Wednesday, May 8, 2013

May 8, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE WHO...Who's Greatest Hits  (1983)
Who's Greatest Hits was released 30 years ago today in 1983.  It reached number 94 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.  I'll give it a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.  Had the album not had a severely edited version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" I would have given it a 4 out of 5 stars.  It also includes an edited version of "Who Are You" but it's not so severely butchered.   The album contains some fantastic songs, but as with all compilations, you always ask "Where's this song, where's that song?"  You could argue that point all day, but in the end this is a good collection.  "Won't Get Fooled Again' is the ultimate rock 'n' roll song, but because of the edited version here (which I usually skip) the highlight on the album for me is "Love Reign O'er Me."  What an excellent song that is.   Much better Who compilations have come out since this one, and Allmusic calls this a sampler album.  That might sum it up quite accurately, but it's still a good listen
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 8
Paul Samwell-Smith, formerly with the Yardbirds, is 70; Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads is 62; Billy Burnette, formerly with Fleetwood Mac from 1987 to 1995, is 60; Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 60; Dave Rowntree of Blur is 49;

ON THIS DATE
1996 Penthouse Magazine wins in court the rights to publish X-rated photos of Tommy Lee of Motley Crue and Pamela Lee Anderson taken from stolen home movies
2004 Chris Cornell of Audioslave marries Vicky Karayiannis in Paris
2006 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones has brain surgery in Auckland, New Zealand after Richards had fallen from a tree a few days earlier
2006 A London court rules that Apple Computer did not breach a ‘91 contract involving the "Apple" name and logo, because its iPod and iTunes services are involved in selling music rather than creating it, therefore winning a copyright infringement suit brought against them by Apple Corps, owned by the Beatles

THE ROCK SHOW
In this week's show we'll hear the Rock Show Top 3 for this week, some new music from Krokus and James McCartney, the Young Guns hit the Boneyard with all things hard rock/heavy metal, the Album Spotlight of the Week is Ram it Down from Judas Priest, the Beatles are on the turntable from the Vintage Vinyl Vault, Ana Popovic is in the Blues Corner, we'll Flashback to 1988, and we have a listener's request. Click the link provided to download:


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