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Now Streaming: Long Strange Trip (Article)
Saturday, June 3, 2017
It's finally here! Gather up your favorite grateful guys and gals, pop some corn, and head out on Amazon Prime's Long Strange Trip. The 30-year odyssey of the Grateful Dead was the most unlikely success story in rock and roll history. Famously averse to publicity, seemingly incapable of recording radio-friendly hits, they flouted music-industry convention by giving their live music away to a global network of tape traders, becoming the highest-grossing concert act in America on word of mouth alone. Long Strange Trip is the first full-length documentary to explore the fiercely independent
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Now Available: Depeche Mode Reissues Roll Onward (Article)
Friday, June 2, 2017
Whenever a band releases a new album, it generally inspires fans to take a step back and give a good listen to all of the other albums in the band’s back catalog. As such, since Depeche Mode released their latest LP, SPIRIT, a few months ago, we’re sure you’ll agree this is a perfect time for us to reissue a few more of their albums. And, yes, we did use this intro a few weeks ago when we did the first round of Depeche Mode reissues, so don’t be surprised to see it pop up again as we continue to work our way through the band’s catalog. SOME GREAT REWARD: Get It On - iTunes || Amazon Spotify
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Happy 25th: Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, MECCA AND THE SOUL BROTHER (Article)
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Get it on: Amazon || iTunes 25 years ago this month, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth released their debut album, an LP which has since gone on to be seen (and heard) as one of the best hip-hop albums ever. Produced by the duo themselves, along with Large Professor, one of the founding members of Main Source, MECCA AND THE SOUL BROTHER is arguably best known for its first single, “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.),” which featured samples from tracks by The Beginning of the End, Tom Scott & The California Dreamers, and James Brown’s “Funky President (People It’s Bad).” It was a huge hit on the
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Make It a Double: Prince, 1999 (Article)
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Make It a Double: Prince, 1999 By 1982, anyone with ears could tell that Prince was special—DIRTY MIND (1980) and CONTROVERSY (1981) moved the needle from lascivious to downright filthy, both in lyrical content and groove, and a single like "I Wanna Be Your Lover" (1979) proved he could make a radio hit if his muse insisted upon it. But it can be argued that Prince truly became Prince—at least, the Prince that audiences grew to love and obsess over—with 1999. 1999 was Prince's first Top 10 album, yielding his first Top 10 singles, in the amazing "Little Red Corvette" and "Delirious," plus
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The One after the Big One: The Ides of March, COMMON BOND (Article)
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Who can blame a young band who have had a big hit, for cutting another song from the same cloth, in an effort to score another hit? It's not a particularly novel or creative approach to songwriting or record making, but it's completely understandable, right? Right? In 1971, Jim Peterik, singer and main songwriter of the Chicago-based brass-rock band Ides of March, was tasked with following up Ides' huge hit 1970 single "Vehicle." According to his memoir, THROUGH THE EYE OF THE TIGER (Peterik also co-wrote that famous tune), he wanted to make the fast-tempo, horn-blasting sound of another Ides
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The One after the Big One: Chris Isaak, SAN FRANCISCO DAYS (Article)
Thursday, July 27, 2017
There is one man and only one man who can speak to the commercial fortunes that befall the lucky fellow who carouses on a beach with a topless Helena Christensen and the cameras rolling—that man is Chris Isaak. The sexy-beyond-words video for his 1990 song "Wicked Game" helped lift Isaak's third album, HEART SHAPED WORLD, from obscurity to triple-platinum status, and all it cost him was a day's shoot with a beautiful woman and a little sand in his britches. The video was a one-shot deal, though, and while Isaak would have later hits, none would be as big as "Wicked Game" or HEART SHAPED WORLD
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Make it a Double: Genesis, THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY (Article)
Thursday, August 3, 2017
The best prog records present listeners with an immersive experience. Think of Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON—few people, if any, put on that album to listen to, say, "Money," then pack it up and put it away afterward. No, when you sit down to listen to DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, you sit down to listen to the whole thing (perhaps accompanied by a viewing of THE WIZARD OF OZ, though that's not required). Same thing with Emerson, Lake & Palmer's BRAIN SALAD SURGERY, Rush's 2112 and Side One of Yes' CLOSE TO THE EDGE, among others. These epics beckon you in and then pour themselves out before you
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Single Stories: Buzzcocks, “Love You More” (Article)
Friday, June 30, 2017
39 years ago today, the Buzzcocks released a stop-gap single which proved to be their highest-charting single up to that point in their career. Produced by the band and regular collaborated Martin Rushent, “Love You More” was another of the crunchy punk-pop tracks that singer/guitarist Pete Shelley had already become famous for composing, but as it came out after ANOTHER MUSIC IN A DIFFERENT KITCH and before LOVE BITES, there was no reason to suspect that it would do more than maintain the band’s momentum by keeping them in the public eye…and their ears as well! As it happens, the public
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Happy Birthday: Robbie Robertson (Article)
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Today marks the date of Robbie Robertson’s initial arrival date on this planet, which is a day worth celebrating for anyone who’s ever enjoyed a song by The Band. Lest we forget, however, Robertson’s also maintained a solo career over the years, and he’s also played a part in the careers of some other artists. We’ve pulled together a six-pack of tracks by some of those folks, making a particular point of selecting individuals and groups whose albums are a part of Rhino’s catalog, but you can be assured that Robertson’s influence is felt well beyond just these tracks. 1. John Hammond, “Spoonful
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Once Upon A Time At The Top Of The Charts: The Association, “Windy” (Article)
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
50 years ago today, The Association were sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 with a Ruthann Friedman composition that would be eventually be danced to by the Sex Pistols and serve as the soundtrack to the opening moments of an episode of Breaking Bad. Produced by Creed Taylor, “Windy” was actually The Association’s second #1 hit, following their chart-topper “Cherish” the previous year. Despite claims to the contrary by Association member Larry Ramos, “Windy” was indeed written by Friedman about a woman, and she was purely fictional. Disputed rumors aside, however, the band thought enough of
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