Tuesday, September 28, 2010

New Releases


NEW RELEASES
September 28
New
BAD RELIGION...The Dissent Of Man (vinyl)
WEEZER...Hurley (vinyl release of new album)
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND...Live! In Chicago
BUDDY GUY...Living Proof (vinyl)
ERIC CLAPTON...Clapton
NEIL YOUNG...Le Noise (vinyl)
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS...World Gone Crazy (vinyl)
HALFORD...Made Of Metal
SERJ TANKIAN...Imperfect Harmonies (vinyl release of new album with bonus CD)
SOUNDGARDEN...Telephantasm (Deluxe Edition) (2 CD/1 DVD/3 LP)
PHIL COLLINS...Going Back
GIN BLOSSOMS...No Chocolate Cake
RONNIE WOOD...I Feel Like Playing
JOHN MELLENCAMP...No Better Than This (vinyl release of new album)
AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare (vinyl release of new album)
KID ROCK...Born Free (7 inch viyl single)
ALICE COOPER...Theatre Of Death-Live At Hammersmith 2009 (CD/DVD)
STING...Symphonicities (vinyl release of new album)

Box Sets, Reissues, Compilations
Various Artist...It's All About The Blues
YES...Drama (180 gram vinyl, limited edition gatefold cover)
SLASH...Slash (2 CD/DVD, with extra tracks)
ROB ZOMBIE...Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (CD/DVD with extra tracks)
DAVID BOWIE...Station To Station (3 CD Special Edition) (5CD /DVD/3LP)
PETER GABRIEL...So (Remastered)
PETER GABRIEL...Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ(Remastered)
PETER GABRIEL...3: Melt (Remastered)
PETER BABRIEL...4: Security (Remastered)
UFO...Best Of A Decade
PETER GABRIEL...1:Car
PETER GABRIEL...Us (Remastered)
PETER GABRIEL...2: Scratch
PETER GABRIEL...Plays Live Highlights (Remastered)
Various Artist...The Songs That Inspired The Doors: The Doors Jukebox
PETER GABRIEL...Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
PETER GABRIEL...Birdy - Music From The Film (Remastered)

DVD/BLU-RAY
Various Artist...The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts (3 DVD)
RUSH...2112+Moving Pictures Classic Album (blu-ray) (DVD) (DVD/BluRay/2CD)
Rock And Rule (25th Anniversary Edition) (blu-ray)
ALICE COOPER...Theatre Of Death-Live At Hammersmith 2009 (DVD with Bonus CD)
SLIPKNOT...(sic)nesses (DVD)
SUCK (DVD) (blu-ray)
COLIN HAY...Live At The Corner (DVD)

October 5
New
JOHN LENNON/YOKO ONO...Double Fantasy Stripped Down
JOE SATRIANI...Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards
JOHN LENNON...Gimme Some Truth
JOHN LENNON...Power To The People: The Hits (CD/DVD)
FINGER ELEVEN...Life Turns Electric
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION...Black Country Communion (vinyl release of new album)
SLASH...The Document
MARTY BALIN...Blue Highway
KORN...The Lowdown

Reissues, Box Sets
JOHN LEE HOOKER...I'm John Lee Hooker (vinyl)
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE...Live 4 CD Pack
OZZY OSBOURNE...Scream: Tour Edition (Limited Edition with extra tracks)
DISTURBED...Asylum (colored vinyl with bonus CD)
JOHN LENNON...Signature Box (11 CD box set)
JOHN LENNON...Imagine (remeastered)
JOHN LENNON...Plastic Ono Band (remastered)
JOHN LENNON...Mind Games (remastered)
JOHN LENNON...Walls And Bridges (remastered)
JOHN LENNON...Rock And Roll (remastered)
JOHN LENNON/YOKO ONO...Milk And Honey (remastered)
JOHN LENNON/YOKO ONO...Sometime In New York City (remastered)
BLUE OYSTER CULT...The Music of Blue Oyster Cult (Box Sets)
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE...The Music Of Jefferson Airplane (Box Set)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 28
Nick St. Nicholas formerly with Steppenwolf is 67; Danny Weis formerly with Iron Butterfly is 62; George Lynch of Dokken is 56;

ON THIS DATE

1968 It is announced that Janis Joplin has left Big Brother And The Holding Company
1976 A&M Records files suit against George Harrison for his new album being late. That album turns out to be 33 1/3
1991 On Every Street by Dire Straits is released
1999 Human Clay by Creed is released
2004 Something Big by Mick Fleetwood is released
2004 Shangri-La by Mark Knopfler is released
2005 Jerome Dillon of Nine Inch Nails is admitted into the hospital in Sacramento, California after a show there due to a heart condition
2006 Tom Morello of Audioslave is arrested along with around 400 other people for unlawful assembly, blocking the main entrance road to the Los Angeles International Airport. The protest takes place during a march to raise awareness about the rights of immigrant hotel workers
2010 Le Noise by Neil Young is released
2010 Clapton by Eric Clapton is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Wednesday, September 29 CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater
Wednesday, September 29 GODSMACK Hard Rock Cafe Orlando
Wednesday, September 29 SAVING ABEL Capt. Hirams Resort Sebastian
Monday, November 8 THE CULT The State Theater St. Petersburg
Wednesday, November 10 THE CULT Hard Rock Orlando
Wednesday, December 29 DEREK TRUCKS/SUSAN TEDESCHI Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater

