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Beatles- White Album pt1- Paul McCartney, the late George Harrison

The Beatles "White Album" 55th Anniversary: How can an album accomplish so much by embedding itself indelibly in popular culture, continuing to influence generations a half century after release, while on the surface revealing so little about its contents and its creators?

Paul McCartney- Back in the USSR- Hollywood 2007

Paul McCartney's performance in Hollywood record store Amoeba Records in 2007 is the stuff of rock legend...We figured McCartney's performance of "Back in the USSR" that day would be an appropriate appetizer for the two-hour special we are featuring here In the Studio with Sir Paul to mark the fifty-fifth anniversary of the "White Album" on which the song originally appeared.

Paul McCartney- Blackbird January 1991

To get you primed for the upcoming Beatles “White Album” double-nickel anniversary interviews with the late George Harrison plus Paul McCartney, here is a live performance of “Blackbird” by Macca from 1991.
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The Police- Outlandos d’Amour- Sting, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland

"Outlandos d'Amour' has a certain grotesque, naive charm about it," Sting confesses in my interview about the Police debut,"but 'Regatta de Blanc'  was infinitely a much better record." Police founding drummer Stewart Copeland, guitarist Andy Summers & Sting join Redbeard here In the Studio.
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John Mellencamp- Uh Huh

John Mellencamp joins me In the Studio for this classic rock interview regarding his star-making multi-million seller in 1983, "Uh Huh". 

John Mellencamp- Pink Houses- Dallas 10-91

Here is John Mellencamp's live acoustic performance of  "Pink Houses" on my Dallas/ Ft.Worth Q102 radio show 10-1-91. Don't miss the fortieth anniversary interview about "Uh Huh" with John Mellempcamp here In the Studio next week starting 11/13.

Billy Idol- Rebel Yell 40th Anniversary

Billy Idol joined me In the Studio for the fortieth anniversary of "Rebel Yell" to invoke the eleventh commandment: thou shalt have no Idols before Billy! -Redbeard
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Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody OST- Brian May, Roger Taylor

In his poignant acceptance speech for the Oscar for Best Actor five years ago, Rami Malek pointed out that he himself was a first-generation immigrant who portrayed a gay immigrant in the role of Queen's Freddie Mercury. But I think that "Bohemian Rhapsody"'s  greatest accomplishment of all is it once again focused the world on Freddie Mercury's remarkable life, rather than the circumstances of his death.
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R.E.M.- Green- Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills

If you were fortunate in 1983 to discover the first full-length album "Murmur" from Athens GA-based R.E.M. , you probably realize that it sounded unlike anything else at the time, and precious little ever since except maybe their followup,"Reckoning". Over the next four years and five albums on indie label IRS, Michael Stipe Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry made some of the smartest,quirkiest, angular rock of any American band...Michael, Peter, and Mike all join me here In the Studio for the 35th anniversary of R.E.M.'s four million seller "Green".

Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody/ Killer Queen medley- London 1975

The regal rock of Queen came of age on the stage by this time in 1975 as is evidenced by this stunning performance at London's Odeon Theater with a medley of songs "Black Queen" from Queen II,  "Killer Queen" from their first solid album, 1974's Sheer Heart Attack , and their breakthrough "Bohemian Rhapsody" from Queen's fourth effort, A Night at the Opera.