The Beatles – Thirty tracks in a blank sleeve
In November 1968, The Beatles released the White Album: thirty tracks in a near-blank sleeve, recorded largely as separate sessions at Abbey Road and Trident.
5 things you didn’t know about AC/DC
In 1980, months after Bon Scott’s death, AC/DC recorded Back in Black in a studio locals said was haunted.
Interview of Frank Zappa (1986)
On CNN's Crossfire in 1986, Frank Zappa sits across from the culture-war panel while the PMRC's warning-label campaign is still hot. He answers Tipper Gore dryly. Free speech comes first. Parental panic comes second.
Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence: bathroom draft, Tom Wilson added electric parts, Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 (1966).
Elvis Presley – Sun Records voltage for the living room
From Sun Studio in Memphis to Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley put rock and roll on national television and the voice stayed close even on television.
Interview of Bruce Springsteen (1984)
In 1984, with Born in the U.S.A. turning Bruce Springsteen into a stadium fixture, the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test sat him down for a plain talk about the album and the E Street Band.
The Wall – Pink Floyd
On 30 November 1979 Pink Floyd released The Wall: a double rock opera about a star who walls himself off, cut under Bob Ezrin while the band barely spoke.
Interview of Paul McCartney (1993)
On 13 February 1993, Paul McCartney walked into Saturday Night Live for Alec Baldwin's episode and sat opposite Chris Farley on The Chris Farley Show.
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.
Interview of Jimmy Page (1972)
Australia, 1972: Jimmy Page sits for a television interview while Led Zeppelin are still on the road between Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy.