Before we trudge into 1972, there were the intervening years of ’69-’71. For those just joining us my first piece in this series titled ‘That year in Music 1969 ‘That year in Music I… 1969 begins in 1967 and explores the music world from the standpoint of The Beatles’ Sergeant Read more…
Should that read 1967 perhaps? I’ve always wondered as I trudged through the liner notes of the CD’s while spinning that seminal album ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by arguably the greatest band in the world The Beatles, what were the other great cats doing when these guys were Read more…
45 minutes of acoustic guitar madness, this album which released in 1981 features five tracks, four of which were recorded LIVE at the Warfield Theater and one in the studio. The recordings feature left and right channel separation so the audience can discern who’ds playing each piece. Featuring a fusion Read more…
Slated as a fund raiser as well as the reunion for night only of the classic duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel who came together after eleven years in 1982 to raise funds for the conservation of New York’s Central Park. They played to an audience of 500,000 people with Read more…
Anybody who hasn’t heard the seminal guitar player of Michael Schenker hasn’t lived. The 70’s was an experimental time in music and fans were open to all sorts of music and influences and ideas and so on. Their demand for explorative musical ideas to existing and new material spawned a Read more…
A Dire Straits LIVE recording is a phenomenal piece of work. Dire Straits in the early days were a two guitar band but LIVE they transformed their material with a bigger band, two keyboardists, two guitarists, a steel guitar player, drums, percussion and a sax. The whole sound just gets Read more…
Pink Floyd fans would be hard pressed to choose between Delicate Sound of Thunder ( love the title) and p.u.l.s.e. However with the latter offering a full LIVE play through of the phenomenal Dark Side of the Moon as well besides their regular set and a song from the Syd Read more…
Published by Identity Crisis on March 25, 2019 One of the best selling LIVE albums of all time, it featured 25 year old Peter Frampton ex Humble Pie LIVE in San Francisco, it showcased the talented performer at his finest backed by a stellar band. Both Electric and Acoustic material Read more…
Another personal top favourite LIVE album of mine, Neil Diamond’s voice just takes you away to that special place and the pace, tone and flow of the album transports you to this magical place where all the elements are aligned as it were and you’re one with the music and Read more…