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Saluting Jerry Moss: 10 A&M Obscurities You Need to Know

August 23, 2023August 23, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments A&M Records, Bobby Hart, Byzantium, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, Paul Kelly, Paul Kelly and the Messengers, Piper, RIP, Roger Nichols, Ron Davies, Sisters Love, Tamba 4, The Keys, The Merchants of Dream, Tommy Boyce

Honoring a legend with regal rarities he helped to make a reality

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock

See You In Hell: Monster Magnet’s Power Trip at 25

June 16, 2023June 17, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, A&M Records, Dave Wyndorf, Ed Mundell, Matt Hyde, Monster Magnet, Powertrip, Space Lord

Celebrating one mother mother of a rock album

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Heavy Metal Poisoning: Styx’s Kilroy Was Here at 40

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Dennis DeYoung, Kilroy Was Here, Styx, Tommy Shaw

Misunderstood gem or the album that killed the band?

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Special Indeed: A Very Special Christmas at 35

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Very Christmas, A&M Records, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Christmas, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Patti Smith, Run DMC, Stevie Nicks, Sting, The Eurythmics, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Whitney Houston

The greatest modern-era Christmas compilation was released in 1987; here’s why it’s so memorable

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Storybook Love: Willy DeVille’s Miracle at 35

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1987, A&M Records, CBGB, Doc Pomus, Guy Fletcher, Jack Nitzsche, Mark Knopfler, Mink DeVille, Miracle, The Princess Bride, Willy DeVille

Looking back on the turning point of the CBGB legend’s career

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock

How the Gin Blossoms Made Melancholia Fun: New Miserable Experience Turns 30

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Allison Road, Doug Hopkins, Found Out About You, Gin Blossoms, Hey Jealousy, Jesse Valenzuela, New Miserable Experience, Robin Wilson

Power-pop riffs, alcohol and Arizona sunshine are part of the package on a ‘90s classic

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Story of the Ghost: Celebrating 40 Years of a Classic Police Album

October 19, 2021April 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Andy Summers, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Ghost in the Machine, Hugh Padgham, Invisible Sun, Spirits in the Material World, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

1981’s Ghost in the Machine underscores the trio’s fast ascent to superstar success

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Funk jazz Pop Soul

Aaron Neville: Warming Hearts In Crescent City

June 30, 2021January 8, 2023 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Aaron Neville, Bo Diddley, Bobby Blue BLand, Everybody Plays The Fool, Fats Domino, Linda Ronstadt, New Orleans, Roy Orbison, Tipitina’s, Warm Your Heart

Looking back at the New Orleans icon’s epic 1991 LP

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jazz Pop Progressive Rock

How Sting Built The Soul Cages 30 Years Ago

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1991, A&M Records, All This Time, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Sting, The Last Ship, The Police, The Soul Cages

Looking back at the Policeman’s understated triumph as songpoet and stealth-progger

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If I Had A Rocket Launcher: 35 Years of Bruce Cockburn’s Stealing Fire

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1979, 35th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary, A&M Records, Bruce Cockburn, Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws, If I Had a Rocket Launcher, Lovers In a Dangerous Time, Peggy's Kitchen Wall, Rumours of Glory, Stealing Fire, The Trouble with Normal

On the anniversary of the Canadian songwriter’s classic 13th LP, its relevance remains strong.

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On Lee Michaels’ Nice Day for Something and Tailface

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments A&M Records, Columbia Records, Lee Michaels

A brief but pervasive tag team triumph

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Track-by-Track: The Tubes’ Remote Control

June 27, 2018August 16, 2023 Bill Kopp 0 Comments A&M Records, New Wave, Roxy Music, The Tubes, Todd Rundgren

A deeper look into a New Wave classic

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