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 16
email 1965, Bob Dylan recorded “Like A Rolling Stone” at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City, during sessions for the forthcoming Highway 61 Revisited album. Session musicians included Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, whose Hammond organ on “Like A Rolling Stone” became one of rock’s most recognizable sounds. 1965, The Who’s manager Chris Stamp […]
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 14
email 1966, The Who record preliminary versions of two new Pete Townshend compositions “Disguises,” and a song from Pete’s first rock opera Quads, “I’m A Boy.” “Disguises” is rush mixed to be used the next day on the last episode of BBC-TV’s A Whole Scene Going. Pete wears a handlebar mustache and John plays a […]
Today in Rock History – June 13
email 1967, The Bee Gees appeared live on the UK TV show As You Like It. The group were promoting their debut single “New York Mining Disaster 1941.” 1968, Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Hallucinations performed at Boston Tea Party in Boston, Massachusetts. 1969, The Who stage the Hollywood premiere of Tommy, performing the rock opera […]
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 10
email 1966, Steve Marriott of The Small Faces collapsed while performing on UK TV show Ready Steady Go! The group were forced to cancel the following week’s gigs. 1966, Big Brother & the Holding Company perform with their new lead singer, Janis Joplin, for the first time. 1967, In Woodstock, N.Y., Bob Dylan and the […]
Today in Rock History – June 8
email 1967, The Beatles Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band went to No.1. Costing $42,500 to produce, the album was recorded over 700 hours of studio time. It was also the first album to print the lyrics on the sleeve. The album spent 27 weeks at No.1 on the chart. 1967, Procol Harum went at No.1 […]
3D Memorial Day 17 – II
email I’m your Uncle Marty, with chapter # 386 of The 3D RadioActivity, as we take another look back at those who have left us in the past 12 months by playing songs from them as we have our first show of Summertime Seconds, a continuation of The Memorial Day remembrance of the musicians we […]
Today in Rock History – June 5
email 1964, The Rolling Stones played their first-ever live date in the US when they appeared at the Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California. The Stones were supporting their first album release The Rolling Stones, in North America. 1965, The soundtrack album to The Sound of Music started a 10-week run at number one on the […]
