Robert Plant -Laughin, Cryin, Laughin – 1967 – CBS Records UK – Sometimes an artist going the solo route just can’t seem to get arrested until they become part of a group. In the case of Robert Plant, he recorded a string of unsuccessful singles for CBS Records in London
– Vanessa Paradis in session May 15 2013 – Radio France – Le Mouv – One of the things I find frustrating about aspects of our culture here in the U.S. is that propensity to pigeon-hole an artist into one category or another. A person who establishes a name for
– Pretty Things – BBC Session – Nov. 27, 1967 – One of those bands that have been largely overlooked by the mainstream when it comes to talking about influential groups of the 60s. The Pretty Things were always considered just a little too “edgy” for the tastes of the
Since we’re in the middle of the weekend, I thought I’d get things partly rolling with a classic T.Rex concert, recorded at Wembley on March 18, 1972. There’s a lot of live T. Rex material out there, but unfortunately, not much is very good. This one sounds excellent and it
Grandma’s Ashes – in session for Les Capsules – April 9, 2020 – Over to Paris for a brief stop-off and a set by Parisian trio Grandma’s Ashes, who have been variously described as Stoner-Prog, Stoner-Metal, Stoner-Goth – the operative word in all these descriptions is Stoner. They are, above
Le Ormé – reunion concert – Nov. 5, 2010 – RAI Radio – Le Ormé tonight. If you’re a fan of Progrock of the 70s, or have been hearing about it, the Italian band Le Ormé really need no introduction. They were one of the pivotal bands of the Progrock
George Olsen And His Music – Sugar Plumb – 1925 – RCA Victor – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since the Studio/Past Daily Nerve Center has been undergoing renovations, I’ve been stumbling over buried shelves of old 78’s this week – some I haven’t played since they arrived. And since Nights
– Alvin Lee – Ten Years After – Helsinki 1969 – Finnish Radio Most people think of Alvin Lee and the images from Woodstock come to mind. How his performance electrified that festival, and in doing so, catapulted his career from playing clubs and small venues to playing stadiums literally
– Abba – Live In Concert – 1981 – Abba Fan Club Recording Commemorating their 1981 Tour – Truly 70s this weekend – even though the concert is from 1981 and one of the last before ABBA broke up. Nonetheless, it’s a record of just what a wildly popular mainstream
Beach House in concert at Paleo Festival 2013 – Nyon, Switzerland – July 24, 2013 – RSR Heading over to The Paleo Festival 2013 tonight for a set by Baltimore Dream Pop/Space Merchants Beach House (actually, one half of the band, Victoria Legrand is from Paris . . .but the
