, Short Story, Short Story Serial, Thriller | Tagged 1968, 1970, 1995, 2008, A Purple Reign, Action, Dodge Challenger, Drama, ebook, GOLD1E, Goldie, Goldie Johnson, Harmony's Voice, Interview, Jana, Jana Jurrant, Manhattan, Martial Arts, Mechanic, New York, New York City, Prince, Purple Rain, Retro, S.W.O.R.D., South Florida, Specialist Woman's Organization of Retribution & Defense, The Song Remains The Same, Tony G. Marshall, US, USA, writer, writing | Leave a comment

THE BOLAN CHILD…

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Cosmic Dwellings

It’s ironic that BBC Radio 1 shares the same birthday with the late Marc Bolan: September 30th. However, Marc is the elder national institution by 20 years (b.1947), and he was just 20 years old in 1967 when he began … Continue reading →

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Led Zeppelin: Breaking down Communication – Part I…

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Cosmic Dwellings

Retrospectively, we always appear to relate certain shades of sixties pop culture to a type of ‘monochrome’ reflection. Having knowledge of the development of photographic and televisual images during this period can only slightly began to mix a little colour into these ‘colourless saturations’ of musings. It’s all relative … Continue reading →

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MARC BOLAN – Hard On Love | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Cosmic Dwellings

‘Cosmic Dwellings’ welcomes the chance to share alternative reviews of some of the ‘retro’ rock that we ‘crave’, therefore we thought we’d give a little promo to this review of a Marc Bolan rarity… “Hard On Love” – Marc Bolan Review … Continue reading →