IN THE NEWS
Trent Reznor Talks Scoring 'The Social Network,' Oversharing
Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper Up for Rock Hall of Fame
Vince Neil Gets New Court Date in Vegas DUI Case

September 27

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 27
Randy Bachman of Bachman And Turner and the Guess Who is 67; Meat Loaf is 63; Greg Ham of Men At Work is 57; Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1973 It is announced that Carlos Santana has changed his name to Devadip
1979 Jimmy McCulloch formerly with Wings dies at the age of 26 of a heroin overdose
1986 Cliff Burton of Metallica dies in a bus accident as the band were traveling to Copenhagen. Burton was 24
2004 A court In Los Angeles rules that The Doors Of The 21st Century may continue to use that name. John Densmore of the Doors had filed suit trying to stop them
2004 Phil Spector is officially indicted for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson who died in his home nearly two years earlier. Spector claims Clarkson committed suicide but a grand jury doesn’t buy it

September 26

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 26
Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos is 56; Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Airplane is 56; Al Pitrelli of Megadeth and Blue Oyster Cult is 48;

ON THIS DATE
1968 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is fined for marijuana possession
2007 Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler declares a mistrial in the Phil Spector murder case. The legendary producer is accused of shooting an actress at his L.A. home. The deadlocked jury can not reach a unanimous verdict

Saturday, September 25, 2010

September 25

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 25
Mike Luce of Drowning Pool is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1943 John Locke, who was a member of Spirit and Nazareth, was born in Los Angeles, California. Locke died in2006
1980 John Bonham of Led Zeppelin dies at the age of 32
1989 Billy Joel sues his former manager for $90 million but ended up onl;y winning $2 million
2003 Robert Palmer dies of a heart attack at the age of 54
2008 After a 43-year wait, Paul McCartney performed his first concert in Israel, saying he was on a mission of peace for Israel and the Palestinians

Sepptember 24

ON THIS DATE
1942 Linda McCartney of Wings is born. McCartney died in 1998
1993 Steven Adler formerly with Guns 'N' Roses reaches a $2.5 million settlement with his former bandmates. He alleges they forced him to use heroin then booted him out of the band when he couldn`t kick the habit
2007 Wes Scantlin of Puddle Of Mudd is banned for life from Graceland after he jumps into a private pool and is escorted off the estate by security

Thursday, September 23, 2010

September 23


TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (9-23-2010)
(Enter)1. LINKIN PARK...A Thousand Suns
(Enter)2. ROBERT PLANT...Band Of Joy
(Enter)3. WEEZER...Hurley
(1)4. DISTURBED...Asylum
(2)5. STONE SOUR...Audio Secrecy
(Enter)6. SULLY ERNA...Avalon
(3)7. AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare
(Enter)8. JOHN LENNON...Opus Collection (available on iTunes)
(Re-enter)9. TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS...Mojo
(4)10. JERRY LEE LEWIS...Mean Old Man


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 23
Bruce Springsteen is 61; Lita Ford is 52;

ON THIS DATE
1948  Don Foler, formerly with the Allman Brothers Band is born.   Foler died in 2013  
1969 The rumour that Paul McCartney is dead begins as the Illinois University newspaper The Northern Star publishes "Clues Hint At Beatle Death."
1977 Love You Live by the Rolling Stones is released
2008 Time The Conqueror by Jackson Browne is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Sunday, December 5 SICK PUPPIES 1-800-Ask-Gary Ampitheatre Tampa

IN THE NEWS
'American Idol' Confirms Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler As New Judges

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 27 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 150. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969)


150. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969)
Label – Hannibal
Producer – Joe Boyd
Art Direction – Cally
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 41:41

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Time Has Told Me
2. River Man
3. Three Hours
4. Day Is Done
5. Way To Blue
6. Cello Song
7. Thoughts Of Mary Jane
8. Man In A Shed
9. Fruit Tree
10. Saturday Sun

The story behind this record was sadly more interesting than the record itself. “Five Leaves Left” was the first of only three albums recorded by British folk musician Nick Drake. For musical backing Drake was accompanied by members of the folk Fairport Convention and Pentangle. Even with the folk credentials, this record failed miserably when it was released.
To me, the record was ok – but nothing exciting, and mid way through I was actually quite bored with it. . Understatement is the key to his songs, and his vocals have a weariness about them and grew tiresome as well.
The album was poorly marketed and supported when it was released. Reviews were few and lukewarm. It sold very poorly – only 5000 copies or so. In fact, none of the three albums he recorded sold more than 5,000 copies on their initial release. Drake's work has gradually achieved wider notice and recognition and he now ranks among the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years. “Cello Song” from this record was used in a car commercial in the late 90’s, and consequently Nick Drake sold more records in a few weeks then he had in the previous 30 years!
Five Leaves Left was ranked 85th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 283 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. NME ranked #74 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.' Q Magazine ranked it one of the best Folk Albums of All Time.
I do not however recommend it.

