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On This Day – The Stones, Decadent and Awful!
On this day in 1976 the Rolling Stones played 2 concerts in the Palace of Culture and Science building in Warsaw, Poland as part of their European tour. It was the first time the Stones had played behind the Iron Curtain. It was also the last tour that included Brian Jones. The tickets were handed out […]
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Tagged as: brian jones, classic rock music, love rock music, mick jagger, rock and blues, rolling stones, stones and poland
On This Day – Lou Bitten
On this day in 1973 Lou Reed was playing in Buffalo, New York. A fan scrambled up on stage shouted “Leather!” and bit Lou on the Bum. OK, so it is not the most important ‘On This Day’ that I will ever write but I did miss Lou’s birthday (2nd March) and so will have […]
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Tagged as: berlin, classic rock music, lou reed, On This Day, rock and blues, the tots, transformer
My 100 Essential Albums – 15 – It’s A Beautiful Day , by It’s A Beautiful Day
It’s A Beautiful Day , a supreme summer of love album, with attitude Released in 1969 this is a tremendous album that rewards repeated listening and I can not imagine being parted from it for any length of time. Perhaps that is a quick definition of an essential album. When I picked up the album […]
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My 100 Essential Albums – 14 – Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
Bitches Brew Number 14 of My 100 Essential Albums Released in 1970 Bitches Brew is a revolutionary album. Davis moved from his previous “cool” and “modal” style into a freer, more rhythmic, improvising style. To be honest I had not listened to much, if any, of Davis’ work before this. I did not know […]
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My 100 Essential Albums – 9 – George Thorogood and the Destroyers, GT&TD
Thorogood is good! George Thorogood and the Destroyers Recorded in 1977 this was the first George Thorogood album. Mainly blues covers with only two self penned songs it introduced me to the talent that is George Thorogood. A love of blues shines through the playing. It is one of those things, 10 bands can play […]
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Tagged as: Blues, classic rock, classic rock music, george thororgood, love rock music, real rock and blues, rock and blues
My 100 Essential Albums – 13 – Led Zeppelin, by Led Zeppelin
My 100 Essential Albums – Led Zeppelin the eponymous first album Released in 1969 Led Zeppelin is album was recorded in 1968. It only took 36 hours of studio time to record which might have something to do the band paying for the studio time. The other reason it was quick to record was […]
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My 100 Essential Albums – 11 The Great 28 Chuck Berry
My 100 Essential Albums number 11, The Great 28 by Chuck Berry How could Chuckles not be in my 100 essential albums? This is a greatest hits album released in 1982. I normally do not like greatest hits albums. To me there is something wonderful about hearing a track in its intended place, in context. […]
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My 100 Essential Albums – 10, The Velvet Underground and Nico
In my last post about my 100 essential albums I explained that I had removed Exile on Main Street from the list because when I thought about it I did not think that it was one of those essential albums that I could not live without. However, its replacement, The Velvet Undergound and Nico […]
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My 100 Essential Albums – 8 Disraeli Gears by Cream
My 100 Essential Albums – 8 Disraeli Gears by Cream Released in November 1967 this was Cream’s second album and regularly features in lists of the top 100 essential albums. After the blues influenced, softer Fresh Cream, their first album, Cream embarked on a different, heavier, path. This is, perhaps, the prototype for later heavy […]
My Essential 100 Albums – 7 The Original by Ray Charles
This just has to be in my list of 100 essential albums because it is the first record I ever bought! At 13 I had a Saturday job working in a hardware shop in Stokes Croft in Bristol. At the time Stokes Croft was not the best area in Bristol and the customers seemed to […]
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