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Today in Rock History – July 15

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1967, The Doors and The Jefferson Airplane both played an afternoon and evening show to over 8,000 fans at Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California.

1967, Pink Floyd performed at the Stowmarket Carnival, held at The Cricket Meadow, in Stowmarket, England.  Feel for Soul, The Ketas, and other bands were also on the bill.

1967, This week’s Top 5 UK albums – number 5, Fiddler On The Roof, Original Soundtrack, number 4, Are You Experienced?, Jimi Hendrix, number 3, Sound Of Music, Soundtrack, number two, Headquarters, The Monkees and number one, The Beatles, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

1969, Singer Judy Collins appears in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt.

 

1971, Yoko Ono appears at the London department store Selfridges, where she signs copies of her book Grapefruit. John Lennon turns up to lend a wrist.

1971, King Crimson played at Town Hall in Watford, England.

Elton-john HonkyChateau1972, Elton John started a five week run at No.1 on the album chart with Honky Chateau, his first US chart topper.

1972, Black Sabbath appeared at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio.

1973, The Edgar Winter Group, Sly & The Family Stone, Canned Heat, Lindisfarne and The Kinks all appear at The Great Western Express festival at White City, west London. With his wife having recently walked out of their marriage, taking their young children with her, Ray Davies of The Kinks announces from the stage that he is sick of the whole thing and is retiring. He then walks into a local hospital and collapses from an overdose of tranquilizers.

1973, Led Zeppelin played at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. Tickets were $4.50.

1975, Yes performed at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1978, Bob Dylan with special guest Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading, and Graham Parker all appeared at Blackbushe Aerodrome, Surrey, England.

1978, The Rolling Stones started a two-week run at No.1 on the album chart with Some Girls, the group’s seventh No.1 album. The cover designed by Peter Corriston, featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe who all threatened legal action.

1989, Pink Floyd appeared in Canal di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy on a floating stage. Over 200,000 people attended the gig (almost double the number authorities had planned for) causing damage to buildings and bridges. The concert was broadcast live on TV to over 20 countries with an estimated audience of almost 100 million. Two Venice councilors were later ordered to stand trial for the costs incurred by the concert.

2000, Sad Cafe singer Paul Young died of a heart attack at his Manchester home aged 53. “Run Home Girl” was a hit for Sad Cafe in the US, “Everyday Hurts” was a UK No.3 hit in 1979. Joined Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack in Mike and the Mechanics and had the hits “The Living Years” and “Silent Running.”

Born on this day: singer Millie Jackson (1944); Peter Lewis, Moby Grape (1945); Linda Ronstadt (1946); Peter Banks, Yes, Flash (1947); and Artimus Pyle, drums, Lynyrd Skynyrd (1948)

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Song Of The Day – “The First Girl I Loved” by Incredible String Band/”The First Boy I Loved” by Judy Collins

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incrediblestringbandd5000I first came into contact with this wistful song via Judy Collin’s version on her Who Knows Where The Time Goes album where it was called “The First Boy I Loved.” It makes sense that she would’ve covered this song as they were both label mates at Elektra Records.

It literally took me years to get into the ISB. My older sister had their 1967 album The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter when I was growing up and I found it to be impenetrable.  Now, I really love their rootsy psychedelic instrumentation, whimsical lyrics, terrific vocals and the songs of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson.

Today’s Song Of The Day comes from their 1966 psychedelic masterwork, The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion.

Incredible String Band Version:

Judy Collins Version:

Today in Rock History – December 5

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1965, The Beatles played their last ever show in their hometown of Liverpool when they appeared at The Liverpool Empire during the group’s final UK tour. Only 5,100 tickets were available, but there were 40,000 applications for tickets.

1965, The Rolling Stones played two shows at the Convention Hall in San Diego, California on the last night of a 37-date North American tour.

