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From The Vault Archives: 12/2023

American rock band Television in a 1977 publicity photo promoting their debut album, Marquee Moon, on Elektra Records. Left to right: Billy Ficca, ...

The music and poetry that inspired Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine to start Television

The ingredients of punk.

Tom Taylor
Dec 29, 2023
Don Henley - Musician - The Eagles - Drummer - Vocalist

The country singer that gave Don Henley his first break

The first major deal he ever made.

Tim Coffman
Dec 29, 2023
Jimmy Page - 1965 - The Yardbirds - Led Zeppelin

How rockabilly inspired Jimmy Page to write ‘Whole Lotta Love’

“My early love for big intros.”

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 29, 2023
Tom Petty - Musician - 2012

The album Tom Petty thought he didn’t record correctly: “We couldn’t even play in a groove”

Not capturing the band’s real spirit.

Tim Coffman
Dec 29, 2023
Eric Clapton's favourite Muddy Waters song

The song Eric Clapton called a “spoof”

A weird track from the guitarist’s solo work.

Ben Forrest
Dec 29, 2023
Sex Pistols - Full Band - John Lydon - Steve Jones - Glen Matlock

The Sex Pistols song that references Captain Beefheart

“It’s just insanely entertaining.”

Tom Taylor
Dec 29, 2023
Bob Dylan - 1965 - Highway 61 Revisited album cover

The artist that gave Bob Dylan an identity crisis

The folk star considered retirement in the 1980s.

Ben Forrest
Dec 29, 2023
Kurt Cobain - Nirvana

Kurt Cobain once named the three bands he “absolutely despised”

He made no bones about hating them.

Arun Starkey
Dec 29, 2023
David Bowie - Space Oddity music video - 1969

David Bowie named “two of the worst lines” he ever wrote

Not exactly his proudest lyrical achievement.

Tim Coffman
Dec 29, 2023
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon - 1973

The argument at the heart of Pink Floyd album ‘Dark Side of the Moon’

The disagreements over the final mix.

Tim Coffman
Dec 29, 2023
Charlie Watts - The Rolling Stones - Drummer - Old

The Rolling Stones song that was “Charlie Watts’ meat and potatoes”

The beating heart of the British Invasion.

Tim Coffman
Dec 29, 2023
Carly Simon - 1972

The summer camp experience that set Carly Simon on a path to glory

The singer-songwriter owes a lot to her experience at camp.

Ben Forrest
Dec 29, 2023

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