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This week's classic album segment I am looking at the 1967 album by legendary American group Jefferson Airplane called Surrealistic Pillow which was the second album. The group were formed in San Francisco in 1965 with Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin, singe Anderson, Bob Harvey and Jerry Peloquin which that line-up played @ the Matrix Club on San Francisco on August 13th 1965 but that did'nt last long as Both Jerry and Bob left and were replaced by Skip Spence on drums which he was actually an guitarist and on bass Jack Casady who knew Jorma from Washington when they went to high school and also played together in an group called the Triumphs. That line up recorded the one album "jefferson Airplane Takes Off" that was released in march 1966 which went to no 128 in the USA and on mid 1966 Skip left to form Moby Grape which he replaced by Spencer Dryden an jazz drummer who was also the nephew of legendary actor Charlie Chaplin and in october 1966 Signe le...

LAst Saturday night I went to the Myer Centre cinema to see the movie Ruby Sparks. Calvin Weir Fields (Paul Dano)is an young writer is having writer's block which had wrote an successful novel at age but had struggling to write in equal quality and Dr Rosenthal(Elliot Gould) an therapist gives Calvin an writing assignment which it is to write about someone who likes his dog Scotty. He has an dream that night which in the dream he meets an young woman which she draws an picture of him and takes an liking to him which after he wakes up inspired by the young woman which he starts to write pages about her and he names her Ruby Sparks played by Zoe kazan and it gets really interesting throughout the movie. it's an excellent movie and it's funny with excellent acting by Paul Dano, Elliot Gould, Zoe Kazan who also wrote the movie, Chris Messina who plays Calvin's brother Harry, Toni Trucks plays Calvin's sister in law Susie, Alia Shawkat plays Mabel who is an fan of cAlv...

Produced By George Martin is the documentary about legendary British record producer Sir George Martin. In this DVD it talks about his childhood in the 30's, his experience during the second world war as an pilot in the Fleet Arm of the Royal navy, being an music student @ the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, joining EMI/Parlophone in 1950 as an assistant to Oscar Preuss before eventually taking over in charge of the label in 1955 and working on comedy records as well as music for children and orchestral stuff. Then in 1962 he signed an young quartet from Liverpool known to be the Beatles and together them and George would forever change pop music as well as revolutionising popular music and recording techniques that forged one of the greatest artist/producer collaborations. it's an EXCELLENT and an BRILLIANT DVD with great stories and interviews which includes his son Giles, surviving BEatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Cilla Black, Rolf Harris, Jimmy Webb, Michael ...

This week's classic album segment I am looking at the 1971 album Straight Up by British group Badfinger which it was their 3rd album. By this time in 1971 Badfinger were already having successful hits with Come and Get It and No Matter What have came on the scene since 1969 having started as the Iveys and had been touring the USA and Britian honing their craft. The recordings of the album that was to become Straight Up began @ Abbey Road studios and also AIR Studios in London on May 30th 1971 which would last until October 6th and the album was released on the Apple label in the USA December 13th 1971 and in the UK February 11th 1972 which it went to number 31 in the USA. This album was produced by ex Beatle George Harrison and Todd Rundgren and from this album had 2 hit singles baby Blue and Day After Day which George Harrison plays slide guitar on it. It's an excellent album with great songs and it's sounds an great today as it was 41 years ago which the songs were w...

Hits and More 1965-1968 is the new greatest hits by Australian 60's group Ray Brown and the Whispers. In this CD it has the hits that they had back in the mid 60's like 20 Miles, Pride, Fool Fool Fool, In the Midnight Hour, Aint It Strange etc as well as the B sides, key album tracks and rear EP tracks. it's an BRILLIANT and an FANTASTIC CD with great songs that still endures after all these years. Ray brown and the Whispers were one of the top groups in Australia during the mid 60's who were at the same time like Billy thorpe and the Aztecs, Normie Rowe, the Easybeats, Bobby and Laurie, MPD Limited, Merv Benton and others and this is an group who have not got recognition as they should as they were popular with an great sound and those hits. It's been 16 years since Ray brown Passed away sadly from an heart attack aged 51 but the music he made with the Whispers has lived on and Ian MaFarlane did the liner notes as well as Warren barnett did the mastering. It...

On Saturday September 15th I went to QPAC Lyric Theater to see the musical Jersey Boys which it's about the legendary American singing group the Four Seasons. I have been an fan of the Four Seasons since about 1991 which i love their songs from the 60's and 70's like Sherry,Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like A Man, Dawn, Rag Doll, Let's Hang On, December 1963(oh What A Night) etc and an great sound with lead singer Frankie Valli's distinctive voice and the songs are just great today as it was back then. The show started @ 7.30pm which went on for 2 and an half hours with the first half looks at the beginning when the group stated as the variety trio and the Four Lovers, becoming the Four Seasons and having success and in the second half looking at the problems the group were going through, line up changes and induction into the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame. the muscial finished after 10.05pm which I had to go to the nus stop to get the bus home and it was an FANTAST...

