Records That Made History

Just One Night is a 1980 double album by Eric Clapton, recorded live at the Budokan Theatre, Tokyo, Japan in December 1979, when Clapton was touring in support of his final album that year, Backless. The album cover features a painting by Japanese artist Ken Konno. The album reached No. 2 in the US. and No. 3 in the UK and went gold.Critical reaction to the album was largely positive. […]

By the time Gordon Lightfoot released Summertime Dream in June of '76, he had already earned the title of Canada's greatest songwriter. A longtime chart-topper in folk, rock-country and country, Lightfoot helped shape the folk-pop sound of the '60s and '70s and defined a style of narrative songwriting that has endured for more than fifty years .Although Summertime Dream was Lightfoot's twelfth album, recorded at Eastern Sound Studios in Toronto […]

Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1985. It is a concept album based on the childhood of Marillion singer Fish, aka Derek William Dick, who was inspired by a brief event that occurred while under the influence of substances.The album was recorded in the spring of 1985 at the Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin and produced by Chris Kimsey, who had […]

This is the first of three albums that Lonnie Mack recorded for Electra Records between 1969 and 1971 and is a very good and musically solid effort from Lonnie, with his guitar playing almost to the fore as you would expect.With a line-up of familiar faces in the band including former James Brown bassist Tim Drummond, pianist Dumpy Rice, harmonica player Rusty York, keyboardist David Byrd and on vocals the […]

The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 is the debut studio album by the Anglo-American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, which included George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. It was released in October 1988 to commercial success and positive reviews.Although Harrison had long planned to start such a band, it came about through a fortuitous event. Harrison was in Los Angeles and needed a B-side for a single […]

Hallowed Ground is the second album by the Violent Femmes, released in June 1984. As with the band's first album, the songs were primarily written by singer, guitarist and lyricist Gordon Gano when he was in high school. "Country Death Song", for example, written by Gano during his high school years, was inspired by the tradition of folk songs about "terrible, horrible stories". Departing from the straightforward rock style of […]

Prologue is the third studio album by English progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1972.In this particular year, the line-up at that time disbanded and only former Gentle People singer Annie Haslam and former Rupert's People keyboardist John Tout remain, who are also the core of the band. New members added were bassist Jon Camp, drummer Terence Sullivan and guitarist Mick Parsons. Shortly afterwards, Parsons was killed in a car […]

Heavy Horses is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Jethro Tull, released on 10 April 1978 on Chrysalis Records. This was the second of the band's trilogy of records where their sound featured a lot of folk elements, following 'Songs From The Wood' which had been released a year earlier, which took a more realistic perspective on the ever-changing world. The album is dedicated to the domestic working […]

Trilogy is the third studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in July 1972 by Island Records. The cover, designed by Hipgnosis, features a combined bust of the three members, while the first edition's inside features a photomontage of the three of them in Epping Forest.Trilogy increased ELP's worldwide popularity by including "Hoedown", an Aaron Copland composition, which was one of their most popular live songs. Greg Lake himself […]