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Ryan Adams – Gimme Something Good (Live,Later… with Jools Holland):
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November 3: The Jam released All Mod Cons in 1978
“All Mod Cons, released to wide acclaim in 1978, firmly cemented the group’s rise to extraordinary heights. Indeed, for many it was the first essential Jam album and listening to it now its impact has not diminished over time.”
-BBC
When I think about English records I think of The Kinks’ The Village Green Preservation Society, The Smiths’ The Queen is Dead, The Who’s Quadrophenia and The Jam’s All Mod Cons. To me all those albums are quintessential English.
All of them are fantastic albums.
All Mod Cons:
| Released | 3 November 1978 |
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| Recorded | 4 July 1978 to 17 August 1978RAK (Upper London) and Eden Studios |
| Genre | Punk rock, Mod Revival, Power pop |
| Length | 37:28 |
| Label | Polydor |
| Producer | Vic Coppersmith-Heaven Chris Parry |
It’s their third full-length LP. It took it’s title from a British idiom one might find in housing advertisements, is short for “all modern conveniences” and is a pun on the band’s association with the mod revival as well. Of Course it is also Paul Weller’s view on the music business as a ‘con’.
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November 2: J.D. Souther was born in 1945 Happy Birthday
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November 1: Lyle Lovett was born in 1957 Happy Birthday
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October 30: Grace Slick was born in 1939
Grace Slick (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, artist, and former model, best known as one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, as well as for her work as a solo artist from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s.
Slick was one of the first female rock stars, alongside her close contemporary Janis Joplin, and therefore an important figure in the development of rock music in the late 1960s. Her distinctive vocal style and striking stage presence exerted influence on other female performers including Stevie Nicks and Patti Smith.
She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 (as a member of Jefferson Airplane).
Happy Birthday Grace Slick!
Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit (live, Woodstock 1969):
– Hallgeir