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Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Metallica, Metallica (Article)
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
25 years ago today, Metallica landed atop Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart for the first time in the career, but you may rest assured that it was not by any means for the last time. After finding their first taste of mainstream success with “One,” the epic single from their 1988 album, …And Justice for All, Metallica were primed and ready to take their success to the next level, commercially speaking. Boy, did they succeed: their self-titled 1991 album not only topped the US charts, it remains one of the ten longest-running discs on that chart ever. You can attribute part of the album’s
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Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms (Article)
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
31 years ago today, Dire Straits ascended to the pinnacle of Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart with a whole lot of help from a song extolling the virtues of rock stardom, specifically the ability to “get your money for nothing and your chicks for free.” Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits’ fifth album, was written almost entirely by frontman Mark Knopfler, with the only exception arriving via the song referenced in the opening paragraph of this piece: “Money for Nothing” is actually credited to Knopfler and Sting, who famously sang the refrain, “I want my MTV!” And, hey, good for him: given that the
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Doing a 180: The Hollies, Evolution (Article)
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Rhino has made it a point to reissue classic albums on 180-gram vinyl on a regular basis. This is the latest to get that treatment. You're welcome. The Hollies built their career by delivering some of the catchiest singles of the mid-1960s, but as the decade progressed, the band evolved, and the end result of this evolution was that The Hollies began to phase out the use of songs written by folks outside the band and stick to material composed by members of the band. As a result, by the time they released FOR CERTAIN BECAUSE… in December 1966, every song on the album fit that criteria, as did
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Once Upon a Time in the Top Spot: KC and the Sunshine Band, “Get Down Tonight” (Article)
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
41 years ago today, Harry Casey – that’s KC to you – and his Sunshine Band did a little dance, made a little love, and got up to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of five times in their career to date. KC and the Sunshine Band got their start in Hialeah, Florida in 1973, starting out as KC and the Sunshine Junkanoo Band before dropping one of the words in their name, possibly to avoid spending the rest of their career being asked, “ What’s a Junkanoo?” After Casey teamed up with engineer Richard Finch, however, things shifted into overdrive for the band, with singles like “Blow
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Happy Anniversary: Robyn Hitchcock, MOSS ELIXIR (Article)
Monday, August 29, 2016
20 years ago this week, Robyn Hitchcock returned from something resembling self-imposed retirement and unleashed his debut album for Warner Brothers. After concluding his contract with A&M Records with the release of his 1993 album, RESPECT, Hitchcock laid low for a bit, ostensibly because of the death of his father, and when he resurfaced a few years later, he was signed to Warner Brothers and sans his longtime backing group, The Egyptians. The decision to go it on his own for his WB debut, MOSS ELIXIR, was one borne out of his personal impressions of the previous pair of albums he’d done
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Happy Anniversary: Jethro Tull, A (Article)
Monday, August 29, 2016
36 years ago today, Jethro Tull released their 13th album, but if things had gone in the manner in which they’d been originally planned, then the material contained therein would’ve instead seen release as Ian Anderson’s solo debut. Album titles don’t get much shorter than A, but the origin of the title is a surprisingly simple one: the “A” is for Anderson – as in Ian Anderson – and it’s how the tapes for the album had been marked, since…well, that’s whose album it was supposed to be. Indeed, the only reason the credit on the album changed was because Chrysalis Records, Jethro Tull’s label
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Now Available: TWISTED SISTER: BEST OF THE ATLANTIC YEARS (Article)
Friday, August 26, 2016
Oh, sure, you know they wanna rock, and they’ve made it quite clear that they’re not gonna take it, but beyond that, just how much do you really know about these characters who call themselves Twisted Sister? Well, for those of you who have an interest in looking beyond the band’s two biggest hits and a desire to begin exploring their back catalog, we’ve got a perfect gateway drug for you: TWISTED SISTER: BEST OF THE ATLANTIC YEARS. This summer, Twisted Sister will be celebrating their 40th anniversary, and to honor this momentous occasion, the band will be embarking on a final tour and, yes
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Rhino Factoids: Bobby Darin’s Last Show (Article)
Thursday, August 25, 2016
43 years ago today, Bobby Darin took his final bow on the concert stage, and even though he wasn’t aware at the time that he’d never do another show, it’s evident from the reminiscences of those who knew and worked with him that he suspected he was in the home stretch of both his career and his life. The location of the show in question was the Las Vegas Hilton, and it was an ending for Darin in more than one way, as it wrapped up the residency he’d held at the hotel since the previous month. Never gifted with robust health, Darin’s resilience was drooping pretty low even for him, and as T.K
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Dr. Rhino's Picks #170 (Article)
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
The Doctor’s back! This week we’ve got the Pretenders and Echo & the Bunnymen. Omigod! ABOUT DR. RHINO A young Dr. Rhino first encountered the magic of song whilst being born in the front seat of a Lincoln Continental. As the attending physician recalls, the tune was “Touch Me In The Morning” by Diana Ross. It was a mind-blower. Over the years, Dr. Rhino listened to many, many more songs. And, after several summers of diggin’ music, making the scene & a stint in Attica, the good doctor joined Rhino Records. A remarkable career of taste & empathy ensued. Dr. Rhino now spends his time hitting
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Happy Anniversary: Better Than Ezra, How Does Your Garden Grow? (Article)
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
18 years ago this week, Better Than Ezra released their third album on Elektra Records, an effort which found the band shifting into different musical territories and seemingly finding themselves creatively reinvigorated in the process. BTE fans got a preview of How Does Your Garden Grow? when “One More Murder” was included on the soundtrack to the first X-Files feature film, and there was little question that the band was delving into darker territory, but it was easy to write off the darkness as being appropriate for the film. It soon became evident, however, that the band was intentionally
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