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Sunday, April 5, 2009

April 5

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 5
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 43;

ON THIS DATE
1981 Bob "the Bear" Hite of Canned Heat died at the age of 36 in between sets at a North Hollywood Club
1994 Kurt Cobain commits suicide
2002 Peter Buck of R.E.M. is aquitted of charges resulting from an incident on a Trans-Atlantic flight
2007 Mark St. John, formerly with Kiss, dies at the age of 51 of a cerebral hemorrhage

Saturday, April 4, 2009

April 4

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 4
Craig Adams of The Cult is 47; Josh Todd of Buckcherry is 38;

ON THIS DATE
1948 Barry Oakley of the Allman Brothers was born in Chicago, Illinois. Oakley died November 11, 1972 after having a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia
1964 The top 5 songs on Billboard's Singles Chart are "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist And Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "Please Please Me", al by The Beatles
1996 Some of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered in India’s Ganges River
2007 The press has a field day with Keith Richards after he stated that he had snorted his fathers ashes with cocains in 2002

CONCERT NEWS
Tuesday, May 12 PAPA ROACH House Of Blues Orlando
Wednesday, June 3 BLUE OYSTER CULT Captain Hiram's Resort Sebastian
Friday, June 19 SALIVA The Coliseum at North Beach Daytona Beach

Friday, April 3, 2009

April 3

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 3
Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 53; Sebastian Bach is 41; James MacDonough, formerly with Megadeth, is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1988 The Traveling Wilburys begin recording sessions for what will be Volume 1
2005 Mike Starr, formerly with Alice In Chains, is arrested in Seattle for "investigation of property destruction and theft” after allegedly pulling a hood ornament off a car
2007 World Wide Red Light District agrees to stop distributing a sex tape of 4 women with Scott Stapp and Kid Rock

Thursday, April 2, 2009

April 2

(LW)TOP 10 ABSOLUTE ROCK CD'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK
(2)1. Various Artist...Twilight soundtrack
(1)2. U2...No Line On The Horizon
(Enter)3. PAPA ROACH...Metamorphosis
(3)4. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(Enter)5. Various Artist...Now That's What I Call Power Ballads
(6)6. THEORY OF A DEADMAN...Scars And Souvenirs
(5)7. KID ROCK...Rock 'N' Roll Jesus
(7)8. HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD...Swan Song
(4)9. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...Working On A Dream
(9)10. SHINEDOWN...The Sound Of Madness

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 2
Leon Russell is 67; Dave Robinson of The Cars is 56; Tony Fredianelli of Third Eye Blind is 40;

ON THIS DATE
1952 Leon Wilkerson of Lynyrd Skynyrd was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He died in 2001 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from natural causes at the age of 49
1999 Joshua Harmon attends a Black Crowes concert and later sues the band for hearing loss
2006 Gene Simmons of Kiss is the grand marshal of the Honda Grand Prix auto race in St. Petersburg, Florida

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

CENTRAL FLORIDA CONCERT DATEBOOK

April 1

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 1
John Barbata of Jefferson Airplane/Starship is 64;

ON THIS DATE
1946 Ronnie Lane was born in London. He would later become the bassist for the Faces and The Small Faces. Lane died in 1997 at the age of 51
1954 Jeff Porcaro of Toto was born. He died of a hear attack in 1992
1985 David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen
1992 A judge in Beverly Hills, California fined Billy Idol $2,000 for punching a woman in the face. Idol plead no contest
2003 Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam criticizes President Bush and the Iraq War, promting some to boo and leave the show
2004 Paul Atkinson of the Zombies dies of liver and kidney disease in Santa Monica, Calif., at the age of 58
2008 Scott Weiland leaves Velvet Revolver. Also that day Chad Kroeger of Nickelback is found guilty of drunk driving in Canada June 2006

CONCERT NEWS
Sunday, April 12 SALIVA The Coliseum Daytona Beach
Wednesday, April 29 RANDY BACHMAN House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Sunday, November 1 NIGHT RANGER Epcot Center Lake Buena Vista
Monday, November 2 NIGHT RANGER Epcot Center Lake Buena Vista

