Get back, get back, get back to the U.S.S.R. Those Ukraine girls really knock him out.
Category: Music
Prog Rock Leader Losses Continue
So soon after the death of Ian McDonald, Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker has passed away.
Scratching Post
John Lennon could really scratch an itch when he cut loose.
Here’s the original.
Rock On Beethoven
Three movements instead of four, and there’s a featured soloist. A distinction without too much of a difference between a concerto and a symphony.
https://youtu.be/_YFimrtCnUw
Note: This video was posted yesterday and it already has been viewed over 13,000 times. I wonder how many of those came from America vs. Europe?
The Black Queen Chants the Funeral March
The memories of black light posters, and the scent of marijuana smoke permeating the dorm, forever linger.
Much of the credit for King Crimson’s debut album belongs to the late Ian McDonald.
You Can Get Some Satisfaction
I have just made one of my occasional checks of YouTube to see if the complete Rolling Stones in Mono playlist is still there, and yes it is. The Rolling Stones have 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube, but I am one of only three subscribers to the mono collection. This is crazy! It isn’t a playlist that some fan threw together, it’s official. I bought the set for $110 as a collection of 96 kHz/24-bit FLAC files. In MP3 quality it will cost you a hundred bucks, and the CD set goes for over $200. But here it is, complete for free.
The attention paid to curating and mastering this set in original, true mono was unprecedented. Read all about it here: https://theaudiophileman.com/stones-mono/