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Saturday, April 21, 2018
Record Store Day 2018
Happy Record Store Day to all!!
Please follow the link to view the complete listing of exclusive vinyl to be released at your local indie record store.
Friday, April 20, 2018
Hall of Fame Feuds (Ultimate Classic Rock)
Confirmation that Mark Knopfler wasn't performing with Dire Straits when his former band got inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame came as no surprise. After all, they'd long since split into competing musical camps: Knopfler moved on as a solo artist, while some of the others toured as "the Straits."
Read more @ Ultimate Classic Rock
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Eric Clapton's Life In 12 Bars Soundtrack to Feature Unreleased Tracks (jambands.com)
Showtime and director Lili Fini Zanuck’s new Eric Clapton documentary Life in 12 Bars will get a complimentary soundtrack this summer, and the 32 tracks included on the compilation—which takes from various eras of Clapton’s illustrious career—will include five previously unreleased tracks and more.
Read more @jambands.com: http://www.jambands.com/news/2018/04/13/eric-clapton-s-life-in-12-bars-documentary-soundtrack-to-feature-previously-unreleased-tracks/#ixzz5CePSLuUa
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
25 Totally Crazy Music Conspiracy Theories (UCR)
Insane, and maybe untrue, stories about famous people have been around for ages. Still, as you'll see in our list of 25 Totally Crazy Music Conspiracy Theories, this subgenre of celebrity buzz has really taken off in the internet age.
Read more @ Ultimate Classic Rock
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Huey Lewis Cancels All 2018 Tour Dates (jambands.com)
Huey Lewis and the News are canceling all of their 2018 tour dates, due to the lead singer’s ongoing hearing loss. In an official statement Lewis writes that he “can’t hear music well enough to sing” and that “lower frequencies distort violently making it impossible to find pitch.”
Read more @jambands.com: http://www.jambands.com/news/2018/04/13/huey-lewis-cancels-all-2018-tour-dates-describes-battle-with-hearing-loss/#ixzz5CeOigjCg
Monday, April 16, 2018
LivePhish Releases 08/26/93 Recording, Announces New Video on Demand (jambands.com)
LivePhish has announced the release of a Summer ’93 audio records, as well as a new video platform that lets subscribers watch concerts on demand.
Read more @jambands.com: http://www.jambands.com/news/2018/04/12/livephish-releases-8-26-93-recording-announces-new-video-platform/#ixzz5CeSGYMRQ
Sunday, April 15, 2018
On The Turntable This Sunday...Kings of the Wild Frontier

Kings of the Wild Frontier was released on 3 November 1980 by CBS Records in the UK and Epic records internationally. It reached No. 1 in the UK Album Chart,and spawned three hit singles: "Kings of the Wild Frontier", which was released in July and reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart; "Dog Eat Dog", which reached No. 4; and 'Antmusic', released in December and reaching No. 2, as well as No. 1 in Australia for five weeks. The album was the UK number 1 selling album in 1981 (and the 48th best seller in 1980) and won Best British Album at the 1982 Brit Awards.
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