1967, This was the final night of a 16-date UK package tour with Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice, The Outer Limits, The Erie Apparent, and Amen Corner at Green’s Playhouse, Glasgow. All performances had two shows per night, in this case at 6.15pm, with the second at 8.45pm. Jimi Hendrix had the curtains closed on him halfway through his set, after the management at the venue regarded his movements with his guitar as having sexual overtones.

1968, The release of The Rolling Stones’ new album Beggar’s Banquet, was celebrated at a party in London. A food fight with custard pies was the highlight of the event that went on without an ill Keith Richards. The original cover for the LP was in the form of a plain white invitation, but was later changed.

1969, The Temptations played at the Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia.

1970, “Amazing Grace” by Judy Collins entered the singles chart for the first of eight times, it spent a total of 67 weeks on the chart never making the number one position. “Amazing Grace” is a Christian hymn with lyrics written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton, which was first published in 1779.

1970, The Allman Brothers Band performs at the Music Factory in Greenville, North Carolina.

1970, Abraxas by Santana enters its second week atop the US album charts.

1971, The Who are at the Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. John Swenson interviews all four members at length for the magazine Crawdaddy.

1971, Yes appeared at SUNY College Gymnasium, Plattsburgh, New York.

1972, Pink Floyd performed at the Sport Palais Vorst Nationaal in Brussels, Belgium.

1972, The Who begin three days of rehearsal for the upcoming live performance of the orchestral Tommy. During a break, Pete tells Roy Carr of New Musical Express that he is working on a new rock opera he calls “Jimmy.” The main protagonist of 1973’s Quadrophenia is named Jimmy.

1973, Paul McCartney released Band On The Run in the USA, his fifth solo album since his departure from The Beatles. Two hit singles from the album, “Jet” and “Band on the Run,” made it McCartney’s most successful album. The majority of Band on the Run was recorded at EMI’s studio in Lagos, Nigeria, as McCartney wanted to make an album in an exotic location. McCartney went into the studio with just his wife Linda and Denny Laine, doubling on drums, percussion and most of the lead guitar parts himself as well as bass.The UK release took place on December 7th.

1973, Hawkwind played at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles.

1974, Aerosmith appeared at the Orpheum Theater, Boston, Massachesetts.

1975, KISS performs at the Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia.

1976, Music weekly NME reviewed the Sex Pistols debut single “Anarchy In The UK” saying “Johnny Rotten sings flat, the song is laughably naive, and the overall feeling is of a third-rate Who imitation.”

1977, Rush performs at the Tomorrow Club, Youngstown, Ohio.

1979, The Grateful Dead played the last of three nights at the Uptown Theater in Chicago.

1987, Belinda Carlisle went to number one on the US singles chart with ‘Heaven Is a Place on Earth’, the ex Go-Go’s member first solo chart topper. It also a number one hit in the UK. The promotional video was directed by Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton, and features an appearance of Carlisle’s husband Morgan Mason.

1987, The Jesus And Mary Chain were banned from appearing on a US music TV show after complaints of blasphemy when the group’s name was flashed across the screen. The CBS show asked the band to be called JAMC but the group didn’t agree.

1987, Fat Larry James, drummer, singer and leader of Fat Larry’s Band died of a heart attack aged 38. He had the 1982 UK number two single “Zoom.” The opening drum break from Down On The Avenue, from the band’s first album, Feel It has been sampled by N.W.A. Ice-T, Jungle Brothers, and Run-D.M.C.

1992, Whitney Houston started a ten-week run at number one on the UK singles chart with “I Will Always Love You.” It was the longest ever run at the top of the charts for a female artist. The Dolly Parton penned song appears on the Bodyguard soundtrack.

1993, Co-founder of Gin Blossoms, Doug Hopkins, died of self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 32. The guitarist and songwriter was in a detox unit of St. Luke’s Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona when he snuck out and bought a .38 caliber pistol. The next day Hopkins committed suicide.

2004, U2 started a two week run at number one on the UK album chart with How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, the band’s ninth UK chart topping album. The band also went to number one on the US album chart, giving them their sixth US number one album.

