There were a few songs before XTC’s third album that hinted at something more than the workmanlike post-punk and New Wave that marked their earliest records. Like the 1978 single
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As reactions to the arrival of AC/DC’s new album Highway to Hell began to roll in, the band could be forgiven for feeling excited but
“Ned Kelly was wounded during the siege of Glenrowan today – but not by the police,” read a Sydney Morning Herald report dated Aug. 20,
The Fixx made the mistake of making a more adventurous, more serious album after their huge breakthrough with 1983’s Reach for the Beach. It didn’t
The mid-’70s should have been an easy time for Harry Nilsson. After producing a string of critically acclaimed but commercially middling albums, his star rose
Released on Aug. 19, 1974, So Far represented nothing more than a label stopgap measure as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young reconvened for a tour
Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s ’70s-era live shows were just as outsized as their albums. Maybe more so. Faced with myriad sound issues – from replicating
The Beatles marked a sad occasion on Aug. 20, 1969: the last time that all four were at EMI Studios at 3 Abbey Road, London
Fans grieved for Robert Plant when his young son Karac suddenly passed away in the summer of 1977. Then they held out hope through years
The Psychedelic Furs had already begun moving away from their early punk-influenced sound as sessions for Mirror Moves got underway. “I Don’t Want To Be