email I’m Your Uncle Marty, with episode #388 of The 3D RadioActivity, as we revisit themes we played earlier to feature more great tunes that we couldn’t squeeze in the first time. Let’s get this show and the music Going! Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20170618-3DisGoingAgain.mp3 We’ve been Going all over the place, and we still have more […]
Today in Rock History – June 18
email 1971, Fleetwood Mac appeared at Up The Junction in Crewe, England. 1974, Peter Hoorelbeke, drummer with Rare Earth, was arrested after a concert for throwing his drumsticks into the crowd. 1975, Elvis Presley had a face-lift at Mid South hospital, Memphis. 1976, Abba gave a special live performance in Stockholm for Sweden’s King Carl […]
Today in Rock History – June 17
email 1965, Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles completed work on the new Paul McCartney song “Yesterday” with the overdubbing of an additional vocal track by McCartney and a string quartet. They also recorded “Act Naturally” for Ringo’s vocal contribution on the Help! album and the song “Wait” in four takes. “Wait” […]
3D Cowbell – VII
email I’m Uncle Marty, this is 387th episode of The 3D RadioActivity, as it’s time for Summertime Seconds Series when we revisit earlier show themes with tunes that we didn’t get to when we featured them before. We haven’t repeated a song in this topic even though this is the seventh time we have brought […]
Today in Rock History – June 12
email 1964, The Beatles arrived in Adelaide, Australia and were greeted by an estimated 250,000 fans, who lined the ten mile route from the airport to the city center. The group gave their first four shows in Australia at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide over two nights, playing: I Saw Her Standing There, I Want To […]
Today in Rock History – June 11
email 1966, The Rolling Stones started a two week run at No.1 on the singles chart with “Paint It Black,” the group’s third No.1 single. 1966, European radio stations mistakenly report that The Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey is dead. Actually, it was guitarist Pete Townshend who had been injured in a car accident a […]
Today in Rock History – June 3
email 1966, The Who arrive at a TV studio in Stockholm to appear on the Popside program for Sverige Television. Coming onstage busting through a Union Jack paper hoop, they mime performances of “Daddy Rolling Stone,” “It’s Not True,” “Bald Headed Woman,” “The Kids Are Alright,” “Substitute,” and “My Generation” while standing on a ramp. […]
Today in Rock History – June 2
email 1964, The Rolling Stones play their first American show at a Lynn, Massachusetts high school football stadium. They also make their American TV debut on The Les Crane Show. An Associated Press reporter notes, “They are dirtier and streakier and more disheveled than the Beatles, and in some places, they are more popular than […]
Song Of The Day – “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams
email It’s an album that starts with an Overture. No, it’s not a Broadway Cast album or film soundtrack to a musical; however, it is an album with lofty levels of conceit and pretension that could only have been recorded in the late ‘60s by Mason Williams. And for The Mason Williams Phonograph Album, it […]
3D Memorial Day 17 – I
email This is The 3D RadioActivity, # 385, I’m everybody’s Uncle Marty, as we observe a musical Memorial Day as on this episode we take a look back at the performing artists who have left us in the past year by playing their songs on our weekly sojourn. Download here: https://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20170528-3DMD17-I.mp3 Next time we will […]
