1978

Beatle Films Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Fixing A Hole: Robert Stigwood’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band at 45

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Earth Wind & Fire, George Burns, peter Frampton, Sandy Farina, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Bee Gees

Looking back on the project that almost killed the careers of the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton

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New Wave Pop Rock 

Stay Hungry: Talking Heads’ More Songs About Buildings and Food at 45

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Sire Records, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the band’s breakthrough second album

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Rock 

Trust Your Heart: The Kinks’ Misfits at 45

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy, Arista Records, Dave Davies, Misfits, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Reflecting on the UK greats’ late ’70s classic

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Dance Electronic Electronics Pop 

Cities Made of Light: Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine Turns 45

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Capitol Records, David Bowie, Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk, The Man-Machine, The Sex Pistols, The Stooges

Looking back on the German group’s most human album

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Rock 

Inner Tube: Joe Walsh’s But Seriously, Folks… at 45

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Asylum Records, But Seriously Folks..., Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good, The Big Lebowski, The Dude, The Eagles

Life’s been good to the Eagles guitarist’s fourth solo album

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Hard Rock Power Pop Rock 

On Top of the World: Cheap Trick’s Heaven Tonight at 45

April 24, 2023April 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Heaven Tonight, Kiss, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Surrender, Tom Petersson

Looking back on the band’s remarkable third LP

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

Thank You Friends: Big Star’s Third / Sister Lovers at 45

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 David Richman 2 Comments 1978, Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel, Big Star, Chris Bell, Jim Dickinson, Jody Stephens, John Fry, Sister Lovers, The Replacements, Third

An exclusive interview with the band’s sole surviving member Jody Stephens

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Art Pop Dream Pop Pop Rock 

Strange Phenomena: Kate Bush’s The Kick Inside at 45

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Harvest Records, Kate Bush, The Kick Inside, Wuthering Heights

Looking back on the album that ascended her to the top of the charts

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Runnin’ With The Devil: ‘Van Halen’ at 45

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Michael Anthony, Montrose, Ted Templeman, Van Halen, Warner Bros. Records

Is the band’s ferocious debut LP ground zero for hair metal?

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Rock 

Lawyers, Guns and Money: Warren Zevon’s Excitable Boy at 45

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Excitable Boy, Lawyers Guns and Money, Warren The Headless Thompson Gunner, Warren Zevon, Werewolves of London

Looking back on the legendary songwriter’s most popular album

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Funk Music Journalism 

Arista Records and the P-Funk Multiverse

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1978, All The Woo In The World, Arista Records, Barry White, Bernie Worrell, Chaka Khan, Glenn Goins, Mitchell Cohen, Parliament-Funkadelic, Quazar, Ray Parker Jr., Raydio, Stevie Wonder, Tom Vickers

Read the funkiest excerpt from Mitchell Cohen’s Looking for the Magic: New York City, the ‘70s and The Rise of Arista Records

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Rock 

40 Years of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Winterland

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Pat Daly 2 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band

December 15th, 2018, marks the 40th anniversary of the greatest rock show ever.

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Punk Rock 

So Alone at 40

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Tim Sommer 5 Comments 1978, Johnny Thunders, Paul Cook, Phil Lynott, Steve Jones, Steve Lillywhite

An interview with the legendary Steve Lillywhite, producer of Johnny Thunders’ solo debut

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Rock 

Was It The Dead Or Was It Disco?

December 1, 2018August 1, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead

Regardless, Garcia and Company got into a groove on Shakedown Street

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Rock 

How You Gonna See Me in 40 Years

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Alice Cooper, Warner Bros.

A look back at Alice Cooper’s From the Inside

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