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One of my original copies of “Exile” and one of the most iconic album covers of all-time, using both images shot by photographer Robert Frank for his landmark book, “The Americans,” as well as new pictures of the band shot by Frank on location in…
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This is my brain on records (and quite possibly the cerebral cortex of a few of you out there who also obsess about such things): Ruffner ‘n’ Ready: Mason’s ’87 LP, “Gypsy Blood” ? ? I couldn’t stand Mason Ruffner giving me the cold shoulder any…
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Take Our PollDan Epstein is a lot like the decade he writes and speaks so eloquently about. Like the 1970’s, he’s unabashedly shaggy. He has a soft spot for oversized Bicentennial belt buckles and AM radio novelty fare like C.W. McCall’s “Convoy.” He has an abiding affection…
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The two Micks on stage at the Marquee Club, March 26, 1971 Today marks the anniversary of one of the best (and more importantly, audio and visually documented) “in-between” Stones shows and tours during their prime: a March 26, 1971 concert at the small Marquee…
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FIVE GUYS WALK INTO A BAR (Mac’s already inside!): So where’s the Combat Zone again? The Faces bide their time on Lansdowne Street in Boston, 1970. Photo credit and special thanks to A.J. Sullivan for these little-seen images. Go to http://albertjsullivan.com/ to see more of…
Hey everybody! Just a quick head’s up for anyone bored outta their skulls at school, home, or work (but with earbuds/headphones or out of earshot of their bosses) that Wednesday, March 25, between 3-5:30 p.m. “RPM”‘s Yours Truly will be returning as special guest on Host Alan Patterson’s “Voices Of Time” radio show, comin’ atcha and […]
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Posing On The Porch: Photo session, presumably for “#1 Record.” Also used as the cover photo for the wonderful Rhino box set, “Keep An Eye On The Sky.” L-R: Andy Hummel, Jody Stephens, Chris Bell, Alex Chilton. Take Our Poll Neon Star: Another angle of…
Back in 1981, when a phone call brought four kids at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts together to form a peculiar psych-pop outfit called The Prefab Messiahs, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl” was topping the charts, and REO Speedwagon’s “Hi Infidelity” was one of the biggest albums of the year. Closer to home, Ed King […]
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The jockey and his horse: Davy Jones and the Monkeemobile Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Monkees publicity still (shake those maracas, Davy!) Screen Gems Stars: The Monkees, ready for their close-up, 1966 The Monkees debut LP, 1966: For years I thought the boys were…
Happy Birthday to the greatest scream in rock and one of my two or three favorite rock & roll singers — The Who’s incomparably leather-lunged frontman Roger Daltrey, who proved that — like the Volkswagen Beetle and the Small Faces’ Steve Marriott– big things came in small packages (and in Roger’s case, he had a […]
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