December 8, 2011

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
JOHN LENNON...The John Lennon Collection (1982)
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)
This being the 31st anniversary of his death The John Lennon Collection is the Album Of The Day. First, to get it out of the way, the music here is outstanding. It gathers his solo singles and his tracks from Double Fantasy, his album released in 1980 shortly before his death. This compilation plus any albums of unreleased music plus a box set of alternate takes and unreleased material is all that should have been released. This collection has been re-released under different names and different running orders (with some other tracks at times) to many times since 1982. This version of the song "Imagine" has been released officially on 10 different album packages. A bit much!! However, the music here is a good selection of his "biggies" so enjoy

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 8
Bobby Elliott of The Hollies is 70; Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band is 64; Warren Cuccurullo of Duran Duran is 55; Phil Collen of Def Leppard is 54; Marty Friedman formerly with Megadeth is 49; Ryan Newell of Sister Hazel is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1943 Jim Morrison of the Doors is born in Melbourne, Florida. Morrison died in 1971
1967 Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Rolling Stones is released
1968 Graham Nash announces the formation of Crosby, Stills And Nash
1969 Jimi Hendrix is found not guilty for possession of hashish and heroin in a Toronto courtroom
1976 Hotel California by the Eagles is released
1980 John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman, an apparently deranged fan
2000 On the 20th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder in New York, a statue of Lennon is unveiled in Havana
2003 Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors attend a memorial at Jim Morrison’s gravesite in Paris on his 60th birthday
2003 An ATV accident on his U.K. estate sends Ozzy Osbourne to the hospital with a broken collarbone and six broken ribs
2004 "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, 38, an influential heavy metal guitarist, was fatally shot with three other people during a performance in Columbus, Ohio; the gunman was then shot dead by a police officer
2007 Chris Cornell of Audioslave and Soundgarden loses $30,000 worth of personal belongings when a flood hits the Buenos Aires, Argentina, hotel where he is staying
2008 On what would have been Jim Morrison's 65th birthday Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger attend a plaque unveiling at a restraunt in Los Angeles Barney's Beanery, where Morrison had urinated on the bar
2009 Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate by Puddle Of Mudd is released
2009 Soundscan reports that The Beatles were second only to Eminem in album sales between 2000-2009


ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn
Monday, December 12 CHEVELLE 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
Wednesday, December 14 SLASH 11:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Pacific Listen here
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The Rock Show with Michael David for the weekend of December 9-11, 2011. You can download the zip file here