I’m everyone’s Uncle Marty, on our 465th gathering where we’re not about to get Jean Claude Van Damned! Nope… This time you’re going to get Barry‘d, Berry‘d and musically Buried on The 3D RadioActivity. Download here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20190113-BuriedIn3DMusic.mp3 We’ve experienced music that looks at three different variations of the word Bury which is a natural lead in to […]
Today in Rock History – January 17
1964, The Rolling Stones released their first EP, which included, “You Better Move On,” “Poison Ivy,” “Bye Bye Johnny,” and “Money.” It peaked at number 15 on the UK chart. 1966, NBC-TV bought The Monkees series, placing it on their 1966 autumn schedule. 1967, The Daily Mail ran the story about a local council survey […]
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “I Can’t Stand It” by Chris Whitley
Chris Whitley’s short, restless career encompassed folk, noise rock, jazz, country, mainstream rock and the blues. He was discovered by producer Daniel Lanois who helped him score a major label record deal with Columbia Records in 1988. His first album, “Living With The Law” was a mainstream rock affair with good songs that gave him […]
Today in Rock History – January 15
1965, The Who released their first single “I Can’t Explain,” with Jimmy Page on guitar and The Ivy League on backing vocals. It went on to reach number eight on the singles chart. 1966, The Who play at The Two Puddings Club in Stratford and the In Crowd Club in Hackney, London, England. 1967, The […]
Today in Rock History – January 13
1965, The first day of recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home album were held at Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios in New York City. Dylan recorded “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” and “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.” 1966, George Harrison and his girlfriend Patti Boyd met up with Mick Jagger and Chrissie […]
The First Radioactive Element
The First Cut Is The Deepest, and it is for several reasons as The 3D RadioActivity‘s 464th installment, also marks the start of your eleventh year with your Uncle Marty, as we bring you music every week that we have not presented before with every track being a FIRST. Download herehttps://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20190106-TheFirstRadioactiveElement.mp3 That’s our FIRST show […]
Today in Rock History – January 11
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded “Purple Haze.” Jimi also signed to the new record label Track Records on this day. 1968: Jimi Hendrix moves into a London townhouse formerly owned by the Messiah’s composer George Frederick Handel. The guitarist tells the Daily Mirror that he will “not let the tradition down.” 1969: The Rolling […]
Today in Rock History – January 10
1964, The first US Beatles album, Introducing The Beatles, was released on Vee-Jay records. The album cover showed John, Paul and George with their now famous “mop top” haircuts, but Ringo had yet to convert. Vee-Jay would be forced to stop selling the disc by the end of the year because of legal complications, but […]
RadioActivity Has The Last Word
I’m your Uncle Marty, this is The 3D RadioActivity, number 463, as our final feature of 2018 will also close our tenth year of shows, however you can bet your bottom dollar that I’ll see you again, because tonight won’t be our LAST. Download here:https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20181230-RadioActivityGoesLast.mp3 These are some of the tracks that have made a […]
Today in Rock History – January 1
1966, Simon and Garfunkel started a two week run at number one on the singles chart with “The Sounds Of Silence.” 1967, The Doors made their first live television appearance lip-synching their first single “Break on Through” on Shebang, on KTLA-TV Channel 5 in Los Angeles. The single peaked number 126 on the chart mainly […]
