March 17, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
GEORGE HARRISON...The Best Of George Harrison (1976)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)

This compilation reached number 31 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. It would have sold better had some things been different. One: had George himself been involved in the making of the album. Two: George hated the cover that was used on the American Capitol records issue (seen here). Three: The record needed to be all George solo tracks. Instead, side one are tracks George did as a Beatle, side 2 are his solo hits. Don't get me wrong...the music here is superb, but much better Harrison compilations are available that were released years later. I do recommend this release as it is quite entertaining


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 17
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane is 70; Fran Byrne of Ace is 63; Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy and Supertramp is 60; Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins is 44; Van Conner from Screaming Trees is 44; Melissa Auf der Maur, formerly with Smashing Pumpkins, is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1966 Keith Moon of the Who marries Kim Kerrigan
1967 Grateful Dead by the Grateful Dead is released
1990 Ric Grech of Traffic and Blind Faith dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 43
1998 Van Halen 3 by Van Halen is released
2003 Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits breaks a collarbone and 6 ribs in a motorcycle accident in London
2007 At a comic book convention in Los Angeles Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley from Kiss participate in a panel discussion
2008 Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was settled for $48.6 million

ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
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