Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze
Purple Haze, the Jimi Hendrix Experience's March 1967 Track Records single, turns a dream image into the trio's clearest early riff.
Mezzanine – Massive Attack
Massive Attack’s 1998 Mezzanine darkened Bristol trip-hop with strained sessions, Horace Andy’s Angel, and Elizabeth Fraser on Teardrop.
Serge Gainsbourg – Aux armes et caetera
In January 1979, at Dynamic Sounds in Kingston, Serge Gainsbourg set La Marseillaise to a Sly and Robbie groove.
Knebworth 1979 – Led Zeppelin
In August 1979 Led Zeppelin played two Saturdays at Knebworth Park, their last British concerts with John Bonham, before In Through the Out Door hit the shops.
5 things you didn’t know about AC/DC
[eltdf_dropcaps type="normal" color="" background_color=""]1[/eltdf_dropcaps]They recorded an album in a studio haunted by its own silence In 1980, just months after Bon.
Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
Blondie’s Hanging On The Telephone opens Parallel Lines (1978): a Nerves cover sped up by Mike Chapman and Debbie Harry’s urgent vocal.
Off the Wall – Michael Jackson
Off the Wall, released in 1979 with Quincy Jones, is where Michael Jackson's grown pop craft locks into the groove.
Interview of Björk (1997)
Melvyn Bragg's 1997 South Bank Show portrait of Björk moves between Iceland and the Spanish sessions around Homogenic.
Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvester’s You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Fantasy, 1978) pairs Patrick Cowley’s synths with gospel falsetto and put queer glam disco on the charts.
The Temptations – Silk pulled tight
The Temptations were Motown's precision vocal machine, from My Girl to Norman Whitfield's psychedelic soul years.