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Undisputed Heavyweight Champions Of The Mix Tape: 30 Years of Transatlantic Friendship On Cassette!

Posted Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:45pm PDT
Until recently, mix tapes (on C-90 cassettes) were part of the life blood of musical enthusiasm--a way of telling someone who you were through favorite tracks. Mark Leviton writes here of a 30-year friendship based on sending mix tapes between London More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: A Young American Reacts To The Beatles' Invasion Of His Country

Posted Tue Sep 8, 2009 1:31pm PDT
NOTE: When the Beatles hit America in the winter of 1964, the event created a tidal wave in pop music that swept all before it. I was in my third year at Yale University, and a bunch of us gathered at the student newspaper office to watch the Moptops More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Oasis Explode Over Britain

Posted Tue Sep 1, 2009 11:55am PDT
The news that Oasis is finished after 15 years of fraternal feuding between Noel and Liam Gallagher prompts us to recall the impact the band made when it first exploded out of Manchester in the early '90s. Jim Irvin was present when it played London' More »
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The Rock's Backpages Homage: Ellie Greenwich, 1940-2009

Posted Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:17am PDT
With hubbo Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich was half of one of the great New York songwriting couples in a pop era dominated by them. Together they penned smashes for Phil Spector's Crystals and Ronettes--not to mention the mighty "River Deep, Mountain Hi More »
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The Beast From The Memphis Underground: Jim Dickinson, 1941-2009

Posted Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:10pm PDT
James Luther Dickinson was a legend and a cult hero: a maverick Memphis sideman and producer whose fingerprints were all over records by artists as diverse as Bob Dylan and Big Star, Ry Cooder and the Replacements – not to mention the Rolling Stone More »
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Stronger Than Dirt… Or: How To Clean Your Old Dirty Records With Good Old Soap & Water!

Posted Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:44am PDT
Some handy tips on reviving old vinyl by intrepid RBP correspondent Joss Hutton… More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Mink DeVille Hit The UK

Posted Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:43pm PDT
The untimely death of Willy DeVille robs America of one of its true street poets. Mink DeVille updated the streetcorner romanticism of early '60s NYC for the punk age and gave the world classics like "Spanish Stroll" and "Venus Of Avenue D." ZigZag's More »
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Red Hot Rockabilly Man: Remembering Billy Lee Riley, 1933-2009

Posted Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:43pm PDT
Rockabilly pioneer and songwriter Billy Lee Riley died of colon cancer on Sunday, August 2nd. He was 75. Best remembered for his 1957 singles "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot," Riley spoke to Memphis rock chronicler Robert G More »
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More Than A Feeling! The RBP 20 Greatest AOR Tracks Of All Time, Pt. 2

Posted Mon Aug 3, 2009 5:00pm PDT
So here are my Top 10 AOR classics of all time. More »
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More Than A Feeling! The RBP 20 Greatest AOR Tracks Of All Time, Pt. 1

Posted Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:48pm PDT
I have found that most discussions of AOR get easily sidetracked unless it's made clear which definition of the AOR acronym we're using. The original meaning--"Album-Orientated Rock"--tends to make people think of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Whereas More »
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