SEPTEMBER 22


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 22
David Coverdale of Deep Purple and Whitesnake is 59;  Doug Wimbish, formerly with Living Colour, is 54; Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde is 53; Joan Jett is 52; Marq Torien of the BulletBoys is 48; Matt Sharp of Weezer is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1965 Roger Daltrey punches out Keith Moon, both of the Who, while the band is on tour in Scandanavia
1980 John Lennon signs with Geffen Records
1985 Rock and country music artists participated in "FarmAid," a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois to help the nation's farmers
2009 Life Starts Now by Three Days Grace is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOKThursday, September 23 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista

IN THE NEWS
R.E.M. Finishes Recording New Album
Stone Temple Pilots Suspend Tour After Weiland Rant

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, September 22 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, September 27 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

September 21

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 21
Don Felder formerly with the Eagles is 63; Philthy Animal, formerly with Motorhead, is 56; Liam Gallagher of Oasis is 38; David Silveria formerly with KoRn is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1999 The Fagile by Nine Inch Nails is released
2004 Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees and Queens Of The Stone Age is injured in an auto accident forcing the cancellation of several solo concerts
2004 American Idiot by Green Day is released
2004 Deja Vu All Over Again by John Fogerty is released
2005 Billy Joel receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
2006 Axl Rose is sued for $1.15 million by an art broker who alleges the Guns N’ Roses frontman reneged on a deal to purchase a painting of John Lennon by the late Andy Warhol. The firm claims that Rose had agreed to pay $2.36 million to a New York gallery for the portrait, but only forked over $1.21 million
2006 Raymond "Boz" Burrell of Bad Company died at the age of 60 in Spain
2010 Guitar Heaven: Santana Performs The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time by Santana is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Wednesday, September 22 THE BLACK CROWES House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Wednesday, September 22 NEIL YOUNG Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater

IN THE NEWS
Teacher who inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd name dies
Review: Robert Plant's 'Band of Joy'
Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill is engaged

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, September 22 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, September 27 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen hereDoes your local rock station carry Rockline? Find out here

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Monday, September 20, 2010

New Releases

NEW RELEASES
September 21
New
SERJ TANKIAN...Imperfect Harmonies
SANTANA...Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION...Black Country Communion
MY DARKEST DAYS...My Darkest Days
METHODS OF MAYHEM...A Public Disservice Announcement

Compilations, Box Sets, Reissues
LEADBELLY...All Time Greatest Performances
THE GRATEFUL DEAD...The Warner Bros. Studio Albums (5LP 180 Gram Vinyl Boxset)
Various Artist...Metal X-mas (with 4 additional tracks)
JOHNNY WINTER...Beginnings 1960-1967

DVD
ERIC CLAPTON...The 1960s Review
JOHNNY WINTER...Live Through The 80's
MICHAEL McDONALD...This Christmas Live In Chicago (blu-ray or DVD)
PEARL JAM...Under Review
THE ROLLING STONES...Born Under A Bad Sign

September 28
New
BAD RELIGION...The Dissent Of Man (vinyl)
WEEZER...Hurley (vinyl release of new album)
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND...Live! In Chicago
BUDDY GUY...Living Proof (vinyl)
ERIC CLAPTON...Clapton
NEIL YOUNG...Le Noise (vinyl)
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS...World Gone Crazy (vinyl)
HALFORD...Made Of Metal
SERJ TANKIAN...Imperfect Harmonies (vinyl release of new album with bonus CD)
SOUNDGARDEN...Telephantasm (Deluxe Edition) (2 CD/1 DVD/3 LP)
PHIL COLLINS...Going Back
GIN BLOSSOMS...No Chocolate Cake
RONNIE WOOD...I Feel Like Playing
JOHN MELLENCAMP...No Better Than This (vinyl release of new album)
AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare (vinyl release of new album)
KID ROCK...Born Free (7 inch viyl single)
ALICE COOPER...Theatre Of Death-Live At Hammersmith 2009 (CD/DVD)
STING...Symphonicities (vinyl release of new album)

Box Sets, Reissues, Compilations
Various Artist...It's All About The Blues
YES...Drama (180 gram vinyl, limited edition gatefold cover)
SLASH...Slash (2 CD/DVD, with extra tracks)
ROB ZOMBIE...Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (CD/DVD with extra tracks)
DAVID BOWIE...Station To Station (3 CD Special Edition) (5CD /DVD/3LP)
PETER GABRIEL...So (Remastered)
PETER GABRIEL...Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ(Remastered)
PETER GABRIEL...3: Melt (Remastered)
PETER BABRIEL...4: Security (Remastered)
UFO...Best Of A Decade
PETER GABRIEL...1:Car
PETER GABRIEL...Us (Remastered)
PETER GABRIEL...2: Scratch
PETER GABRIEL...Plays Live Highlights (Remastered)
Various Artist...The Songs That Inspired The Doors: The Doors Jukebox
PETER GABRIEL...Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
PETER GABRIEL...Birdy - Music From The Film (Remastered)

DVD/BLU-RAY
Various Artist...The 25th Anniversary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts (3 DVD)
RUSH...2112+Moving Pictures Classic Album (blu-ray) (DVD) (DVD/BluRay/2CD)
Rock And Rule (25th Anniversary Edition) (blu-ray)
ALICE COOPER...Theatre Of Death-Live At Hammersmith 2009 (DVD with Bonus CD)
SLIPKNOT...(sic)nesses (DVD)
SUCK (DVD) (blu-ray)
COLIN HAY...Live At The Corner (DVD)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 20
Chuck Panozzo Of Styx Is 64; Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme is 44; Matthew Nelson and Gunnar Nelson of Nelson are 43; Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden is 42; Rick Woolstenhulme of Lifehouse is 31;

