Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic
Sixteen-year-old Janis Ian, for her third single for Verve Forecast, bravely tackled the subject of suicide — currently the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-14 as well as 20-34, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The DJ/promo version of this November 1967 single includes
Keith Emerson captivated me as a grade schooler with the deep, heavy Moog sounds he conjured for Emerson, Lake & Palmer‘s “Lucky Man,” fittingly, the final track on a 4-LP box set from 1973 that got a lot of mileage in our household growing up, Superstars of the Seventies — one
Until fairly recently, I had a Tuesday Morning “close-out retailer” store within two miles of home. In an age when we are lucky to have just one large national bookstore chain, I was grateful to have a quirky home goods store that also offered the oddest assortment of book fare,
Q: Do you remember where were you the first time you encountered that newfangled electric bass of the 1980s made out of some kind of industrial epoxy — and invented by an industrial furniture designer who had no prior experience with musical instruments? Home video of The Dixie Dregs playing
I was having a rare meal out alone and needed something to read, so I purchased a Rolling Stone back issue (September 6, 1979 edition – mostly likely at Joe’s Record Paradise) that included Michael Barackman‘s article about a new and somewhat radical 10-stringed electric instrument invented by Emmett Chapman
Did this slide-guitar-and-synth instrumental B-side enjoy much UK radio play when it was released in 1978? Likely not, I suspect – but who knows: “Roly Pin“ Roly Roly is a side project by Rob “Roly” Davis and Ray Stiles of UK glam rockers, Mud. Released on Logo. This discography of
Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman‘s beery take on Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” became the A-side of a 45 released by A&M in 1979: “Swan Lager“ Rick Wakeman (1979) * “Swan Lager” also served as side two’s closing track for 1979 double LP, Rhapsodies. Cash Box would post a review in its June
I’ve always felt there to be something particularly special about the Adrian Belew composition, “1967” — the closing track on 1989’s classic album, Mr. Music Head: In recent years, with my growing awareness around the legend of 1967 as a peak year for pop music, I began to suspect 1967’s
Early Yes guitarist, Peter Banks, and vocalist, Colin Carter, formed prog-rock ensemble Flash in Summer 1971, signing with Sovereign, an EMI/Capitol subsidiary label, and recording their first album in November (with early Yes member, Tony Kaye on keyboards). By 1972 the group had a Billboard Top 40 hit right out
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