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349 Tom Petty - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Jun 07, 2021

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The John Cougar Mellencamp of Gainsville. The Bob Seger of the Swamp.
Maybe that only good thing to ever come out of Florida, Tom Petty, was one of America’s greatest song writers ever;
full-stop.

Thirteen studio albums with The Heartbreakers.
Three as a solo artist. A couple with The Traveling Wilburys.
More platinum and gold status recordings than you can shake a stick at!
EIGHT Saturday Night Live appearances, and a GD SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW.

His influence on rock music CANNOT be over stated.

So why is it that this limey nightmare of a tome only giving us one (and not even his best) album?

Let’s talk Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers!

348 Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today Jun 03, 2021

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The book delivers an outstanding work of art by Curtis Mayfield that is completely of time and yet, sadly, ours as well.

Let’s talk Curtis Mayfield, There’s No Place Like America Today.

347 Earth Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World May 31, 2021

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Sporting six members and yet, somehow, still two elements shy of summoning a Captain Planet, Earth Wind and Fire, wrote a great soundtrack to an awful film… of which they also starred.

In the immortal words of record producer Coleman Buckmaster:

“They’re just gonna keep cranking out that same kind of garbage. Right now the idea is to have me produce fast-buck bubblegum shit. Then when they think the drug supplies are loosening up, then they tell me to produce some music for kids to freak out by.”

Let’s talk Earth Wind and Fire, That’s the Way of the World!

346 Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger May 27, 2021

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“It was the time of the preacher,
in the year of 01
Now the preachin’ is over
and the lesson’s begun”

Lets talk Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger!

345 Queen - A Night at the Opera May 24, 2021

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Known bicycle enthusiasts and Star Wars haters, Queen, made their definitive statement in the Fall of 1975.

Recorded for the princely sum of 40,000 pounds sterling over the course of four months, A Night At The Opera is purported to be the most expensive album (up to that point) ever put to tape.
It just so happens to be (arguably) their best work, too.

Let’s talk Queen, A Night at the Opera!

344 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here May 20, 2021

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Five songs, forty four minutes and eleven seconds of rock n roll perfection.

Let’s talk Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here!

343 Patti Smith - Horses May 17, 2021

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Cultural icon, friend to Robert Mapplrthorpe and progenitor of the French Tuck, Patti Smith, went and made the first ever punk rock record with her debut album.

During a two month residency at CBGB w/ Television, Smith and her band got solid traction in the New York scene, eventually catching the ear of an industry exec who signed them to Arista Records.

Once signed, the band headed into the studio, got John Cale on board to produce, and in a month’s time, made music history in the early Fall of 1975.

It’s a seminal work, a must listen, and one of the most important albums ever pressed to wax…

…some of us are here for it.

Let’s talk Patti Smith, Horses!

342 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks May 13, 2021

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Uncle Robert is back and he is feeling all the things.

Coming off an early 1974 tour with The Band, Dylan began an affair with a Columbia Records employee, took some art classes and, more or less, began the ending of his union with then wife, Sara Dylan.

Hashed out on his Minnesota farm with mistress in tow and recorded in the fall of 1974, the subsequent seventeen songs may well be the most intimately autobiographical accounting of a marriage falling apart ever put to tape.

Let’s talk Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks!

341 Neil Young - Tonight's the Night May 10, 2021

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The best part of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young but always getting fourth billing, Neil Young, continues heading right into the ditch with his sixth studio album.

Recorded in 1973 but released in 1975, Tonight’s the Night finds Neil in full on grief and mourning following the deaths of Crazy Horse guitarist, Danny Whiten, and friend/roadie Bruce Berry. The songs were written and recorded in the few months following those tragic events.

It is both a bummer and beautiful.

Let’s talk Neil Young, Tonight’s the Night!

340 Rahul Dev Burman - Shalimar May 06, 2021

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R.D Burman’s musical contribution to Indian cinema cannot be overstated. He has 331 scores to his name and the soundtrack to Shalimar absolutely rules.

The book delivers a singular gem we’d never have heard other wise.

Let’s talk R.D Burman, The Shalimar Soundtrack!

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