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From The Vault Archives: 12/2023

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. /American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and singer. Here in Belgium 1983.

How Chet Baker defied the odds to become a jazz great: “Nobody can play with false teeth”

“I was determined to find a way”.

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 1, 2023
Listen to the isolated vocals of Roy Orbison on 'In Dreams'

How a run of covers saved Roy Orbison’s career

“The renaissance started”.

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 1, 2023
Kirsty MacColl and Evan Dando's cover of Lou Reed song 'Perfect Day'

The song Kirsty MacColl called “glorious and tragic at the same time”

“It doesn’t need cannons going off to have drama.”

Kelly Murphy
Dec 1, 2023
Taylor Hawkins - Foo Fighters - Drummer

The U2 song that Taylor Hawkins despised

“That was just a bummer to me”.

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 1, 2023
Prince - General - Far Out Magazine

‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’: The story behind Prince and the greatest solo ever

“He just burned it up”.

Dale Maplethorpe
Dec 1, 2023
Peter Gabriel - 2023 - Nadav Kander

The drummer Peter Gabriel compared to Jimi Hendrix: “Unacknowledged genius”

“Theres no drummer who is quite so orchestral.”

Tom Taylor
Dec 1, 2023
Jeff Lynne - ELO - Electric Light Orchestra

Jeff Lynne on the most “beautiful” guitar sound ever

The musical maestro behind brilliant melodies.

Tim Coffman
Dec 1, 2023
Kurt Cobain - Nirvana

The band Kurt Cobain called “an untalented piece of shit”

The division between hairspray and flannel generations.

Tim Coffman
Dec 1, 2023
John Lennon - Yoko Ono - 1970s

The three songs that soundtracked John Lennon’s final days

“I love all this punky stuff.”

Tom Taylor
Dec 1, 2023
Bob Dylan in Copenhagen, 1966

The songwriter Bob Dylan called a “genius”

The legendary songwriter shows his love for a late peer.

Jordan Potter
Dec 1, 2023
Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys

The song that inspired Brian Wilson to produce records 

“I thought it was the greatest record I ever heard.”

Elle Palmer
Dec 1, 2023
Eric Clapton - Far Out Magazine

The pop icon Eric Clapton thought was “all packaging”

Not understanding the appeal.

Tim Coffman
Dec 1, 2023

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