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We had high hopes for this local Prog band... especially since their 1975 debut LP was engineered by Alan Parsons!!
Parsons went on to act as Producer on their 2nd LP, and it was so over-produced that most of it couldn't be played live... I know, because I saw them after that, and a lot of the stuff was on tape!!
Then they (actually, David Pack) sold out to the Pop Gods & The Almighty Buck, and it was all downhill from there... although their 1st 2 LP's were still some of my fave driving music when going on a road trip up to Northern CA...
We had high hopes for this local Prog band... especially since their 1975 debut LP was engineered by Alan Parsons!!
Parsons went on to act as Producer on their 2nd LP, and it was so over-produced that most of it couldn't be played live... I know, because I saw them after that, and a lot of the stuff was on tape!!
Then they (actually, David Pack) sold out to the Pop Gods & The Almighty Buck, and it was all downhill from there... although their 1st 2 LP's were still some of my fave driving music when going on a road trip up to Northern CA...
#16
Yeah, I posted some Tyrannosaurus Rex, but I didn't really like Bolan during the T-rex "Electric Warrior" phase... although I had/have this 45" from 1966, and I didn't find out until many years later that it was him in an even earlier band called John's Children!!
Yeah, I posted some Tyrannosaurus Rex, but I didn't really like Bolan during the T-rex "Electric Warrior" phase... although I had/have this 45" from 1966, and I didn't find out until many years later that it was him in an even earlier band called John's Children!!
#6. Since I'm on a roll - 1969 - Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street. Sesame Street debuts in the US.
#17
More driving/road trip music, this time from 1978... and these guys were incredible Live, too!!
The band was composed of singer/bassist John Wetton (formerly of King Crimson, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep), keyboardist/electric violinist Eddie Jobson (formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's band), guitarist Allan Holdsworth (formerly of Tempest, Soft Machine, The New Tony Williams Lifetime and Gong) and drummer Bill Bruford (formerly a full member of Yes and King Crimson, and also a tour drummer for Genesis), later replaced by drummer Terry Bozzio (formerly of Frank Zappa's band). (From the Wikipedia)
More driving/road trip music, this time from 1978... and these guys were incredible Live, too!!
The band was composed of singer/bassist John Wetton (formerly of King Crimson, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep), keyboardist/electric violinist Eddie Jobson (formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's band), guitarist Allan Holdsworth (formerly of Tempest, Soft Machine, The New Tony Williams Lifetime and Gong) and drummer Bill Bruford (formerly a full member of Yes and King Crimson, and also a tour drummer for Genesis), later replaced by drummer Terry Bozzio (formerly of Frank Zappa's band). (From the Wikipedia)
#6
Early 70s
President Nixon initiated wage and price freezes to combat inflation. The later phases applied mostly to unions and corporations, but initially merchants could not raise prices and people did not get raises in pay.
Early 70s
President Nixon initiated wage and price freezes to combat inflation. The later phases applied mostly to unions and corporations, but initially merchants could not raise prices and people did not get raises in pay.
#7
Lysergic acid diethylamide (..., Acid)
Although first made in the 30s, found to be a hallucinogen in the 40s, used by psychiatrists in treatment & therapy and the CIA in mind control experiments (mostly without the subjects knowledge) in the 50s, it hit the streets and was part of the counter culture of the 60s - Tripping, man.
Lysergic acid diethylamide (..., Acid)
Although first made in the 30s, found to be a hallucinogen in the 40s, used by psychiatrists in treatment & therapy and the CIA in mind control experiments (mostly without the subjects knowledge) in the 50s, it hit the streets and was part of the counter culture of the 60s - Tripping, man.
#7. 1965 - Tonka Trucks produce one of their more iconic pieces - The Mighty Dump Truck
#8
Early 70s
DB Cooper
Highjacked an airliner, got a bag of ransom money -200,000 grand-, parachuted from the plane over the Pacific northwest and was never seen again. The subject of speculation and myth ever since.
Early 70s
DB Cooper
Highjacked an airliner, got a bag of ransom money -200,000 grand-, parachuted from the plane over the Pacific northwest and was never seen again. The subject of speculation and myth ever since.
#10. 1961 - Julia Child's first book was published, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".
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We lived in Inglewood (which sometime later was jokingly referred to as Inglewatts... ) on one of the main streets that ran right through there... which was a little too close for comfort, so we left town for a few days!!
Frank Zappa wrote this song while watching the riots on TV, and it appeared on the 1st 'Mothers of Invention' LP in 1966...
And then many years later, when the L.A. riots were happening after the Rodney King verdict was handed down, I was driving in my car and the guy on the radio mentioned something about them, then started playing this song... it just seemed so profound for the DJ to be playing it after all this time, that I had to pull over to just sit there and listen to it. It made me wonder how many other people listening to that station at that moment actually got the connection between the two??
And the message seemed just as relevant then as it did the first time...
#4. 1965 - Watts Riots - I remember this happening living near Los Angeles.
We lived in Inglewood (which sometime later was jokingly referred to as Inglewatts...
) on one of the main streets that ran right through there... which was a little too close for comfort, so we left town for a few days!!Frank Zappa wrote this song while watching the riots on TV, and it appeared on the 1st 'Mothers of Invention' LP in 1966...
And then many years later, when the L.A. riots were happening after the Rodney King verdict was handed down, I was driving in my car and the guy on the radio mentioned something about them, then started playing this song... it just seemed so profound for the DJ to be playing it after all this time, that I had to pull over to just sit there and listen to it. It made me wonder how many other people listening to that station at that moment actually got the connection between the two??
And the message seemed just as relevant then as it did the first time...
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