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The monumental album that turned The Who into one of rock's biggest bands
On this day, 55 years ago, The Who released an album that opened whole new vistas for rock music and the record album. Tommy was one of the first 'rock operas', and it turned The Who into one of the world's most important rock bands. It has since been adapted as a movie, an opera, a dance productio…
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One of the greatest rock albums ever was recorded by tax exiles in the south of France
Despite being the biggest rock band in the world, the Rolling Stones were deeply in debt in 1972. So they packed up their mobile recording studio, and headed to the French Riviera to record in an old mansion that was once a Nazi headquarters. It was a month-long party marked by wild debauchery, bu…
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The Album & Film that Proved to be The Beatles Final Chapter: Let It Be
The newly restored version of the Beatles original documentary, Let It Be, is about to be released for the first time in four decades. And to mark that occasion, Randy Renaud revisits the recording and filming of what ended up being the Fab Four's farewell project: Let It Be. On this week's edition…
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The Story of Led Zeppelin's Very First Montreal Concert
April 13, 1970 was a night that would go down as one of the greatest highlights in Montreal concert lore, because it was the night that Led Zeppelin came to town for the first time. They became the first band to ever sell out the Forum, and something happened that night that would, in the years to …
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53 Years Ago This Week, Jethro Tull Released One of the Greatest Albums of the 70's
Although leader Ian Anderson denied that it was ever intended to be a concept album, Jethro Tull's breakthrough album, Aqualung, explored the contradictions of institutional religion and contemporary social conditions on an album that would go to be hailed as an all-time classic. Randy Renaud has t…
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U2's Masterpiece Was Released 37 Years Ago This Week
This week in 1987, the rock world was buzzing about the brilliant new album from U2, on which the Irish band painted a portrait of America in song. It ended up winning the Grammy for Album of the Year, and would then go on to become one of the best-selling albums in history. Randy Renaud has the st…
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