ON THIS DATE
1970 Jim Morrison of the Doors is found guilty of indecent exposure and profanity from an incident at a concert in Miami in 1969. The conviction is appealed but Morrison died before that went to court
1972 Paul McCartney is arrested for cannabis found on his farm
1973 Jim Croce died in an airplane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana at the age of 30
2005 Have A Nice Day by Bon Jovi is released
2005 Ten Thousand Fist by Disturbed is released
2009 Backspacer by Pearl Jam is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

Tuesday, September 21 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE The Ritz Ybor Tampa
Friday, November 5 LEVON HELM BAND Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater

IN THE NEWS
Vince Neil Blasts Sharon Osbourne, Motley Crue Bandmates in Book
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Marries in Hawaii
Tommy Lee Recruits Fans for New Methods of Mayhem Album

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 20 AIRBOURNE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 22 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 149. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)


149. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
Label – Decca
Producer – Jimmy Miller
Art Direction – Robert Brownjohn and Victor Kahn
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 43:26

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Gimme Shelter
2. Love In Vain
3. Country Honk
4. Live With Me
5. Let It Bleed
6. Midnight Rambler
7. You Got The Silver
8. Monkey Man
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want

This is an awesome record. “Let It Bleed”, is the eighth studio record by The Rolling Stones, and recorded and released while the band was in transition from Brian Jones (he plays on 2 tracks, autoharp on "You Got the Silver" and percussion on "Midnight Rambler" – and died several months before its release) to replacement guitarist Mick Taylor (who also plays on just two songs, "Country Honk" and "Live With Me"). It has a great sound and a great vibe about it. It’s dark, slightly demonic, rocking, sexual. It’s the Rolling Stones in the midst of their most creative peak.
The album contains many songs that rank among their very best. “Gimme Shelter," (with that “shimmering” guitar line) “Midnight Rambler" (has the harmonica EVER been used better in rock and roll?) and the stunning "You Can't Always Get What You Want," (complete with horns and the children’s choir!), the record is like a greatest hits. Some tracks that were not hits such as "You Got the Silver" (Keith Richards' first solo lead vocal – he had shared vocal duties with Mick Jagger on "Connection", "Something Happened to Me Yesterday", and "Salt of the Earth") and the cover of Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain," are just as good! Acoustic down-home blues. Just fantastic.
It’s not all as great. There is some filler. "Monkey Man" and a countrified remake of "Honky Tonk Woman" titled "Country Honk" are forgettable.
The album has been called “a great summing up of the dark underbelly of the 1960s” and is the second of the Stones' run of four studio LPs that are generally regarded as among their greatest achievements artistically. (The other three albums are Beggars Banquet (1968), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main Street (1972). Released in December, it reached #1 in the UK and #3 in the US, where it eventually went double platinum. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it 69th greatest album of all time, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at #28 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2001, the TV network VH1 placed it at #24 on their best album survey. In 2003, it was listed as #32 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Even the cover is iconic, and was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued in January 2010.
It is HIGHLY recommended.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

September 19

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 19
Lol Creme of 10cc is 63; A. Jay Popoff of Lit is 37;

ON THIS DATE
1958 Elvis Presley begins his tour of duty for the Army as he sets sail for Germany
1973 Gram Parsons of the Byrds died at the age of 32 in Joshua Tree, California
2008 Travis Barker, formerly with Blink 182, is injured in a plane accident during take-off thought to be caused by a blown tire

IN THE NEWS
Five Amazing Jimi Hendrix Performances
Julian Lennon On His New Photos of U2, Kate Hudson

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 20 AIRBOURNE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 22 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Playlist: Jimi Hendrix



In honor of Jimi - here is a repost of a playlist we initially posted in 2007 of the not so popular/well known Hendrix tracks for your iPod. We miss you Jimi.
Synch and enjoy.

1. Peace In Mississippi - Crash Landing
2. Midnight - War Heroes
3. Beginnings - War Heroes
4. Cherokee Mist - Lifelines
5. Still Raining, Still Dreaming - Electric Ladyland
6. Pali-Gap - Rainbow Bridge
7. Hey Baby (The Land of the New Rising Sun) - Rainbow Bridge
8. Tax Free - War Heroes
9. Power Of Soul - South Saturn Delta
10. Highway Chile - War Heroes
11. Valley Of Neptune - Lifelines/Valleys Of Neptune
12. Captain Coconut - Crash Landing

September 18

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 18
Kerry Livgren of Kansas is 61;

ON THIS DATE

1952 Dee Dee Ramone of the Ramones is born in Fort Lee, Virginia. Ramone died in 2002
1956 A Fats Domino concert ends in a riot at a naval station in Rhode Island
1970 Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27
1978 Each member of Kiss release a solo album
1983 Kiss appears on MTV reveasling themselves 'Unmasked", in other words without makeup

IN THE NEWS
Kid Rock Ordered to Pay $40K in Damages for Waffle House Fight
Iconic John Lennon/Yoko Ono Photo Up For Auction
Neil Young Stands Tall in 'Hitchhiker' Video

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 20 AIRBOURNE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 22 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Playlist: John Lennon - The Lost Weekend


This week Pattie Daley - one time girlfriend of Jessie Ed Davis - unearthed a treasure trove of photos she took in 1974 in LA. All 4 Beatles members are in various photos. They were taken during John Lennon's infamous "lost weekend" while he was separated from wife Yoko Ono. John worked on several musical projects during this time. Today's playlist features 10 tracks from this period. Load up you ipod, sync and enjoy.

