Happy 76th birthday to Spinal Tap lead singer, David St. Hubbins aka Michael McKean! Turn this one up to 11!! (youtu.be)
Focus - Hocus Pocus (1973) (www.youtube.com)
Detroit Breakdown (Live) (www.youtube.com)
Saxon - 747 Strangers In The Night (1980) (www.youtube.com)
Golden Earring - Radar Love (1973) (www.youtube.com)
Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (1970) (youtube.com)
Amon Düül II - Archangel Thunderbird (1970) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/17/1964 (youtube.com)
The Rolling Stones release their second album in America, “12 X 5”. The LP, which would reach #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, contained “It’s All Over Now” (UK #1, US #26) and “Time Is On My Side” (US #6).
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) (www.youtube.com)
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (1968) (www.youtube.com)
Close your eyes girl...
New York Dolls - Jet Boy (1973) (www.youtube.com)
“Mock rock” Bob Harris was (and probably still is) a complete wanker.
Thin Lizzy - Emerald (1976) (www.youtube.com)
The Teardrop Explodes - Reward (1981) (www.youtube.com)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/16/1968 (youtube.com)
Reprise Records releases “Electric Ladyland” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It will prove to be the band’s most commercially successful LP, topping the Billboard 200 and reaching #5 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart. Included in the collection was the single, “All Along the Watchtower”, which would be the group’s...
The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone (1989) (www.youtube.com)
Son House - Death Letter Blues (youtu.be)
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (1979) (www.youtube.com)
Undead undead undead
Frank Zappa - Uncle Remus (1974) (youtu.be)
B-52's - Private Idaho (1980) (youtu.be)
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant (1977) (youtu.be)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/12/1968 (youtube.com)
The LP “Cheap Thrills” by Big Brother And The Holding Company hit #1 on the Billboard album chart for the first of eight non-consecutive weeks. It would prove to be the most successful LP of the year, selling over a million copies. On March 22, 2013, the album was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically...