Tuesday, May 31, 2011

May 31, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DON McLEAN...American Pie (1971)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ON THIS DATE
1948 John Bonham of Led Zeppelin is born in Worcestershire, England
1961 Jimi Hendrix signs up for the Army
1976 The Who perform at the Charlton Athletic Grounds in England and according to the Guiness Book Of World Records it was the loudest concert ever at 120 decibels
2011 Ukelele Songs by Eddie Vedder is released

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Monday, May 30, 2011

May 30, 2011


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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JOURNEY...Escape (1981)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review, Vintage Vinyl Vault)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 30
Topper Headon of the Clash is 56; Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine is 47; Patrick Dahlheimer of Live is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1968 The Beatles began recording sessions for what would be The Beatles, more commonly known as The White Album
1972 Bruce Springsteen auditions for Columbia Records’ John Hammond. He signs with the label a month later
1980 Carl Radle of Derek And The Dominoes dies from chronic kidney failure. He was 37
1992 Paul Simon and Edie Brickell marry in Montauk, Long Island, New York
1996 John Kahn of the Jerry Garcia Band dies at age 48 of complications from heart disease at his home in Mill Valley, California
2003 Rod Stewart files for a divorce from Rachel Hunter. That same day Paul and Heather McCartney announce they are expecting a child
2006 The Hard Stuff by George Thorogood and the Destroyers is relesed
2010 Ronnie James Dio is laid to rest at the Hall of Liberty in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

May 29, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DON HENLEY...I Can't Stand Still (1982)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 29
Gary Brooker of Procol Harum is 66; Michael Porcaro of Toto is 56; Melissa Etheridge is 50; Noel Gallagher of Oasis is 44; Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 42; Dave Buckner formerly with Papa Roach is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1971 At a Grateful Dead concert in San Francisco 36 people are given medical treatment after they unknowingly drank LSD-laced cider
1977 Elvis Presely walk off stage in Baltimore because he was upset with his performance
1999 Four years after his disappearance the remains of Philip Taylor Kramer of Iron Butterfly were found at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California. His death was ruled a suicide
2004 Josey Scott of Saliva marries Kendra Lynnett Edney at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee
2008 In Stockholm, Sweden Kiss meets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
2009 A judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson
2009 Ozzy Osbourne files a lawsuit against his Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi over rights to the group's name

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

May 28, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
Various Artist...Heavy Metal soundtrack (1981)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 28
John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is 65; Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the USA is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is arrested for possession of marijuana at his home in London
1983 Van Halen receives $1 million to perform at the US Festival in California, the highest fee paid to date for a single concert performance

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Friday, May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DOKKEN...Breaking The Chains (1983)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 27
Pete Sears, formerly with Jefferson Starship, is 63; Eddie Harschof the Black Crowes is 54; Neil Finn of Crowded House is 53; Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1963 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan is released
1980 David Lee Roth of Van Halen injuries himself after he jumps off of Alex Van Halen's drum riser right into some low hanging lights, suffering several cuts and fracturing his nose
2003 How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin is released
2005 Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails wins $2.9 million and full control of all the band's trademarks in a lawsuit he filed in 2004 against his former manager John Malm

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

May 26, 2011


Check out the Top 10 Rock Genre CD's/LP's/Downloads For This Week (May 26, 2011)

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
SEETHER...Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 26
Levon Helm Of The Band is 71; Garry Peterson of the Guess Who is 66; Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac is 63; Lenny Kravitz is 47; Phillip Rhodes of the Gin Blossoms is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their second week-long Bed In For Peace in Montreal, Canada
1977 All 4 members of Kiss deposit some of their own blood into the ink that will print their Marvel Comic book at a Marvel printing plant
2008 Paul McCartney receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Yale University in New Haven, during the school's ’08 commencement ceremony

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

May 25, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DISTURBED...The Sickness (2000)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 25
Klaus Meine of The Scorpions is 63; Glen Drover formerly with Megadeth is 42; Todd Whitener of Tantric and Days Of The New is 33;

ON THIS DATE
1965 Dave Davies is knocked unconscious during a Kinks concert in London after he smashes into Mick Avory's cymbals
1978 The Who play what turns out to be the last concert ever with Keith Moon
1996 Bradley Nowell of Sublime dies in San Francisco, California of a drug overdose at the age of 26
2004 Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses by Slipknot is released
2005 Domenic Troiano formerly with the Guess Who and the James Gang dies of prostate cancer at the age of 59 in Toronto, Canada

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

May 24, 2011


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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
WINGS...London Town (1978)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 24
Bob Dylan is 70; Albert Bouchard of Blue Oyster Cult is 64; Jimmy Ashhurst of Buckcherry is 48; Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes is 42; Cody Hanson of Hinder is 29;

ON THIS DATE
1963 Blues great Elmore James dies in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 45
1991 Gene Clark of the Byrds dies of a heart attack at the age of 46 in Sherman Oaks, California
1994 Bret Michaels of Poison crashes his Ferrari into a telephone pole in Burbank, California
2005 Motley Crue files a lawsuit against NBC for banning the band after Vince Neil slipped in a cuss word on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
2005 Out Of Exile by Audioslave is released
2005 Karma And Effect by Seether is released
2006 Elton John is awarded $188,000 in damages from The Daily Mail after the UK newspaper claimed that John told guest not to approach him at one of his charity ball. That same day the Rolling Stones cancel 15 shows due to a head injury Keith Richard suffered
2010 Paul Gray of Slipknot died in Urbandale, Iowa at the age of 38

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Monday, May 23, 2011

May 23, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY...The Song Remains Not The Same (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 23
Phil Selway of Radiohead is 44;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Tommy by the Who is released
1975 Peter Gabriel plays his final show with Genesis in St. Etienne, France
1979 The Who documentary The Kids Are Alright premieres in New York
1979 Tom Petty files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in a financial battle with his record label, MCA
1979 Dynasty by Kiss is released
2000 Mad Season by Matchbox 20 is released
2006 Yeah by Def Leppard is released
2010 Bret Michaels of Poison wins Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice"

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 22, 2011


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The ALBUM OF THE DAY
DIRE STRAITS...Dire Straits (1978)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 22
Bernie Taupin is 61; Morrissey is 52; Jesse Valenzuela of the Gin Blossoms is 49; Dan Roberts of the Crash Test Dummies is 44;

ON THIS DATE
1954 Bob Dylan has his bar mitzvah in Hibbing, Minnesota
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis announces that he has married his 13 year-old second cousin twice removed Myra
2006 Jimi Hendrix's hometown of Seattle's City Council votes to name 5 acres of land after him
2007 Black Rain by Ozzy Osbourne is released

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

May 21, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
WARREN HAYNES...Man In Motion (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 21
Hilton Valentine of The Animals is 68; Stan Lynch formerly with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 56;

ON THIS DATE
1940  Tony Sheridan, who recorded with the Beatles in 1961, was born in Norwich, Norfolk.  Sheridan died in 2013

1955 Chuck Berry records his first single in Chicago, "Maybelline"
1968 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is arrested for possession of cannabis in London
1969 The Beatles announce that Allen Klein will run their financial affairs. That same day John Lennon and Yoko Ono start their 10 day "Bed In For Peace" in Montreal
1980 Joe Strummer of the Clash is arrested after he smashes his guitar over the head of an audience member in Hamburg, West Germany
1996 Bringing Down The Horse by the Wallflowers is released
2000 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots and model Mary Forsberg are wed in Los Angeles
2008 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith enters a Pasadena, California rehab clinic
2009 Walmart offers to sell a clean version of21st Century Breakdown but Green Day says no
2010 Bono of U2 has back surgery in Munich, Germany. He had hurt his back during rehearsals

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Friday, May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011


THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DIO...Holy Diver (1983)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 20
Joe Cocker is 67; Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's is 53; Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 36;


ON THIS DATE
1966 John Entwistle and Keith Moon of the Who both show up late for a concert so Pete Townshend pokes Moon in the eye giving him a bruised eye and Moon needing 3 stitches
1967 Jimi Hendrix signs with Reprise Records. That same day the BBC bans "A Day In The Life" by the Beatles.
1968 Pete Townshend of the Who marries girlfriend Karen Astley
1970 The Beatles film Let It Be premieres in London
1978 The Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey opens in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy's hometown
1979 Elton John becomes the first Westerner to perform in the Soviet Union with a performance in Leningrad
1980 Unmasked by Kiss is released
1981 Alice Cooper's wife, Sheryl, gives birth to a daughter, Calico Cooper
1997 The Colour And The Shape by the Foo Fighters is released
1998 Tommy Lee of Motley Crue is sentenced to six months in jail and three years’ probation for kicking his soon-to-be ex-wife, Pamela Anderson, as she holds their infant son
2007 Scott Stapp of Creed was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault with intent to commit a felony at his home in Boca Raton, Florida after his wife called 911 and alleged Stapp had threw a glass bottle at her face and nearly hit her
2008 3 Doors Down by 3 Doors Down is released

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

May 19, 2011

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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE CARS...Move Like This (2011)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 19
Pete Townshend of The Who is 66; Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is 62; Phil Rudd of AC/DC is 57; Iain Harvie of Del Amitri is 49;

ON THIS DATE
1947 Steve Currie of T. Rex was born in Lincolnshire, England. Currie passed away in 1981 in a car crash
1951 Joey Ramone of the Ramones is born in Queens, New York. Ramone died in 2001
1965 Mick Avory of the Kinks hits Dave Davies over the head with a cymbal during a Kinks concert
1976 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones crashes his car after falling asleep and police find drug paraphernalia, cocaine and marijuana
1979 Eric Clapton marries George Harrison’s ex-wife, Patti Boyd. Harrison, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney are among the musicians who perform at the wedding reception
1986 So by Peter Gabriel is released
2000 The Allman Brothers announce that founding guitarist Dickey Betts will not be a part of their summer tour

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

May 18, 2011


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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE BEATLES...Love Songs (1977)
(LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 18
Rick Wakeman of Yes is 62; Page Hamilton of Helmet is 51;

ON THIS DATE
1993 Kiss get a spot on the Hollywood Rock Walk
2003 Scott Weiland from the Stone Temple Pilots is arrested in Burbank, California for drug possession and is released on $100,000 bond
2004 Baptism by Lenny Kravitz is released
2006 Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd has an emergency appendectomy in Palo Alto, California. That same day Axl Rose of Guns 'N' Roses has an altercation with designer Tommy Hilfiger at a New York club during a private birthday party for actress Rosario Dawson

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

May 17, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
FLEETWOOD MAC...Rumours (1977)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 17
Taj Mahal is 69; Bill Bruford formerly with Yes is 62; Paul Di'Anno formerly with Iron Maiden is 52; Page McConnell of Phish is 48; Dave Abbruzzese formerly with Pearl Jam is 47; Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 46; Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1971 Ram by Paul McCartney is released
1980 Peter Criss leaves Kiss for the first time, but later rejoins in 1996
1987 Tom Petty's home in Los Angeles is destroyed by an arson fire causing $800,000 damage
1999 Producer Bruce Fairbairn dies. He produces acts such as Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Kiss, AC/DC, Scorpions, Van Halen...just to name a few
2005 Mesmerize by System Of A Down is released

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Monday, May 16, 2011

May 16, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DEREK AND THE DOMINOES...Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 16
Boyd Tinsley of The Dave Matthews Band is 47; Krist Novoselic of Nirvana is 46;

ON THIS DATE
1957 Buddy Holly signs a recording contract with Coral Records
1969 John Lennon is declared “an inadmissible immigrant to the U.S." stemming from a 1968 marijuana bust. That same day Pete Townshend of the Who spends the night in jail after a man rushes onto the stage and grabs the microphone and Pete boots him offstage. Turns out he was actually a police officer who wanted to tell the audience the building next door was on fire
1970 Randy Bachman leaves the Guess Who to start Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1974 Brian May of Queen collapses due to hepatitis, causing the band to cancel the remaining dates on their U.S. tour
1980 Dr. George Nicjopoulous is indicated on 14 counts of over-prescribing drugs to Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and others
1998 Keith Richard of the Rolling Stones breaks some ribs after he falls at his Connecticut home
2006 Paul McCartney announces that he and his wife have seperated
2006 Mark Knopfler files suit against a woman who had knocked him off of his motorcycle in 2003 causing him to break his collarbone, his shoulder and seven ribs. She was later found guilty of careless driving and deported to Ecuador
2007 ZZ Top cancel a summer European tour because Dusty Hill is suffering from a benign growth in his ear
2010 Ronnie James Dio dies due to stomach cancer in Houston, Texas. Dio was 67

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

May 15, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
SIXX A.M. ...This Is Gonna Hurt (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 15
Brian Eno, formerly with Roxy Music, is 63; Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen, formerly with Toto, is 60; Nick Perri, formerly with Shinedown and Silvertide, is 27;

ON THIS DATE
1984 Nils Lofgren joins the E Street Band
1995 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots is busted for buying drugs
2003 The Rolling Stones cancel a concert slated for Belgrade, Serbia due to security concerns
2007 Minutes To Midnight by Linkin Park is released
2008 Kid Rock makes a donation to a Boy Scout troop from Oviedo, Florida who had their equipment stolen the previous week
2009 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day is released
2009 Randy Bachman becomes an Officer of the Order of Canada during a ceremony in Ottawa

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

May 14, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DEF LEPPARD...On Through The Night (1980)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 14
Jack Bruce of Cream is 68; David Byrne of Talking Heads is 59; Ian Astbury of The Cult is 49; C.C. (aka Cecil) DeVille of Poison is 49; Mike Inez of Alice In Chains is 45; Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys is 33; Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1957 While filming Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley accidentally swallows a porcelain cap from one of his teeth, which lodges in one of his lungs. He stays overnight in a hospital to have it removed
1976 Keith Relf (pictured) of the Yardbirds dies at the age of 33 when he accidentally electrocutes himself while playing guitar in the basement of his London home
1982 Combat Rock by the Clash is released
1988 Led Zeppelin reunites, with drummer Jason Bonham to perform a few songs at Atlantic Records’ 40th anniversary concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden
2002 Vapor Trails by Rush is released
2004 Phil Spector is arrested and charged with misdemeanor charges after getting into a fight with his chauffer

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Friday, May 13, 2011

May 13, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
STEVIE NICKS...In Your Dreams (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 13
Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz of the J. Geils Band is 66; Danny Kirwan, formerly with Fleetwood Mac, is 61; John Richardson of The Gin Blossoms is 47; Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish is 45; Mickey Madden Maroon 5 is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1941 Ritchie Valens was born in Pacoima, California. Valens died in 1959 at the age of 17
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane crashes her Mercedes into a concrete wall near Golden Gate State Park
1985 Bruce Springsteen marries actress Julianne Phillips in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They divorce in 1989
2003 The estate of the late John Entwistle of the Who is auctioned off
2003 14 Shades Of Grey by Stains is released
2004 Paul McCartney's rehearsals at London`s Millennium Dome for an upcoming tour causes nearby residents to complain to authorities. That same day while Kiss is touring Australia Gene Simmons causes controversy by stating that the western world is under threat from extremists and a culture that treats women worse than dogs, he dismisses the Arab world as “God’s armpit.”
2004 Courtney Love pleads innocent to assault charges stemming from an incident in which she allegedly struck a man in the head with a microphone stand at a New York show the previous March
2007 Bo Diddley is hospitalized after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa, during which he appears disoriented. He is placed in intensive care at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska after suffering a stroke
2008 Jon Anderson of Yes is hospitalized after experiencing a serious asthma attack
2008 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots is released from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail facility after serving 14 minutes of his sentence for a DUI bust the previous November

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

May 12, 2011

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 12
Ian McLagan of the Small Faces and the Faces is 66; Steve Winwood is 63; Billy Squier (pictured) is 61; Eric Singer of Kiss is 53; Billy Duffy of the Cult is 50;

ON THIS DATE
1959 Ray Gillen, who toured with Black Sabbath in 1986, was born in New York City. Gillen died in 1993
1963 Bob Dylan is invited to appear on TV’s 'Ed Sullivan Show' but refuses when he is forbidden to sing “Talking John Birch Society Blues.”
1967 Pink Floyd stages the first-ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall in England
1971 Mick Jagger and Bianca Perez-Mora marry in St. Tropez, France
1972 Exile On Main Street by the Rolling Stones is released
1992 Rob Halford of Judas Priest holds a press conference to announce that he does not have AIDS
2008 Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots enters a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail to begin serving his sentence for a DUI conviction stemming from an arrest the previous November. He’s in custody for 10 hours but only spends 14 minutes behind bars before he’s released

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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die #167. The Kinks - Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (1969)



167. The Kinks - Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (1969)


Label – Pye
Producer – Ray Davies
Art Direction – The Kinks and Bob Laurie
Nationality - UK
Running Time – 47:43

Track Listing

Side 1

"Victoria" – 3:40
"Yes Sir, No Sir" – 3:46
"Some Mother's Son" – 3:25
"Drivin'" – 3:21
"Brainwashed" – 2:34
"Australia" – 6:46

Side 2

"Shangri-La" – 5:20
"Mr. Churchill Says" – 4:42
"She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" – 3:07
"Young and Innocent Days" – 3:21
"Nothing to Say" – 3:08
"Arthur" – 5:27

“Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)” is the seventh studio album by English rock band The Kinks, and it was released in October 1969.

It is a concept album that originally was to be the soundtrack to a Granada Television play but the program was cancelled and never produced. The story revolves around Arthur Morgan, a carpet-layer, who was based on part by Ray Davies' brother-in-law Arthur Anning.

What a great record this is. The music is remarkable. This is an edgy and harder-rocking record with many great tracks. "Shangri-La" moves from English folk to hard rock, "Drivin'" has a nice lazy feel to it, "Young and Innocent Days" is a tender ballad, "Some Mother's Son" is an antiwar song, and "Victoria" and "Arthur" both just rock! The album has been called “one of the most effective concept albums in rock history, as well as one of the best and most influential British pop records of its era”, and it is hard to disagree with that statement. I personally have grown a new appreciation for the Kinks in the records I have heard for the 1001 reviews. They were quite simply a great band.

The album, although not very successful commercially, was a return to the charts in the US for The Kinks with the lead single from the record, "Victoria", peaking at number 62. The album itself reached number 50 on the Record World charts, and number 105 on Billboard, their highest position since 1965. It failed to chart in Britain. The tracks "Drivin'" and "Shangri-La", were released as singles in the UK, but failed to chart. The album was critically acclaimed at the time of release, especially in the US rock press, but reception in the UK was not as warm, although reviews were still generally positive. Switch magazine included Arthur on their "100 Best Albums of the 20th Century" in 1999, and in 2003 Mojo featured the album on their list of the "Top 50 Most Eccentric Albums".

It is highly recommended.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

May 11. 2011

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 11
Eric Burdon of The Animals is 70; Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band is 64;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Cream begin recording session for what would be Disraeli Gears in New York City
1970 Woodstock, the triple disc album with music from the festival, is released
1972 On the "Dick Cavett Show" John Lennon claims the US government is spying on him and trying to boot him out of the country, a claim which turned out to be true
1981 Legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36
1990 Ritchie Valens is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1995 Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray reunite for a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan in Austin, Texas, the late blues guitarist’s hometown. All five played with the guitarist at his last concert on August 26, 1990, before his death in a helicopter crash
2003 Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience is found dead in his home in County Cork, Ireland, at the age of 57
2008 John Rutsey, formerly of Rush, dies from a diabetes-related heart attack in his sleep at the age of 55

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die #166. The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (1969)



166. The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead (1969)

Label – Warner Brothers
Producer – Betty Cantor and Bob Mattews
Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
Nationality - USA
Running Time – 75:07

Track Listing

Side one
"Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Robert Hunter) – 23:18
Side two
"St. Stephen" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter) – 6:31
"The Eleven" (Lesh, Hunter) – 9:18
Side three
"Turn On Your Love Light" (Joseph Scott, Deadric Malone) – 15:05
Side four
"Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Reverend Gary Davis) – 10:28
"Feedback" (Constanten, Garcia, Hart, Kreutzman, Lesh, McKernan, Weir) – 7:49
"And We Bid You Goodnight" (Traditional, arr. by Grateful Dead) – 0:35

This is the only Grateful Dead record on the 1001 list. It was their fourth release and was also their first live album released by the San Francisco-based band, something that soon became to define who the band were.
Admittedly I am not a big fan of the Dead, but I did enjoy listening to this record.
Unlike in later years, in early 1969 the Dead's set lists varied very little, but rather then presenting one concert, the record was recorded over a series of live concerts to pick out the best performances. The sidelong epic and future Deadhead anthem "Dark Star" is the standout track with the band improvising widely within the songs' simple framework. It also became the cornerstone of what the band are ultimately know for, being a jam band. With no boundaries of a short, self-contained pop song they were free to experiment as much as they liked. The same is true of the seven remaining titles on Live/Dead. Each one has a basic structure, with lots of room for the band to play whatever comes to mind.
The second ‘record’ begins with a cover of "(Turn on Your) Lovelight," which is another standout tracks.
The album was a financial success for the band in the eyes of their label, Warner Brothers even though on the cover art the word "Dead" fills the back cover, but the top part of the word "Dead" spells "acid", which later pressings removed.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 244 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time
As it is a faithfully aural snapshot of what the Grateful Dead were all about, “Live/Dead” is recommended.

May 10, 2011


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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
KISS...Alive II (1977)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 10
Dave Mason of Traffic is 65; Graham Gouldman of 10cc is 65; Donovan is 65; Jay Ferguson of Spirit is 64; Bono of U2 is 51; Danny Carey of Tool is 50; Krist Novoselic of Nirvana is 46; Richard Patrick of Filter is 43; Jesse Vest of Days Of The New and Tantric is 34;

ON THIS DATE
1965 The Rolling Stones begin recording their Out of Our Heads album at Chess Studios in Chicago
1967 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones is arrested for unlawful possession of drugs
1968 Jim Morrison of the Doors incites an audience riot during a Chicago concert, then escapes backstage as the crowd battles with police
1974 Monkey Grip by Bill Wyman is released. It is the first solo album released by a Rolling Stone
1986 Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe marries actress Heather Locklear. The couple divorces seven years later
2004 Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets pleads guilty to assault in Phoenix, Arizona, stemming from an incident with a a post office security guard during which Kirkwood was shot December 26, 2003
2006 Chris Daughtry gets voted off Season Five of “American Idol.”
2006 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is released from a hospital in New Zealand 2 days after he had brain surgery. Richards had fallen out of a tree in Fiji, injuring his head
2006 Daniel Biechele, former manager of Great White, whose pyrotechnics caused a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people, was sentenced to four years in prison. (Biechele was paroled in March 2008)
2010 It is announced that Joey Belladonna has rejoined Anthrax
2011 Move Like This by the Cars is released
2011 Man In Motion by Warren Haynes is released
2011 Live At River Plate by AC/DC is released on DVD and blu-ray

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Monday, May 9, 2011

May 9, 2011


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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
OTEP...Atavist (2011)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 9, 2011
Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and the Crickets is 74; Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield and Poco is 67; Billy Joel is 62; Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is 61;

ON THIS DATE
1989 Bill Berry of R.E.M. collapses due to a bronchial infection during the group’s European tour
1993 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana is treated at a Seattle hospital for overdosing on heroin and bupreorphine
2006 Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is released
2007 An undisclosed settlement is reached in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the relatives of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott of Damageplan and Pantera against a Columbus, Ohio nightclub where he and three others were killed by a deranged gunman during a Damageplan show December 8, 2004

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Saturday, May 7, 2011

May 7, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DEEP PURPLE...Shades Of Deep Purple (1968)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 7
Bill Kreutzmann of The Grateful Dead is 65; Prairie Prince of the Tubes and Journey, is 61; Phil Campbell of Motorhead is 50; Scooter Ward from Cold is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1991 Ozzy Osbourne is sued by a couple from Georgia who claim "Suicide Solution" caused their son to commit suicide. The case is dismissed
2002 The Rolling Stones arrive by blimp at New York’s Van Cortland Park to announce their 2002/2003 world tour
2003 London’s Metropolitan Police Service formally cautions the Who’s Pete Townshend for “accessing a Web site containing child abuse images” in 1999
2007 Don Felder, who had been fired from The Eagles in 2001, settles a wrongful termination lawsuit against the band

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Friday, May 6, 2011

May 6, 2011

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 6
Colin Earl, formerly with Foghat, is 69; Bob Seger is 66; Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 47; Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 44; Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1977 Led Zeppelin breaks their own attendance record for one single concert as 72,000 see their performance at the Pontiac Silverdome
1994 Pearl Jam begins their fight with Ticketmaster over ticket prices
1997 Crosby, Stills And Nash and Buffalo Springfield are entered into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
1997 Rick Danko of the Band is arrested for heroin possession in Tokyo, Japan
2005 Ozzy Osbourne is diagnosed with Parkin Syndrome, a genetic disorder that attacks the central nervous system causing involuntary shaking
2006 A memorial stone in honor of the Bon Scott of AC/DC is unveiled in his birthplace of Kirriemuir, Scotland
2009 Ean Evans of Lynyrd Skynyrd dies in Columbia, Mississippi of cancer. Evans was 48

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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die #165. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)



165. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)

Label – Stax
Producer – Al Bell, Allen Jones and Marvell Thomas
Art Direction – Honeya Thompson
Nationality - USA
Running Time – 45:24

Track Listing

Side one

"Walk On By" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 12:03
"Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" (Isaac Hayes, Alvertis Isbell) – 9:38

Side two

"One Woman" (Charles Chalmers, Sandra Rhodes) – 5:10
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) – 18:42

“Hot Buttered Soul” was Isaac Hayes' second record. Released in 1969, it is firmly planted as a landmark release in soul music, as it set the precedent for how soul would evolve in the early '70s and beyond.
There are only 4 songs on the record, therefore each track is an epic. The album begins with a cover of the Bacharach/David track "Walk On By." Second is "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic", (how do you SAY that??) which is a uptempo funky song complete with wah-wah guitars and rollicking rolling pianos. "One Woman", the shortest track at just over five minutes, is followed by an extended version of the Jimmy Webb country classic “By the Time I Get to Phoenix". Not that it’s really recognizable. It has an 8 minute spoken introduction, then the song slowly builds to a climax of horns, strings, organs and vocals. I personally would have preferred more focused tracks than the meandering lengthy ones as you easily find your mind drifting away from the music.
Isaac Hayes did record some better records; (“Black Moses”, “Shaft”) but “Hot Buttered Soul” is that seminal record that soul music needed to set the standards.
It is recommended.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

May 5, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
STEVE EARLE...I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (2011)
(CD/DVD, LP, Allmusic Review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 5
Bill Ward of Black Sabbath is 63; James LaBrie of Dream Theater is 48; Shawn Drover of Megadeth is 45;

ON THIS DATE

1984 Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders marries Jim Kerr of Simple Minds
1986 Cleveland, Ohio is chosen as the site for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
1990 Jason Bonham gets married, and at the reception he plays a 5 song set with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones
1995 Steven Alder, formerly with Guns 'N' Roses, is arraigned on possession of heroin charges
2000 Rod Stewart undergoes surgery to have a growth on his thyroid removed, which turns out to be benign
2002 Legendary songwriter Otis Blackwell dies in Nashville, Tennessee. Blackwell was 70
2003 Ted Nugent makes racist statements in an interview with a Denver radio station. Nugent is then dropped from the upcoming Summer Celebration Festival in Michigan
2006 Songs From Black Mountain by Live is released

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die #164. Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain



164. Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain (1969)

Label – RCA
Producer – Bob Cullen and Charles E. Daniels
Art Direction – Uncredited
Nationality - USA
Running Time – 39:07

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

Side one
"Darkness, Darkness" – 3:51
"Smug" – 2:13
"On Sir Francis Drake" – 6:44
"Sunlight" – 3:07
"Double Sunlight" – 0:41
"Beautiful" – 3:49
"Turn It Over" – 0:15
Side two
"Rain Song (Don't Let the Rain Bring You Down)" – 3:13
"Trillium" – 3:08
"Quicksand" – 2:41
"Black Mountain Breakdown" – 0:40
"Sham" – 2:44
"Ride the Wind" – 6:37

What an interesting listen! “Elephant Mountain” was the Youngbloods' third record.
It’s actually kind of hard to classify this record. It’s edgy and electric, it’s jazzy, it’s folky, and it’s really good!

The Youngbloods are one of those bands that I always though of as a ‘one hit wonder’ band with "Get Together", as that is all I have ever heard by them, so what a treat this record turned out to be. It DOES have some bits of filler. There are disposable short snippets and vignettes sprinkled throughout the record that help fill up the album, but there are some fine tracks on here. "Darkness, Darkness", "Sunlight", "Ride the Wind," "Smug" and "Beautiful" are all good listening! (“Darkness, Darkness” by the way I was familiar with as Robert Plant covered this track on his “Dreamland” record in 2002). "Trillium" is a jam that shows the band's improvisational interaction. "Sham" is a straightforward rocker and "Ride the Wind" has a slightly Latin-flavored melody to it. There is a lot going on in a mere 39 minutes!

It is highly recommended.

