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Category Archives: Great albums
Today: Elvis Presley released “Elvis (NBC TV Special)” in 1968, 45 years ago
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Continue reading Today: Elvis Presley released “Elvis (NBC TV Special)” in 1968, 45 years ago
Today: Live Rust by Neil Young and Crazy Horse was released in 1979
Live Rust is a live album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, recorded during his fall 1978 Rust Never Sleeps tour.
Live Rust composed of performances recorded at several venues, including the Cow Palace outside San Francisco. Young also directed a companion film, Rust Never Sleeps, under his directorial pseudonym “Bernard Shakey”, which consisted of footage from the Cow Palace (Young had wanted to give the live album the same title, but Reprise vetoed the idea, fearing confusion with the earlier album, Rust Never Sleeps).
The CD version of the album was slightly edited to fit on a single compact disc, which were limited to 74 minutes at the time this album was first issued on CD. To adhere to the time limit, a little over one minute of the guitar solo “Cortez the Killer” was eliminated.
To take out a whole minute from one of those rare perfect songs, it is just wrong! …and it is the shortened version that is available on Spotify as well.
Cortez The Killer (with the entire solo!):
Live Rust repeat four songs from Rust Never Sleeps (album) and Neil Young was accused of releasing the same material over again (He had also released the compilation album Decade in 1977).
I like that he did release it and Live Rust is an excellent concert album, one of the best. He gave us a fantastic document from a great tour.
The album goes from slow, folksy tunes to raging rockers, Young’s versatility is astonishing.
.. and we don’t have those fucking goblins from the concert film running around.
Live Rust on Spotify:
– Hallgeir
Today: Van Morrison released His Band and the Street Choir in 1970
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“Why did you leave America – Van Morrison “His Band and the Street Choir is another beautiful phase in the continuing development of one of the few originals left in rock. In his own mysterious way. Van Morrison continues to shake his head, strum his guitar and to sing his songs. He knows it’s too late to stop now and he quit trying to a long, long time ago. Meanwhile, the song he is singing keeps getting better and better.” – John Landau, Rolling Stone Magazine (1971) |
Continue reading Today: Van Morrison released His Band and the Street Choir in 1970
Today: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers released their debut album in 1976
Well it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin’ on the beach
And for one desperate moment
There he crept back in her memory
God it’s so painful when something that’s so close
Is still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
– American Girl
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is the eponymous debut album by the band of the same name, it was released on November 9, 1976 by Shelter Records.
I was 10 years old when I heard this great album for the first time, a neighbour had got it from some relatives in The States. I was blown away, it was fantastic. It was so fresh and so “impatient”. It sounded as they stood on their toes when they played. It wasn’t punk, but it sounded like it anyway. I loved it then and I love it now!
Following its release, the album received little attention in the US. Following a British tour, it climbed to #24 on the UK album chart and the single “Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” became a hit in the UK. After nearly a year and many positive reviews, the album reached the U.S. charts, where it climbed to #55 in 1978 and eventually went Gold. The single “Breakdown” cracked the Top 40 in the U.S. and “American Girl” became an FM radio staple which can still be heard today.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Breakdown (Live, France 1980):
Continue reading Today: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers released their debut album in 1976