QuoteCristiano Radtke Led Zeppelin IV’s Last Enduring Mystery, Revealed At Last For decades fans have speculated who the mysterious old man carrying sticks on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album might be. A West Country historian has finally uncovered the truth. By Chris Catchpole  Fascinating! Thank you for posting!
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteBig Al QuoteSpud The Beatles early recordings sound absolutely wonderful ... ...so why muck about with them ? Oh . wait, I know.. ...so they can sell them again for the umpteenth time to the same customers. That's very true; although I still only own the 1987 CD's. I just think that their pre-Revolver era deserves the special treatment. Failing th
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QuoteSpud The Beatles early recordings sound absolutely wonderful ... ...so why muck about with them ? Oh . wait, I know.. ...so they can sell them again for the umpteenth time to the same customers. That's very true; although I still only own the 1987 CD's. I just think that their pre-Revolver era deserves the special treatment. Failing that, could we, one day, finally g
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For those who have heard it, what do you think of the new, 2023 stereo-mix of Love Me Do, included as a 'B-side'? Yes, it does, to my ears, sounds a little odd, with McCartney's bass pushed to the front of the mix, and the guitars buried a little, but I do quite like how the vocals are centred. As there is no original stereo-mix in existence, I suppose one could argue that Giles Ma
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Past Masters Volume 1 & 2 - The Beatles Okay, so these compilations are not strictly B-sides only, but a collection of all non-album tracks. It still fits the criteria, though.
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QuoteTantekäthe QuoteRollingFreak Love Jimmy and there's always gonna be an element of his life that feels like it was so much wasted time. I reckon he has used his time well monetising the LZ legacy (pretty much like ABBA's Benny Andersson), pursuing his charity activities and enjoying quality time with his young wife. I sense no bitterness or regrets in recent interviews he has give
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QuoteDandelionPowderman Fun project, but a mediocre song, imo. Good to hear Lennon's voice, though. Paul should have skipped the backing vocals. Yes, I'm in agreement, unfortunately. I had a listen to Lennon's original demo, and that feels more interesting. This new reimagining of Lennon's song, feels like a bit of a dirge. Very downbeat.
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Quotestonesstein Is there even a chart these days considered to be "the" chart like Billboard was when records were king? Well, Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 are still 'THE' charts for singles and albums respectively in the U.S.A., aren't they? Yes, there's all these 'Bubbling Under' and various others, but they are the main, industry-recognised ch
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Quotepowerage78 #1 iTunes US. Let's wait for it's entry on Billboard Hot 100. iTunes sales are only part of the story. Billboard incorporates all formats, as we all know. Still, I suspect it may reach the upper placings.
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QuoteKoen Does she still make albums and play concerts? She's quite reclusive and inactive, generally, so who knows? I don't suspect she's retired. I don't think Kate Bush has ever enjoyed touring. Aside from a number of shows in 2014, she hasn't performed much since 1979.
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Quotetreaclefingers Thinking about this today...if you took off two of the best songs, let's say the last two, SSoH and RsB what would you rate the album? Still a great album right? 4 stars maybe, 4.5? So how do you rate it with SSoH and RsB which are monuments on their own? It's a hot album. I'm giving Hackney Diamonds are respectable 3.5 stars. It's not quite a 4
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Quotetatters QuoteDrPete I think George is on the track but Paul did the solo George style The story back in 1995 was that they abandoned working on "Now and Then" because George didn't like it, wasn't happy with the way the session was going, and walked out. Whatever he did manage to put down on tape will be on the completed track, but either he never got around to recordin
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I haven’t contributed very much to the Hackney Diamonds discussion, as I don’t believe I have anything particularly unique to say. I will refrain from offering a full-on review, here, but would like to say that I do think Hackney Diamonds is a relatively strong release. It does seem to me that it’s Andrew Watt’s production, and the overall sound, that the detractors have issue with. I say this be
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QuoteKoen Are charts really still a thing? Well, they are still in existence. So, yes. Just because streaming is the main format, it doesn’t make the chart any less relevant.
