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Electric Light Orchestra – Roll Over Beethoven (1973)
“Roll Over Beethoven” is the second single released by the Electric Light Orchestra. It became their second consecutive top ten hit in the UK, as well as a hit in the United States when an edited...
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John Cale – Sabotage/Live (1979)
Sabotage/Live was recorded live at CBGB’s, New York in June 1979. Reissued on CD by A&M Canada without bonus tracks and reissued again in the UK a decade later with the following bonus tracks:...
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John Cale – Animal Justice (1977)
Another excellent short chapter from the great John Cale library. The upbeat, driving rocker “Chicken Shit” which opens the EP has a great backstory: “Cale’s often loud, abrasive and confrontational...
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Chuck Berry feat. Keith Richards – Nadine (1986)
Chuck Berry continued to play 70 to 100 one-nighters per year in the 1980s, still traveling solo and requiring a local band to back him at each stop. In 1986, Taylor Hackford made a documentary film,...
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The Jesus And Mary Chain – Surfin’ USA (The Beach Boys Cover Version) (1988)
“Surfin’ USA” is a song with lyrics written by Brian Wilson for The Beach Boys, set to the melody from Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”. Berry received co-writing credit for composing the song...
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Keith Richards – Run Rudolph Run (1978)
What a holiday gift for us Keithaholics!!! Run Rudolph Run was written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie and it became a hit for Chuck Berry in 1958. Twenty years later, Keith Richards released his...
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David Bowie – Drive-In Saturday (1973)
As hard as it may be to comprehend, David Bowie’s Drive-In Saturday was released forty years ago on this day in 1973. The track was backed by the non-album Ziggy Stardust outtake, Round And Round, a...
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