Saturday, May 3, 2014

May 3, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND...Where It All Begins  (1994)
Where It All Begins was released 20 years ago today in 1994.  It reached number 45 on the U.S. Billboard album charts.
(minidisc, CD, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MAY 3
Mary Hopkin is 64; David Immerglück of the Counting Crows is 53; Josey Scott, formerly with Saliva, is 42;

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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