More – Ibiza film score before the myths
In June 1969, Pink Floyd released More, their first proper film score, for Barbet Schroeder's Ibiza film on EMI Columbia.
Queen – Somebody to Love
Queen’s Somebody to Love (A Day at the Races, 1976): Mercury gospel stack, three voices as choir.
Interview of Tom Waits (1979)
Tom Waits on Australia's Don Lane Show in 1979, in the wake of Blue Valentine, is charming, and the wreckage stays in the act.
As You Were – Liam walks back into the charts
In October 2017, Liam Gallagher released As You Were and returned to the charts, with Greg Kurstin and Dan Grech-Marguerat producing.
Interview of Mick Jagger (1972)
July 1972, before Madison Square Garden: Dick Cavett sits with Mick Jagger and Bill Wyman while the Stones' American tour is already rolling.
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb (The Wall, 1979): Waters injection lyric, Gilmour composite solos.
Oasis – Live Forever
Oasis’s Live Forever (Definitely Maybe, 1994): Noel’s blunt hope answer to Nirvana-era misery.
Interview of Bob Dylan (2004)
December 2004 on 60 Minutes: Ed Bradley sits with Bob Dylan after nearly two decades without a proper TV interview, Chronicles just out.
Chasing Yesterday – Warmer mid-tempo, Johnny Marr on guitar
On Chasing Yesterday, Noel Gallagher writes warmer songs at a medium pace, with Johnny Marr on guitar.
Interview of Stevie Nicks (1981)
In 1981, on an ABC sit-down framed around the Bella Donna project, Stevie Nicks talks about songs she could finally keep for a record of her own. Producer Jimmy Iovine gave her a hard three-month window before she had to rejoin Fleetwood Mac in Paris.