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VHS Rewind 9 May 2013 | 02:18 am
I've started a new blog, for anyone who might be interested in the contents of my 33-year old VHS collection. Check it out here: http://vhsrewind.blogspot.com
Murray and Eppy 3 Jan 2013 | 09:59 pm
Happy 2013! I thought I would start off the new year by filling a request. I've posted a small bit of this before, but here is the complete interview from March 1967 between Murray The K, then at WOR...
When Snoopy Died 1 Dec 2012 | 12:51 am
On November 23rd, 1975, Derek Taylor, now managing director of Warner Brothers Records in the UK, sent a semi-serious letter to John Lennon at the Dakota, asking him to sign with the "very reasonable ...
Mr. George Harrison Sings 29 Nov 2012 | 02:40 am
On December 8th, 1975, the second single from George's Extra Texture album was released in the US. "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)", a sequel to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in name only, foun...
Tea And Sympathy 28 Nov 2012 | 10:16 am
Ringo took most of 1975 off, appearing at the occasional movie premiere and sitting in on sessions with friends (e.g., Harry Nilsson's Sandman LP), but recording no new solo material. Instead, a great...
Budocanned 27 Nov 2012 | 01:16 am
Wings' 1975 Australian tour continued November 10th and 11th with concerts at Festival Hall in Brisbane. Here is a selection of interviews said to be from Brisbane, including more with Norman Gunston ...
Road To A Koala Bear 21 Nov 2012 | 02:48 am
On October 28th, 1975, Paul McCartney and Wings arrived in Perth to begin the Australian leg of their tour. Beatlemania had not subsided since the wildly successful June 1964 tour, and most of the sho...
Collectable Lennon 20 Nov 2012 | 01:47 am
October of 1975 found the ex-Beatles scattered around the globe. Ringo was the most active, participating in a celebrity tennis tournament in Johannesburg September 27th, flying to Los Angeles in Octo...
Waiting For The Show To Begin 16 Nov 2012 | 04:20 am
The 1975 Wings Over The World tour kicked off September 9th, 1975 at the Southampton Gaumont. From the start, it was a more polished and professional act than Paul had taken out in a decade. The addit...
OHYESHIMAGEN 9 Nov 2012 | 12:03 am
George's new single, "You", was released September 15th, 1975 in the US, followed a week later by the LP Extra Texture (Read All About It). In four years, George had fallen from most commercially succ...
