T Rex – Get It On
Get It On, from T. Rex's Electric Warrior (1971), is Bolan's Chuck Berry rewrite produced by Tony Visconti with Flo & Eddie.
Mlah – Accordion, brass, and street French
In late 1988, Mlah came out of Studio Davout as Les Négresses Vertes' first album: accordion, brass and street French.
Sébastien Tellier – La Ritournelle
Sébastien Tellier’s La Ritournelle on Politics (2004): Tony Allen drums, Zdar mix, Bulgarian strings, seven-minute loop.
Metallica – Speed with a scar
Metallica took Bay Area thrash from Kill 'Em All through Master of Puppets to the Black Album's radio scale.
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams (Rumours, 1977): Nicks ten-minute write, Buckingham guitar answer, only US No. 1.
Sade – The sound of pure class
In 1984 London, Sade Adu and her band turned quiet groove, dry guitar, and a cool alto voice into Diamond Life, a debut that made restraint sound like a hit strategy.
Jamiroquai – Talullah
On Dynamite (2005), Talullah is Jamiroquai's mid-album love plea with strings and sax: album cut, not a single, band muscles showing.
Abbey Road – The Beatles
On 26 September 1969 the Beatles released the last album they recorded together, cut at Abbey Road with George Martin.
Interview of Ozzy Osbourne (1982)
In 1982, Night Flight catches Ozzy Osbourne in the Diary of a Madman window, months after Randy Rhoads' death and deep into the solo years that followed Black Sabbath.
The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
In 1997, Liam Howlett finished "Smack My Bitch Up" at his Essex studio, then Jonas Åkerlund's video was kept off daytime television.