1966, The Troggs recorded "Wild Thing" at Regent Sound Studio in London. The song went on to be a chart topping US and number two UK hit in June the following year. 1966, The Who and The Yardbirds appear together in a live French edition of Ready, Steady GO! called, appropriately, Ready, Steady, Allez! According to producer Vicki Wickham, both groups run out of the studio … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – April 1
Post Punk
RA 3D-ozen Strings
Sort of doubling the fun as DaytonAiredale and everybody's Uncle Marty explores one of our AND lots of other pickers favorite instruments. Many guitarists claim that whatever they do on a 12-string sounds better than on a 6 which is a significant part of the attractiveness of this sort of guitar. The sparkly dynamic flash factor is probably the biggest reason most start playing … [Read more...] about RA 3D-ozen Strings
Today in Rock History – February 29th
1968, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper won album of the year, best cover and best-engineered and recorded album at the 10th annual Grammy Awards. Producers Johnny Rivers and Marc Gordon won for The 5th Dimension song for "Up, Up and Away," while Jimmy Webb won Song of the Year as it's composer. Bobbie Gentry took home a Grammy for Best New Artist. 1972, On the last date of an … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – February 29th
RadioActive Nonsense
I'm Uncle Marty to all, this is The 3D RadioActivity with Daytona my On The Airedale sidekick as we've searched far and wide to present you with a series of songs containing NONSENSICAL or GIBBERISH lyrics for our 730th fun filled happening. Here's The RadioActive Nonsensehttps://archive.org/download/The3dRadioactivity/3dradio_20240225-730_RadioActiveNonsense.mp3 With … [Read more...] about RadioActive Nonsense
Today in Rock History – February 24
1963, The Rolling Stones started a Sunday night residency at The Station Hotel, Richmond, Surrey. The Stones were paid $41 for the gig and played on the first night to a total of 66 people. 1965, The first full day of filming took place for The Beatles movie Help! with the group riding bicycles on location near London Airport, England. 1966, The Who perform at the … [Read more...] about Today in Rock History – February 24