Fifty-one years ago, release as the “last” Beatles studio album, as they had disbanded. As everyone knows, Abbey Road was the last recorded studio album, it was just released before the oft-troubled Let It Be album. With the new Get Back book and six-hour film also arriving this fall, the Let It Be Special Edition: … More Let It Be (2021)
When you are ten years old, 64 seems unimaginable. Grandparents are that age. Hey wait, I’m a grandparent! Impossible!! I’m nine months into my 64th year. What a year it’s been. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. From the pandemic to the loss of a loved one to establishing life as a single to contemplating … More When I’m Sixty-Four
What makes an impressive debut album? A million copies sold? Hit singles? Your face on the cover of Rolling Stone? Having fans and critics stand up and take notice. Lasting impact. The start of something greater. These are ones that are familiar to me. This list is certainly not inclusive and is obviously just my … More Impressive Debut Albums
Yes, Sir Paul had songs that were overlooked or did not get any love. Here are a few that I feel like fell into that category. Almost every studio album is represented. Only one of these songs appeared on a single, the rest were album tracks. Macca was been a prolific writer and discography owner. … More Paul McCartney: Underrated Songs
Recently, the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison released extraordinary boxed sets of their first official solo albums. What is in a boxed set? Besides the original album, freshly remastered, sometimes remixed, the set could include demos, alternate takes, jams, concerts, videos, high definition mixes on Blu-ray, new booklets and other trinkets. Popularity of … More 51 Years Ago: Lennon & Harrison
Here are 25 albums that failed to get the love they deserve. These albums have taken a backseat in the artist’s catalog, perhaps without benefit of a charting single or surrounding a band lineup change. It may have gone out of print or the rights became tied up. Quality music fails to connect for a … More Underrated Albums
The job of the drummer is to drive the train. The exceptional drummers do so taking you on a journey you’ve never traveled. The best grooves get your attention, but aren’t showy. Yes, drummers can be self-indulgent with exaggerated playing, tiresome soloing and drum kits that need their own zip code. It’s very difficult for … More Best Drum Grooves
The Beatles left us to find the way Gone, alone to navigate eternity In my life, we live in a yellow submarine Tomorrow never knows the possibility The revolution disappeared for many Now it’s adulthood on Blue Jay Way Ask me why all you need is love I should have known better, yesterday Lovely Rita, … More Ticket to Ride
So, less than a year after Rundgren released his most adventurous album, he returned with something less experimental, but equally surprising. Faithful, like Initiation, was actually two projects in one. Rundgren, a 1960s pop-geek, when he isn’t exploring new musical frontiers, jumped into the deep-end of the pop library. Side one contains six pop classics, … More Todd Rundgren: Faithful (1976)
Back in the old days, music was recorded in an actual recording studio on analog tape machines. In the early days of the Beatles, engineers wore white lab coats and neckties. Experimentation was frowned upon and only certain approved personnel could touch the knobs. There was no school to learn the process of sound or … More Recording Engineers
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