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

March 31

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 31
Mick Ralphs of Bad Company is 61; Angus Young of AC/DC is 54; Sean Hopper of Huey Lewis And The News is 56;

ON THIS DATE
1967 Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar for the first time as he began his first British tour in London
1982 The Doobie Brothers announce that they are calling it quits
1992 Bruce Springsteen releases two albums of all new material on the same day. the albums are Human Touch and Lucky Town
1994 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana walks out of drug treatment center in California after only 3 days

CONCERT NEWS
Thursday, April 30 SEVEN MARY THREE and SPONGE The Coliseum Daytona Beach
Saturday, May 2 SEVEN MARY THREE Bourbon Street Nightclub New Port Richey
Saturday, July 25 EDGAR WINTER BAND Shepherds Clearwater
Friday, Rocktober 9 U2 Raymond James Stadium Tampa

Monday, March 30, 2009

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #91. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground And Nico

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground And Nico

Label – Verve
Producer – Andy Warhol and Tom Wilson
Art Direction – Andy Warhol
Nationality – USA
Running Time – 48:34

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Sunday Morning
2. I'm Waiting For The Man
3. Femme Fatale
4. Venus In Furs
5. Run Run Run
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Heroin
8. There She Goes Again
9. I'll Be Your Mirror
10. Black Angel's Death Song
11. European Son

When your are playing a record, and you shout out “for the love of god will this crap ever end?” – your listening to a really bad album. That is exactly what I screamed out around track 9 of this record as it played. The fact that I read where this is considered to be one of the most influential records ever made – makes me question everyone’s sanity. This is just a bad record. Dreadful. Awful.
It reportedly took over a decade for the album's sales to crack six figures. I feel sorry for those record buyers.
Recorded in 1966 during Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour, “The Velvet Underground & Nico” is full of out of tune ramblings, disjointed melodies, bad lyrics and out of tune singing on EVERY single song. The album I reviewed of Nico’s and this record are equally as bad. By the way – this record features Nico as well!! Doing some reading on the record I came across this statement: “While the significance of Nico's contributions have been debated over the years, and if Andy Warhol's presence as ‘producer’ was primarily a matter of signing the checks, his notoriety allowed The Velvet Underground to record their material without compromise, which would have been impossible under most other circumstances.” Interesting – but what a shame it sucks so bad.
Though largely ignored upon release, (it’s chart peak was at #171) for some reason that I will NEVER understand the record has since become one of the most influential and critically acclaimed rock albums in history. It appears at number 13 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time as well as being added to the 2006 National Recording Registry by the Librarian of Congress. In April 2003, Spin put the album at the number one spot of their "Top Fifteen Most Influential Albums of All Time" list (though the list excluded albums by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis and The Rolling Stones). In 1997, Velvet Underground & Nico was named the 22nd greatest album of all time in a Music of the Millennium poll conducted in the United Kingdom by HMV Group, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In his 1995 book, "The Alternative Music Almanac", Alan Cross placed the album in the #1 spot on the list of '10 Classic Alternative Albums'. In 2006, Q magazine readers voted it into 42nd place in the "2006 Q Magazine Readers' 100 Greatest Albums Ever" poll, while The Observer placed it at number 1 in a list of "50 Albums That Changed Music" in the July of that year. Also in 2006, the album was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time. It is, however, not recommended as it is just terrible.

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New Releases

NEW RELEASES

March 31
Stevie Nicks...The Soundstage Sessions;
thenewno2...You Are Here
MUDDY WATERS...Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco Nov 04-06 1966 (original recording remastered)
PAUL BUTTERFIELD...Rockpalast: Paul Butterfield (DVD)
STEVIE NICKS...Live In Chicago (DVD)
BOB DYLAN...New Morning (Original Recording Remastered)
BOB DYLAN and the BAND...Before the Flood (Original Recording Remastered)
BOB DYLAN and the GRATEFUL DEAD...Dylan & the Dead (original recording remastered)
BLACK SABBATH...Seventh Star (remastered)
UFO...Beginnings
REO SPEEDWAGON...TRIPLE FEATURE: REO Speedwagon (Slip Case Box Set)
SPIRIT...Vol. 3-Rockpalast: West Coast Legends (1978)(DVD)
HEART...Love Songs
QUEENSRYCHE...American Soldier
FILTER...The Very Best Things (1995-2008)
TED NUGENT...TRIPLE FEATURE: Ted Nugent (Slip Case Box Set)
DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED...Sick
BILLY SHEEHAN...Holy Cow (UK Edition, Incl. 3 Bonus Tracks)
JEFF BECK...Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's (DVD) (blu-ray)
BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND...The Basement Tapes (original recording remastered)
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...Authorized Bootleg: Live at Winterland - San Francisco Mar. 07 1976
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Cardiff Capitol Theater - Cardiff, Wales Nov. 04 1975
CINDERELLA...Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan Dec. 31 1990
ASIA...Live Sao Paulo March 23rd 2007
TOTO...Playlist: The Very Best of Toto
CHEAP TRICK...Playlist: The Very Best of Cheap Trick
ASIA...Live at Pabst Theatre Milwaukee USA
Nazareth...Hair of the Dog - Live from London (DVD)
OUR LADY PEACE...Playlist: The Very Best of Our Lady Peace
TED NUGENT...Playlist: The Very Best of Ted Nugent
ARGENT...Original Album Classics (Box Set)
ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND...Original Album Classics (Box Set)

April 7
U2...The Lowdown Unauthorized
MUDDY WATERS...King Of The Blues
THE BAND...The Band (Original Recording Remastered)
BLACK SABBATH...Paranoid (Remastered LP, CD/DVD
WHITE LION...Live At The Bang Your Head Festival 2005
NEIL YOUNG...Fork In The Road
GRATEFUL DEAD...To Terrapin: May 28, 1977 Hartford, CT
HURT...Goodbye To The Machine
Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour Diaries: Drummer Winston Watson's Incredible Journey (DVD)
METALLICA...Broken, Beat and Scarred (Part 1) (3 Panel Digipack) [Single)
METALLICA...Broken, Beat and Scarred (Pt. 2) (Single)
FOREIGNER...Soundstage: Foreigner - Live (DVD)
DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED...Sick
OASIS...I'm Outta Time EP (Japanese Tour Edition)
BUDDY HOLLY...Definitive Story/The Music of Buddy Holly and the Crickets (DVD)
BONO...Bono: Big Daddy (DVD)
EDDIE COCHRAN...Somethin' Else:The Ultimate Collection (Box Set)
MICHAEL SCHENKER...Greatest Riffs
EDDIE COCHRAN...Singin' to My Baby/Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
RANDY MEISNER...Live 1981
ROBERT PALMER...Classic
JERRY LEE LEWIS...Road Begins
BUDDY HOLLY...Blue Days Black Nights
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP...Classic
TEARS FOR FEARS...Classic
FREE...Classic

April 28
HEAVEN AND HELL...The Devil You Know

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 30
Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues is 68; Eric Clapton is 64; Dave Ball of Procol Harum is 59; Tracy Chapman is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1966 85 people are arrested at a Rolling Stones concert in Paris for misbehaving
1967 The cover for The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely hearts Club Band was photographed. That same day Jimi Hendrix makes an appearance on "Top Of The Pops" to lip sync "Purple Haze", however the tape operator put in another song
2008 Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones attend the Shine A Light New York premiere

CONCERT NEWS
Tuesday, March 31 COLIN HAY (OF MEN AT WORK) Largo Cultural Center Largo

Sunday, March 29, 2009

March 29

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 29
Bobby Kimball of Toto is 62; Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction is 50; John Popper of Blues Traveler is 42;

