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Made In Japan is the seventh and first live album by Deep Purple, recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972. It was initially released in December 1972 in Europe and in April 1973 in the United States, and was a great commercial and critical success.The band was known for their strong stage presence, having recorded several of their concerts in person and having made several broadcasts through […]

Second Helping was the second album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on April 15, 1974. It contained the group's biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", a response to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man". The song reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1974. This was the group's last L.P. with Bob Burns on drums.The album was recorded at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles except for "Sweet […]

Aladdin Sane is the sixth studio album by David Bowie, released by RCA Records on 13 April 1973. It is the follow-up to the groundbreaking The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and was the first album Bowie wrote and released to achieve such a major impact on the music scene.The editors of New Musical Express, Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray, described the album […]

Abraxas is the second studio album by Santana, released in September 1970.The album's title comes from a line in Hermann Hesse's book Demian, referenced on the album's back cover:"We stood before it and had begun to freeze inside from the exercise. We questioned the painting, we scolded it, we made love to it, we prayed for it. We called it mother, whore, singer, slut, we called it our beloved, we […]

Bob Dylan At Budokan is a double live album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in April 1979 by Columbia Records. It was recorded during his 1978 world tour and consists mainly of the artist's "greatest hits". The performances on the album are radically different from the originals, using the same musicians who played on Street-Legal, but relying on a much larger band with a stronger brass and backing vocal […]

Salisbury is the second studio album by British hard rock band Uriah Heep, released in January 1971 in the United States and a month later in the rest of the world, through "Vertigo Records".The album introduced Uriah Heep to a "progressive" rock musical approach, with the album's title track, which lasts over 16 minutes and features a 24-piece orchestra, being a typical example. "Salisbury" also gave the band their first […]

DON’T LOOK BACK IS MISSISSIPPI HEAT’S 14TH ALBUM, produced by Chicago Blues Hall of Fame harmonica player PIERRE LACOCQUE and Grammy and Blues Music Award Winner Producer/Engineer MICHAEL FREEMAN. Freeman is the former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation. He returns at the helm for their 7th Mississippi Heat collaboration. The record was recorded and mixed at Chicago’s V.S.O.P studios and mastered by Paul Blakemore (Nashville, TN). Post-war Chicago Blues lovers […]

Led Zeppelin II, as its title suggests, is the second studio album by Led Zeppelin, released in October 1969 by Atlantic Records.The album was recorded between various tours by the group from January to August 1969.The tour to promote the album began in the United States on October 17, 1969, continuing in Great Britain and Europe from January to March 1970.The album was a great success, helping their first album […]

Dreamboat Annie is the debut studio album by American rock band Heart. At the time, the band was based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The album was recorded in Vancouver and first released in Canada by local label Mushroom Records in mid-1975. It was released in the United States on February 14, 1976, through Mushroom Records' Los Angeles subsidiary. The album contained three commercially successful singles, two of which became mainstream […]

Seconds Out is the second live album by Genesis following 1973's Genesis Live. It was released as a double LP on 14 October 1977 by Charisma Records and was their last with guitarist Steve Hackett before his departure. The majority of the recordings were made in June 1977 at the Palais des Sports in Paris during the Wind & Wuthering Tour. One track, "The Cinema Show", was recorded the previous […]

Spooky Two is the second studio album by English rock band Spooky Tooth. It was originally released in March 1969, by Island Records and licensed by A&M Records in the United States.Spooky Tooth's sound on this album is driven by a robust instrument and guitar, charting a course that fluctuates between the evocative sound of Deep Purple or Atomic Rooster on the one hand and the fearless, bluesy hard rock […]

Bring On The Night is Sting's first live album and second of his solo career, recorded from May 29 to December 23, 1985 during live performances in Paris, Rome and Arnhem and released on July 1, 1986 by A&M Records.The album's title comes from a song by the Police from their 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc. The songs featured include new material by Sting from his solo studio album The […]

Live And Let Live was the first live album by 10cc, released in the autumn of 1977. It was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London between 18 and 20 June 1977 and at the Manchester Apollo, Manchester between 16 and 17 July 1977.The album featured the new line-up of 10cc following the departure of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme in 1976. The trio of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman and […]

We're An American Band is the seventh studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad, better known as Grand Funk. The album was released by Capitol Records on July 15, 1973, and went gold in the United States just over a month after its release. Two singles were released from the album. The first, "We're An American Band", was released on July 2, 1973, and the second, "Walk Like […]

SUNSHINE is the first live album from Bywater Call.  A mix of newly released music including the cover of Stephen Stills' LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH and the funky new original title-track SUNSHINE (previously released as a single in May), fan favourites AS IF, SIGN OF PEACE and EVERYBODY KNOWS from 2024's SHEPHERD Album and BRING ME DOWN from their 2019 Self-Titled Debut Album, SUNSHINE the album is an epic, […]