Blast IT

[caseyjo]

Whats the last song, Tv Vid, or on-line tune you listened to?..If you cant remember, what do you feel like listening to & if you dont feel like listening to anything, what is one of your all time favorite tunes?..Take your pic.....It's Blast it  time in the old TBd music room tonight.... So hit it peeps This is what I just listened to......It's actually on my profile right now.

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, January 2nd, 1950: Sam Phillips opens Memphis Recording Service, which he later renames Sun Studio.
While Elvis got all the attention, what frequently gets called the "first Rock n' Roll single,  "Rocket 88", by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm, under a different name) was recorded there in 1951, which really put Sam on the musical map, lending some credence to Sam's own claims that Memphis Recording Service / Sun Studios was the "birthplace of Rock and Roll".

[Snagg]

[Angharad]

Nice.

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Bonnie And Clyde" Never charted, released 1/2/68, by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot

Steve Wynn's version (with Johnette Napolitano taking Bardot's place) comes from his 1991 album, "A Dazzling Display"

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, January 3rd, 1926: Sir George Martin b. London England.

Possibly the man who made "producing" music a term that the average Joe could understand, Martin produced all but one of the Beatles' albums, as well as dozens of others. A meticulous arranger, naturally curious about new and unusual sounds, Martin taught the Liverpool band how to use the recording studio itself as an instrument, allowing their musical imaginations and ambitions to expand accordingly.

While he is certainly most closely associated with the Beatles, Martin had a vast catalog of artists he worked with: Gerry & the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Jeff Beck, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Kate Bush and literally dozens of others; His production of Elton John's Princess Diana tribute, "Candle In The Wind," remains the biggest-selling single in British music history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Martin#Selected_discography

[Snagg]

Today, January 3rd, is "Memento Mori Day"; Interpreted from Latin, it means "Remember: You Die"; It's a day meant for you to cherish what you have, because you may not get another tomorrow...

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"Dark Globe" non-single; Released 1/3/1970, by Syd Barrett, on his first solo album, "The Madcap Laughs"

Cover by Mamavegas, from a 2014 compilation cassette of Italian bands, "This Is Not A Love Song Comp.03"

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, January 4th, 1942: Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, b. West Riding of Yorkshire, England

[Angharad]

Love the fusion.

[Snagg]

[Snagg]

Cover Of The Day:



"The Crystal Ship", released 1/4/1967, on the Doors debut album; Never a single itself, it did appear as the B side to "Light My Fire".

Cover by Dead Meadow, from "A Psych Tribute to the Doors", a 2014 various-artists collection

[Snagg]

Today, in Musical History, January 5th, 1979: Elvis Costello & the Attracations release their third album, "Armed Forces"

Original title: "Emotional Fascism".