ON THIS DATE
1975 Led Zeppelin have 6 albums on Billboard's Album chart, the first artist to do so. The 6 are: “Physical Graffiti” (No. 1), “Led Zeppelin IV,” “House of the Holy,” “Led Zeppelin II,” “Led Zeppelin” and “Led Zeppelin III”
2002 In Dublin, Ireland Bono is awarded an honorary knighthood, however he is not allowed to use the title "Sir"
2006 Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band is injured in a motorcycle accident. Duane Allman and bassist Berry Oakley of the band both were killed in motorcycle accidents. Also that day the Beatles' Apple Corps sues Apple Computer, stating that the computer company broke a 1991 agreement between the two companies of staying out of the music biz altogether and that iTunes breaks that agreement. Apple Computers later wins the suit

CONCERT NEWS
Monday, March 30 THIRD EYE BLIND House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista

Saturday, March 28, 2009

March 28

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 28
John Evans formerly with Jethro Tull is 61;

ON THIS DATE
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis sets his piano on fire at a concert in Brooklyn, New York after he was told that Chuck Berry would be closing Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show
1964 London’s Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum announce that the first rock band to be cast in wax will be the Beatles
1982 David Crosby is arrested in Los Angeles for possession of quaaludes, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon
1994 Kurt Cobain enters rehad at SoCal Exodus Recovery Center, but he wals out 3 days later
1996 Phil Collins announcves that he is leaving Genesis
2000 Ministry magazine pays Jimmy Page an undisclosed amount of money and offers Page an apology after the mag announced that Page contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham by satanic rituals
2008 The Allman Brothers Band cancel some shows because Gregg Allman is having treatments for Heapatitis C

CONCERT NEWS
Sunday, March 29 TODD RUNDGREN The Plaza Theatre Orlando

Friday, March 27, 2009

March 27

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 27
Tony Banks of Genesis is 59; Andrew Farriss of INXS is 50; Johnny April of Staind is 44; Brendan Hill of Blues Traveler is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1967 A riot broke out at a Rolling Stones concert in Halsinborg, Sweden
1973 Carlos Santana changes his name to Devadip
1979 Eric Clapton married Patti Boyd in Tuscon, Arizona
1986 Sammy Hagar performed his first conbcert as a member of Van Halen
1987 U2 do their own version of a "Rooftop Concert" in Los Angeles on the roof of Republic Liquor, all of which is filmed and made into a video for "Where The Streets Have No Name"
1992 At a U2 concert in Auburn Hills, Michigan Bono calls a pizza parlor and orders 10,000 pizzas. Only 100 pizzas are actually delivered

CONCERT NEWS
Saturday, March 28 HEART House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Thursday, April 30 RANDY BACHMAN Jannus Landing St. Petersburg
November 6,7,8 LOS LOBOS Disney World Lake Buena Vista

Thursday, March 26, 2009

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #90. The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)

90. The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)

Label – Track
Producer – Kit Lambert
Art Direction – David King and Roger Law
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 39:26

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Armenia City In The Sky
2. Heinz Baked Beans/More Music (Jingle)
3. Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand/Premier Drums/Radio London (jingles)
4. Odorono/Radio London (jingle)
5. Tattoo/Radio London (Church Of Your Choice Jingle)
6. Our Love Was
7. I Can See For Miles/Charles Atlas (Jingle)
8. I Can't Reach You
9. Medac
10. Relax
11. Silas Stingy
12. Sunrise
13. Rael 1

This the Who’s third release is an interesting album and lays down the foundation of the Who as we think of them today. Pete Townshend has said that the “Who Sell Out” is a concept album paying tribute to pirate radio stations. It’s not a ‘concept piece’ as we generally think of when we thing of Townshends later works (Tommy; Quadrophenia, etc) as there is not a story being told here - but the addition of fake jingles and commercials which link the songs gives the record an overall common ‘theme’.
If you overlook those jingles (not that they are bad or anything like that) this is a great set of songs and a great record overall. "I Can See for Miles", "Armenia City in the Sky" and “Tattoo" are all just excellent tracks. To cap off the record is "Rael" which is a mini-opera, with some music themes that would reappeared as part of “Tommy”.
The album's release was not surprisingly followed by a handful of lawsuits - due to the mention of real-world products in the fake commercials - and on the album’s cover art. They were also sued by the makers of the real Radio London jingles claiming The Who used them without permission.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 113 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. While not the version reviewed here – I advise you to seek out the CD reissue of the record which adds some alternate versions as well as some unused jingles. It is recommended.

