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Midweek Music Moment: All Things Must Pass, George Harrison

Truly, I’m not on a Beatles kick. The fact three of the first four Midweek Music Moments have dealt with Beatles-related releases is a coincidence of dates. And a couple things justify this week’s selection. First, as far as I am concerned, All Things Must Pass, released on Nov. 27, 1970, is the best post-Beatles […]

Midweek Music Moment: Santana III, Santana

Technically, this album is just called Santana. It became known as Santana III because it was the band’s third album but their first LP was also called Santana.

Santana III reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in the magazine’s Nov. 13, 1971, issue. Even though I have an autographed copy of the album […]

Midweek Music Moment: Abbey Road, The Beatles

Recently, I’ve found myself listening almost incessantly to certain albums from the late ’60s and early ’70s. The “rediscovery” of this music leads to what I hope will become a weekly installment on the blog.

The focus largely will be on older albums for which the dates of the current week were important in […]

BTR 30th Hammersmith Odeon DVD

There’s an adage among fans of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. It’s basically that, no matter how many times you’ve seen them, the best concert you’ve ever been to is the last one of theirs you saw. That thought came to mind as I was watching the DVD of their 1975 concert at […]

Born to Run anniversary set announced

From an e-mail from Bruce Springsteen’s official site:

Columbia Records will release the ‘Born To Run 30th Anniversary Edition’ box set on November 15. Personally supervised by Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau, the box set includes “Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75,” an astonishing film of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s legendary 1975 concert at […]