This week's classic album segment I am looking at the debut album by legendary Australian group men At Work with Business As Usual from 1981. the group had been formed in 1979 in St Kilda with Colin hay, Ron Strykert(whom both had been in an duo playing acoustic Music), Jerry Spesier, John Rees and John Sneddon which he was then replaced by Greg Ham and had played around Melbourne at places like the Cricketers where they would there every Thursday nights for over a year. The group signed up with CBS and began recording the Album that was to become Business As Usual @ Richmond Recorders in Melbourne throughout 1981. The album was released in Australia on November 9th 1981 which it went to number 1 where it stayed there for 9 weeks, released in the USA on April 22nd 1982 which actually Columbia refused to released it twice but with the presistence by the group's management it was released which it stayed at number 1 for 15 weeks, number 1 in the UK where it stayed there for ...

Been Away Too Long is the live album by legendary group Max Merritt and the Meteors that was recorded in 1969. the Melbourne music scene in the late 60's was vibrant and at it's peak and the venues were places like Berties, Sebastian's, the Thumpin Tum , Village Green Hotel and others and bands like Max Merritt and the Meteors, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Zoot, Masters Apprentices and others would play many gigs an night. Spectra which it is Melbourne's south east suburbs was an biweekly dance which was created and promoted by teacher Martin Cook that carted for the high school kids and also it would rotated between Waverley and Ashwood high schools. it was on one dance night late in 1969 at Ashwood High School after clearing it with Martin Cook, Brian Lewis, his brother David and some friends recorded Max Merritt and the Meteors performance on an reel to reel tape recorder with Max's permission and that recording had been heard until now with it being out on CD...

Elvis By Request the Australian fan edition is an double CD that was released an month ago coincided with 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley's passing. From June 4th-13th July this year Australian Elvis fans voted online to choose their favourite Elvis track from over 800 Elvis Presley's master recordings and the songs on this double CD are from 1956-77 which includes some live recordings as well as some of the hit singles as well as the 2002 remixed of the song Little Less Conversation. It's an BRILLIANT,AWESOME and an EXCELLENT double CD with great songs that still endures after all these years and it's an great choice by the australian fans choosing these songs which they have done an great job putting it together. It's hard to believe it has been 35 years since ELvis Presley passed away and it's amazing that he is still popular today as he was back then. It's an must for any Elvis fans and I am giving this 5 stars which it's in the shops now.

Australia's maltese Falcon is the documentary about legendary Australian singer-songwriter and musician Joe Camilleri which it's on DVD. In this DVD Joe talks about coming to Australia from malta with his family at the age of 2, growing up in Melbourne, getting into music which he joined bands like the Drollies, the King Bees and Adderley Smith Blues band as well as the Pelaco brothers, forming 2 successful bands Jo jo Zep and the Falcons and the Black Sorrows, an insight in the studio of the making of an triple album which became Crooked Little Thoughts, his personal life and others. It's an BRILLIANT and an EXCELLENT DVD with great stories told by Joe himself as well as interviews with musicians like Stephen Commings, Ross Wilson, Gary Young, Wilbur Wilde, Vika and Linda, Nicky Bomba,Joe Creighton, tony Fahese, actress/singer Jane Clifton, Michael Gudinski of Mushroom Records, Joe's brothers Frank and pete and others. it was produced by Fiona Cochrane who also dir...

The Singer is the 2 Cd compilation of legendary American Singer Art garfunkel. In this 2 CD set it has some of the Simon and Garfunkel stuff and his solo stuff which has 2 new songs Lena and Long Way Home which spans 5 decades from the 60's up to now. It;s an excellent and an BRILLIANT double CD with great songs which still endures to this day like Bridge Over Troubled Water, Sounds of Silence, Bright Eyes, My little Town, Break Away, Crying In the Rain and others.Art does the commentary on each track in the booklet, Vic Anesini did the mastering @ Battery Studios in New York, Bob Irwin was the project coordinator and Matt Craig did the compilation engineering @ the Cutting Room in New York. it's an must for any Simon and Garfunkel fans as well as fans of Art's solo work which I'm sure you will enjoy listening to this double Cd and I give this 5 stars which it's currently in the shops now.

2 weeks ago Australian music lost an another music icon with the passing of John Bogie drummer of the Joy Boys who backed up Australian singer Col Joye as well as having successful instrumentals on their own. The Joy Boys began as the KJ Quintet with Col Joye(jacobsen) with his brother Kevin, Drummer John Bogie, guitarist Dave Bridge and saxophonist Laurie Erwin who played local dances and wedding around Sydney and eventually became the Joy Boys at the advice of a clairvoyant. John was with the Joy Boys until 1969 and played on many of Col Joye's big hits like Bye Bye Baby, Rockin Rollin Clementine, Oh yeah Uh Huh which he used the typewriter, Yes Sir That's My Baby, Bad Man as well as the instrumentals that the Joy boys had hits with in the 60's like Smokey Mokes, Southern Aurora, murphy the surfie etc. John was the prankster and the joker of the group and toured with lloyd Price, Bobby vee, The Everly brothers, Gene Vincent, Johnny Cash, Fabian, Connie Francis, Ricky ...

