Radio's Next Dimension
1964, The Supremes record ‘Where Did Our Love Go’ at Motown Studios in Detroit. The song would become the first of their five number one singles. 1965, Unit Four Plus Two were at No.1 on the singles chart with ‘Concrete And Clay’, the English group’s only No.1 hit. 1967, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie [...]
1967, Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd, Carla Thomas, Sam & Dave and Booker T and The MG’s appeared at London’s Finsbury Park Astoria on the first night of a 17-date UK tour. 1967, Working at Abbey Road studios in London, The Beatles finished the recoding of ‘She’s Leaving Home’ after adding backing vocals to the track. [...]
As our boys came home from World War II, they were welcomed back with this number one hit from 1945 that perfectly captured the sentiments of those who remained home while their loved ones were away. It’s a perfect record in every way. You’d be hard pressed to find a better vocalist than Crosby to [...]
1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the first of what would be over 240 gigs in this year (many were two per night) 1967, The Doors released their self-titled debut album The Doors. Unique packaging of the album included each band members bio. 1968, The University of California, Los Angeles announced that students taking music [...]
I’m always fascinated by how the record companies approach the marketing of their legacy artists. To the record company, legacy artists are loss leaders, they have name value but don’t sell the number of records they used to. Many of these artists are either kept on their label’s roster for their marquee value, or they [...]
I enjoy going to music festivals even at my advanced age (for festivals) of 51 years old. Sure there’s lots of crap you’ve got to put up with…audience surges…crowd surfers…extreme weather…lethal body odor…but discovering music you would have never heard otherwise far outweighs the aforementioned disadvantages of putting yourself out there for three days at [...]
Here we have one of Van Morrison’s most soulful pieces of music, originally from one of his most underrated albums. “Common One” was released in 1980 and features six deeply moving extended jazz meditations that hawked back to Morrison’s classic “Astral Weeks” album in sound and texture. However, unlike “Astral Weeks,” this record’s release was [...]
The 3D Saint Patrick’s Day show is available for downloading Twenty-six fine songs from Boomtown Rats, McGuinness Flint, Rory Gallagher, Enya, Petula Clark, Thin Lizzy, Clannad, The Cranberries, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, Mark O’Connor, Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart, Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels, Horslips, The Muppets, Van Morrison, Sinead O’Connor, & The Chieftains, Dexy’s Midnight [...]
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