Another legend gone. So shortly after Randy Nauert of The Challengers, Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair) and André Previn. The Guardian did the best thing they could and collected some of his most famous recordings in a tribute.
Here he’s opening The Ronettes’ Be My Baby at Gold Star Recordings in Los Angeles 1963.
Very nice and compact analysis about the Italian western soundtracks recorded between the mid 60s and the mid 70s. My only criticism would be that the presenter is furthering the “alternative fact” that The Shadows recorded Surf Music. I’m not linking to the English wikipedia for the same reason.
In ‘Sweet Little Sixteen,’ ‘You Can’t Catch Me’ and other songs, Mr. Berry invented rock as a music of teenage wishes fulfilled and good times (even with cops in pursuit). In ‘Promised Land,’ ‘Too Much Monkey Business’ and ‘Brown Eyed Handsome Man,’ he celebrated and satirized America’s opportunities and class tensions. His rock ’n’ roll was a music of joyful lusts, laughed-off tensions and gleefully shattered icons.
Source: Chuck Berry Dies at 90; Helped Define Rock ’n’ Roll – The New York Times
Cult band begin a deluxe reissue campaign to release their long out-of-print back catalogue!
Source: Dengue Fever announce deluxe reissues
The first new record-pressing machines built in over 30 years are finally online.
Source: Meet the Warm Tone, the Software-Controlled Record Press Fueling Vinyl’s Comeback
Why Monsanto Wants Me In Jail | Patreon
Wiki page on Native Americans in America.
Source: Native Americans Project Space Page
A memo leaked today orders all of the bureaus of the Department of Interior, which includes the Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Ocean Energ…
Source: Leaked Memo Silences Department of Interior | The Wildlife News
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Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
By her own admission, she was an unlikely star who waited decades for her chance – and then became a figurehead for fans seeking true soul
Source: Sharon Jones: a soul survivor who helped rejuvenate a classic sound | Music | The Guardian
Dionysus Records inaugural 78 RPM release does the label proud. Roots/exotica/rockabilly master Skip Heller returns to the imprint with Heller’s Hot 5
Source: 4/24: Skip Heller 78 RPM Release Party at La Luz de Jesus! –
Spring Reverb Defines a Mythic Space Where The Legends of Rock Live – YouTube.
https://youtu.be/iWwEnzUJ6TI
