Punk 1977 or grunge 1991: which rupture changed music more?
Two short windows that reset guitars, labels and attitudes.
The Cure – Killing An Arab
Recorded on 20 September 1978 and issued that December on Small Wonder, Killing an Arab was the Cure's first single, a two-minute reading of Camus.
Be Here Now – Abbey Road, then the countryside overload
On 21 August 1997 Creation released Be Here Now, cut across Abbey Road, AIR, Orinoco, Master Rock and Ridge Farm with Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher producing.
Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
In January 1982, Joe Jackson recorded Steppin' Out at Blue Rock Studio in SoHo, the single that became his highest US hit.
A Saucerful Of Secrets – Barrett exit, Gilmour entry, Hipgnosis collage
In June 1968, Pink Floyd released A Saucerful of Secrets on EMI Columbia, the only studio album to feature both Syd Barrett and David Gilmour on the same tracklist.
The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1979 (Mellon Collie, 1995): Corgan poem, Flood, drum machine pulse, alt-radio hit.
TOTO – Session kings who wrote their own radio
David Paich, Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro, David Hungate, and Bobby Kimball formed Toto in Los Angeles in 1977 after years of first-call session work.
Interview of Tom Waits (1979)
Tom Waits on Australia's Don Lane Show in 1979, in the wake of Blue Valentine, is charm wearing wreckage as costume.
Kid Francescoli – The Player
On 13 January 2017, Kid Francescoli released The Player, sung with Julia Minkin, ahead of the album Play Me Again.
Electric Warrior – Visconti glam that stuck the riff
In September 1971, Fly Records released Electric Warrior, the T. Rex album Tony Visconti produced after Marc Bolan shortened the band name and plugged the folk duo into a full rock band.