May 4, 2011

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 4
Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 60; Mike Dirnt of Green Day is 39;

ON THIS DATE

1977 The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl is released
1987 Paul Butterfield of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band dies of a heart attack in his home in Hollywood, California at the age of 44
2004 Slash and Duff McKagan file a lawsuit against Axl Rose alleging he stopped movie music deals worth $1 million
2007 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback gets into a fight outside a nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia after the dude shouted "Nickelback sucks!"
2010 The Oracle by Godsmack is released
2010 After suffering a brain hemorrhage two weeks earlier Bret Michaels of Poison is released from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die #163. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (1969)



163. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (1969)

Label – Island
Producer – Joe Boyd, Simon Nicol & Fairport Convention
Art Direction – Diogenic Attempts
Nationality - UK
Running Time – 39:45

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

Side one
"Genesis Hall" (Richard Thompson) – 3:41
"Si Tu Dois Partir" (Bob Dylan) – 2:25
"Autopsy" (Sandy Denny) – 4:27
"A Sailor's Life" (traditional, arranged by Denny, Thompson, Simon Nicol, Ashley Hutchings, Martin Lamble) – 11:20

Side two
"Cajun Woman" (Thompson) – 2:45
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Denny) – 5:13
"Percy's Song" (Dylan) – 6:55
"Million Dollar Bash" (Dylan) – 2:56

“Unhalfbricking” was the third album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention, and it was released in 1969. This is another one of those bands that I see mentioned from time to time – mainly because Richard Thompson was a member who went onto greater things – but a band that I had never really heard before. Maybe even ever! I’m not a huge fan of folk rock, so I really didn’t care a whole lot for it, but I didn’t hate it either.

It’s kind of an odd mixture with obscure American folk-rock songs, some original material, and three at the time unreleased Bob Dylan songs. Pleasant enough, but not too memorable. Their 11-minute take on the traditional song "A Sailor's Life," is pretty remarkable, and I learned it was recorded in just one take. That song alone is considered pivotal in the development of English folk rock music.
The album reaching number 12 in the UK album chart, and the single release, "Si Tu Dois Partir", achieved number 21 in the UK singles chart.
In 2004 Q magazine placed “Unhalfbricking” at number 41 in its list of the 50 Greatest British Albums Ever, and in the same year The Observer, describing it as "a thoroughly English masterpiece",listed it at number 27 in its Top 100 British Albums. The track, “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?”, was voted "Favourite Folk Track Of All Time" by listeners in the Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007.
It is recommended with caution

May 3, 2011



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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
RINGO STARR...Ringo The 4th (1977)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 3
Mary Hopkin is 61; David Immerglück of the Counting Crows is 50; Josey Scott of Saliva is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1969 Jimi Hendrix is arrested in Toronto for possesion of narcotics
1974 Led Zeppelin launches its Swan Song label
1976 Paul McCartney makes his first U.S. stage appearance in a decade as the “Wings Over America” tour opens in Ft. Worth, Texas
2001 It is announced that George Harrison has undergone cancer surgery with a good prognosis
2004 The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal filed by Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake who claimed in a 1998 suit that they had not received proper compensation and credit for their work on two Ozzy Osbourne albums, Blizzard Of Ozz and Diary Of A Madman
2006 A London court rules that Purple Haze Records does not have the right to distribute or sell Jimi Hendrix's music
2006 Living With War by Neil Young is released

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Monday, May 2, 2011

May 2, 2011

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THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
DAVID LEE ROTH...Crazy From The Heat (1985)
(CD, LP, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 2
Goldy McJohn of Steppenwolf is 66; Lou Gramm of Foreigner is 61; Prescott Niles of the Knack is 57; Todd Sucherman of Styx is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1979 The Who performs its first concert following the death of drummer Keith Moon with new drummer Kenny Jones
2005 Cream reunites for four shows in London’s Royal Albert Hall
2006 10,000 Days by Tool is released

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

May 1, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters (Millennium Collection) (1999)
(CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 1
Johnny Colt formerly with the Black Crowes is 43; D'Arcy with the Smashing Pumpkins is 43;

ON THIS DATE

1955 Chuck Berry signs with Chess Records
1964 The Rolling Stones sign a management agreement with Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton
1967 Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu
1979 Elton John becomes the first pop music artist to perform in Israel
1984 Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac files for bankruptcy
2006 1,581 guitarists break a Guinness World Record when they simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe” in the town square of WrocÅ‚aw, Poland. That same day Keith Richards falls out of a palm tree at a private island resort in Fiji
2007 Snakes And Arrows by Rush is released
2008 Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is fined $588 and has his driver's license revoked for a year following his conviction for drunken driving

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