2004, Band Aid 20 started a four week at number one on the UK singles chart with a new version of Do They Know It’s Christmas? The third time the song had reached the top of the charts. The new version featured, Joss Stone, Busted, Chris Martin, Bono, Justin Hawkins, Dizzee Rascal, Tom Chaplin, Ms Dynamite, Beverly Knight, Will Young, Jamelia, Fran Healy, Sugababes, Dido and Robbie Williams.

2006, Beatles lyrics handwritten by Sir Paul McCartney to an early version of Maxwell’s Silver Hammer sold for $192,000 (£128,000) at Christie’s auction in New York. A guitar owned by Jimi Hendrix fetched $168,000 (£112,000), a notebook containing lyrics written by Bob Marley sold for $72,000 (£48,000) and a poem penned by Jim Morrison netted $49,000 (£32,666.)

2009, Phish played the final show of their Fall Tour at the John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia.

2011, After spending 45 weeks at the top end of the UK charts, singer Adele’s second album 21 become the biggest selling LP in Britain this century, surpassing the late Amy Winehouse’s 2006 LP Back to Black.

Born on December 5: Sonny Boy Williamson (1899); Little Richard (1932); JJ Cale (1938); Eduardo Delgado, ? & The Mysterians (1945); Jim Messina (1947);  Johnny Rzeznik, singer, guitarist, Goo Goo Dolls (1965); Craig Gill, drummer with Inspiral Carpets (1971);

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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” by Judy Collins

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This tune, one of Collins’ greatest recordings and the title track from her 1968 album, wasn’t written by or for Collins to record. The song was written by the late, great Sandy Denny who recorded a demo of it in 1967. Shortly thereafter, Denny joined forces with The Strawbs who had a go at the song on their “All Our Own Work” album which was recorded in 1967 but not officially released in the U.S. until 1973. Judy Collins heard Denny’s original demo in 1967 and recorded and released it as the B-side to her smash hit single “Both Sides Now.” She then made that recording the title track to her classic album “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” whose musicians included Stephen Stills (guitar), James Burton (guitar), Buddy Emmons (pedal steel), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Chris Ethridge (bass) and drummer/mother murderer Jim Gordon. Sandy Denny then took the song with her when she joined Fairport Convention where it was recorded for their 1969 album “Unhalfbricking” becoming the group’s signature tune. Others who have committed this song to wax include Nana Mouskouri, 10,000 Maniacs, Cat Power, Charlie Louvin, Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet, Nina Simone and many others.

Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” by Judy Collins

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Song of the Day by Eric Berman – “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” by Judy Collins

This wistful gem is one of Judy Collins’ greatest recordings from her greatest album, the 1968 classic Who Knows Where the Time Goes. The song was written by the late, great Sandy Denny who recorded a demo of it in 1967. Shortly thereafter, Denny joined forces with The Strawbs who had a go at the song on their All Our Own Work album which was recorded in 1967 but not officially released in the U.S. until 1973. After hearing the original demo in 1967, Collins recorded it and relegated to the B-side of her smash hit single “Both Sides Now,” which gave it enormous exposure.

The song surfaced again the following year as the title track to the Who Knows Where the Time Goes album, whose super group of musicians included Stephen Stills (guitar), James Burton (guitar), Buddy Emmons (pedal steel), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Chris Ethridge (bass) and drummer/mother murderer Jim Gordon.

Sandy Denny then took the song with her when she joined Fairport Convention where it was released on their superb 1969 Unhalfbricking album, becoming the group’s signature tune. Others who have committed this song to wax include Greek pop star Nana Mouskouri, 10,000 Maniacs, Cat Power, Charlie Louvin, Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet, Nina Simone and many others.

Denny would later go on to be the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin record when she supplied vocals to “The Battle of Evermore.” She later succumbed to complications from a brain hemorrhage after she fell down some steps on April 21st 1978 at the age of 31.

Denny would later go on to be the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin record when she supplied vocals to “The Battle of Evermore.”