A Tribute to the Late George Jones - Bob Harris Country (2013) Jones, who was 81, was regarded as one of - if not the - best country singers of all time. His recording career, which stretched across seven decades, is studded with classics of the genre, including "She Thinks I Still Care", "The Race Is On", "If The Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" an
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Chuck Berry (Johnny B. Goode) - Live in Buenos Aires (14-04-13) Even worse than Montevideo,IMO, because less of the daughter. From a Guardian article on the death of Scott Miller(obscure singer/songwriter): QuoteMichael Hann These are the kinds of rock deaths that really sadden me – the ones of the people who lived lives just like ours, ones without limos and hotel suites, the peo
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I've got it as 128kbps MP3. Let me know if you still need it.
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Mark Lamarr tells the story of the Million Dollar Quartet, one of the most famous jam sessions in the history of pop music that saw Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis perform together in a studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on a Tuesday afternoon in December 1956. Including contributions from Peter Guralnick, Colin Escott, Carl Perkins, Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash and Jerry
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Record Store Day 2013: what's it like working in a record shop? Guardian Record Store Day – in pictures Guardian Pictures
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Rolling Stone Guardian A brilliant songwriter, and a fascinating writer about songs(Guardian) Just discovered this guy a few days ago through an EP he'd just made with Rayna Gellert, and I thought he was an interesting guy, one to keep an eye on. A bit surprised to find that he was already dead at the time I was discovering him. His MUSIC: What Happened? site has some good reviews of
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Annette Funicello - Tall Paul[1959] The poor woman suffered from MS for 25 years: Former Mouseketeer Dead at 70
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'Well,this makes for a fairly depressing read.' Macca leads thanks to wealthy wife. Sir Mick in joint 5th with Becks. Flatley reaps reward for energetic dancing. TinyUrl.com A VERY depressing read, I'd say, for the likes of those who were celebrating Margaret Thatcher's death a few days ago.
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Popcorn Blues was my introduction to Nathan Abshire:
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colonial: Annie Lennox cover of A Whiter Shade of Pale is great. It started off better than it ended, I thought, but it's a nice change from the usual version, which I've heard so many times that I never want to hear it again.
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This was Britain's first gentle whiff of drug culture in pop music. Those heady sights, smells and sounds of what later became known as the Summer Of Love, were first and best encapsulated on this side of the Atlantic by Procol Harum's hit. It would prove to be a summer which burned long and bright and which heralded a significant change in the look, sound and mood of pop culture. Britain Ski
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Some BBC R2 BH pieces to mark The Day the Music Died: Seven More Days that Rocked the World - Buddy Holly Stuart Maconie tells the tragic story of Buddy Holly's final flight. 27 min. @ 64 Kbps. The Music Didn't Die - Steve Harley The Music Didn't Die, a tribute to a true American icon Buddy Holly. Steve Harley celebrates Buddy Holly's life, career, and enduring legacy. Orig
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Ralph McLean's Soul Show on BBC Radio Ulster on 15 Jan was devoted to RS and the artists that influenced them: RalphMcLean RS Special 112 Min @ 128
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Andrew Loog Oldham: the mastermind of The Rolling Stones "The Beatles were The Beatles – the Stones were the Stones... A lot of folks liked both." Joe BossoJanuary 2, 2013, 20:45 GMT A hustler is only as good as his hustle, and in 1963, 19-year-old Andrew Loog Oldham hit the mother lode. On the night of 23 April of that year, the budding teen tycoon, having already successf
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60th anniversary of the charts: 30 bestselling singles 30 Best-selling Singles From Dion to John . Calling it dross is charitable.
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Thanks, Deltics. A nice, smooth D/L if you get in early in the RS day, and a nice, smooth extraction.
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Recording of Bill Wyman interview broadcast BBC Radio Scotland, 24 Oct.'07. Edi Stark hosted The Radio Cafe's audience with Bill Wyman at an outside broadcast in the Eastgate Theatre, Peebles 18 October, 2007. Bill Wyman Interview 45 min., 64 kbps. Link expires 8 Jan.'13. A re-up of a post made a few years ago in another thread. He comes across in the interview as an articulate,
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As part of Radio 2's season celebrating 50 years of The Rolling Stones, Jamie Cullum meets up with Charlie Watts in Paris to talk about The Rolling Stones, drumming, and his lifelong passion for jazz. Charlie remembers the artists he first heard when he was younger that inspired his style of drumming, from Howlin' Wolf to Earl Palmer, and the pair discuss the slick fashion of jazz musicians, w
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MP3 @ 128 For One Night Only: Get Yer Ya-Yas Out!
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The Gram Parsons Notebook - Hickory Wind (Carl Jackson, Leslie Satcher, Ricky Skaggs)
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Jimmy Savile - Ahab the Arab (1962)
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Michael Marra - Hermless R.I.P. MM. 1952 - 23/10/12. Obituary
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Here is another leftover version of this piece. The voices are culled from a bootleg tape of the Altamont concert (obvious to some, maybe not to others). There's a lot more banter on the tape, both amongst the crowd and from the stage, but is usually accompanied by Stones music and therefore of no use to me. Oamtanit#198 Brought to mind Apocalypse Now for me. EDIT: Click on "Oamt
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A young The Who play My Generation:
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Thanks. Can't keep up with everything on BBC.
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A Year in the Life: The Beatles 1962 - Roger McGough A Year In The Life: Beatles '62 narrates the pivotal breakthrough year for the newly mop-topped Liverpool beat combo via the recollections of those who knew and worked alongside them in 1962. An oral history narrated by Liverpool contemporary Roger McGough, A Year In The Life recounts a familiar tale via the less-familiar recollections of t
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Fred Wedlock - Oldest Swinger In Town 1998 Of course I'll love you when you're getting old, so just get 'old of this. She came to a fancy dress party dressed all in red and black,and I said,"What have you come as,then?" She said,"I've come as the dying embers of a fire,and if I don't get a poke soon, I'm going out."
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BBC "horrified"
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We asked our readers to pick 10 essential Dylan tracks for newcomers. Here are the results: 10 tracks we hope will introduce his music. We've put them into a YouTube playlist, or you can click each song title to go to the appropriate YouTube page. We've included some information on the songs, plus comments from readers. Bob Dylan: A Beginner's Guide
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Jimi Hendrix on piano and violin in this rare 1967 clip. Thanks to The Rocking Vicar for the link.
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