Bang The Drum All Day

Bang The Drum All Day

Sunday, 31 October 2021

The Velvet Underground movie shows why 'The VU & Nico' album is such a classic

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I love a good music documentary and the latest film by Todd Haynes on the Velvet Underground definitely hits the spot.  On the basis that a ...
Tuesday, 19 October 2021

Miles Davis and the track name mix-up on Kind Of Blue

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Kind Of Blue - the best selling jazz record of all time - had one major flaw. The names of the tracks on side two of the vinyl record were ...
Thursday, 29 July 2021

1974 - Sparks release Kimono My House

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  For many a teenage record buyer in 1974, turning on the radio to hear Ron Mael's electric piano ushering in the falsetto tones of br...
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Wednesday, 21 July 2021

What is Led Zeppelin's best acoustic song?

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In 1969, after Led Zeppelin had released two albums heavy on the blues rock, it would have been impossible to imagine they would later be kn...
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Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Pink Floyd - On tour in 1974 and 1977

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  The program on the left is from Pink Floyd's UK winter tour in 1974.                                                               On...
Sunday, 18 April 2021

Alice Cooper - back when he was genuinely scary

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Following on from my recent blog about the Frank Zappa movie , it's time to reminisce about one of the bands he took under his wing in t...
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