"John Lennon - The Lost Weekend" playlist

1. You Can't Catch Me - John's "Rock 'N' Roll"
2. Stand By Me - John's "Rock 'N' Roll"
3. Lucille - John with Paul McCartney - studio jam session unreleased
4. Many River's To Cross - Harry Nilsson "Pussycats" - produced by John
5. All My Life - Harry Nilsson "Pussycats" - produced by John
6. Rock Around The Clock - Harry Nilsson "Pussycats" - produced by John
7. Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) - John's "Walls and Bridges"
8. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night - John's "Walls and Bridges"
9. Bless You - John's "Walls and Bridges"
10. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) - John's "Walls and Bridges"

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 148. Pentangle - Basket Of Light (1969)


Pentangle - Basket Of Light (1969)
Label – Transatlantic
Producer – Shel Talmy
Art Direction – Diogenic Attempts
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 41:04

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Light Flight
2. Once I Had A Sweetheart
3. Springtime Promises
4. Lyke Wake Dirge
5. Train Song
6. Hunting Song
7. Sally Go Round The Roses
8. Cuckoo
9. House Carpenter

Here is one of those bands that I had never heard of before, so didn’t know what to expect when I began playing, which can be exciting. Turns out they do traditional folk music. Not very exciting. Also there was actually very little to be found on the internet about this record.
Upon release this record did reach the Top Five in the U.K. largely on the basis of the single "Light Flight" (which made it to a respectable #43 in the charts) which was being used at the time as the theme from BBC1's first color drama series “Take Three Girls”.
It’s just not my kind of music, and I did not enjoy listening to this record one bit. No doubt these folks are talented and masters of their respective instruments, and if you like traditional folk music, you might wanna give it a listen, I however do NOT recommend this record.

September 17


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 17
Fee Waybill of The Tubes is 60;

ON THIS DATE

1967 The Doors appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. Jim Morrison was asked not to sing the line “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher" in 'Light My Fire' but he sings it anyway. The band is then banned from the show
1967 The Who appear on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. An explosion rigged to go off in Keith Moon's drum damages Pete Townshend's hearing
1991 Use Your Illusion and Use Your Illusion II by Guns 'N' Roses is released
2007 Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi checks into a rehab center in Sundance, Utah
2008 Metallica's album Death Magnetic enters the Billboard Album Charts at number 1. That makes them the only artist to have 5 albums debut at number 1. The Beatles, U2 and the Dave Matthews Band each have 4

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Saturday, September 18 KINGS OF LEON 1-800-ASK-GARY AMPITHEATRE Tampa
Saturday, September 18 L.A. GUNS Shovelhead Lounge Longwood

IN THE NEWS
'Borat' Star To Play Freddie Mercury In Movie
Weezer to Play Entire 'Blue Album,' 'Pinkerton' on Tour
Paul McCartney Reissuing Wings' 'Band on the Run'

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 20 AIRBOURNE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 22 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Playlist: Aerosmith - The Covers


Tonight Aerosmith take the stage in Vancouver, Canada in what could be their final concert ever – with the Tyler/Perry feud and Steven doing ‘American Idol’ and desire to record a solo record leaving the bands status unknown. Aerosmith is the best-selling American rock band of all time and have influenced many artists. Here is a playlist of a few of their tracks – all covers from artists that influenced them. Song titles are followed by the original artist and then Aerosmith record where you can obtain the tracks. Some well known, others not so much. Worth a listen. Load up your iPod and give it a listen.

“Aerosmith – The Covers” Playlist

1. Walkin’ The Dog (Rufus Thomas) – Aerosmith
2. Train Kept A Rollin’ (Johnny Burnette / Yardbirds) - Get Your Wings
3. Big Ten Inch Record (Bull “Moose” Jackson) – Toys In The Attic
4. Milk Cow Blues (Kokomo Arnold) – Draw The Line
5. Come Together (Beatles) – single
6. Mother Popcorn (James Brown) - Live Bootleg
7. Remember (Walking In The Sand) (Shangri-Las) – Night In The Ruts
8. Think About It (Yardbirds) – Night In The Ruts
9. Cry Me A River (Ella Fitzgerald / Joe Cocker) – Rock In a Hard Place
10. I’m Down (Beatles) – Permanent Vacation
11. Rattlesnake Shake (Fleetwood Mac) Pandora's Box
12. Helter Skelter (Beatles) – Pandora’s Box
13. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (Huey "Piano" Smith) - Box of Fire Bonus Disc
14. Love Me Two Times (Doors) – Young Lust (The Aerosmith Anthology)

Top 10 Rock CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (9-16-2010)

TOP 10 ROCK CD'S/LP'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK (9-16-2010)
(1)1. DISTURBED...Asylum
(Enter)2. STONE SOUR...Audio Secrecy
(5)3. AVENGED SEVENFOLD...Nightmare
(Enter)4. JERRY LEE LEWIS...Mean Old Man
(2)5. GOO GOO DOLLS...Something For The Rest Of Us
(3)6. HEART...Red Velvet Car
(7)7. IRON MAIDEN...The Final Frontier
(4)8. 10 YEARS...Feeding The Wolves
(Re-enter)9. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(10)10. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH...War Is The Answer