Just over 6 weeks ago Australian music lost an true icon Darryl Cotton after an short battle with liver cancer on July 27th I first heard of the name Darryl Cotton back in the late 80's when he was on the kids TV show on Saturdays The Early Bird Show which was on Channel 10 with Marie Van Maaren and Marty The Monster and it was popular for an number of years. I did'nt know of his music until the 90's I saw an clip of him performing with Zoot doing Eleanor Rigby on an Saturday night back late 1990 and also saw him on TV Ronnie Burns and Russell Morris performing together on TV as well as listening to the Zoot songs on 4KQ besides from Eleanor Rigby which were 1x2x3x4 and Monty and Me. I did'nt see Darryl live with Ronnie and Russell but I did eventually see him live was at Kedron Wavell on Thursday October 26th 2000 with Russell and lead singer of the Masters Apprentices Jim Keays who replaced Ronnie Burns and it was an FANTASTIC and they sang great that night which I...

This week's classic albums segment let's have an look at the debut album by American rock singer Ricky Nelson called Ricky in 1958. Ricky Nelson had been on the entertainment scene since the late 40's when he appeared on his Parents' radio show the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet show which eventually switched to TV in 1952 that would last until 1966 and there had been an movie called Here Comes the Nelsons in the same in 1952 which was an success. Ricky had been playing drums and clarinet in his tweens and early teens and it was as an result while dating an girl who was swooning over an ELvis Presley record one night that Ricky wanted to make an record too which he recorded for the Verve label as he released I'm Walkin(the Fats Domino song)(no 4 USA) with the B side A teenager's Romance (no 2 USA)and You're My one and Only Love(no 14). Ricky left Verve due to disputes about royalties and signed up with Imperial for 5 years which his first hit for that labe...

On Saturday September 1st(my 34th Birthday) I went to the Moreton Bay Sports Club for my birthday dinner with Mum, Dad and Heath and was also seeing the Killer Queen show an tribute to legendary British rock band Queen which it was my second time seeing this band as I saw them @ Easts Leagues CLub on Saturday March 27th 2010. The show started @ about 8.40pm and for the next 2 hours the band performed many of Queen's classic stuff from the 70's and 80's which there was an interval where I bought an poster and everyone was having an great time as well as singing along to the classic songs and people dancing on the floor. the show finished beofre 11pm which an man came to me and took to the merchadise area where the lady who works in it gave me an free shirt and met Kevin the drummer who does the Roger Taylor part which i got an autograph and photo as well as with John who also is my facebook friend and also caught the courtsey bus home. It was an FANTASTIC show and the band...

On Saturday September 1st I celebrated my 34th birthday and I had an great day. On Saturday morning I woke up @ 5.54am and got the Be My baby compilation from Heath as well as vouchers from Mum which were JB Hi Fi, QBD and Dymocks and also the day before I got cards,chocolates from most of the staff @ work and an voucher from 4E @ work. Went to Ten Pin Bowling Saturday Morning which i got an card from Ros and Mark kalms and from my friend @ Crossroads Adrian which Anne from my league gave me the card and some of the people wished me an Happy Birthday. I scored 154,175 and 173 and Ros took me home which i had to change shirt and also I caught an cab to Carindale. , Went to Sizzler where Matthew, Billy, KAren,Claire, Kim with her carer Norman, Anita and her Dad Ross attended and I had 2 plates of Pasta and Salad for lunch as well as 2 Bowls of Ice Cream. I got money from Billy and Kim, an movie voucher from Matthew and an book mark from Anita and had an great day having birthday lu...

This Week's classic album segement we are looking at the 1965 album by the Beatles Rubber Soul. By 1965 the Beatles were one of the top groups in the world at that time having had successful hit singles and albums as well doing doing 2 Movies A Hard Days Night and Help as well as touring the world including Australia and NEw Zealand in 1964 as well as AMerica. The recording of the album that became Rubber Soul commeneced on OCtober 18th and eventually finished with the final production and mix down on November 15th. Rubber Soul was released on December 3rd 1965 in England where it went to number 1 on December 19th where it stayed there for 8 weeks and December 6th in the USA which went to number 1 on January 8th 1966 where it stayed there for 6 weeks. this album signified the changes in the group's music as they were starting to experiment with different sounds like the sitar which George Harrison played it on Norwegian Wood as getting into the Indian stuff, hammond organ playe...