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(LW)TOP 10 ABSOLUTE ROCK CD'S/DOWNLOADS FOR THIS WEEK
(1)1. U2...No Line On The Horizon
(Enter)2. Various Artist...Twilight soundtrack
(2)3. NICKELBACK...Dark Horse
(4)4. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...Working On A Dream
(5)5. KID ROCK...Rock 'N' Roll Jesus
(8)6. THEORY OF A DEADMAN...Scars And Souvenirs
(7)7. HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD...Swan Song
(6)8. ROBERT PLANT/ALISON KRAUSS...Raising Sand
(9)9. SHINEDOWN...The Sound Of Madness
(10)10. METALLICA...Death Magnetic

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 26
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is 61; Richard Tandy od Electric Light Orchestra is 61; Fran Sheehan formerly with Boston is 60; Monte Yoho of the Outlaws is 57; James Iha formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1965 The Yardbirds announce their replacement for Eric Clapton: Jeff Beck
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their “Bed-in” at the Amsterdam Hilton
1975 The Who's film "Tommy" premieres in London
2002 Former drummer for Ozzy and Motley Crue, Randy Castillo, dies at the age of 51 due to cancer
2005 Paul Newell Hester of Crowded House commits suicide in Melbourne, Australia
2008 Clint Lowery returns to Sevendust

CONCERT NEWS
Friday, March 27 TODD RUNDGREN Capitol Theatre Clearwater

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #89. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)

89. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)

Label –Columbia
Producer – Norman Smith
Art Direction – Syd Barrett
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 41:52

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Astronomy Domine
2. Lucifer Sam
3. Matilda Mother
4. Flaming
5. Pow R Toc H
6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
7. Interstellar Overdrive
8. Gnome
9. Chapter 24
10. Scarecrow
11. Bike

I really like Pink Floyd. They are easily in the list of my top 10 favorite bands of all time. What a shame this – their debut album - is just not very good. Indeed – the Pink Floyd that I’m referring to would be the group AFTER Syd Barrett lost his mind and was replaced by David Gilmour. We can thank Syd for putting the band together if nothing else – but the Floyd would not make great music until he was long gone from the group. This record DOES capture the psychedelic mood of the 60’s pretty well, but it’s just to ‘out there’ as it were. The lp title was taken from Syd Barrett's favorite children's book, “The Wind in the Willows”, and Barrett’s lyrics are indeed childlike, but more accurately LSD influenced.
I have played this record a handful of times over the years since I got it as a teenager and thought perhaps a new current listen to the record and my changing music tastes may have altered my opinion of the record. But not really. "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive" are really the only tracks that I really enjoyed – and I really believe that is due to later versions of the songs that I have listened to which makes they more familiar to me. As an interesting side note. the album was produced by Norman Smith, an EMI staff member who had previously engineered all of The Beatles recordings up to 1965's Rubber Soul.
I have always held the opinion that Syd Barrett has always been somewhat overrated. His story is no doubt a sad one, but his Floyd work as well as his solo released are pretty much un-listenable. Regardless of my opinion, the record has been called one of the most influential records ever made. It reached #6 on the UK charts. In the U.S. it reached #131 on the Billboard charts. In 1999 Rolling Stone Magazine called it - "the golden achievement of Syd Barrett". Q Magazine described the album as "indispensable", and included it in their best psychedelic albums of all time. It was also ranked 40th in Mojo magazines, The 50 Most Out There Albums of all Time. In 2000 Q magazine ranked it at number 55 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 347 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Regardless of all of that - I cannot however recommend it.