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 16
B.B. King is 85; Kenney Jones formerly with the Small Faces, the Faces and The Who is 62; Ron Blair from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch is 62; Richard Marx is 47; Dave Sabo of Skid Row is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1966 Pete Quaife quits the Kinks and is replaced by John Dalton
1977 Marc Bolan from T. Rex is killed in an auto accident two weeks before his thirtieth birthday
2005 In Atlanta, Georgia Vince Neil of Motley Crue tears a calf muscle, forcing the concert to end early
2005 Courtney Love is ordered to spend 180 days in a live-in drug-rehab facility by a judge in Los Angeles for violating the terms of her probation set after she pleaded no contest to various assault and drug charges earlier in the year
2008 Black Butterfly by Buckcherry is released
2008 Gift Of Screws by Lindsey Buckingham is released

IN THE NEWS
Kid Rock Says He Didn't Fight Until Provoked
Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann Announces '7 Walkers' Release
Bruce Springsteen Premieres 'Darkness' Doc, Chats with Edward Norton

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 20 AIRBOURNE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, September 22 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 147. Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)


1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 147. Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Label – Polydor
Producer – Robert Stigwood
Art Direction – Uncredited
Nationality – Australia/UK
Running Time – 63:36

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Odessa (City On The Black Sea)
2. You'll Never See My Face Again
3. Black Diamond
4. Marley Purt Drive
5. Edison
6. Melody Fair
7. Suddenly
8. Whisper Whisper
9. Lamplight
10. Sound Of Love
11. Give Your Best
12. Seven Seas Symphony
13. I Laugh In Your Face
14. Never Say Never Again
15. First Of May
16. British Opera

“Odessa” is the Bee Gees seventh album, and their first released as a double LP. What an interesting listen. Those looking for the 1970’s disco Bee Gees need to look elsewhere, this is the 1960’s rock Bee Gees.
By 1968 when recording commenced, the Bee Gee’s had already been a group for almost 6 years and the cracks began to show within the group. Brother Robin felt that manager and producer Robert Stigwood had begun to favour Brother Barry as the ‘frontman’ of the group, and when the record was finally completed, Stigwood chose a Barry track as the lead single (“First of May”) as opposed to the Robin led "Lamplight". This was the final straw which led to Robin Gibb leaving the group in late 1968 before the lp was released. (He would of course rejoin the group several years later).
Initially the idea was to record a concept record based on the mythical loss of HMS Veronica in 1899. Working with the title of “Masterpeace” and then “The American Opera” it eventually evolved into the double-album “Odessa”. While a few tracks retain the initial concept (such as “Edison” and the title track) most racks have little if anything to do with the concept and the record does not tell any story of any kind.
Many critics felt this was the best Bee Gees record of the 60’s, and it’s a fine record with its rocking title track, the country-flavored "Marley Purt Drive" and "Give Your Best", plus some ballads such as "Melody Fair" and "First Of May" which was the only single from the album. (It was a minor hit.) The group members disagree (mostly for personal reasons I would assume) and have called the record a ‘disaster’ and ‘over-bloated’ with three heavily orchestrated instrumentals, (it was later reissued in 1976 as an edited single-disc album) and was a record their manager and the record label wanted them to do, rather then the record they would have liked to made. In fact, as the seventh album in four years – Barry Gibb stated the band actually would have preferred to just take a break – which they did for a year and a half after recording “Odessa”.
The album was originally packaged in a red flocked felt cover with gold lettering on front and back and an elaborate background painting for the gatefold interior. Due to the high cost of production, as well as allergic reactions among workers during assembly, this design was discontinued.
It is recommended.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

September 15

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 15
Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger is 58;

ON THIS DATE

1942  Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly was born in St. Louis, Missouri.  Dorman died in 2012

1964 In Cleveland, Ohio a police officer grabs John Lennon's microphone while he is still singing and halts the Beatles concert for 15 minutes until the crowd settles down
1969 Allen Shellenberger of Lit was born. Shellenberger died in 2009 at the age of 39
1974 Gary Thain of Uriah Heep is shocked while on stage in Dallas
2004 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones dies at the age of 55 in Los Angeles, California after a five-year bout with prostate cancer
2008 Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, died at age 65
2009 Anomaly by Ace Frehley is released
2009 Get Lucky by Mark knopfler is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Thursday, September 16 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS/ZZ TOP  St. Pete Times Forum Tampa

IN THE NEWS
Hootie & The Blowfish To Get S.C. Monument
Phil Collins Talks Motown Covers Album, Genesis' Future
Neil Young Goes Electric for 'Le Noise'

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, September 15 HEART 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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Playlist: Eric Clapton - Clapton Is God


In advance of the new Eric Clapton record soon to be released, here is a ‘God’ themed playlist of a few of his tracks. Some well known, others not so much. Worth a listen. Song titles are followed by the record where you can obtain the tracks. Load up your iPod and give it a listen.

