50th anniversary Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Torn and Frayed: Exile on Main St. at 50

May 12, 2022May 15, 2022 Kara Tucker 2 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Anita Pallenberg, Charlie Watts, Exile on Main St., Jimmy Miller, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones

Looking back on what many consider to be the Rolling Stones’ greatest album

Folk Pop Rock

Hey Tomorrow: You Don’t Mess Around With Jim Turns 50

April 29, 2022April 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Jim Croce, Time In A Bottle, You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Celebrating the classic debut of Jim Croce, a legendary singer-songwriter taken far too soon

Blues Hard Rock Rock

Old Time Feelin’: 50 Years of Smokin’

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Alexis Korner, AOR, Clem Clempson, England, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, peter Frampton, Smokin', Stephen Stills, Steve Marriott, The Herd, The Small Faces

Looking back on the album that set Humble Pie ablaze

Folk

Open Wide The Hymns You Hide: Pink Moon Turns 50

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bryter Layter, FIve Leaves Left, Island Records, Nick Drake, Pink Moon, Volkswagen

A half-century later, Nick Drake’s third LP continues to reveal new layers of a British folk icon gone too soon

Pop Rock

Paul Simon at 50: Warm, In Your Coat

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Duncan, Graceland, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Paul Simon, Ron Carter, Stephane Grappelli, Warner Bros.

Half a Century nn, Paul Simon’s self-titled solo album reflects essential independence

Blues Folk

Ry Cooder Kickstarts His Solo Career by Venturing Into the Purple Valley

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Monroe, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Doc Watson, Gordon Lightfoot, Into The Purple Valley, Jim Dickinson, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal and the Rising Sons, Van Morrison

Looking back on 50 years of a debut that put the spotlight on an American guitar icon

Glam Rock

Turn and Face the Strange: Hunky Dory at 50

December 17, 2021April 3, 2022 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Bowie, Changes, David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Kooks, Life On Mars?, Queen Bitch, Ziggy Stardust

Time will never change our love for David Bowie’s fourth album

Blues Rock

Any Day Woman: 50 Years of Bonnie Raitt

December 12, 2021April 3, 2022 Christopher Treacy 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Little Feat, Lowell George

With her eponymous 1971 debut, the California-born guitar legend was disrupting the template the others were establishing from the very start

Pop Rock

What If I’m Late: Nilsson Schmilsson at 50

November 30, 2021April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Barbra Streisand, Goodfellas, Gordon Lightfoot, Gotta Get Up, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Jump Into The Fire, Laura Nyro, Nilsson Schmilsson. Richard Perry, Randy Newman, Robert Altman, Russian Doll, The Beatles, Without You

In 1971, Harry Nilsson let the good times roll and made his greatest album

Blues Folk Pop

ALBUMS: This Cat Is On Fire

November 23, 2021November 26, 2021 David Bash 0 Comments 50th anniversary, Box Set, Cat Stevens, Teaser And The Firecat, Universal Music Enterprises, Yusuf, Yusuf Islam

The generous Teaser And The Firecat box set tells the complete tale of the classic Cat Stevens album

Folk Glam Rock

Your Cloak Full Of Eagles: Electric Warrior Turns 50

September 25, 2021April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Bang A Gong (Get It On), Bill Legend, Electric Warrior, Jeepster, Marc Bolan, Mickey Finn, New York Dolls, Rocky Horror, Steve Currie, T.Rex, the Bay City Rollers, The Jam, Ziggy Stardust

How Marc Bolan plugged in T.Rex and invented glam rock

Beatle

Above Us Only Sky: Imagine at 50

September 9, 2021March 29, 2022 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Crippled Inside, George Harrison, GIMME SOME TRUTH, Imagine, Jealous Guy, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono

A half century later, John Lennon’s second solo LP still stands as a towering testament to his artistry beyond The Beatles

Beatle

Dhani Harrison: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison, The Beatles

The Quiet One’s only son talks about working with his father’s catalogue, the process of putting the All Things Must Pass reissue together, and why vinyl still rules

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Rock

Sitting Silently At Will: Gene Clark’s White Light at 50

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1971, 50th anniversary, Gene Clark, Steve Young, The Byrds, The Dillards, The Flying Burrito Brothers, White Light

The first true solo LP from the former Byrd found him lowly lit but still flying high

Beatle Rock

George Harrison and The Return of All Things Once Passed…

August 7, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1970, 2021, 50th anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Bob Dylan, Capitol, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison, If Not For You, My Sweet Lord, Paul Hicks, The Beatles, UMe

A sumptuous 50th anniversary box set reveals treasures worthy of restoration from the Quiet Beatle’s triple fantasy

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