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ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 25
Elton John is 62;

ON THIS DATE
1966 Jeff Healey is born in Toronto, Ontario. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 41
1967 The Who perform their first concert in America in New York City
1968 The last original airing of the TV series "The Monkees", after 58 episodes
1986 Guns 'N' Roses signs to Geffen Records
2001 Bob Dylan wins an Oscar for "Things Have Changed" from the movie Wonder Boys
2005 A fire breaks out at Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's mansion in Buckinghamshire, England
2007 Elton John performs for the 60th time at Madison Square Garden on his 60th birthday
2008 Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi is arrested in Laguna Beach, California on suspicion of driving under the influence

CONCERT NEWS
Sunday, May 10 Saving Abel House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista
Thursday, July 16 THE OFFSPRING Hard Rock Cafe Orlando

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #88. Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)

Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)

Label – Polydor
Producer – Felix Pappalardi
Art Direction – Martin Sharp
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 33:30

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Strange Brew
2. Sunshine Of Your Love
3. World Of Pain
4. Dance The Night Away
5. Blue Condition
6. Tales Of Brave Ulysses
7. Swlabr
8. We're Going Wrong
9. Outside Woman Blues
10. Take It Back
11. Mother's Lament

Just a fantastic album – and most likely Cream’s best. Teamed up with producer Felix Pappalardi – this is Cream’s second record. It’s less blues and more psychedelic oriented than their debut lp - but it does show them as a truly massive, innovative power trio. The record contains the classics "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love," as well as the epic “Tales of Brave Ulysses." These tracks alone make this record a classic.
There are some interesting tracks suck as "Swlabr," and the schoolboy singalong "Monther's Lament," yet make no mistake, Cream is a heavy rock trio and “Disraeli Gears” is a great heavy rock album of the '60s – once again affirming that Eric Clapton was really a guitar genius. Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce all contributed songs to the record with the help of lyricist Pete Brown and Pappalardi.
The record upon it’s release reached #5 on the UK album chart, and it was also a massive seller in the US reaching #4 on the American charts. In 2003 the album was ranked number 112 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. VH1 also named it their 87th greatest album of all time the same year.
It is highly recommended.

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March 24

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 24
Dougie Thomson of Supertramp is 58;

ON THIS DATE
1958 Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tennessee
1973 A fan jumps on stage and bites Lou Reed on the butt in Buffalo, New York
1991 The Black Crowes are kicked off as the opening act for ZZ Top because they criticised the tour sponsor Miller Beer
2001 Kari Hagar, wife of Sammy Hagar, delivers their second child Samantha Pastel Hagar in California. Also that day John Connolly of Sevendust marries Lori Kirkley
2006 A movie based on the 1969 death of Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones premieres. The movie is called "Stoned"
2007 The Scorpions perform in Brussels, Belgium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
2008 Jimi Hendrix's estate, Experience Hendrix, wins a summary judgment in the U.K. against The Times of London who had inserted a CD with live Hendrix material into a September 2006 issue and the judge ruled the paper had not gained the right to do so

CONCERT NEWS
Saturday, Rocktober 3 METALLICA St. Pete Times Forum Tampa

Monday, March 23, 2009

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #87. Love - Forever Changes (1967)

Love - Forever Changes (1967)

Label – Elektra
Producer – Arthur Lee / Bruce Botnick
Art Direction –William S. Harvey / Bob Pepper
Nationality – USA
Running Time – 42:52

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Alone Again Or
2. House Is Not A Motel
3. Andmoreagain
4. Daily Planet
5. Old Man
6. Red Telephone
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times
8. Live And Let Live
9. Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This
10. Bummer In The Summer
11. You Set The Scene

Another really good album. I have liked both albums by Love that have been on the 1001 list. When “Forever Changes” was released in 1967 it only made only a minor dent on the charts, rising only to #154 on the Billboard charts. (It did however reach the Top 30 in Britain.) But time has treated it well – and is often considered as one of the finest and most haunting albums to come out of the Summer of Love. The first thing that stuck our to me was the sound. This record just has a great sound to it. There are nice, sharp electric guitars on the tunes "A House Is Not a Motel" and "Live and Let Live," but most of the record is built around interwoven acoustic guitars with strings and horns punctuating the melodies. “Forever Changes” is most probably Love's masterpiece. The songs are simply good! The songs at time do sound dated – mainly with some topics of the era in which it was recorded - but not so much that you can’t enjoy them. Studio musicians performed nearly all of the tracks due to the regular line-up's alleged ‘inability to function’.
The album was the first to be produced by Arthur Lee, with assistance from Bruce Botnick. Originally, the album was to be produced by Botnick and Neil Young, but Young bowed out due to his commitments to Buffalo Springfield. However, Young did stick with the album project long enough to arrange the track "The Daily Planet" – one of the standout tracks on the record.
It’s enduring impact cannot be denied. The most notable praise came in 2003 from the British magazine, NME, who rated “Forever Changes” #6 on their list of greatest albums of all time!! In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Forever Changes the 82nd greatest album of all time. In Joe S. Harrington's “Top 100 Albums” it comes in at #69. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 40th in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in the December 11, 2003 issue. Mojo magazine ranked it the second greatest psychedelic album of all time, while in 1995 it made #11 in Mojo's list of the 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made. It ranked 83rd in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. Finally – “Forever Changes” was praised by the British Parliament in 2002 as being one of the Greatest Albums of All Time.

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New Releases

March 24
PEARL JAM...Ten (Original Recording Remastered) (Deluxe Edition, Collector's Edition, Legacy Edition, 2 Vinyl LP's)
GREEN DAY...Kerplunk [120g Vinyl w/ 1 7 inch single]
BIG COUNTRY...The Final Fling (DVD)
GREEN DAY...1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours [120g Vinyl w/2 7 inch singles]
ERIC GALES...Layin' Down the Blues
B.B. KING...To Know You Is to Love You/L.a. Midnight [IMPORT, Remastered]
BO DIDDLEY...Live 1984 [LIMITED EDITION]
VARIOUS ARTIST...Blues Bureau's Low Down and Dirty Blues
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG...CSNY/Deja Vu Live [2 LP Vinyl]
JOHN McFEE, STU COOK AND KEITH KNUDSEN...Jackdawg
GENESIS...Selling England by the Pound (Import, Remastered)
IAN GILLAN...One Eye to Morocco [IMPORT, Extremely limited edition pressing, bonus signed seven inch vinyl single with two bonus tracks]
PAPA ROACH...Metamorphosis
MOTLEY CRUE, BUCKCHERRY, SIXX A.M., TRAPT...Motley Crue: Crue Fest 2008 (DVD)
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN...Live in Budokan
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN...Live Animal (DVD)
LITTLE RICHARD...Little Richard: Live at the Toronto Peace Festival 1969 (DVD)
EDDIE COCHRAN...Somethin' Else! The Ultimate Collection [BOX SET]
RICK WAKEMAN...Made In Cuba (DVD)
GENESIS...Foxtrot (Import, Remastered)
FLEETWOOD MAC...Black Magic Woman - Best Of (2 CD's) [IMPORT]
STEVE HOWE...Remedy Live (DVD)
GENESIS...Nursery Cryme [IMPORT, Remastered)
PAUL RODGERS...Live from Glasgow [Blu-ray RELEASE]
ASIA...Fantasia Live in Tokyo (Blu-Ray release)
GENESIS...The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway [IMPORT. Remastered]