“Eric Clapton – Clapton Is God”
1.Presence Of The Lord - from "Blind Faith"
2.Give Me Strength – from "461 Ocean Boulevard"
3.We've Been Told (Jesus Is Coming Soon) – from "There’s One In Every Crowd"
4.Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – from "There’s One In Every Crowd"
5.Hold Me Lord – from "Another Ticket"
6.Holy Mother – from "August"
7.Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – from "Crossroads"
8.Heaven Is One Step Away – from "Crossroads"
9.Running On Faith – from "Journeyman"
10.Tears In Heaven – from "Rush"
11.Sinner’s Prayer – from "From The Cradle"
12.If I Had Possession Over Judegement Day – from "Me And Mr Johnson"

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

September 14

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 14
Pete Agnew of Nazareth is 64; Ed King formerly with Lynyrd Skynyrd is 61; Steve Berlin of Los Lobos is 55;

ON THIS DATE

1949 Notice that Ed King has a birthday today. Another Skynyrd member was born on the very same day, Steve Gaines. Gaines died in 1977
2010 Band Of Joy by Robert Plant is released
2010 In the first day of trial a Waffle House waitress testified that she saw Kid Rock 'swing and hit' another customer at the Georgia restaurant which resulted in the rocker's arrest in 2007

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Thursday, November 4 SHINEDOWN David A. Straz Jr. Center For The Performing Arts Tampa
Thursday, March 10 THE DOOBIE BROTHERS Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds Plant City
Saturday, April 9 Tampa Bay Blues Festival Jonny Lang Vinoy Waterfront Park St. Petersburg

IN THE NEWS
Springsteen Talks 'Darkness' at Toronto Film Fest
Tribute Concert Planned for Lennon's 70th Birthday
Kid Rock to Appear in Court Over Fight in Atlanta

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Wednesday, September 15 HEART 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Monday, September 20 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 146. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969)


Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969)
Label – Columbia
Producer – Teo Macero
Art Direction – Uncredited
Nationality – USA
Running Time – 37:55

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Shhh/Peaceful
2. In A Silent Way/It's About That Time

Anyone who follows my reviews knows, I’m not a very big jazz music fan, and every jazz record I’ve reviewed I had never heard before. That said – this is the third Miles Davis record in the 1001 list, and after really enjoying the first two I was actually looking forward to this one. Maybe that’s where I went wrong.
This recording sounded to me very disjointed, unfocused and at times almost unbearable to listen to. It ended up being one of those records where I’m thinking man I wish this one would end. Never a good sign. I always read up on the record I’m listening to, as I like to see who played on them, get little tidbits to share here, and to find out chart performances, etc. This time out it helped me understand just WHY the recording seemed disjointed and unfocused. “In A Silent Way” was actually one long recording session (February 18, 1969) and then producer Teo Macero, selected certain bits at random to produce the album! It shows. There is no melodies to follow, not even a melodic frame. There are only vamps and extended meandering solos, with the grooves layered on top of one another in disconnected passages. Gone are the smooth sounds of “Birth of Cool” that’s for sure.
For those interested, In 2001 the complete sessions were eventually released. The recording began Miles Davis’ "electric"period, and “In a Silent Way” has been regarded by many as Davis's first fusion recording. When released critics didn’t know what to make of it, but time has treated it well as now it is regarded as one of Davis's greatest and most influential works. I would disagree. I don’t claim to know jazz – but I know what I like and this is not it.
It is not recommended.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Mini Reviews of Several Recent Releases







BACHMAN & TURNER - B&T
2010’s Bachman & Turner marks their first recorded collaboration in two decades, yet it could have been released over 20 years ago, so faithful it is to the meat-and-potatoes hard rock recipe they first wrote when with BTO. They made it like they did in the old days and it’s for an audience that yearns for real rock made on real instruments. It’s big, noisy straight ahead rock & roll, ready for the taking. Download: Moonlight Rider; Can’t Go Back To Memphis









HEART – RED VELVET CAR
Red Velvet Car, Heart’s first album since 2004’s Jupiter’s Darling, is music with no seeming commercial aspirations, music that is connected to the past but doesn’t strive to replicate it. Ann’s voice doesn’t reach the same heights -- but they embrace their age, a move that gives their excursions into folk and the record has a meditative mood with textured, acoustic-laden arrangements and miniature epics, all elements that hearken back to Heart’s golden age yet wind up feeling right in line with their vibe in 2010. Download: Hey You; WTF; Queen City







ROBERT PLANT – BAND OF JOY
Band of Joy was the name of Robert Plant’s Black Country psychedelic folk group of the late ‘60s and his revival of its name and spirit in 2010 is of no small significance. It’s an outgrowth of Raising Sand, Plant’s bland duet album with Alison Krauss. Assisted by co-producer Buddy Miller and a band highlighted by harmonist Patty Griffin, Plant finds fiercely original music with covers of Low, Richard & Linda Thompson and Los Lobos. Band of Joy is bold and messy, teeming with life to its very core. It’s as a joyous a record as you’ll ever hear, a testament that the power of music lies not in its writing but in its performance. Download: Silver Rider; You Can’t Buy My Love

New Releases

NEW RELEASES
September 14
New
THE GRACIOUS FEW...The Gracious Few
WEEZER...Hurley
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE...Live 4 CD Pack
LINKIN PARK...A Thousand Suns (CD/DVD) Clean Version
ACCEPT...Blood Of The Nations
PANTERA...Cowboys From Hell
ROBERT PLANT...Band Of Joy
SULLY ERNA...Avalon
FLEETWOOD MAC...In London

