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... George Martin, 82, has moved on to his next act. He's working with PBS and Wildheart Entertainment to film "On Record: The Soundtrack of Our Lives," a documentary series with the ambitious aim of chronicling the history of recorded music and its impact on society. It will feature archival performances and interviews with artists from all genres...

While in Los Angeles to be honored by the Recording Academy July 12 at its annual Grammy Foundation Starry Night benefit, Martin sat down with Billboard to talk about the Beatles, the rigors of creating an eight-hour documentary series and the future of the music industry...

Reuters - dort auch das Interview

The Stone Of Sisyphus, the great ‘lost’ Chicago album. Recorded in 1993 and originally intended as Chicago XXII, the disc marked a return to the genre-transcending, adventurous fusion of sounds that defined the group’s 1970s-era heyday. “Powered by Chicago’s celebrated horn section, the tracks on Sisyphus have bite, power and swing .... nun doch noch bei Rhino erschienen!

Zufällig wiedergefunden: richtig gute Popband aus Hamburg. Tolles Debutalbum Ende der 80er. Anfang dieses komischen Jahrhunderts verliert sich die Spur ...

Led Zeppelin: L.A. 6/23/77 (w/ Keith Moon - ab ca. 5:30)
Ein 8mm-Film, der ahnen lässt, was Rock'n'Roll war, - mit Keith Moon an der Kesselpauke:

"Dennis died actually a long time before his body died." (Barbara Wilson)


DENNIS WILSON - PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE PODCAST SERIES
We are now happy to launch this three-part podcast series celebrating the 2-CD Legacy Edition of DENNIS WILSON - PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE in stores from Caribou/Epic/Legacy on June 17. This 1977 album was the first solo release by any of the Wilson brothers and is widely regarded as one of the great lost gems of the late 1970s. The life and music of Dennis Wilson is a a rarely-told, though absolutely essential chapter in the history of the Beach Boys and the Wilson family.
Wilson’s close friends, family and collaborators - including Brian Wilson - discuss how his musical passions both reflected and contradicted his hard, fast lifestyle. We also hear from Dennis, himself, in excerpts of a 1977 radio interview.
The show is hosted by another great drummer named Dennis…Dennis Diken of the Smithereens, who has also authored liner notes for many of the recent Beach Boys CD reissues.

The Dennis Wilson Podcast Episode 1
The Dennis Wilson Podcast Episode 2
The Dennis Wilson Podcast Episode 3



Update 20:44
Nach Rauskramen und Anhören der alten Schallplatte: ein unglaubliches Album. Warum habe ich das jahrelang nicht gehört?

oder:
BEFORE AND AFTER II
oder:
When I was young: Frauen, die ich liebte ...




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oder:
BEFORE AND AFTER III
oder:
When I was young: Frauen, die ich liebte ...




Danke, Jools, immer noch diese kleinen Schauer, wenn Du singst:
I been travellin'
Gone a long long time
Don't know what I'd find
Scared of what I'd find
I can't I just can't walk down this road ...

Was mir schön häufiger auffiel: wie die gerade Anfang Zwanzigjährigen damals existenzielle Erfahrungen so ausdrücken konnten, dass man immer noch das Gefühl hat, sie hätten eigentlich die Lebenserfahrung von heute (In my Life von den Beatles oder von Sean Connery auf dem gleichnamigen Album von George Martin(!) ... oder auch Lieder der ersten BeeGees LP...)


A fella told me
This here road leads to Cairo
I got to get me a ride
I got to go back
Go back to my children
I got to see my little bride

I been travellin'
Gone a long long time
Don't know what I'll find
Scared of what I'll find
But I just got to see them again

Hey thanks for stoppin'
Are you headed down to Cairo?
I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
Why to little old Cairo?
No special reason
Look up some folks I used to know

Me I travel some
Have my share of fun
Now that's a life a man can live
Sure I've played and lost
But who minds the cost
You got to take more than you give

Hey you got another cigar?
Son I sure like this car
Oh from your daddy as a gift
Say on second thought
There's gifts I haven't bought
Just drop me here
Thanks for the lift

Yes I've travelled some
Yes I've been a bum
Never have a dime for gin
Left to make my way
Told her I can't stay
To see my children poor as sin

I know this road
It leads straight into Cairo
Twenty-two miles straight ahead
I can't I can't walk down this road to Cairo
They're better thinkin' I'm dead

I been travellin'
Gone a long long time
Don't know what I'd find
Scared of what I'd find
I can't I just can't walk down this road

David Ackles

Aus Tom Sutpens Serie:
Brian Wilson

2 schöne Fundstücke:
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band "Canyons of your mind"


Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band "Death Cab For Cutie"


via twilightzone

Janis & Grace - these two ladies were the most prominent female vocalists that emerged from the Bay area during the psychedelic summer of love days... :

We are here to make a better world.

No amount of rationalization or blaming can preempt the moment of choice each of us brings to our situation here on this planet. The lesson of the 60's is that people who cared enough to do right could change history.

We didn't end racism but we ended legal segregation.

We ended the idea that you could send half-a-million soldiers around the world to fight a war that people do not support.

We ended the idea that women are second-class citizens.

We made the environment an issue that couldn't be avoided.

The big battles that we won cannot be reversed. We were young, self-righteous, reckless, hypocritical, brave,silly, headstrong and scared half to death.

And we were right.

Abbie Hoffman