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Guess Who- American Woman- Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman

If you have not listened to the Guess Who's January 1970 classic "American Woman" album recently, I predict you will be amazed at how strong the songs were, such as "No Sugar Tonight"; how environmentally aware lyricist/ gifted singer Burton Cummings was on "New Mother Nature" and "Hand Me Down World"; and how rockin' Randy Bachman could complement Cummings' pop side on "American Woman" and before that, "No Time". So why did Bachman leave at the Guess Who's peak? Find out here from Burton Cummings & Randy Bachman In the Studio.

Todd Rundgren- Road to Utopia/ Caravan- Boston 11-79

Todd Rundgren live "Road to Utopia/Caravan" Boston 11/79
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Queensryche- Promised Land- Chris DeGarmo, Geoff Tate

Former members Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo take you to “ Promised Land”, their best seller, In the Studio on the album’s 25th anniversary.
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Queen- Sheer Heart Attack- Brian May, Roger Taylor

Queen   headlining the Rainbow Theatre for the first time in late March 1974 were so impressive in concert that when they booked the same venue in November later that same year to premiere their third studio album, "Sheer Heart Attack" , the young foursome had to add a second night.

Christmas with Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde

One of my favorite Christmas songs was composed and included on the legendary Learning to Crawl  album by the Pretenders, but it was a limited bonus track which appeared only on the initial vinyl pressings. Here is Chrissie Hynde discussing…

SHOWCO- Buford Jones pt 2

Conclusion of interview with FOH mixer Buford Jones.

SHOWCO- Buford Jones pt 1

One of The Dirty Dozen original fledgling engineers hired by the Showco founders in 1970, Buford Jones' non-stop experience over the next ten years with the Seventies' top touring bands would help solidify both Showco's pre-eminence and later…

Queen- Now I’m Here- London Hammersmith Odeon 12-75

Long ago Queen set a very high standard for concert performance from which they have never wavered. Here is  proof of it with "Now I'm Here", originally off of Queen's third studio album Sheer Heart Attack   released forty-five years ago,…

Bush- Glycerine- with Gwen Stefani 12/12

Here is one of those double-take anniversaries where you'd swear it was only half that long ago: English band Bush released their impressive debut Sixteen Stone   twenty-five years ago the first week of December 1994 ( #4 sales on Billboard…
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Pink Floyd- The Wall pt2- Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason

Pink Floyd's monumental opus The Wall...the numbers that it has generated are starting to rival the Great Wall of China: #87 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 Albums of All Time; worldwide sales of an estimated 30,000,000...