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No Quarter: Led Zeppelin’s Houses Of The Holy at 50

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Atlantic Records, Dancing Days, Houses Of The Holy, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, No Quarter, Robert Plant, The Ocean, The Rain Song, The Song Remains The Same

A look back at the band’s farewell to Atlantic Records

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Easy Money: King Crimson’s Larks’ Tongues in Aspic at 50

March 24, 2023March 26, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bill Bruford, Discipline Global Mobile, Jamie Muir, John Wetton, King Crimson, Larks' Tongue In Aspic, Pink Floyd, Robert Fripp

Looking back on the band’s greatest album

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Folk Rock 

Little Trip To Heaven: Tom Waits’ Closing Time At 50

March 6, 2023 Craig Peters 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Asylum Records, Blue Oyster Cult, Closing Time, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Hollies, Tom Waits

A look back at Tom Waits’ masterful (and uncharacteristic) debut

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Rock 

Borstal Boys: Faces’ Ooh La La at 50

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Faces, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones, Ooh La La, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, Small Faces, The Faces

Looking back on the British greats’ fourth and final studio album

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Hard Rock Rock 

Generation Landslide: Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies at 50

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Agents of SHIELD, Alice Cooper, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Billion Dollar Babies, Donovan, Family Guy, Harry Nilsson, Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, T.Rex, The Simpsons

What you may not know about the band’s classic sixth LP

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Any Colour You Like: The Dark Side of the Moon Turns 50

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Capitol Records, David Gilmour, Legacy Recordings, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd’s record-setting album was indeed a true band effort

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Folk Psychedelics Rock 

May You Never: John Martyn’s Solid Air Turns 50

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Island Records, John Martyn, Skip James, Solid Air

The Scottish troubadour fused funk, jazz and more into his tender, trippy psych-folk stew

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Rock 

Heavy Chevy: Grin’s All Out at 50

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, All Out, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Grin, Neil Young + Crazy Horse, Nils Lofgren

How the third album from Nils Lofgren’s early band secured its legacy

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Punk Rock 

Shake Appeal: Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power at 50

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, David Bowie, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, James Williamson, Raw Power, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, The Stooges

Looking back on a half-century of a punk rock landmark

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Funk Rock Southern Rock 

Roll Um Easy: Little Feat’s Dixie Chicken at 50

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Alice Cooper, Bill Payne, Captain Beefheart, Dixie Chicken, Frank Zappa, Fred Tackett, Gordon Lightfoot, Jimmy Webb, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder

Looking back on the band’s greatest studio album

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Place In Line: Deep Purple’s Who Do We Think We Are at 50

January 23, 2023 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Who Do We Think We Are, Woman from Tokyo

Looking back at an underrated album from the band’s Mark II era

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Rock 

Bob Seger Wants to Bury ‘Back in ‘72,’ But He’s Wrong

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Allman Brothers Band, Back in '72, Bob Seger, Capitol Records, Midnight Rider, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

50 Years on, Seger’s dirty secret still rocks

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A Case For Bob Weir’s Ace

January 16, 2023January 18, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Ace, Bob Weir, Bobby Weir and the Wolf Bros., Don Was, Mexicali Blues, Radio City Music Hall, The Grateful Dead, Wolf Bros.

The Dead man’s solo debut gets a belated 50th anniversary revisit

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Bruce Rock 

Greetings Again From Asbury Park, N.J.

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., New Jersey, The New Dylan

Bruce Springsteen’s debut LP, 50 years later

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jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

Celestial Terrestrial Commuters: Mahavishnu Orchestra’s Birds of Fire at 50

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Billy Cobham, Birds of Fire, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Kraftwerk, Mahavishnu, Miles Davis, Rick Laird

Looking back on a landmark album that blurred the lines between jazz and prog

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