2022

50 Years Later: Revisiting Grateful Dead’s Iconic ‘Europe ’72’

Half a century after its original release, the Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72 (released 11/5/72) remains a seminal inclusion in its discography. The nearly two hours of live recordings accurately capture the iconic band at a crucial juncture of its career, well into one of, if not the most, significant transitional phase of its thirty-year history. 

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LISTEN: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Cover J.J. Cale’s “Call Me The Breeze” Off ‘Live at the Fillmore’

The infectious rendition of J.J. Cale’s classic “Call Me The Breeze,” performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during their legendary 20-show run at the Fillmore is out now, with an accompanying video directed and hand-illustrated by Emmy Award-winning Jeff Scher. The new track is taken from the highly-anticipated Live at the Fillmore (1997)—Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ first live record in over a decade—set for release November 25 on Warner Records. 

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45 Years Later: Revisiting The Ramones’ Still Topically Relevant & Heavy ‘Rocket To Russia’

Whoever would’ve thought that, with forty-five years of hindsight, The Ramones’ Rocket to Russia (released 11/4/77) would become so topically relevant? But all political and cultural issues aside, the prototypical punks’ third album both looks (in its black and hot pink color scheme) and sounds (in the comparative clarity of crashing guitars and drums) like their definitive work. And while it doesn’t quite render obsolete their eponymous debut or their resounding reiteration of that opening statement in the form of the sophomore album Leave Home, it certainly functions as a reliable benchmark for the genesis of punk. 

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