Reissues
THE REPLACEMENTS...Don't Tell A Soul (180 gram vinyl)
MICHAEL McDONALED...No Lookin' Back (Remastered)
QUEENSRYCHE...Empire (20th Anniversary)
JERRY GARCIA/HOWARD WALES...Hooteroll?+2
UFO...Strangers In The Night (180 gram blue vinyl)

DVD, BLU-RAY
GREEN DAY...Bullet In A Bible (blu-ray)
ALICE COOPER...Good to See You Again Live 1973: Billion Dollar (blu-ray)
JIMI HENDRIX...The Guitar Hero (DVD)
ROCK PROPHECIES (DVD)
ERIC CLAPTON...Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 (DVD)
ERIC CLAPTON...Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004 (DVD)
AMERICA...Live At The Ventura Theater (DVD)

September 21
New
SERJ TANKIAN...Imperfect Harmonies
SANTANA...Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION...Black Country Communion
MY DARKEST DAYS...My Darkest Days
METHODS OF MAYHEM...A Public Disservice Announcement

Compilations, Box Sets, Reissues
LEADBELLY...All Time Greatest Performances
THE GRATEFUL DEAD...The Warner Bros. Studio Albums (5LP 180 Gram Vinyl Boxset)
Various Artist...Metal X-mas (with 4 additional tracks)
JOHNNY WINTER...Beginnings 1960-1967

DVD
ERIC CLAPTON...The 1960s Review
JOHNNY WINTER...Live Through The 80's
MICHAEL McDONALD...This Christmas Live In Chicago (blu-ray or DVD)
PEARL JAM...Under Review
THE ROLLING STONES...Born Under A Bad Sign

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 13
Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth is 49; Zak Starkey is 45; Steve Perkins of Jane's Addiction is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1959 Elvis Presley first met his future wife, 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, while stationed in West Germany with the U.S. Army. (They married in 1967, but divorced in 1973.)
1985 "The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley wins the Best Video, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Direction categories at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York
2004 The Osbournes reality TV show on MTV begins its final season
2009 "21 Guns" by Green Day wins Best Rock Video at the MTV Video Awards in New York

IN THE NEWS
Robert Plant 'Felt Young' Working on 'Band of Joy' Album
Coldplay Has 'A Lot of Work' Left to Finish New Album
Buffalo Springfield’s Richie Furay Discusses Reunion

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 13 PAPA ROACH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - 145. The Who - Tommy (1969)


The Who - Tommy (1969)
Label – Track
Producer – Kit Lambert
Art Direction – Mike Innerneny
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 75:03

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Overture
2. It's A Boy
3. 1921
4. Amazing Journey
5. Sparks
6. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
7. Christmas
8. Cousin Kevin
9. Acid Queen
10. Underture
11. Do You Think It's Alright
12. Fiddle About
13. Pinball Wizard
14. There's A Doctor
15. Go To The Mirror
16. Tommy Can You Hear Me
17. Smash The Mirror
18. Sensation
19. Miracle Cure
20. Sally Simpson
21. I'm Free
22. Welcome
23. Tommy's Holiday Camp
24. We're Not Gonna Take It

“Tommy” is the fourth album by the English rock band The Who, and it was a double album telling a VERY loose story about a "deaf, dumb, and blind boy" who eventually becomes the leader of a religious movement and becomes the messiah. Simple enough right? This was also the first record be touted as a “rock opera” and is still considered by many to be Pete Townshend’s masterpiece.
I do however have my reservations about the record. True – as a whole it is an astonishing work, and certainly in 1969 when it was released to the world, nothing like it had ever been heard before – and for that alone it deserves it’s lofty status in rock and roll history. True – the record has some fantastic tracks including "I'm Free," "Pinball Wizard," "Sally Simpson," "Pinball Wizard," and "We're Not Gonna Take It," but for the most part, the record is bogged down with filler tracks that exist merely to advance the story line. A story line that isn’t the greatest to begin with. There are also several instrumentals which while some are good (particularly the dramatic 10 minute epic “Underture ) do nothing to tell the story of Tommy.
The record upon it’s release was hailed as a breakthrough, but it’s critical standing has diminished somewhat in the passing decades mainly from the shortcomings I mentioned above, but also because of some of Townshend’s other works that have followed and greatly surpassed this one. Still this stepping stone was needed and deserves it place in history.
In 1998 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. It has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In 2003, the album was ranked number 96 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album was ranked number 90 on VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll. NME named it the 16th on "NME Writers All Time Top 100" in 1974.Q ranked it 9th on their list of "The Music That Changed The World: Part One 1954-1969" in 2004
It is recommended.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

September 12

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 12
Gerry Beckley of America is 58; Neil Peart of Rush is 58; Larry LaLonde of Primus is 42; Joe Loeffler, formerly with Chevelle, is 30;

ON THIS DATE
1966 The Monkees TV show premieres
1969 Through The Past Darkly (Big Hits Volume 2) by the Rolling Stones is released
2006 Fingerprint by Peter Frampton is released
2006 Face The Promise by Bob Seger is released
2008 Death Magnetic by Metallica is released

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK
Friday, Rocktober 8 CANCELLED SERJ TANKIAN CANCELLED Hard Rock Cafe Orlando
Thursday, Rocktober 14 BUSH The Ritz Ybor Ybor City

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, September 13 PAPA ROACH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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