Afterlife Interview with Eddie Van Halen
Riffs and Beats finds Eddie Van Halen in a Pasadena garage glow, Frankenstrat on his shoulder, back to the workbench where another impossible idea is already half-built.
Stronger Than Pride – Dry rooms, voice upfront
Open Stronger Than Pride and the mix thins on purpose: Sade's third album, dry rooms, voice upfront.
Moby – Porcelain
Moby’s Porcelain (Play, V2/Mute, 1999): Mott Street apartment, reversed strings, quiet vocal, licensing afterlife.
Madison Square Garden 1986 – Run-D.M.C.
On 19 July 1986 Run-D.M.C. headlined Madison Square Garden on the Raising Hell tour; Adidas executive Angelo Anastasio watched My Adidas lift twenty thousand shoes.
Moon Martin – Bad News
Bad News sits on Moon Martin's Street Fever (Capitol, 1980): lean pop-rock after Rolene and the Palmer cover story.
Patti Smith – Poetry with a microphone and a snarl
The first line of Horses does not ask permission: a CBGB poetry reading that learned how to bite.
Peter Tosh – Johnny B. Goode
In 1983, Peter Tosh opened the Mama Africa campaign with a reggae rewrite of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode, produced with Chris Kimsey for EMI America.
Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
On 8 November 1971 Led Zeppelin released an untitled Atlantic album tracked mostly at Headley Grange, with four symbols on the sleeve and Stairway to Heaven in the middle.
Christine And The Queens – To Be Honest
Christine and the Queens’ March 2023 To Be Honest, from PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE, is a slow synth confession at heartbeat pace.
ABBA – Glitter with a fracture
ABBA went from Eurovision's Waterloo to worldwide singles before the divorce years shut the studio door, then returned with Voyage and the avatar shows.