Music Archives: 12/2024

Tina Turner - Duncan Raban - A Day In The Life

“I was knocked out”: why Tina Turner knew ‘River Deep – Mountain High’ would be a hit

Destined for greatness.

Dec 28, 2024

Salvador Dalí's fascinating tribute to Buster Keaton

‘666’: The album Salvador Dalí compared to La Sagrada Família

“It’s a stone song!”

Dec 27, 2024

Queen - Queen II - Queen 2

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: the song that terrified Queen’s record label

A huge potential miss…

Dec 27, 2024

Examining the mysterious death of Elliott Smith

A sound so delicate: who produced Elliott Smith?

In good hands…

Dec 27, 2024

Bernie Taupin - Elton John - Split

‘Jump Up!’: The Elton John album Bernie Taupin thought was “awful”

“Terrible.”

Dec 27, 2024

Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin - Guitarist

‘Whole Lotta Love’: How being a “studio brat” helped Jimmy Page perfect the Led Zeppelin classic

Guitar shredding genius

Dec 27, 2024

Kirk Hammett - Epiphone Flying V 1979 Custom Guitar - Metallica - 2023

‘Purple Haze’: The song that convinced Kirk Hammett to form a band

A classic Hendrix number.

Dec 27, 2024

Radio - Music - General - Radio - FM - DAB

The strange tale of the first time The Beatles were played on US radio

The start of something special…

Dec 27, 2024

Robert Plant - Singer - Musician - 2023

‘The Lemon Song’: The stolen lyrics Robert Plant wishes he could have written

“But why not?”

Dec 27, 2024

A brief history of the musical dark art of backmasking

What was the first song to use backmasking in music?

Mysterious conspiracies.

Dec 27, 2024

Fleetwood Mac - Border - Far Out Magazine

10 songs that confirmed the end of an artist’s career

Going out with an audible thud.

Dec 27, 2024

Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys

‘A Christmas Gift for You’: Brian Wilson’s favourite Phil Spector album

Brian Wilson once called this his favourite album of all time.

Dec 27, 2024