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Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed and Hot Rocks 1964-1971, the most celebrated albums in ABKCO’s catalog of Rolling Stones releases, will debut later this month as 180-gram LPs, pressed on clear vinyl, in celebration ...
Blame Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles. Before them, Artist and Repertoire execs at a record company chose a songwriter’s tune, then matched it with a separate singer or vocal ...
Now more than ever I wonder whether this Santa Barbara CA band with the strong songs of singer/guitarist Glen Phillips could have been twice as popular if they had taken a ...
The excellent History of the Eagles rockumentary which premiered on Showtime back in February is out now on DVD and Blu-Ray, and In the Studio and Capitol Music Group would like ...
Joe Walsh released two of his most popular albums exactly five years apart, The Smoker You Drink,the Player You Get in 1973 and But Seriously Folks in 1978, so he ...
Check out a very special ‘Signature Series’ playlist this month, ’101 Greatest CLASSIC ROCK Songs on SLACKER hosted by yours truly REDBEARD. Throughout the countdown you can hear InTheStudio artist interview ...
We have all waited a long Time for Rod Stewart to return to the soulful rock which made him one of the world’s biggest superstars, and I am here to tell ...
In 1970 I was like most white American teenagers in that, with the exception of B.B.King‘s Top 40 hit “The Thrill Is Gone”, most of us had gotten our limited exposure ...
“We made that first record in twelve days,” says The Cars‘ driving force Ric Ocasek in this In the Studio classic rock interview. What is even more remarkable is that The ...
Regardless of how you gauge success, whether critically ( Grammy Award winner 1983), commercially (more than ten million sold, and climbing) or longevity ( this year #13 on BBC Radio 2 ...
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