When U2’s debut release, Three, arrived on Sept. 26, 1979, it marked the band’s third attempt at sounding convincing in the studio. And they were
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The Beatles’ Abbey Road album is perhaps best known for the eight-song medley that defines Side Two. Known during the sessions as “The Long One,”
In early January 1969, following the fractious White Album sessions, the Beatles were determined to get back to their roots recording as a unit. But
Elton John began a North American leg of a world tour in mid-September 1979 that included a 10-date stint at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
Going into the mid-’70s, the Electric Light Orchestra had managed only modest hits with “Showdown” and a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven.” If
U2’s fourth album arrived just a little more than a year and a half after its punky predecessor War became a surprise platinum-selling hit. On
The Kinks’ self-titled debut album is perhaps rightly separated by “You Really Got Me” and songs that are not “You Really Got Me.” Released on
Just to let you know that they weren’t messing around with their debut album, Outlandos d’Amour, the Police followed it up less than a year
The artistic reemergence barely hinted at on Neil Young’s bluesy 1988 return to Reprise Records, This Note’s for You, was realized a year later. Freedom was
After spending a year in mourning, Paul McCartney made a roaring return to rock ‘n’ roll. He had lost his wife and frequent musical collaborator