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Happy Anniversary: Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus” (Article)
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
28 years ago this week, Depeche Mode released the debut single from the then-still-forthcoming VIOLATOR album, blowing the minds of anyone who may have still thought of them as nothing more than a synth-pop group. Written by Martin Gore and co-produced by the band and Flood (real name: Mark Ellis), the lyrics of “Personal Jesus” were, per the aforementioned Mr. Gore, inspired by the book Elvis and Me, written by Priscilla Presley. As Gore told Spin at the time, “It’s about how Elvis Presley was her man and her mentor and how often that happens in love relationships; how everybody’s heart is
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This Day in 1995: James Taylor and Carly Simon Reunite (Article)
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
22 years ago today, Martha’s Vineyard played host to a reunion that some might well have said would never have happened outside of a wedding or funeral, getting a former music power couple back onstage to croon a few tunes together. Despite divorcing more than a decade earlier (they announced their split in 1981 and finalized it in 1983), James Taylor and Carly Simon continued to maintain separate residences in the same place: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Both developed strong ties to the area, and when the Agricultural Society of the area came to them individually and asked if they’d be
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Deep Dive: Seals & Crofts, SUMMER BREEZE (Article)
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
45 years ago today, Dan Seals and Dash Crofts – known collectively as Seals & Crofts – released the album that would serve both as their commercial breakthrough and, indeed, the defining album of their entire career. Produced by Louie Shelton, who had also helmed the duo’s previous album, 1971’s YEAR OF SUNDAY, a.k.a. their Warner Brothers Records debut, SUMMER BREEZE proved so much more successful than its predecessor that a man-on-the-street poll would almost certainly find that most people think it’s actually their debut album. In fact, they’d been recording as a duo since 1969, which is
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Happy 50th: Dionne Warwick, THE WINDOWS OF THE WORLD (Article)
Thursday, August 31, 2017
50 years ago today, Dionne Warwick released her eighth studio album, an LP which kicked off with a song which would prove to be one of the most iconic singles of her long career. Produced – as ever (at least at the time) – by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, THE WINDOWS OF THE WORLD featured a number of songs which would go on to become ‘60s classics, not to mention one which would prove to be an ‘80s classic, if not one by Ms. Warwick. We’ll get to that in just a moment, but first let’s talk about the title track. Although “The Windows of the World” was only a minor hit for Warwick, she declared
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Happy Birthday: Van Morrison (Article)
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Today we celebrate the birth of Sir George Ivan Morrison, a gentleman known more familiarly as Van. We’ve pulled together a playlist featuring all of his albums that currently reside within our catalog, but in addition to this lovely listening material, we’ve also compiled a list of five tracks on which Morrison offers guest vocals. Perhaps some of them will be new to you, but they’ll all remind you why Van is the man. 1. The Band, “4% Pantomime” (1971) – Van became friends with all of the members of The Band, but he apparently got along particularly well with pianist Richard Manuel. It’s with
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Out Now: David Bowie, CRACKED ACTOR (Article)
Friday, September 1, 2017
This year’s Record Store Day brought a true treat for David Bowie fans: CRACKED ACTOR (LIVE LOST ANGELES ’74), an audio document of what it was like to see the Thin White Duke during his tour in support of his DIAMOND DOGS album. Yes, there’d already been an audio document from that tour (DAVID LIVE), but this was something else entirely, with Bowie’s band featuring Earl Slick, Carlos Alomar, and – on backing vocals – Luther Vandross. Rhino has now made CRACKED ACTOR available on CD at a price that’s decidedly more tempting for the average Bowie fan, but make no mistake, this is no average
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Now Available: The Sisters of Mercy, SOME GIRLS WANDER BY MISTAKE (Article)
Friday, September 1, 2017
If you’re an alternative music fan whose tastes came of age in the ‘80s, then you know just how influential the Sisters of Mercy were, but those who were first introduced to the band during the FLOODLAND era, when everyone was thrilling to the sounds of “This Corrosion” and “Lucretia My Reflection,” may remain unaware of the groundbreaking material that was being released by the band a few years earlier. Since the Sisters of Mercy are in the midst of touring Europe this month, this would be the perfect time to expand your knowledge of the band’s catalog, and – what luck! – we just happen to
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On This Day in 1986: Dire Straits, “Money for Nothing” (Article)
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
31 years ago today, Dire Straits’ blend of computer-animated shenanigans and concert footage walked away with the award for Video of the Year at the 3 rd Annual MTV Video Music Awards. When the awards ceremony kicked off at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, Dire Straits were in a pretty good place in terms of being able to say, “It’s enough just to be nominated,” since the band had, in fact, been nominated for a staggering 11 awards. We’ll go ahead and list them all off for you, just so you can get a feel for just how awe-inspiring the “Money for Nothing” video was considered at the
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Deep Dive: Al Stewart in the ‘80s (Article)
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
The 1970s was a very good decade to be Al Stewart: thanks to such major hits as “Year of the Cat,” “On the Border,” and “Time Passages,” the Glasgow-born, Dorset-raised singer/songwriter became a big name on both sides of the pond and remains familiar to radio listeners even now. When the ‘80s beckoned, however, Stewart’s profile began to shrink somewhat, and as his music fell out of favor with radio programmers, it’s easy to understand how many of his more casual fans might well have believed that he simply wasn’t releasing music anymore. As it happens, Stewart was very much still releasing
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5 Things You Might Not Know About Jeff Foxworthy (Article)
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
If you know all five of the things in the below list, then you might be a Jeff Foxworthy fan, but even if you aren’t a Jeff Foxworthy fan, you might still find these five things interesting. (That’s what we were going for, anyway, so we’re hoping it pans out as planned.) His first TV appearance was on a Rodney Dangerfield special. Entitled Opening Night at Rodney’s Place, the 1989 special was notable for more reasons than introducing the world at large to Foxworthy: it also offered most viewers their first look at a guy named Tim Allen. Before starring in The Jeff Foxworthy Show, he starred in
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