NEW MUSIC :: FRIDAY JUNE 23, 2023
Friday/FF/RW #19 :: Featuring new & old music this week by Samia, Taylor Swift, Portugal. The Man, Joni Mitchell, Noah Gundersen, Birdtalker and Curtis Waters
Press Play on another edition of Ventipop’s Friday Fast Forward Rewind. Thanks to all the readers who have been sending their song recommendations. I do my best to listen to as many as possible. If you don’t see your song here, do not get discouraged. I eventually do listen to all songs sent to me. Keep them coming and maybe you’ll see your song on the list one day.
SAMIA :: “CHARM YOU”
PORTUGAL. THE MAN :: “GRIM GENERATION”
CURTIS WATERS:: “MANIC MAN”
BIRDTALKER :: “THE DREAM (ACOUSTIC)”
NOAH GUNDERSEN :: “IF THIS IS THE END”
Some big new releases this week from brand names like Kelly Clarkson, Portugal. The Man, Jason Mraz, Kim Petras & More. Here are my favorite new albums this week:
Portugal. The Man - CHRIS BLACK CHANGED MY LIFE
Ani Difranco - LITTLE PLASTIC CASTLE (25th Anniversary Edition)
M. Ward - SUPERNATURAL THING
Curtis Waters - BAD SON
Birdtalker - B-SIDES EP
Bobbie Nelson & Amanda Shires - LOVING YOU
Kelly Clarkson - CHEMISTRY
Cable Ties - ALL HER PLANS
1948 - Toast Of The Town, which would later be called The Ed Sullivan Show, premiered on CBS. The first show was produced on a budget of $1,375. Only $375 was allocated for talent and $200 of that was shared by the young stars of that night's program, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
1948 - Columbia Records started the first mass production of the 33-RPM long-playing record (or "LP"). The new format could contain up to 23 minutes of music per side versus the three-minute capacity of a 78-RPM disc.
1956 - Elvis Presley started a three-day run playing 10 shows at the Paramount Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The stage manager was told; "Pull all white lights. Presley works all in color, Presley's act has no encore. When he leaves the stage, immediately close curtains."
1966 - The Beatles had their tenth consecutive UK No.1 single with 'Paperback Writer' / 'Rain.' The track is marked by the boosted bass guitar sound throughout, partly in response to John Lennon demanding to know why the bass on a certain Wilson Pickett record far exceeded the bass on any Beatles records. It was also cut louder than any other Beatles record, due to a new piece of equipment used in the mastering process.
1971 - Joni Mitchell released her celebrated fourth album, Blue. Written after a break-up with Graham Nash and amid a budding romance with James Taylor, the album explores all of the emotions that come with a relationship and features several of the Canadian singer-songwriter’s most enduring songs, including “California,” “A Case of You,” and “River.” Long regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time, Blue was a commercial success upon its release, landing in the Top Ten in the UK and Canada, and peaking at No.15 in the US.
1973 - The stage version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened in London starring Tim Curry, who also later appeared in the film version, released two years later. The production ran for a total of 2,960 performances and won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical.
1975 - During his 'Welcome To My Nightmare' tour in Vancouver, Canada, Alice Cooper fell from the stage and broke six ribs.
1990 - Buddy Holly's Gibson acoustic guitar sold for £139,658 ($237,419) in a Sotheby's auction. The guitar was in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.
1990 - Ry Cooder and David Lindley, The Cure, Happy Mondays, Sinead O’Connor, Deacon Blue, De La Soul, Adamski, Blue Aeroplanes, Julian Cope, Del Amitri, Jesus Jones, James and The Pale Saints all appeared on the first day of this years Glastonbury Festival. A three-day ticket cost £38.
1996 - The brother of singer Diana Ross, Arthur Ross and his wife were murdered by suffocation in the basement of their rented Detroit home. The badly decomposed bodies were discovered after neighbors complained of a foul odor coming from the house. Two men were later charged with murder and robbery. Arthur Ross had written songs for Marvin Gaye, The Miracles and Madonna.
2015 - Apple Music reversed its payment policy, a day after Taylor Swift said she was refusing to allow the company to stream her latest album 1989. In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers, saying "We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation."
2016 - Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant told a court hearing the 'Stairway To Heaven' copyright dispute that he had a dim memory of the time the song was written. Plant also said he could not remember meeting the band Spirit, who claimed the band stole their guitar riff for Stairway to Heaven in the 1970s. "I don't have a recollection of almost anyone I've hung out with," Plant said, causing roars of laughter in the court.
LOGISTICS NIGHTMARE
When the encore is over and the lights come up…you ever really think about the work involved in getting that show to the next gig? This video deep dives into the nightmare logistics behind the scenes of concert tours and will give you a whole next-level appreciation of the complicated process of setting up one show after another after another...
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