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In the late 1960s, bands were expected to release more than one album a year, and they were usually happy to do so since their income...
Released in December 1969 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States, shortly after the band’s 1969 American Tour, Let...
In Feb 1970, Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the UK chart with “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. The album went on to stay on the...
Island Records, which was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall, who relocated to the UK in May 1962, having released 26...
In August 1970, Creedence Clearwater Revival started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with their fifth studio album, Cosmo’s Factory, named after...
Yes, before Sharon, MTV and Ozzfest, John Michael ‘Ozzy Osbourn’ had a succession of jobs in the dark and depressing industrial English Midlands, including working at...
1969 had been a landmark year for Led Zeppelin, but exhausting: four US tours, five UK/European tours, two album releases and one huge single – Whole...
The band’s first album of the 1970s, Sticky Fingers was the ninth British and 11th American studio album by The Rolling Stones. Released in April 1971,...
After releasing Tommy in mid-1969, The Who went on an extended world tour to promote it, and returned to England at year’s end with a desire...
At the start of 1971 Pink Floyd were somewhat at a crossroads, musically. Having experimented with various sounds and styles on their previous albums, they decided...
On 8th Nov 1971, Led Zeppelin released their fourth album. With no title printed on the album, and generally referred to as Four Symbols, The Fourth...
Given a preference, The Faces always chose to be onstage or in a pub (ideally on stage in a pub) rather than inside a studio. However,...
These days, perhaps, Machine Head’s stature has become somewhat tainted by the overbearing familiarity of Smoke On The Water. As well as being Deep Purple’s best-known...
First manager Andrew Loog Oldham said in the sleeve notes to the Stones’ first album: ‘The Rolling Stones are more than a group, they are a...
No-one in March 1973 could have imagined that an album released in that month would still be thrilling listeners decades later, but it’s true. Generally regarded...
