Rehearsals for BBC radio broadcast Playhouse Theatre - London 1964



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Rehearsals for BBC radio broadcast Playhouse Theatre - London 1964

This is the mono version of the photo, but there is of course a pioneering stereo version of the photo that is introduced by Long John Baldry.

So, as a public service, I'm posting the missing channel.


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Captain Corella
60 Years a Fan

….My mum just said to me …. thank god it wasn't available in quadraphonic



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MOJO 304 -- March 2019



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THE AGE -- 7 February 2019



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THE AGE -- 7 February 2019

$260.00 Australian dollars???

Yeah …. another $$$ rrrrrrrrrrip ….



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Richard Lloyd ……………



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$260!!
What's going on??

..Record companies just gouging the vinyl world … Shock Horror …

What about when they offer a digital download with a release...
Like their doin' ya MASSIVE favour …... cost peanuts ta set-up...



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THE AGE -- 8 February 2019



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Beechwood to Re-Release First Studio LP, 'Trash Glamour'



Beechwood's very first full-length, Trash Glamour, was originally recorded in 2013 when Gordon Lawrence and Isa Tineo were still in their teens. The album was originally a cassette-only release and has been remastered and released on CD and Vinyl for the first time via Alive Naturalsound Records. Features photo by legendary rock photographer Brad Elterman.


Gordon shares the origins of this early effort, "Trash Glamour was recorded with a single microphone in my parents' basement when we were 17 and 18 years old. At the time we were obsessed with two albums in particular, Raw Power and Exile on Main St. I had this documentary on the making of Exile that we all sat down and watched together before starting the record. We were mesmerized. That was what a band making a record was supposed to be like."

"That, to our teenage minds, was rock & roll. And so, we turned the basement into our version of Nellcôte. We surrounded ourselves with friends, girls, drugs, alcohol and the ideas flowed. I hardly ever remember leaving the basement, though I assume we must have eaten and slept at some point that summer. Things were still fresh at the time, grudges didn't exist, and things (and substances) that eventually became problems were just being discovered. We had the sense that no one else was doing what we were doing at the time, that rock & roll had become soft with bands with names like "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart." (Gimme a break.) And so, we made a loud, raw rock & roll record with little regard for "production quality." We pushed our music and our minds into the red, and though it took ourselves almost three years to come down from what began with this record to eventually make Songs From The Land of Nod, none of us regret a thing."

[www.broadwayworld.com]

Beechwood - "Don't Walk Away"

Beechwood - I Can't Stop It

Memphis Minnie -- Broken Heart
Checker 771 --- Chicago -- 12 July 1952

I first met you, was in a dream
Never thought you could be so mean
Yeah darlin' you left me with a broken heart

Life was so sweet both night and day
Someone come along and you strayed away
Yes darlin' you left me with a broken heart

What would you do with all these other girls
No one to hold you when you cry
Yes darlin' you left me with a broken heart

Please don't be unfair
Come back home, life is there
Yeah darlin' you left me with a broken heart
Yeah with a broken heart



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Richie Havens goes Satanic...

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video: [youtu.be]

Guitar Player -- January 2019



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Sad to learn that Steve from Greville Records
passed away last Saturday from heart complications...

Loved ya mate …
You taught me so much about film …
Had a millions laughs with you ….. Safe journey …. Gonna miss you



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Blues Matters -- January 2019



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In tribute to the very first show in Japan at Tokyo Dome, February 14 is certified as the day of Rolling Stones by Japan Anniversary Association.
Their 10 Tokyo Dome shows in 1990 were all sold out in a millisecond.

Happy Valentine's Day.

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In tribute to the very first show in Japan at Tokyo Dome, February 14 is certified as the day of Rolling Stones by Japan Anniversary Association.
Their 10 Tokyo Dome shows in 1990 were all sold out in a millisecond.

Happy Valentine's Day.

This is cool! Thanks, Toru A!

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Record Collector 489 -- February 2019



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Lee Radziwill, Mick and Bianca Jagger waterskiing on Lake Montauk in 1972 ---- Photo by Peter Beard



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An essential story of blues lore, black culture, and American music history

Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the history of the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his incredible talent, and this deal led to his tragic death at age 27. This single notion can be recited by everyone who has ever heard of him, but the actual story of his life remains unknown save for a few inaccurate anecdotes. Up Jumped the Devil is the result of over 50 years of research. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing people who knew Robert Johnson since the early 1960s, and he was the person who discovered Johnson's death certificate in 1967. Bruce Conforth began his study of Johnson's life and music in 1970 and made it his personal mission to try to fill in the gaps in what was still unknown about him. In this definitive biography, the two authors relied on every possible interview, resource and document, most of it material that no one has ever seen before. As a result, this book not only destroys every myth that ever surrounded Johnson, but also tells a very human and tragic story of a real person. It is the first book about Johnson that documents his years in Memphis, details his trip to New York, uncovers where and when his wife Virginia died and the impact this had on him, fully portrays the other women Johnson was involved with, and tells exactly how and why he died and who gave him the poison that killed him. Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans who thought they knew something about Johnson—most of those things are wrong—and will be a great read for anyone interested in blues, black culture and American music.

[www.chicagoreviewpress.com]

Hey that's good to learn of …. Wardlow has been on
the trail of pre-wars blues artists for years … should be an interesting read …

Pretty sure it was Wardlow who tracked down Johnsons death certificate ….

Thanks Cristiano …….



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THE AUSTRALIAN -- 18 February 2019



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[soundsoftheuniverse.com]



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Classic Rock 259 -- March 2019



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