Two concerts were recorded at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester and De Montfort Hall, Leicester, on the band’s tour of the UK supporting the Foxtrot. (Magnificent they were too.) As a result, five songs were released on Genesis Live, which met with great critical acclaim and enthusiasm by the British record-buying public.
At this stage of his career, Bruce Springsteen was just a new upcoming kid from the Jersey Shore. After this album, he became the Boss and could do no wrong in the eyes of working America.
Peter Banks, known as the architect of Progressive Rock, having his finest hour. His playing was inspired, aggressive and precise. Colin Carter improved immeasurably on vocals; his stage presence was now also very assured.
Fire and Water was a smash hit all over the world, selling over two million copies and climbing to number four on the Billboard chart. This was even more remarkable as although by then veterans of the circuit, they were all still under twenty when this album was released.
‘Aqua’ arrived in the record racks in the summer of 1974. The perfect accompaniment to sunny times, the album contains four pieces of music to blow your mind.
In early 1971, Jethro Tull went into the newly opened Island recording studios for three weeks to record their new album (the other band in residence at Island at the same time was Led Zeppelin, who were laying down tracks for their fourth album). When they came out again, they had recorded one of rock’s great moments. “Aqualung” was released to its adoring public, and in reality, it gave Ian Anderson and his bunch the right to lifetime superstardom.
This is the story of the Welsh rock ‘n’ roll band ‘Man,’ not the people. This Dog can understand rock ‘n’ roll; people are a lot trickier. Part one revolves around the recently released live greatest hits album sensibly titled ‘Man Alive.’
When ‘Live’ came out in 1977, it turned Foghat into one of America’s top-drawing live acts.
At the end of 1969, Fairport Convention were to release an album that was to change the face of British rock and define a whole new genre: Folk/Rock. These days it stands the test of time as a ground-breaking work of genuine originality and bravery.
Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history, died on Tuesday, 10January, 2023. in a hospital near his home at Riverhall, a rural estate in southern England. He was 78.
