The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World was written with Colin Escott
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That year’s lineup featured Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, and Gregg Rolie, among others. Joe Walsh and Edgar Winter were among the evening’s guests
His lead guitar lines, whether high-velocity or slow and measured, never sacrificed tastefulness for flash.
The concert was recorded and filmed, eventually seeing release only as a laser disc in Japan. The audio has been released for the first time
The U.S. manager for Apple Records, and music producer, later wrote a book on the days leading up to the Beatles’ monumental rooftop concert
The 7” Singles Box, limited to just 3000 copies, includes 163 tracks totaling over 10 hours of music. Have a listen to the mono remaster of several favorites
The collection contains the entirety of their 1960s recorded output with 186 tracks spread across 16 180-gram LPs, in a plethora of colors
The producer, artist manager and recording artist (as part of the British Invasion duo Peter and Gordon) was instrumental in the success of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt
“I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the 60s and 70s?”
The multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer was there at the beginning and played on the band’s first seven albums.