March 31
Stevie Nicks...The Soundstage Sessions;
thenewno2...You Are Here
MUDDY WATERS...Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco Nov 04-06 1966 (original recording remastered)
PAUL BUTTERFIELD...Rockpalast: Paul Butterfield (DVD)
STEVIE NICKS...Live In Chicago (DVD)
BOB DYLAN...New Morning (Original Recording Remastered)
BOB DYLAN and the BAND...Before the Flood (Original Recording Remastered)
BOB DYLAN and the GRATEFUL DEAD...Dylan & the Dead (original recording remastered)
BLACK SABBATH...Seventh Star (remastered)
UFO...Beginnings
REO SPEEDWAGON...TRIPLE FEATURE: REO Speedwagon (Slip Case Box Set)
SPIRIT...Vol. 3-Rockpalast: West Coast Legends (1978)(DVD)
HEART...Love Songs
QUEENSRYCHE...American Soldier
FILTER...The Very Best Things (1995-2008)
TED NUGENT...TRIPLE FEATURE: Ted Nugent (Slip Case Box Set)
DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED...Sick
BILLY SHEEHAN...Holy Cow (UK Edition, Incl. 3 Bonus Tracks)
JEFF BECK...Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's (DVD) (blu-ray)
BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND...The Basement Tapes (original recording remastered)
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...Authorized Bootleg: Live at Winterland - San Francisco Mar. 07 1976
LYNYRD SKYNYRD...Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Cardiff Capitol Theater - Cardiff, Wales Nov. 04 1975
CINDERELLA...Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan Dec. 31 1990
ASIA...Live Sao Paulo March 23rd 2007
TOTO...Playlist: The Very Best of Toto
CHEAP TRICK...Playlist: The Very Best of Cheap Trick
ASIA...Live at Pabst Theatre Milwaukee USA
Nazareth...Hair of the Dog - Live from London (DVD)
OUR LADY PEACE...Playlist: The Very Best of Our Lady Peace
TED NUGENT...Playlist: The Very Best of Ted Nugent

April 28
HEAVEN AND HELL...The Devil You Know

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 23
Ric Ocasek is 60; John Humphrey of The Nixons is 39;

ON THIS DATE
1978 The Police sign with A&M Records
1985 Billy Joel and Chrisite Brinkley marry
2002 Dusty Hill of ZZ Top marries Charleen “Chuck” McCrory
2004 A "Greatest Hits" CD is released by Guns 'N' Roses despite a suit filed by Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan

Sunday, March 22, 2009

March 22

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 22
John Otto of Limp Bizkit is 32;

ON THIS DATE
1943 Keith Relf of the Yardbirds is born in London. He died in 1976 at the age of 33 of electrocution
1956 While on his way to be on the "Ed Sullivan Show" Carl Perkins is injured in a car accident
1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a 'Bed-In' for peace in Amsterdam
1971 Police find heroin and marijuana in the possession of The Allman Brothers Band so they are arrested in Jackson, Alabama
2004 Alex Lifeson of Rush is charged with two counts of battery due to an incident in Naples, Florida three months earlier on New Years Eve when he intervened when deputies were escorting his son off of a hotel property. That same day Pete Townshend of the Who admitted in an interview that he had considered suicide after he had been arrested in 2003 for suspicion of child pornography. Pete was later cleared of the charges. Still on that same day Limp Bizkit were forced to cancel a performance in Katowice, Poland due to a bomb threat
2005 Rod Price, guitarist for Foghat, dies at the age of 57 in Wilton, New Hampshire after suffering a heart attack and falling down some stairs

Saturday, March 21, 2009

March 21

ABSOLUTE ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR MARCH 21
Eddie Money is 60; Roger Hodgson of Supertramp is 59; Conrad Lozano of Los Lobos 58; Andrew Copeland of Sister Hazel is 41;

ON THIS DATE
1961 The Beatles play the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England for the first of many times
1976 David Bowie and Iggy Pop are arrested for marijuana possession in New York City
1983 Also in new York City Strawberry Fields in Central Park is opened in memory of John Lennon
1994 "Streets Of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen wins an Oscar for Best Original Score
2007 Paul McCartney signs with Hear music, Starbucks label with Concord Records
2008 A lawsuit is filed by three men accusing Kid Rock of assault and battery and were seeking $15 million

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