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QuoteIrix "Hackney Diamonds reached number one in Japan on the iTunes Store immediately after its release and on Amazon's General Music Chart. It also reached No. 1 on the weekly CD chart for Western music (Sound Scan Japan's Western Music Weekly Top 200, 16-22 Oct. 2023) and No. 4 on Apple Music for streaming" - . Yes, but they're not Japan's national chart. On B
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Quotepowerage78 Number 3, it's great. And, actually, is the sort of placing that I suspect many were predicting. I did, however, admittedly wonder whether it stood a chance of hitting #1 stateside; even if only for a week.
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QuoteBashlets And I bet actual physical sales the stones hit number 1 in USA. It’s the streaming that kept them off number 1. Oh, that's without doubt. I wouldn't imagine that many of, say, Drake's album-sales are through physical purchases, for example. He's for the 'streaming generation', certainly.
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Quotelaertisflash It seems like the sales are really strong, globaly. Look at the whole picture, that's matters... Honestly, I can't undestand the complaints about #3 on US chart. If I count correctly, in the entire Stones history we only have 9 studio albums reaching #1 there and the last one was "Tattoo You". On the other hand, "Tattoo You", "Some Girls&quo
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Quotepetewasbristol QuoteGasLightStreet Quotegeorgelicks Blink-182 Reunion Album ‘One More Time’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 WTF I don't know anyone that likes that excuse of a band. That's beyond. So stupid. Plenty of us in our 30's and 40's grew up with Blink 182 (they were my soundtrack to High School in the late 90's!). They also resonate with a muc
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QuoteDGA35 QuoteGasLightStreet Quotegeorgelicks Blink-182 Reunion Album ‘One More Time’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 WTF I don't know anyone that likes that excuse of a band. That's beyond. So stupid. I'm going to guess a ton of teens and 20 somethings! More like ‘thirty’ or ‘forty-something’s’, I’d say. Blink 182’s heyday was at the very tail end of the 90’s, g
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That’s unexpected news. Friends was unbelievably popular in the 90’s. I had a friend at school, who would insist upon us watching it, hour-after-hour, on VHS. Me, I was a Frasier guy. Rest in peace, Matthew Perry
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Fantastic U.K. sales! GasLightStreet: haven’t you previously been critical of the Stones’ supposed ‘lack’ of sales in the U.K.? How’s it doing on Billboad, again?
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I find Andrew Watt’s production to be popish and contemporary; most recordings are layered with a sort-of pop-sheen, to my ears, anyway. However, I don’t think Hackney Diamonds is a pop-record, per se. There are elements of pop, perhaps; just like there’s disco, country, blues, and rock. It’s an eclectic mix of styles and genres; just with a poppy, modern production. There’s nothing wrong with th
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QuoteMisterDDDD As others have noted, Eric was an artist. Hadn't seen any of his art posted here, but he often spoke of his training and his small studio on the coast (often when in a "debate" with me and others about Ronnie's art ) A link to his art page, which as others have mentioned, was quite impressive. Thank you for posting. Yes, we all have lives - some q
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This should be a ‘sticky’ Whilst we’re all excited about the new album, one of our most prolific contributors has passed. This is just my opinion.
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QuoteLondonLee QuoteSpud Puzzles me how folks can listen to a new album a couple of times and feel able to fully assess it in the context of other albums they've been listening to for years. Genuine and unloaded question: Does that also apply to those who are praising the album? That's a fair point, Lee. I've yet to only skim through the Hackney Diamond tracks, so cannot say mu
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QuoteTopi 4 new songs out of 7. Was the Some Girls tour the last time any crowd got that kind of ratio? Yes, it would've been. However, this was just a little promotional work for Hackney Diamonds, of course. If they tour behind this record, I doubt the ratio would compare with the 1978 tour. The Stones' set-list model hasn't changed much since the Steel Wheels tour. Remember:
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My first impression wasn’t positive: sounds like a Never Mind the Bollocks outtake. However, I do like Paul’s fuzz-bass, and Ronnie’s lead-work that follows. Mick’s ‘mimicking’ Paul introduction is amusing. A pretty OK track.
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I can't get over the fact he was posting only a day before he passed. It just shows how precious life is, and how suddenly it can be taken away. Very, very, sad.
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Paint it, Black is easily their most popular song; as clearly proven through it's performance on streaming platforms. In fact, I would argue that it's popularity has been known since before the advent of the service. It's definitely the go-to favourite amongst 'younger generations'
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